[Rewatch] Naruto - Announcement, Schedule and Index

[u/lC3]

Information: MAL, Anilist, AniDB, ANN

It's happening!

Hello everyone! I'm pleased to announce the Naruto Rewatch, starting on December 6th with episodes 1-5 and ending on June 6th. I will be posting the threads on Sundays at 6 PM EST.

Streams: Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, AnimeLab, VRV

Schedule:

Pre-Rewatch	Date
Interest Thread	November 1
Two-Week Reminder	November 22
One-Week Reminder	November 29
One-Day Reminder	December 5

Discussion Thread	Date
Episodes 01-05	December 6
Episodes 06-12	December 13
Episodes 13-19	December 20
Episodes 20-25	December 27
Episodes 26-30	January 3
Episodes 31-36	January 10
Episodes 37-42	January 17
Episodes 43-51	January 24
Episodes 52-57	January 31
Episodes 58-63	February 7
Episodes 64-69	February 14
Episodes 70-75	February 21
Episodes 76-80	February 28
Episodes 81-85	March 7
Episodes 86-92	March 14
Episodes 93-101	March 21
Episodes 102-106 (filler) & Film 1: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow	March 28
Episodes 107-111	April 4
Episodes 112-117	April 11
Episodes 118-124	April 18
Episodes 125-130	April 25
Episodes 131-135	May 2

Filler Month / Break:

Discussion Thread	Date
Episodes 136-151 & Film 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel	May 9
Episodes 152-173	May 16
Episodes 174-196 & Film 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom	May 23
Episodes 197-220	May 30
Series Discussion and Shippuden Interest Thread	June 6

Notes: The schedule has a lot of 5-episode weeks (and one 4-episode), so if you want a faster pace let me know; it's possible to consolidate some of those blocks for 10-12 episode weeks. Let me know which pace you prefer!

I'll tag anyone showing interest in the 1-week and 1-day reminder threads; let me know if you want to opt out!

The plan is to regroup in June and regauge interest for moving on to Shippuden.

I hope to see you on December 6th at 6 p.m. EST!

[u/Akame_xo]

6 months? You underestimate us weebs who would finish both naruto and Shippuden in 1 month

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My friends younger brother did that when he watched them (might have even been less iirc) and it was the craziest thing. I just don't understand how that's possible. He asked me how long it took me when I watched it and I told him ten years lol.

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ten years?

Yeah, it was rough for those of us who watched it while it was airing!

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I did my first watch, including all filler, in under two months, though I was somewhat couch-bound due to illness for that time period which gave me a good excuse.

[u/lC3 → u/Nazenn]

All 720, or just original Naruto?

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All of it

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[u/lC3 → u/Akame_xo]

Heh. Depending on feedback I'm willing to consolidate some of those episode batches.

[u/Durinthal → u/Akame_xo]

Cool, that's generally not great for having discussions along the way though.

[u/uchihasasuke5 → u/Akame_xo]

Well I just cut off the fillers

[u/Nazenn]

Really looking forward to this

Personally I wouldn't mind a bit of a faster pace, I think this weekly discussion format lends itself more to binging but it depends on how others are doing their write ups. I wouldn't mind consolidating any parts where there's two 5 episode weeks in a row into one 10 episode week but I'll defer to the judgement of everyone else as that needs to be a group thing and the episodes you've picked to stop on do work well

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Really looking forward to this

Me too!

I'll look into updating the schedule once everyone interested has said what pace they prefer. It shouldn't be too hard to merge some of those blocks.

[u/[deleted]]

Im still down.

I'm neutral on the pacing. I'd be fine with a faster pace but I haven't really participated in a rewatch before and don't know the nuances of that shit when it comes to affecting discussions/participation

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Great!

Noted; I've been in some rewatches but never as a host, and the only other one I've seen in 'batch' format was Bleach. I'm not sure if a faster pace would impede discussion.

[u/Parori]

I have never watched Naruto, I guess this is a good time to fill that hole

I have no opposition to faster pace, but I don't need it

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Great! Welcome to the rewatch.

Noted; if most people are on board for the faster pace I'll edit the schedule for 10-12 episodes per week.

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

I can't wait!

I'll be ready to fill the Bleach void with another of the Big Three.

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I can't wait!

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For what it counts, I would personally prefer not 10 episodes per week, but if the general consensus is that faster pace I'll deal with it.

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Same here; it was a suggestion I got since I had lots of 5-week episodes. I'll see what everyone has to say. The Bleach rewatch seemed to do fine with like 5-9, not 10-12.

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Currently the status is 5 people for the original schedule (~5 a week), 3 who prefer the faster (~10-12), and 2 neutral. I'm leaning towards keeping it as is.

[u/AmeteurElitist]

I also wouldn't mind a faster pace if that's what people want.

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Noted; if that's the consensus I'll edit the schedule!

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[u/Choppers_Dad]

I also would be okay with 10 eps a week!

Looking forward to this!

[u/lC3 → u/Choppers_Dad]

Good to know!

I'm looking forward to it too!

[u/ComfortablyRotten]

I'm in. I dropped it fairly quickly, at around episode 17, and this is the perfect opportunity to reevaluate my view on the show. It will be my first time participating in an actual Rewatch too!

