Official Naruto Schedule&Info (Update #12)

[artondrius]

Current Anime Schedule
February 13 (#350): "Minato's Death"
February 20 (#351): "Hashirama Cells"
February 27 (#352): "Rogue Ninja: Orochimaru"
March 06 (#353-354): "Naruto Shippuuden Special ~ The Boy Called Tenzou"


Animation Directors/Quality level
Episode 350: Seiko Asai *Good quality
Episode 351: Daiki Handa *Average quality
Episode 352: Min-Seop Shin&Yuuko Ishizaki *Average quality
Episode 353: Hiroyuki Yamashita *Excellent quality
Episode 354: Ik-Hyun Eum *Bad or Average quality






Other News
Hayato Date - Naruto's anime director - posted on his twitter that the current plan is for canon to resume after the ANBU arc. He also pointed out that there should be no more filler arcs for the remainder of this year.

My opinion on this: There may be no more filler arcs this year, however I think people should still expect "padded" canon episodes. If you don't know what I mean, look at episodes such as 330, 338, and 346. All of those episodes covered manga chapters, but they were "padded".








FAQ Section

Spoiler

Q: When will there be a new Opening/Ending?
A: The openings and endings go by the following schedule

• First week of January: New Ending
• First week of April: New Opening and Ending
• First week of July: New Ending
• First week of October: New Opening and Ending

Q: When are new episode titles released?
A: There are two specific time frames

• One new title is released between the 7th-10th every month. Animation info for upcoming episodes is also released with this title.
• Three new titles are released around the 22nd-23rd every month

Q: Where can I learn more about the animation staff?
A: This page has some nice info:

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You can usually know how good an episode will be by learning the names of the animation supervisors. For example, if you see "Hiroyuki Yamashita" or "Masayuki Kouda" listed, it will always be a great episode.

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[dvmaz]

this arc might turn out tobe better than the chikara arc

 

[Sir Blades]

I liked all the information provided,and the ANIMATION QUALITY, cause i dont want any surprises.
Thank you.

 

[Aquarius]

You ruined the surprises :stfu: but thanks for ruining it and making us aware hehehehe

 

[holtaa]

"there will be no fillers for the rest of the year, but there will be fillers"

 

[scorezor]

"there will be no fillers for the rest of the year, but there will be fillers"

that was what i told you guys , but no one believed in me ... AGAIN.

 

[artondrius]

"there will be no fillers for the rest of the year, but there will be fillers"

You must not be very good at reading, but that's ok a lot of people aren't. Nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[Chatte]

this arc might turn out tobe better than the chikara arc

Definitely. It had more basis than Chikara arc, in my opinion. Chikara could've been better, had a better story but somehow while it did have a good animation, the story was quite meh. I liked it, I just think it could've been better.

 

[Javaweb]

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[artondrius]

Definitely. It had more basis than Chikara arc, in my opinion. Chikara could've been better, had a better story but somehow while it did have a good animation, the story was quite meh. I liked it, I just think it could've been better.

Honestly I don't even consider Chikara an arc, because it was actually produced as a movie. However the movie was canned, so they salvaged the footage and presented it as anime episodes.

That is why the entire "arc" has consistent movie quality animation, and it is also why the arc is around the typical length of a movie (6 episodes=120 minutes).

It's a shame that the ANBU arc couldn't get that level of animation, since it is a much higher quality story.

 

[Maito Gai]

i'm actually looking forward to this arc lol, though why couldn't they do a flashbark arc and show us prime hiruzen? Lol

 

[SeBa]

can you give me Hayato Date's twitter ?

 

[holtaa]

You must not be very good at reading, but that's ok a lot of people aren't. Nothing to be ashamed of.

It was clearly a joke implying that their promise of 'no fillers' is empty as they followed it up with 'things could change'. Given the past history there will be fillers.

How you got to questioning my ability to read is beyond me...

 

[artondrius]

It was clearly a joke implying that their promise of 'no fillers' is empty as they followed it up with 'things could change'. Given the past history there will be fillers.

How you got to questioning my ability to read is beyond me...

Oh, if you were kidding then that's cool.

Anyways, that was my comment warning people things could change, they didn't actually say that. It probably won't change, I'm just pointing out that anything is possible.

can you give me Hayato Date's twitter ?

Sure, but he doesn't speak English

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And yes his account name actually is Pikachu, LOL.

 

[SeBa]

Sure, but he doesn't speak English

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And yes his account name actually is Pikachu, LOL.

thank you.

 

[phantomlord22]

thank you, nice job
this helps alot

 

[JackSpicer]

Who cares bout fillers as long as I still have something to watch its all good to me.

 

[artondrius]

By the way Yamashita is only overseeing the animation aspect for his next episode, someone else is in charge of directing the episode and deciding how the scenes play out.

So it will still be high quality episode, but probably not quite as good as his last 2 episodes (322/345) where he had complete creative control over everything.