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Naruto fans rejoice! The latest issue of Shonen Jump confirms that the anime series will finally return to the manga storyline in Spring next year!!! For those who don’t know, the manga series of Naruto reached chapter 238 and then retold Kakashi’s past before taking the action on three years where an older and stronger [...]

After episode 279 took a look back at Luffy’s past, these next four do the same for the rest of the crew. Episode 280 focuses first on Roronoa Zoro, showing Luffy and Coby rescuing the infamous swordsman from the clutches of Captain ‘Axe Hand’ Morgan, and then on Usopp, with clips of the fight against [...]

This was a bit of an odd one. In the manga there have been these odd little One Piece comedy strips cropping up every now and again, with chibi versions of the characters reimagined as various things including mafioso and superheroes. This is (to my knowledge) the first time one of these has been animated, [...]

Luffy and co have fought themselves halfway across the judiciary island and have Robin in their sights, unfortunately the is on the other side of a massive chasm! For the first time Robin begins to hope that she can be rescued, she begins to hope for the future, and and with her plea for help [...]

After a surprisingly good short story arc, Naruto returns once more to treading water. Episode 208 is a standalone story about Naruto and Kiba being assigned to protect a great treasure on its journey to a museum exhibition. The item in question is the Kachou Fuugetsu, a delicate teacup that is worth a fortune and [...]

Episode 202 of Naruto was, in my opinion, ill advised. By showing the best battles from the earlier episodes (allegedly – where was Rock Lee vs. Gaara?) spliced with terrifyingly unamusing comedy segments, it only highlighted how far the quality of the show has fallen. But hold on! The next episode was a triple-bill 90 [...]

Yep, it’s happened – Naruto has crossed the 200 episode mark in Japan, and it is still putting out filler. For those who are watching the excellent early episodes on Jetix at the mo it will be depressing to read but Naruto does slip in quality later on. The problem is the same as that [...]

Naruto may have become clogged with filler but the same can’t be said for One Piece. Currently the anime is running the same storyline as the manga – albeit a fair few chapters behind – and is absolutely superb. (there are tonnes of spoilers coming i’m afraid!) The crew of the Merry Go have had [...]