Possibly the best fight episodes of the series but lazy subs
Yet another great set of Naruto episodes await viewing in this boxset.
This collection of episodes contain probably the best fight scenes in the series, as well as interesting character development and exploring character backgrounds.
Highlights surely include the episodes that revolve around Hinata Hyuga, Rock Lee and Sakura Haruno.
They definitely get the best fight episodes and we are treated into flashbacks of their pasts to tell us what makes them tick.
This gives the characters much more depth as they seem much more human and flawed, after you're told why they're like that.
With all the impressive fighting aside , the character flashbacks are quite touching and rank among the top emotional moments of the series for me.
Although this box set contains my favourite episodes of the series .... I am still disappointed with Manga Videos handling of the sub titles in this box set.
Instead of translating the Japanese into English .... they have opted to just merely display what the English script is saying for subtitles , which obviously do not go with the Japanese dialog. ( This is most obvious when you see subtitles when nobody is talking in the Japanese version )
This practice started in the previous boxset, which has probably upset some fans.
This will obviously annoy hardcore fans / purists because they want to know what the characters are actually saying , not what the American script has chosen for the characters to say instead.
But anyway the English dub for the Naruto series in general is very good by mainstream American TV standards.( Many anime have suffered ridiculous fates when being dubbed for American kids TV )
Just don't bother to watch Naruto on Jetix UK, because that is the most cut english tv version. ( If it's even still on anymore )
So be glad that manga video is allowing us to see the full deal through these uncut DVDs.
All in all another good set of episodes for a decent anime TV series.