</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Insomniac @ Jan 23 2004, 04:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i would have to say the darkest anime i&#39;ve seen so far has been Full Metal Alchemist, some seriously dark things going in that anime and its a recent occurance </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
yeah FMA deals with a lot of dark issues but it shrouds them in a cheery, colorful package similar to naruto imo.
As for naruto i think portions of the storyline can get dark. Subject of experimenting on dead people, sasuke&#39;s greed for power and revenge, garaa, oro&#39;s cultish followers etc but since the main character is so innocent it kinda becomes a background to the cheery disposition of Naruto.

I guess what I&#39;m trying to say is that the subject matter is dark but its presented in a light manner. If this were a more serious anime with less jokes and quirky characters then the storylines would seem a lot darker.