Poll: Would you watch Shippudden...

[Crash]

Honestly, no there is no way i'd still be watching. The only reason i'm still watching now is because i am foolishly holding on to the hope that they'll eventually return to pre-shippuuden greatness. Sadly all we've gotten so far is sub-par animation (barring 2 or 3 episodes that were made rather well. The first ep, Maybe the Gaara fight, and the Sasori fight are all that come to mind), horribly stretched and filler heavy episodes, not to mention a multitude of 2 week gaps between episode releases. If the original episodes of Naruto didn't exist and Shippuuden was a new series there is simply no way i'd still be watching, none.

I would stop watching Naruto to punish them for the sorry state of affairs, but I'm such an addict I know it would be impossible. Ah well...

That and you know, the fact that our downloading it and watching it on the internet has zero bearing on their ratings or profits.

[itadakimasu]

people that haven't read the manga dont usually have as keen an idea of what fillers are.

even though the chiyo/sakura/sasori fight spanned 6-7 eps, it ended with a bang... best part of shippuuden yet. hopefully this week its back to kakashi and naruto

[Crash]

I don't read the manga, but I'm still painfully aware of how stretched out the episodes are. It's usually fairly simply to tell whats filler in Naruto regardless because the writers are so terrible at making it.

[Assertn]

Is the point of this topic to bash shippuudden, or is the point to evaluate going backwards on a series after starting at the new plotline?

I think to more accurately answer DB_Hunter's question, I'd have to say that Shippuudden would be like DBZ as Naruto is to DB. That being said, I only really started with DBZ first...but that did get me interested in watching DB as well to catch the backstory (how oolong joined the group, goku and piccolo's rivalry, etc).

Although, that's not to imply that I ever actually FINISHED the DB series...

[DB_Hunter]

I watched DBZ first, albeit some of the arcs out of order. Saw one or two eps of DB and thought it was rubbish. DBGT was even worse.

[masamuneehs]

i think this thread brings up a good question. To some people, the Naruto anime ended almost two years ago. Those who waited for Shippuuden with baited breath were expecting something, and then the studio went out and declared that Shippuuden would be a brand new series, if only for marketing gimmick effect.

So then, it's not unfair for us to be judging Shippuuden's worth so far as it's own series. Personally, it takes a great deal of things for granted. The missing backstory is not the biggest hole, to me it's the fact that Shippuuden simply assumes you know all about chakra, jutsu and the general makeup of the world. In a way, this starkly contradicts the idea of making this a brand new series...

Also, a place to vent about Shippuuden, which I can rather safely say has disappointed more than it has impressed so far, is somewhat due considering the collective sufferring through filler hell and the general anticipation, just to be brought this.

[illfated]

A lot of the excitement comes from the fact that you're probably a fan of the old series. To be fair, the series has a new name, but it'd be the same as being introduced to a series in the middle of it. I agree that the pacing is slower than the original. I recently rewatched the original (stopping at the long block of filler) and the pacing is way better in the original.

[anime nomad]

Is the point of this topic to bash shippuudden, or is the point to evaluate going backwards on a series after starting at the new plotline?

I think to more accurately answer DB_Hunter's question, I'd have to say that Shippuudden would be like DBZ as Naruto is to DB. That being said, I only really started with DBZ first...but that did get me interested in watching DB as well to catch the backstory (how oolong joined the group, goku and piccolo's rivalry, etc).

Although, that's not to imply that I ever actually FINISHED the DB series...

a bad example i think.
in the naruto case, Naruto > Shippuuden, in Dragon Balls case, DBZ > DB
i think the question is "if you start watching the shitty, but new series, would you go back and watch the Older but much better series?"
i think that in the completely hypothetical situation where i had never watched Naruto, and i just picked up shipuuden, then i think i might just continue to watch Shipuuden, mainly because the concept would appeal to me, however the quality of shipuuden would probably make me hesitant to spend my limited bandwidth to download the 200+ episodes of the original Naruto.

[DB_Hunter]

Just to clarify for all concerned, my question is would you continue to watch the current series if you had not seen the superior preceding series. However, anime_nomad throws up another interesting question of if you would actually watch the old series based on Shippudden.

Personally I think this would come down to your experience of other shows. But going on the current quality I'm not sure. I guess I would ask the opinion of others to see is Naruto was better than Shippudden and then decide.