madanthony Wrote:I watched Naruto back in 10th grade because I wondered what all the hubbub was about. It was one of my earliest shows, and I enjoyed it. For a while. I think there were ~110-130 episodes out then and the first 50 or 60 were perfectly enjoyable. Hell, I liked it. Then stuff hit the emo-fan and then the fillers started. Since this was right at the start of my anime viewing, I really didn't know what filler was. Never occured to me I could skip it and not miss a thing. So I sat through another 30 or so episodes of it and finally gave up. That was miserable. Would only wish it on my worst enemies. Since I was already at the upper end of the target audience back then, I have zero interest in going back now. I did learn my lesson though, so when I wanted to know what the fuss was about for Bleach, I skipped every filler episode and had a much better experience with that show. Now and then I like to watch some really brainless shounen, so I catch up a little Bleach. I think I'm 3 seasons behind right now, but eh. Whatever. It's getting a little too much like DBZ pacing.
I watched it in the beginning too, but then it got boring to me. I moved on to the manga, but that got boring to me as well. This was back before it was extremely popular. The fanbase was just growing by this point.
The only Endless Action series that I'm currently into is Negima, and that doesn't take itself seriously, and Ken already said the series is over the halfway point.