edit: I CAN'T FUCKING STOP LAUGHING

little miniature stick figuers with gai clothes on battling it out with BOOGIE WOOGIE and suddenly doing mach 3 cliff jumps all accompanied by shaky cam and dramatic LOTR style music


edit 2: man i'm very fucking glad I stopped watching this shit because JESUS

Well 25 was all talk basically but what little action there was, was pretty good.

It was a good ep overall.

Lol, Bisse that image is hilarious, perfect shot, looks like there doing a dance o.0.

i thought the kakashi filler bit was actually good

rumor has it the next episode's art director is the guy who did episodes 133-134 (action packed ones where naruto fights sasuke on the water)
this guy uses more pale colors and less shading but there's more going on

I missed two episodes worth of Naruto, and then watched this week's episode... I didn't miss a thing.
I think that really goes to show how bad it is.

Haha, man, that's dead on. It's disappointing that BAD has become "passable" for Naruto now.

it's been confirmed that the animation in 26 has been done by either the guy who did 133-134 or someone equally talented, the action is fast-paced, the animation is AWESOME and it covers more of the story

this could be the best ep. regarding pace and animation yet

yea i think 26 was the best episode so far in terms of action and animation and well, overall quality i guess.

The didn't talk like at all, no flashbacks so they finally cut the bullshit and just gave everyone what they wanted. Fighting. With good animation.

Can't wait for the sub so I can watch it.

Won't bother catching up. I'm just watching it for the action scenes.

Just as a sidenote:

Is anyone else just fucking tired by how they always, no matter what sort of injury there is, they always bleed from the side of their mouth? In the end of 26 it was kinda ok because that prolly would happen but:

I mean please. Your hand get slashed by a knife, you get punched in your guts, thrown against a wall, or you just get tired etc.  the results are the same, you are OK but you are BLEEDING FROM THE SIDE OF YOUR MOUTH. Even when it's an anime and nothing is logical this is just so STUPID. It's not like this is a major flaw but please, I'd rather have them bleed from their asses for a change. It's been like this since the start.

hi

Like a crackwhore who has finally grown weary of that life-draining sustenance, I come right back once I get that superb hit once more.

All is forgiven.

XD

Was the episode really THAT good?