23 Weeks of Naturo Filler

[Eric]

Just FYI that's a cool 6 months.

*Countinues reading manga with Garra/Naruto Ark*

[Zeus]

I thought the Naruto-Sasuke fight ended at 135?

How much more of this crap do we have to endure?

[SineSwiper]

Not that I don't believe you, but can you link your source?

[Eric]

It's on 156's opener, they said in an interview that the remainder of the season is gonna be filler, 1 Japanese season = 26 episodes.

[SineSwiper]

That's debatable. One, a Japanese season can vary from 13 episodes to 26 episodes. Paranoid Agent wasn't 26 episodes, and Samurai Champloo certainly wasn't just one season. Two, if it's the remainder of the season, it won't be a full 26 episodes. It will be the remainder of the season, possibly to the end of the year. Three, where is this interview, and why can't I find it on all of the Naruto sites?

[Don]

I thought the whole Naruto/Garra arc is just a filler until Sasuke returns.

[SineSwiper]

Hey hey hey, knock it off. I've haven't read any of the manga.

[Eric]

I thought the whole Naruto/Garra arc is just a filler until Sasuke returns.

How can the manga have filler, it's the manga!

[Eric]

Here we go:

In a very recent speech given by the producer and owner of Studio Pierrot (the studio that produces the Japanese Naruto anime in Japan) in Vienna he answered a lot of questions surrounding the series, perhaps surprised that so many people outside of Japan were so up to date with Naruto. When asked when the fillers would end he replied: "Naruto will grow in the series. This part... with grown-up Naruto will air Spring 2006 in Japan - there'll also be a new movie next summer. And we are currently working on a movie for Bleach". This means that when the seventh season of Naruto begins next week it will be solely dedicated to fillers, and at the beginning of season 8 (27 episodes from now) we should see the anime following in the mangas footsteps. With this news the earliest we will see this is April 2006, conveniently in time for Naruto's second movie to release on DVD. Thanks to everyone who sent the link for this.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/ch ... tml#cutid1


Taken from Naturofan. They're my reliable Naruto News site, believe it or not, it's up to you.

[SineSwiper]

Well, that's what I mean. I didn't see it from Narutofan (or any of the rest) when I asked.

Oh well. The filler is still pretty good. Much better than that crappy episode involving Kakashi's face.