Naruto fans still aren\u2019t over the most controversial fight in the anime Masashi Kishimoto\/Studio PierrotNaruto vs. Pain is still the most controversial fight in the anime series, and fans know why. One of the most iconic moments in the Naruto franchise is the protagonist\u2019s return in the Pain Invasion Arc. This led to an important and long-anticipated fight between him and Pain that divided the fandom. While the choreography and impact of the battle were unparalleled, the animation received severe backlash from viewers. People criticized the cartoonish feel of certain frames that didn\u2019t match the battle\u2019s seriousness. Naruto\u2019s fight against the Rinnegan user had a lot of things going, including the introduction of the hero\u2019s Sage Mode, the terrifying power of the Six Paths of Pain together, Hinata\u2019s sacrifice, and the unleashing of the nine-tailed fox. So, a lot depended on it. And when the fight failed to live up to the audience\u2019s expectations, they brutally criticized the battle, especially the episode of Naruto\u2019s transformation into Kurama (Naruto Shippuden Episode 167). The heavy backlash was too much for the episode\u2019s director, Atsushi Wakabayashi, who never worked on another high-priority episode of the anime show after that. Though the director never spoke out about it publicly, the coincidence was too glaring to ignore. Now 14 years later, fans still have mixed feelings about the Naruto vs. Pain battle. While they agree the criticism was too harsh, they also point out the reason behind viewers\u2019 disappointment. Many believe the animation of Episode 167 isn\u2019t bad, it just doesn\u2019t fit the fight\u2019s vibe and diminished what was meant to be the most important stand-off in Naruto\u2019s career at that point. As one user pointed out on Reddit, \u201cIt\u2019s some very impressive animation \u2026 that doesn\u2019t capture the vibe of the scene from the manga at all. Rewatching the clip now I feel the same way as I did back when it originally aired.\u201d \u201cHonestly, while I think it\u2019s good animation in a technical sense, it feels really mismatched with the vibe of the fight. Naruto and Pain simply looked too cartoony for how high the stakes were,\u201d commented another, \u201cPain turning into the road runner always comes to mind. Even if you don\u2019t pause at all, it still looks funny.\u201d \u201cTo be fully honest, the fight is EPIC. However, the art style they chose for animation is so cartoonish and so goofy, it\u2019s hard to take the fight for how serious it should have been,\u201d wrote a third. No matter how controversial it is, Naruto vs. Pain still remains one of the best fights in the Naruto anime. It was the series at its peak, and no matter how the animation looks, it is still completely enjoyable. For more ninja action, check out our guide on Naruto filler. You can also find out who is the strongest in Naruto, how Kurama comes back, and whether Himawari is Kurama\u2019s new jinchuriki.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Naruto fans still aren\u2019t over the most controversial fight in the anime Masashi Kishimoto\/Studio PierrotNaruto vs. Pain is still the most controversial fight in the anime series, and fans know why. One of the most iconic moments in the Naruto franchise is the protagonist\u2019s return in the Pain Invasion Arc. This led to an important […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}