So in addition to naruto we also have a side series focusing on Sakura and Ino as they team up to keep the highways of the naruto world safe from villinous bandits and marauders. There's also another spin off following shino where we learn that he's actually an alien from another dimension sent to moniter the naruto world but for what reason? All of the answers are revealed in Naruto xl as we see a younger naruto and watch his trials and tribulations in the ninja academy.
Holy shit that would be frikkin sweet! How about a dark, adult version of naruto (like "Dark Knight")? It really seems to me that both sides of this "argument" are rather short sighted here. We all know that we loved the spiderman and batman animated series, even if you didn't read the comics. At the same time, we all know that not all anime or DBZ or Love Hina, and that theres plenty of good anime out there (FLCL, Champloo, Bebop, bitches!) If I could afford to buy comics (and I knew where to get em) you bet you ass I would still read american comics (only I'm not really a DC fan, besides Batman). It seems like all the shortcomings mentioned in this post are shared by anime and american comics though....formulaic stories, crazy shit happening, etc. etc. As for all that stuff that LobsterMagnet was talking about, who doesn't love a well made spin-off? Come on, if they made a Naruto series just about Kakashi's past you wouldnt watch it? I will say, though, that Y hasn't really said anything good about anime yet....