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Audience: the audience to this writing to evaluate paper on Naruto is any person or persons who watch the show Naruto itself and did not like it at first or watch other anime shows and have not gotten the chance to watch Naruto. It is also to the people who have never watched anime and should at least watch this show to test it.

Rayne Alaniz

Eng 201

Dr. McCleese

Assignment 4

Writing to Evaluate

July 20, 2017

Naruto TV Show Analysis

“In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that’s true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum” (Kakashe Sensei, Season 1). Naruto is a show that is named after its main character, Naruto Uzumaki. Naruto is a show based of a manga also called Naruto. The show Naruto is a part of the genre that is called action fiction or fantasy. Though it is a part of that genre, the show Naruto is referred to as an anime because it also closely related to those. The first anime was first made in 1917 but anime essentially became popular during World War II according to Quora.com. Naruto came out in Japanese October of 2002 and its final season aired in February of 2007 and it also had translations of English versions come out since. When I first was forced to watch this show by my boyfriend I was not happy; I thought it was going to be terrible because it was an anime show. I was totally wrong though, everything about the show is really good (I will never admit that to him in person) from the writing of the script, to the way they portray the characters it is a great show and all of the action it has.

First off, the writers of the show make Naruto a worthy show to watch because the script is truly intriguing and some of the things that certain characters do are funny. What makes the show interesting is the different personalities of three of the main characters, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, and how they have personalities that work together so well. The way the script portrays Sasuke as a guy who is always angry but knows that he has to help out his team (Naruto and Sakura). Sasuke is very shut off toward many other people due to his brother killing his family when he was younger. Now Naruto is a kid who is for the most part happy, boisterous, but also positive for being on his own his entire life, until somebody makes him very mad and he has a special jutsu come out. Sakura is usually tremendously confident in herself, very respectful to her leaders and she does not like to be an inconvenience to her peers. Though these three are very different in personalities, they all help each other in what the other lack and they form the Team 7.

Secondly, I like this show a lot because it is a show with a ton of action involved. I am one of those people that obsess over the show Game of Thrones so a show like Naruto is seriously so good to watch for me because it does involve a lot of action and small fights like Game of Thrones even though it is not as bloody and deadly sometimes. The action in Naruto is really awesome and cool because all the people are ninjas and the people like Naruto and Sasuke are the highest of ranking there is to be. In order for there to be a lot of action in the show, every ninja learns what is called a “jutsu” and this is a special move that the people learn and do to display pain or try to injure their enemy. This is what truly brings together the action in this show to me because the characters learn how to do these when they are in the Academy the gain access to more as the gain more experience. Naruto has one specifically when he gets mad that brings out the nine tail fox and he can barely control his anger because of it at first.

Next, the main point of the show is to try and explain the story of how the powerful fox known as the nine tail tried to attack the village of Konoha. Naruto’s father being the leader of the village- and the fourth hokage (a head ninja)- feels the need to defeat the nine tail fox himself even though it will kill him; in order to do this he puts this fox he seals it inside his newborn son, Naruto. The storyline of the show does really good at explaining this because due to the nine tail fox attacking the village of Konoha everyone was afraid of them, and because of that Naruto was somewhat shunned and seen as one of the nine tail fox because they were being carried inside of them. Naruto was not oblivious to everyone ignoring him and he was dying for attention and because of this he always said he was going to be the next Hokage. The writers of the story go on to explain how Naruto has the nine tail fox within him when he begins to get mad and then he cannot control his anger due to the nine tail fox overtaking his body and determined to destroy his enemy that made him angry.

Lastly, I believe the show has become so popular to people of all ages. I have met people in college who are watching it, I have met high schoolers who are watching it, and I even have little cousins who watch it with their friends when they are hanging out. More people should watch it because it really is a good one to watch and it is more enjoyable than anyone would imagine, “Believe It!” (Naruto Uzumaki, Season 1). The show is also quite successful because there is a sequel show called Boruto that is about his son that has been around since 2015 and is very popular also. There has also been a large handful of movies after the show Naruto ended about Naruto and what he has being doing, just a few of the movies are: Naruto Shippuden the Movie, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will Fire, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower, and Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie.

Naruto is a show that I would have not given a second thought to if it was not for my boyfriend. Because of him I found a seriously great show and I almost lucked out on one because I was judging it all because it was considered an anime show. Everything about the show Naruto is extremely great; from the way, the writers make the character’s act and join together to the quality of the script, to the action in the show, all the way to the people who are able to be watching the show. Now knowing that Naruto the TV show is technically under the genre of action fiction, I understand why I like it so much because shows and films that move around a lot of times and have a ton of fighting and action pull me into them.

Works Cited

"Catchphrases and Verbal Tics." Narutopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 July 2017.

Kakashe Sensei. "Naruto” Reddit. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 July 2017.

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Multiple. “What Was the First Ever Anime Made?” Quora. N.p., n.d. Web. 2017.

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