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Naruto is home to many of the most breathtaking, timeless, and well-choreographed fight scenes in anime across its original run and sequel series. While this only grows more intensely to be the case in Naruto: Shippuden, the fights of the Pain’s Assault Arc, as well as its enormous emotional gravitas, are a strong favorite among its legion of fans.
However, Naruto’s ultimate one-on-one fight against Pain’s Deva Path (Yahiko) was certainly full of what are still considered controversial, yet undeniably bold choices, as it stands as a unique, idiosyncratic anime battle. But for players on Naruto Mobile, as its gorgeously-reimagined characters surfaced, fans began to delightedly share the revamped Naruto vs. Pain fight in all its glory.
Naruto vs. Pain Gets a Glorious Anime Makeover
Featuring a snippet of the fight from Naruto: Shippuden episode #167, with Naruto’s rage engulfing him with Kurama’s chakra cloak, Naruto Mobile’s cutscene features a less distorted, yet equally action-heavy presentation. The 45-second anime-CGI cutscene features Naruto’s Six-Tails transformation unleashing a merciless barrage on Pain.
Beyond clean animation still effectively portraying the raw berserker rage and enormous chakra-fueled assault on Konoha’s destructive assailant, the music is strikingly different. Instead of Yasuharu Takanashi’s gorgeous musical score, this reimagined scene features a backdrop of metal guitars and guttural vocals, conveying the beast that is an unchecked Kurama taking over Naruto.
Whatever one’s feelings may be about the original animation of Naruto: Shippuden episode #167, this rendition is undeniably a fun, authentic recreation, unlike other Naruto Mobile videos featuring cyberpunk getups or Sasuke dialing up the cool factor. It breaks up the otherwise graphically tame gaming experience, and is just another way to experience the climactic fight of Naruto’s best arc.
Fans Are Too Harsh on the Original Pain Fight Scene
While it joins a long line of memeworthy Naruto freeze-frame moments, the animation of Naruto: Shippuden episode #167 features a pivotal fight in the series. ing the devastating apparent death of Hinata in episode #166, Naruto flies into a rage, slowly surrendering control to Kurama with no hope of Yamato’s intervention, before his surprise first meeting with Minato.
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The animation is the most unusual of any Naruto episode across its franchise, yet it embodies the 12 principles of animation to convey fluidity, emotive characters, believable weight, and compelling motion. It’s also the closest Naruto would ever truly get to losing sight of himself, as he clashes with Pain who desperately tries to bring him to heel.
It’s also the closest Naruto would ever truly get to losing sight of himself, as he clashes with Pain who desperately tries to bring him to heel.
While remaking the scene results in greater focus on hype, it also loses a secret sauce of sorts. Shingo Yamashita, a key animator credited for episode #167, meticulously the anime’s planning and storyboards to convey this legendary fight as it drew to its climax. Reimagined or not, its legacy on the Naruto fandom is everlasting.
Naruto
Naruto is a franchise spawned from the manga series penned by Masashi Kishimoto that began in 1999. Generating several tv series, games, movies, and more, Naruto s the exploits of a young outcast ninja harboring the spirit of a demon fox who seeks to become the Hokage, the leader of his ninja village, to break the stigma against him. Upon the conclusion of the initial series, Naruto expanded into Boruto, ing many series protagonists' children and returning faces.
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