They tried to milk it like DB without following the milking template.
The new author inserting his own artstyle was arguably the dumbest marketing decision in history.
Samurai 8 getting canned is official now
Juan Ross
Evan Anderson
How many chapters did it survive for?
Brayden Johnson
Turns out you can't always go like a samurai.
Samuel Adams
was Naruto just a fluke or did Kishi go full George Lucas on this story?
Josiah Baker
Editors are a good thing
Grayson Cox
Naruto came out at a time where there wasn't much competition.
Anthony Flores
ALERT
WATCHING ANIME PRODUCED AFTER THE YEAR 2005 AD IS FUCKING PATHETIC
REPEAT ALERT
WATCHING ANIME PRODUCED AFTER THE YEAR 2005 AD IS FUCKING PATHETIC
Camden Allen
>there are probably a half-dozen axed WSJ series that would have done better
S8 was failure, but it didn't override shit, unless you thought Tokyo Shinobi Shinobi Shinobi Shinobi Shinobi Shinobi Shinobi Shinobi Squad and Beast Children were anything other than garbage.
Gabriel Bennett
Kishi probably thought he could take his time, but he took too much time. And his exposition delivery doesn't compare to the likes of Togashi, Oda etc.
James Collins
It killed Kamio Yui.