Evan Mullicane is the senior editor and founder of Screen Rant's anime section. Having started as a writer for the Comics Team at the beginning of the Pandemic, Evan was swiftly promoted from writer to editor, and then from editor to lead of Screen Rant's newly established anime vertical.
Few anime series embody the medium better than Naruto: Shippuden. Shippuden is beloved by anime fans across the world for its thrilling story, engaging characters, and its incredible fight scenes. Naruto: Shippuden is Great By Has One Fatal Flaw Despite these strengths, however, the series is not without its faults.
In order to avoid being unfaithful to the manga source material, Naruto: Shippuden employed an abundance of filler episodes. While some of those were solid and added a great deal of depth to the series' characters, the vast majority were forgettable or outright bad. Worse yet is that even fans avoiding the filler episodes entirely won't get the same experience as manga readers. Even canon scenes are sometimes padded out to give Studio Pierrot more breathing room with their adaptation, leading to poor pacing that sometimes hurts pivotal moments. This is a problem that has plagued every Naruto anime save for the Rock Lee gag spin-off. Fortunately for fans, though, the next Naruto anime will avoid this problem entirely, and it could create the franchise's best anime of all time. Naruto's Studio Has Abandoned Filler Almost Completely Studio Pierrot has all but abandoned filler with its recent anime releases. The biggest herald of this is undoubtedly Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Despite the original Bleach anime's overwhelming amount of filler, Thousand-Year Blood War cuts it out completely. This leads to episodes that are better animated and better paced. Studio Pierrot has signaled that they're moving away from the weekly episode model that infamously created so many problems for Naruto, Bleach, and Boruto. This is why, despite fan skepticism, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex has the potential to be Naruto's greatest anime to date. The Next Naruto Anime Won't Make The Same Filler Mistakes as Shippuden Though Studio Pierrot hasn't officially confirmed a Boruto: Two Blue Vortex anime is happening, Boruto's unreasonable profitability makes it all but guaranteed. When it does return, fans can be reasonably assured that Two Blue Vortex will break Naruto tradition and won't have filler. This, coupled with the increased quality of Two Blue Vortex's story suggest that the next Naruto anime could surpass all others in quality. Subscribe for a newsletter that decodes Naruto's anime future Discover what subscribing to this newsletter provides: focused analysis of Naruto and Boruto, Studio Pierrot's adaptation choices, and how pacing, filler, and production decisions shape anime quality—ideal for fans seeking clearer, contextual breakdowns. Subscribe By subscribing, you agree to receive newsletter and marketing emails, and accept Valnet’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe anytime. While that's still making a few assumptions, they are based on the direction that the industry broadly and Pierrot specifically are heading toward. If Perrot were to give Boruto: Two Blue Vortex the same love and attention that they gave Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, then there should be no doubt in anyone's mind that it will be a far greater anime than Naruto: Shippuden. Like Follow Followed Boruto: Two Blue Vortex Writer Masashi Kishimoto Writers Masashi Kishimoto Penciler Mikio Ikemoto Inker Mikio Ikemoto Colorist Mikio Ikemoto Publisher Viz Media Years after fleeing his village with Sasuke, Boruto returns to confront the dark changes that have occurred. With memories altered and Kawaki now seen as the hero, Boruto faces a world where he is the outcast. The two rivals must settle their differences as their Otsutsuki powers grow more dangerous.
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