Naruto Shippuuden Episode 167

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Thats not a bad idea.... All kinds of funny when you do it without purpose other than to pause your show.

I think everyone complained less about the Clone Wars. Not that the animation was better than this and deserved less ridicule, just cared less for some reason. And that was spread across a few episodes and just wasted time, this fight actually had substance. My guess is that you all had this moment so incredibly built through the clouds. Both anime douchbags and manga doucheballs..... been waiting for this fight for a while now, was bound to not meet some expectations.

The latest episode's fight was hard for me to watch after this one, the manga made it feel a hundred ways more epic. And thats not from nostalgia I went back and matched em up. Awful end to the Naruto vs. Pains. Thats alright tho Im expecting big things from the end of this arc.

[DarthEnderX]

Arch's link sums it up pretty well(though I don't actually have a problem with Pain's face being superdeformed by the Kyuubi's punch, that actually makes sense).

My primary complaint with the animation in the beginning is they make the Kyuubi look like 3rd Gear Luffy, which works in One Piece because One Piece is crazy fucking ridiculous. Kyuubi's not supposed to be comical.

Like I said earlier, it get's much better right about the time Kyuubi breaks the necklace, and the episode is pretty awesome from there on.

Great, less than 1 second of animation is offputting..

Even one second can completely pull you out of the moment if it's jarring enough.