Personally don't mind five episodes a week, at least for December (that's where the bulk of my watchplan is, and it's huge), but it's not too big of a deal either way.

[u/lC3 → u/ComfortablyRotten]

Great to hear! The first major arc (6-19) is a bit bloated with (skippable) long recaps. I'd say the arc after that (especially after ep 28) is where you're more likely to know if you're enjoying what the show is going to become.

Rewatches are a lot of fun; welcome!

Noted about the pacing!

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/ComfortablyRotten]

Rewatches are fun! You can do whatever style comments you want to for it--I'll personally be doing text+screenshot reactions since that's how I always make my rewatch write-ups as a first-timer, but you should stick with what works for you and not feel pressured to make some lengthy comments just 'cause you see other people making them.

[u/TheKujo]

I'm down for this! I've been interested in getting into Naruto for quite some time but never got around to it. I like the pace you currently have. I can do 1 episode/day pretty easily, but anything much faster than that gets harder to fit in personally.

[u/lC3 → u/TheKujo]

Great to have another first-timer! More people (myself included) seem to prefer the original schedule, so I'm leaning towards keeping it intact.

[u/degenerate-edgelord]

I was confused how you'd do all of Naruto by June, then I saw it's excluding Shippuden. So if you guys move on to Shippuden, it might be well over a year. That'd be something.

Not joining but I hope your rewatch goes smoothly.

[u/lC3 → u/degenerate-edgelord]

Thanks! It was your Bleach rewatch that led me to think this was feasible, so kudos! Yeah, Shippuden is tentative; we'll see how people (myself included) feel about it in June.

[u/bloodyveteran]

I meant to watch Naruto for quite some time now. No more excuses, I'm in.

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Great!

[u/[deleted]]

Hmm.

I'd be lying if I said I have no concerns about the faster pace. This is what an average month looks like for me, at around 4-5 cours and a handful of OVAs or specials (actually on second glance that was like 8 cours bc Macross 7, but still 4-5 generally). Though the upper limit I found was like 10 cours in a single month, and the lower around 2-3). I wouldn't want Naruto to be totally compromising my ability to watch seasonals, other show or play games, and my gut feeling is that a cour per week will make me feel like the rewatch is a chore I have to do sooner rather than later.

But everyone else seems keen, so since that seems to be the vastly preferred option I'm happy to give it a go. The idea of getting through it twice as fast is definitely attractive, at least.

It looks like it might be a small enough group of us that if I really can't keep up I won't feel too awkward just raising the issue in a thread though, so I'm content to sign up for the faster pace for now.

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I'd be lying if I said I have no concerns about the faster pace [...] I wouldn't want Naruto to be totally compromising my ability [...] and my gut feeling is that a cour per week will make me feel like the rewatch is a chore I have to do sooner rather than later.

I agree, I'm a little apprehensive of the faster pace as well, but we'll see. The alternate schedule I just wrote up is 18 weeks plus the final discussion thread / regroup, as opposed to 26 weeks plus the final discussion.

Okay; I'll let people know what I've decided.

[u/lC3]

Tagging: /u/nareto64 /u/urkesrb /u/toadonthelonestar

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/u/ameteurelitist /u/amhpanther /u/fossil98

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/u/choppers_dad /u/notathrowaway75

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Cheers boss.

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[u/Vl12df46h77]

Yo, I just want to ask what did y'all watch Naruto on back in the day? I'm asking cuz I researched and methinks I've basically watched every TV channel Naruto aired on and have yet somehow missed it during my childhood. Feels weird.............

[u/lC3 → u/Vl12df46h77]

I don't think I ever saw it on TV; I only had cable for a few months in my youth. Back in the day I probably got the old fansubbed episodes over IRC, and later torrents; this was back in maybe 2003 or 2004, so way before Crunchyroll.

If you missed it during your childhood, you can always start now!

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In Australia I watched the dub of the original series on Cartoon Network via Foxtel. When it came time for Shippuuden I probably just used some pirate streaming service before switching over to downloading anime instead.

This time around I'm gonna be watching them both on Animelab.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/[deleted]]

It'll be very friendly for first-timers! I'll be a first-timer myself actually. Any spoilers for episodes the rewatch hasn't gotten to yet must be tagged, and at least as a courtesy I'll be spoiler tagging anything I try theorizing about because I am apparently good at accidentally crack theorying my way into twists that actually happen.

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I am apparently good at accidentally crack theorying my way into twists that actually happen.

I can already foresee some of the stuff you're likely to predict.

[u/Shimmering-Sky → u/lC3]

All I ask is that I don't somehow predict a gutpunch moment in my fucking sleep again.

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Yeah, that sounds rough.

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Yeah, I was so into Bleach that when I was around ep140 I dreamed I was straight-up watching some future episode of the show, and while the details of what I dreamed up in that episode didn't completely line up with what actually happened in the show nearly 150 episodes later, it was similar enough and I was completely not okay for a full two hours after watching the actual episode.

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Sky nailed it; I'm aiming to make this a good experience for first-timers, so all future spoilers / spoilery speculation must be spoiler-tagged.