| BraLoD said: It's hard to look at it when you throw Naruto name to make me compare. Naruto was the biggest anime outside of Japan, the only single thing able to rival Dragon Ball. Naruto plays a big role to me, personally, and for the anime cultural movement outside of Japan, it'll be forever one of the main reasons of this japanese cultural expression of art to the whole world. And as I said, to me it also was, don't get me wrong, it wasn't really the first anime I saw, not the best as well, but it was the first to make me really interested on thia world. I loved Dragon Ball, Saint Seya, Yu-Gi-Oh, even way more niche stuff as Tenchi Muyo, but was Naruto that made it really grow on me, now reading manga is one of my very favorite hobbies. Anyway, I want to see what will Kishimoto jump into next, if Naruto will be his one-hit wonder or we are yet to see another succes. About this one you mentioned, it really needs a better english name. Short and easy things like Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Fairy Tail. Believe it or not, a long and hard name can pretty much kill a good chance a series has to be succesful outside of Japan. |
I'm really confident in what Kishimoto's next goal is! His one-shot, Mario, was fantastic read in my opinion. Based on how Naruto changed from its one-shot, I know that taking the time to create what he wants will pay off. I know he said, during Naruto he had ideas for a sci-fi manga, so that might be what he goes next.
I know what you mean when you draw in value of Naruto compared to the others you mentioned. Even with One Piece, my favorite of all time, I may have never been fully redrawn into it if it was not for Naruto (4Kids those days). It's also like I said before, Naruto was indeed the driving force for many anime viewers today in the western world and many have also diverged in their preferences since. For something like to be a driving force to you like Naruto was isn't really ever going to happen. Though I can't see anything doing that for you or anyone who grew up with Naruto in that way. That's part of what I meant by Naruto isn't replaceable.
Boku No Hero comes at time that's much harder to get the same popularity as Naruto with a western audience. I also don't think its going to blow u over night like Attack on Titan. However, I really feel that it will have much of its longeivity and impact with what probabably is a smaller scale. I think that's fine because the Wetstern world has has been more acclimated to anime than it has ever been. I've really just been reading and really thinking about the lengths it can really go.
I agree about the nme adjustment among other things. I hope that they wait for a long time before starting the anime and pace it properly, as well as get a great studio like Madhouse.
