Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
I still have no idea how such a cookie cutter shounen show got such a huge budget. Maybe there will be something different down the line, but so far, this is following the Naruto character and plot formula very closely.
Well, it was a popular manga and very likeable characters. From a plot point, nothing new, just well executed... at least to my liking. I don't know how the future of the series looks, but I was seeing it hyped up even before the anime was announced for quite a while.

Plus it has the horror element to it with actual gruesome imagery, few feature that combo.