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Friday, January 18, 2008

Naruto: Survival Training.(Naruto Cards)

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In typical troublesome fashion, Naruto sets a trap for their very tardy Jounin teacher, but Sasuke is not convinced that such a teacher could fall for an eraser trap in the door. The door opens, the eraser falls with a klunk right onto the head of Kakashi, and the students are disappointed. Is this Ninja really a Jounin? And what does Kakashi think of these kids. In a low voice and emotionless mutter he says, "My first impressions of you. I hate you." The kids are stunned!

They assemble outside to introduce themselves. Naruto wants his teacher to start. Kakashi gives his name, says he has no intention of telling them his likes and dislikes, will not remark upon any dreams, and says he has many hobbies. Sakura complains, "So all we found out was his name."

Naruto describes himself openly. He likes cup ramen, he hates the three minutes he has to wait for the ramen to cook, his hobby is to eat and compare cup ramens, and he dreams of becoming greater than all the Hokages before.

Sakura is next. She can't get her eyes off Sasuke. She won't admit she likes him, she never states her hobby, she won't state her dreams, and when Kakashi asks her what she hates, she replies: "Naruto!" The teacher thinks that girls her age are more interested in love than ninjutsu.

Uchiha Sasuke is last to introduce himself, saying simply there are many things he hates, nothing he likes, and his ambition is the revival of his clan and to kill a certain man. While Kakashi looks despondently at these three hopeless students, Naruto angrily glares at Sasuke. "I hope he's not referring to me!"

Kakashi announces they will begin survival training the next day, warning them that out of the 27 graduates, only nine will become ninjas. The rest will be sent back to the academy. They are to meet the next morning at 5 AM sharp along with their ninja equipment and they are forbidden to eat breakfast.

The next morning, the three hungry students assemble, and wait patiently. Once again, Kakashi is late. When he shows up, he is wearing two bells. He notifies them that they must try to take a bell from him. That is their mission. Whoever fails will have no lunch. Naruto proclaims how he will succeed. Kakashi explains this boasting when he says: "In society, those who don't have many abilities tend to talk big. Just ignore the guy with the lowest score."

Naruto is incensed. He has already been called a blockhead by Sasuke. Now, to his teacher, he is just the guy with the lowest score. Back at the academy, Hokage-sama reveals an astounding truth to Iruka-sensei. The children's teacher, Kakashi, has never ever passed anyone.

Back in the training field, Kakashi gives his first advice. "A basic for a ninja is to conceal his presence and hide himself." Sakura and Sasuke run off to hide in the bushes. Naruto, however, stands boldly forth to fight Kakashi then and there. Kakashi mutters, "Aren't you a little weird compared with the rest?" Naruto snaps back, "What's weird is your hairstyle!"

Naruto attacks, losing sight of the teacher, and a voice appears from behind the confused student: "A ninja should not let the enemy get behind him! Idiot!" He then gives Naruto a firm whack from behind, and the boy goes flying into the river. But the young ninja student is not so easily defeated. He initiates a Shadow Replication Technique and sends seven Narutos leaping out from the water and bearing down upon the teacher.

Kakashi correctly surmises that it was the technique he had used to defeat Mizuki, but he knows that Naruto is still Naruto and therefore significantly incompetent. While the seven Narutos attack, a mysterious extra figure leaps from behind. Naruto has created the extra replicant to attack while those in front provided a distraction. From the bushes, Sakura and Sasuke are impressed by their teammate's tactic. However, the teacher vanishes, having transformed himself into one of the replicants, and escaped.

The eager Naruto can no longer see his teacher, but spies a lonely bell lying on the grass. He jumps for it, a trap is released, and the foolish boy winds up hanging upside down by his heels from a tree. Kakashi reappears. "Don't fall for an obvious trap, idiot!" Then he gives him one of the most important teachings he can contribute.

"Ninjas must think beyond the normal." He adds to that, "Your movements are filled with unnecessary motions."

Preoccupied by Naruto, Kakashi fails to see that Sasuke has taken advantage of the distraction and has commenced a shuriken attack from the bushes, sending the hail of knives toward the teacher. The knives pierce his clothes and send Kakashi crashing to the ground. The episode ends with a horrified Naruto thinking that his teammate has overdone it.

The importance of this entire episode is to introduce the students and the audience to the skills and principles of an accomplished Jounin teacher. As the characters learn and absorb their training, the audience follows the action and evaluates the rules and principles for themselves. It is not all magic and invention, but a long and difficult path of study that all students must travel.




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Friday, January 11, 2008

The World of Naruto.(Naruto Cards)

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The seriousness of the Naruto story is often intermixed by pure silliness, but it all serves a purpose, propelling the young superhero forward on his path of adventure and growth.

After meeting Konohamaru, the annoying and aggressive grandson of the village Hokage, Naruto shows him no mercy, smacking him down before heading out the door. The child, seeking to become the next great village master ninja,

The Fifth Hokage, becomes Naruto's follower, trying at first to remain unseen, but his efforts are ridiculously inadequate. He quickly learns to respect the older and somewhat wiser Naruto, deciding that he should become a student of the new graduate.

