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 - Sanj! Uzumaki Naruto!Naruto has been running in Japan since 2002 and came to America in 2005. As a personal favorite series I decided to buy the uncut episodes to collect the series. Now the box set includes the original Japanese episodes with out Cartoon Network or Jetix's censorships. Also allowing to watch the show with the Japanese voice cast, which in my opinion are much more talented than the English voices. Really just Naruto's voice is the downer in the English version, but that's no reason to discard this great series! Rating:  - Naruto... The best Shonen title currently on the market...I avoided watching Naruto for so long... Simply because I wasn't a fan of the character designs and because the story seemed shallow. It was by chance I saw an episode on Cartoon Network and had my oppinion swayed. 3 episodes later and my original oppinion was spun in the completely opposite direction. The show was good. But not until I brought the uncut DVD's that I realised the show is more than good... It's bloody great! Though at first I thought the show was good dumb fun I was soon to find out this anime can be surprisingly deep and touching. It has even provoked tears at times. The character designs also grew on me... pushed along by the enthralling personalities of the characters. And the voice acting... Both the original and the english dub... is fantastic. Naruto is an anime I'd reccommend to anyone that likes anime or action. It seems to have it all. A little something to appeal to everyone. Though I must say... Naruto Volume One is the weakest of all the box sets released thus far (5 as of writing). It starts off slow and silly and doesn't get too interesting until the first major villian (Zabuza) comes along. But once Zabuza hits, the show rockets into first gear and shows why it is the best shonen title currently on the market. Rating:  - Great Series Backed Up By Average Box SetsLet me clear this up right now before I even start this review: The Naruto series has many strengths. The characters in it are interesting and unique and the general storyline is great. Furthermore the animation and voicing are stupendous and make the show worth watching. If I was rating based solely on the the TV series, Naruto would easily get 5 stars; but I'm not. I'm rating the box set as a whole, and honestly it is severely lacking. First of all the set only comes with 3 discs (12 episodes total). For around 50 dollars this is an enormous rip-off. Other series I have purchased recently (DBZ, Lost, Heroes, etc) come with 6-8 discs and over 20 episodes (most of them hour-long episodes) for around the same price if not a little cheaper! Plus each episode is less than half an hour long; that is just a horrible deal right there. Another thing that detracts from the Naruto sets is that it holds back on special features. If you are a fan like me, you love to poke around all the extra tid-bits usually crammed in similar box sets (ie making of, deleted scenes, interviews, etc)! Finally, the box sets never end on a complete note; they all awkwardly leave off right in the middle of a story. To make this even more excrutiating, the majority of the run time of these discs is taken up by the theme song at the begginning and end and the episode recap. A lot of the animation is just recycled over and over again to eat away the time and plot development. I give the this product 2 stars only because Naruto itself is a great anime show. Unfortunately the Boxed Sets leave a lot to be desired. Rating: - GREAT!!!Bought this for my daughter who loves Naruto, and she watches it all the time. Rating: - Not worth the cost. Shop around for the best price.The series is great, but it should be known that you can get all the Naruto Uncut boxed sets at Wal-Mart for almost half the price they're offering at Amazon. I'm kind of curious as to why this is since Amazon usually offers the best prices on all their products.
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