Naruto Official March Schedule

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#452 (March 10) - The Genius
#453 (March 17) - The Pain of Life
#454 (March 24) - Shisui's Request
#000 (March 31) - NO EPISODE
#455 (April 07) - Moonlit Night

A new Opening and Ending begins on April 7th, perhaps the final opening for Shippuden?

The episodee on April 7th should also be very nicely animated. as it is credited to Masahiko Murata (previously directed episode 138, "The End" (Itachi vs. Sasuke). As well as 35, 42, 246.



EPISODE SUMMARIES
#453 (March 17) - Pain of Life
Itachi who had graduated from the Academy and became a genin, he teamed up with his comrades Tenma Izumo and Shinko Inari and their team led by a jonin-ranked shinobi Yuki Minazuki. Their first mission was requested by Nekobaa (The granny cat and Tamaki's grandma) was to look for the stray cats. But they're not ordinary cats, they are ninja cats.

#454 (March 24) - Shisui's Request
Itachi was getting some practices as a request by his best friend, Shisui. The practices were three, the first one was to explore the whereabouts of the fugitive, and the second one was to encamp at night. Itachi learned many things from Shisui and their bond became stronger. And in the end of their practices, Shisui and Itachi came across the Root Anbu for their combat with the Hokage.

#455 (April 7) - Moonlit Night
Due to his great abilites, Itachi became an Anbu captain and took the orders directly from Danzo rather than Hiruzen to preserve his position. However, later he was forced to act as a double agent to monitor the coup of his clan.



EPISODE STAFF
#453 -- (Studio Pierrot) Good Quality
Episode Director/Storyboard: Maki Odaira
Animation Supervisor: Yūri Ichinose & Chiyuki Tanaka

#454 -- (Outsourced Studio) Average Quality
Episode Director: Yusuke Onoda
Storyboard: Yoshihiro Sugai
Animation Supervisor: Tetsuro Taira & Eiichi Tokura

#455 -- (Studio Pierrot) Very Good or great quality
Episode Director/Storyboard/Animation Supervisor: Masahiko Murata
 
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Are they still stuck in filler hell? I haven't watched the anime in years now, but I'm just curious.
 

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Are they still stuck in filler hell? I haven't watched the anime in years now, but I'm just curious.

No the dream arc ended with episode 450 last week, but now then they began animating the Itachi Novels. After that comes Kaguya.
 

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Couldn't they just animate the itachi novels, after the story ends? or why not release it as a ova or something.. SP sure loves em fillers.
 

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Couldn't they just animate the itachi novels, after the story ends? or why not release it as a ova or something.. SP sure loves em fillers.

I think they are only throwing in the Itachi novel here because it is a bit relevant to Sasuke's motivation.

However I don't mind, because the novel actual had a good writer, unlike Pierrot's writers.
 

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Thanks for the news can´t wait to watch episode 453 and 455.
 

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Thanks for the info.
I'm glad the animation quality is improving... Looking forward to the next(perhaps final?) opening.
 

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The only thing I have a problem with is the budget spilling.

If they spend it all on this then canon will look bad wich is gonna be a huge disappointment.
 

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The only thing I have a problem with is the budget spilling.

If they spend it all on this then canon will look bad wich is gonna be a huge disappointment.

Well they haven't really brought out the big guns yet, the last time thery did that was way back in episode 375 (Kakashi vs Obito).

Episode 353 and 355 will look good, but I would still consider these people part of Pierrots "B" team , not the "A" team. Although episode 355 has the *potential* to raise itself up to 'A' quality, we'll have to see.
 

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Artondrius how many ep do u think the itachi arc is?
 

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Artondrius how many ep do u think the itachi arc is?


9 episodes have been confirmed a few weeks ago (451-459)... however they did not make it clear if there are more or not
 

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You mean the band the title? I think it may be in this week or next weeks issue of Shounen Jump.. not sure

Yeah that's what I meant. Have you read SP latest blog? It mentioned Shipudden being in it's "final times" and to look forward to the next 20 episodes or so... It may be the last opening?
 

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I'm glad we are away from dream fillers. The Itachi arc is amazing so far.

I'm also happy to see animation that isn't bad. Ever since 450, we are getting more good-great animation than bad-average.

While the animation is great now, hopefully they have enough budget for Yamashita and other amazing animators to animate canon.
 

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9 episodes have been confirmed a few weeks ago (451-459)... however they did not make it clear if there are more or not

If 9 episodes then hopefully canon will return in 2nd week of may
 

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Damn I remember when people were saying fillers will end in May back in December. I was laughing at the sarcasm but it was actually true... I don't mind tho the Itachi thing is awesome.
 

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Thanks for the info.
I'm glad the animation quality is improving... Looking forward to the next(perhaps final?) opening.

455 could be really good. Murata has used some very interesting cinematography.

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