We are then introduced to information about the ninja's energy source, a substance that Naruto incorrectly identifies as chatora, meaning brown tiger. His young student is confused, envisions a large brown cat, then corrects his master, revealing that the word is actually chakra. Naruto covers his error, by telling the kid to "Shut up.

Good Ninjas call it Chatora." We then learn that Chakra is the energy that you use to execute a technique. It is the inside body and spirit energy which can accumulate through experience and training. When you mix together training and experience, a seal is formed and the technique can be executed. It was Konohamaru who quoted this to his new-found teacher, Naruto being unfamiliar with the actual definition, although of its use his skills were much advanced.

Given this knowledge, the two young students embark on a training exercise, Naruto, teaching his very young charge, the silly and sexy "temptation" technique. The older Naruto is able to transform into a very beautiful girl, while the younger boy's efforts results in a fat, ugly hag. The combination of comedy and the logic behind the ninja lifestyle, lead to Naruto conducting the boy to various locations not very suitable for a boy his age.

They go to a book store that sells girlie magazines so that they can "research pheromones". After the owner kicks them out, they head off to a woman's change room where they transform into girls before entering. Once again they are kicked out, with Naruto receiving a beating in the process. Here, we are introduced to the topic that Naruto is an older boy with a developing interest in girls, which will lead to complications in upcoming episodes.

When the younger boy's guardian, an elite Ninja master, finally catches up to them, he is upset that Naruto should be teaching so much nonsense to the grandson of the Third Hokage. "Young master, you are only going to get dumber and dumber if you hang around Naruto."

A showdown then ensues, but unlike the more serious and damaging fight of the earlier episode when Naruto earned his right to graduate by defeating a dangerous rival, the fight is much more comedic. Naruto surprises everyone by executing a combination of his Shadow Replication Technique (producing a hundred copies of himself) and his Temptation Technique, changing all of his duplicates into sexy women who ultimately subdue the distracted elite teacher. Witnessing this conflict on his crystal ball, the Third Hokage can only sadly conclude: "He made another stupid technique. I'll fall for it for sure, probably."

As the two young students part company, both realize they have parallel ambitions of becoming great Ninjas and achieving wide recognition. For now, this light-hearted view of the two immature students, much like the blind leading the blind, has introduced us to a variety of Ninja principles, attitudes, techniques, and resources, the most important of all being the power that could reside within all of us.

Known as "chakra" here, the substance has been referenced in many works of fantasy and science fiction, not the least of which includes Star Wars, where it is known as "The Force." Here it is much more complex, though we are reminded of the growth of the youthful hero, Luke Skywalker, whenever we encounter Uzumaki Naruto.

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What Does The Word Naruto From the Anime in Japanese Truly Mean?(Naruto Cards)

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As enthusiasts of the animation Naruto, we've all heard about the word Naruto, but do you know what it truly means? In Japanese it actually stands for a type of Japanese fish cake. This particular fish cake is often seen with pink surroundings and designs that is seen as a simple spiral form.

Believe it or not, it is often eaten alongside with soups and noodles. Yes, this will include the ramen that Naruto from the animation that he enjoys. If you examine the fishcakes carefully, you would also notice that the head protector that Naruto wears looks very much the same as the food itself.

From the head protector, thus you'll realize that Kanoha is really revolved around this food and it's kinda interesting to see that these little facts actually ties in together to the centric part of the storyline in this animation.

Besides the fact that it is being seen as a traditional Japanese dish fish cakes, Naruto is also an actual city in Japan located in Tokushima a bit towards the southern part of Japan from the central divider. The city itself is quite small with a population of only 63,784 currently shown on their city's official website.

This city was founded in the March of 1947 and as you can see that the city itself is still relatively new in comparison with other parts of Japan. One of the most interesting facts about the city is that it contains the first two of the 88 Shikoku Pilgrimage Buddhist temples. Now what makes this fact stands out is the looks of the people from the temple and what they wear.

Yes, those traditional Buddhist clothings that pilgrims wear are closely resembled to ones that the Hokage's in the animation wear starting with how they dress all the way to their hats and accessories. So the next time you watch Naruto episodes again, you'll know exactly where it's origin as well as where the little facts tie up together.

I truly believe a lot of time has spent in the making of this animation from the Japanese to implement various names, clothing, as well as signs to symbolize the meanings of the traditional Japanese culture. It is truly a masterpiece by all means.

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Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Cheat Codes.(Naruto Cards)

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Alternate costumes

At the character selection screen, hold L1 + R1 while choosing a character.

Bonus missions

Successfully complete "S" rank Mission 2, "Icha Icha Paradise", to unlock Mission 11. Successfully complete all non-"S" rank missions (Hokage rank) to unlock Mission 12.

Successfully complete Gaara's Story mode to unlock two Village Of Sand missions, Kazekage's Mansion, Sumanigo Estate, and Buddha Statue.

