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Naruto Uncut Box Set, Volume 12

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Seeing this coming to stores and online I immediately ordered this uncut box set for my Naruto collection. The set will of course deal with the final episodes of the quest to find the Bikouchu beetle and use it to locate Sasuke, and team 8's battle with a rival team who are trying to capture the Bikouchu as well. These episodes will deal with the crisis of a village rich with their own gold mine but sadly is taken over by a bunch of rogue ninja lead by one of the seven swordsman of the mist. The one thing I truly love about these uncut box sets is just that they show the blood caused by the injures in battle or stick with the language that some of the censors thought was to inappropriate to listen to on American t.v.(Adult Swim). Like always these box sets have clear and sharp pictures no distortions to worry about and the voice cast for both the Japanese and English cast were incredible. So for all Naruto fans rejoice for the coming of this box set, and if you're a stickler just waiting for those Naruto Shippuden episodes to come out just look at it this way were coming close to the home stretch...

We have every Naruto boxed set and we purchased them after having seen the shows on cable because we wanted to be able to watch them over and over again. The kids love Naruto and so do I. The kids have the books, the action figures and the role-playing costumes. As a parent I particularly like the values of hard work, responsibility, and overcoming adversity portrayed in the cartoons.

Naruto Uncut Box Set 12 is a three DVD disc set that contains episodes one hundred and fifty through one hundred and sixty-three of Naruto. This set concludes the Bikochu bug arc, has the entire Raiga arc, the Great Survival Challenge, an arc about a bounty hunter, a story about imposters coming to the Leaf Village, and a search for "The Cursed Warrior."

The first item in the extras menu is labeled as "Production Art." This consists of fifteen pages, which are model sketches of some of the Naruto characters. There is a sneak preview of Naruto Uncut Box Set 13, which runs for roughly three and a half minutes. Next is "From Sketch to Screen," which contains eight pages of storyboards from episode one hundred and fifty. For each storyboard, you can choose to see the clip that the storyboard is for. You can also see the English credits in the "Extras" menu.

Next in the extras menu is a selection labeled "New From Viz Media." This link takes you to advertisements for Shonen Jump Magazine, two Naruto pages, and two pages featuring other Shonen Jump manga titles. A link in the extras menu labeled as "DVD Trailers" takes you to a set of trailers. There are trailers for: Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody, Death Note, Hunter x Hunter, and Buso Renkin. The final link in the extras menu is labeled as "Game Trailers," and it has trailers for: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm, Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 Revolution, Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2, and Bleach: Shattered Blade.

These extras are what I've come to expect from these Naruto Uncut box sets, but I still feel a little disappointed when I see that no further effort has been put toward the special features on these sets. However, if you're a Naruto fan that wants to collect all of the episodes on DVD, then the Naruto Uncut Box Set 12 would be a good addition to your DVD library.

In order to write this review, I checked out a copy of this DVD box set through the King County Library System.

This is a 'must' have, especially if you're a true Naruto fan. It's full of filler episodes, but if you love this series...they're worth it ;) You'll enjoy this item

This was a great box set! It contains episodes 150-163 all of the episodes were wonderful! Some of the episodes kept me on the edge of my seat, while some made me burst out laughing! It was an enjoyable product and I highly reccomend it! It also came with Naruto playing cards! I enjoyed this box set so much I went ahead and bought the next one! ^_^

Like most people have said, it's filler, so it's not as good as the earlier stuff but I still think it's entertaining and worth a watch if you like Naruto.

OK, I am a little old to be into Manga and anime (40 this month *sigh*)... except why let the kids have all the fun? I always enjoyed the themes of the underdog fighting the odds and unshakable friendship and I've yet to grow out of it. Who would want to?

This set of episodes does contain the dreaded 'filler' eps. The writesrs place it after the first rescue mission for Sasuke fails but before Jiraiya takes Naruto off to train. Some people hate fillers, some people love them. Count me amid the latter group. I enjoy the wider scope that the rest of the ninja corps enjoys in this volume. I especially enjoyed watching Hinata challenging herself to grow.

While I do find that these episodes can be uneven (I especially had a hard time swallowing ep #159. The Bounty Hunter from the Wilderness & #160. Hunt or Be Hunted?! Showdown at the O.K. Temple! due mainly to the fact that the writers appear to have forgotten that that particular set of genin had any talent!) I am willing to forgive and forget the occasional poorly executed idea since I loved most of the episodes.

If you love Naruto and would enjoy seeing more of the secondary characters, this is the Box Set for you!

Naruto is building on his collection of friends; Action sequences, however, are really nothing new.

I think this is a great set. Don't listen to any one that say's these are bad, There not. With these episodes left out of Naruto there would be someting missing. If you don't like them becuase there not a lot of blood and fighting in them that's life. These episode of a part of Naruto and they show better side of him. I have seen all these episodes on TV as well as on this set and they just keep getting better. I like it when Naruto is funning. Just give it a look.

*Note that the following review may contain spoilers*

The twelfth set of Naruto starts off with the two episode conclusion of the search for the Bikochu beetle. Because these episodes are not based on the manga little, if anything, can actually happen to advance the story. After the conclusion of the beetle arc we are introduced to the next filler storyline, dubbed "The Curry of Life." This is another six episode story involving one of the seven swordsmen of the mist, who Naruto and company hope can provide them with some information on the whereabouts of Kisame and Itachi (all for the purpose of finding Sasuke of course). The two main villians in this story arc, Raiga and Ranmaru, will remind you of Zabuza and Haku. Ranmaru's outlook on life is so similar to Haku's that Naruto is actually reminded of Haku and a small flashback ensues. (At one point Ranmaru, like Haku, calls himself Raiga's tool in which to be used.) The highlight of this story would have to be the last episode "Run! The Curry of Life" in which we get to see Lee's drunken fist again. After all is said and done no crucial information is gathered about Kisame or Itachi that would assist them in their search for Sasuke.

At this point we have six episodes left. The episode following the Curry arc is a single standalone episode involving Naruto taking Konohamaru and his pals on a practice survival mission. Next we have a two-episode story in which Naruto and company are to apprehend a thief by the name of Gosunkugi. Continuing still we have another standalone episode featuring two would-be imposters who decide to stalk and impersonate Guy and Rock Lee when they are out on a mission for the purpose of infiltrating the leaf village in order to steal the village's secret documents. Wrapping up the twelfth set we have the first two episodes of another story involving some sort of apparition terrorizing the land of birds. Naruto and company are sent to the land of birds to investigate.

Overall this set was a step down from the previous and I would have given this set 2 1/2 stars if I could have but felt it was closer to three stars than to two. The animation is also pretty bad. There are more than a few scenes in which characters will be running and their faces wobble from side to side like jello. I can only recommend this set to those who just want their collection completed.