Successfully complete Haku's Story mode to unlock the Great Naruto Bridge and Zabuza's Hideout missions.

Play as Curse-Marked Sasuke

Reach the "Chunin" rank (500 EXP) in Mission mode to unlock Cursed Sealed Sasuke in Mission, Practice, and Free Battle mode.

Play as Gaara

Successfully complete Saga mode with Zabuza to unlock Gaara in Saga mode. Successfully complete Saga mode with Gaara to unlock him in Versus mode.

Play as Haku

Successfully complete Saga mode as Hinata to unlock Haku in Saga mode. Successfully complete Saga mode with Haku to unlock him in Versus mode.

Play as Hinata Hyuga

Successfully complete Saga mode as Neji to unlock Hinata in Saga Mode. Successfully complete Saga mode with Hinata Hyuga to unlock her in Versus mode.

Play as Neji Hyuga

Successfully complete Saga mode as any default character to unlock Neji in Saga mode. Successfully complete Saga mode with Neji Hyuga to unlock him in Versus mode.

Play as Nine-Tailed Naruto

Reach the "Jonin" rank (1,750 EXP) in Mission mode to unlock Nine-Tailed Naruto in Mission, Practice, and Free Battle mode.

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An Introduction to Naruto.(Naruto Cards)

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Introduction to Naruto

If you're a new to the fantasy world Naruto, here is a brief description and history of the main character. Uzumaki Naruto grew up in a village of ninjas. Our young hero has no idea that he wouldn't be welcome in the village which he grew up in.

Because within him is the spirit of the demon fox who destroyed the ninja's village over a decade ago. Naruto's corrupt teacher, Mizuki tricked him into stealing a secret scroll. Naruto learn the truth about the secret scroll but he was still determined to be the greatest ninja ever. Naruto is determine to defeat his powerful enemies and the forces within him.

In order to accomplish this feat he has to pass several difficult tests to enter the Ninja Academy. And deal with his rival, Konohamaru; and learn how to get along with his new classmate, Sasuke and Sakura. Several tests were setup for Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. The first test involves defeating his upper-level ninja instructor, Kakashi. Only two people can pass this test - will our young hero be one of them?

The series follows our young hero has he grows stronger, overcoming numerous obstacles and becomes the greatest Ninja.

Naruto's Personality

Naruto is an insolent, troublesome child, who likes to perform pranks. Like any mischievous child he can be boastful and have annoying behavior. However, these characteristics are understandable, because he hides a dark secret inside of him. Throughout the series he learns and overcome difficult barriers with his friends as they seek to become great and powerful Ninjas.

Naruto learns the Ways of the Ninja

Kakashi, Naruto's teacher hates Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. But still he teaches them the lessons the way of the Ninja. Kakashi has never passed anyone and Kakshi has appeared to be the worst teacher Naruto has ever had.

The Ranks of Ninja:

Genin (Junior Ninja): This is the lowest level of ninja and one that shows the most difference in power.

Chunin (Journeyman ninja): are ninja who are qualified to watch over and guide other ninja.

Jonin (High Ninja): are highly-experienced ninja with great individual skill who serve as military captains.

Tokubetsu Jonin (Special High Ninja): are ninja who, rather than all-around Jonin training, have Jonin-level ability in a single area or skill, much like warrant officers of real-world militarys.

Kage (Shadow): Generally the most powerful ninja in their respective villages.

You can learn more about Naruto's adventures by visiting my blog, http://the-worldofnaruto.blogspot.com

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Naruto - The Anime Dreamer.(Naruto Cards)

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Well, this is an amazing story based on the Japanese manga. The characterizations are rich and the plot is excellently developed , though it may be slightly predictable. This is the true story of an underdog - Naruto, recognized by no one and hated by everyone for possessing no ninja skills and a demon fox trapped inside him.

When Naruto was born the spirit of a evil nine-tailed fox was imprisoned within him, rendering him the hate of the villagers in the ninja-village of the Leaf who feared the demon in him. Countering this hate he grew into the role of the clown, trying to attract attention by making a fool of himself and his teachers.

Everyday he does nothing but cause mischief and making Iruka-sensei mad. And above all, it's doubtful that he'll be able to graduate from the Academy. But Naruto has a dream.... Within him dwells the dream of becoming Hokage- the strongest warrior of the village. A dream that he'll become the head of the Ninja village, following Hokage and will become the best ninja around.

Even with Iruka's help, Naruto just barely defeats Mizuki. Knowing Naruto's secret, Iruka knows Naruto will meet someone who'll help him and so, makes a decision. Naruto is allowed to graduate safely from Ninja Academy. Along with his classmates, Uchiwa Sasuke and Haruno Sakura together, they make their first step as Ninjas!

This wonderful Japanese anime is a tribute to the amazing attribute inherent in everyone of us. It tells about friendship, loyalty, courage and unselfishness. It covers arrogance and deception. It is a journey of varying emotions.


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