I have been a long time fan of some anime, and when it comes to the more mature ones that are not from Japan, like Genshin Impact and Sword Art Online-style games, I think most people forget how good they actually are. Most newer series or even something out that was released in 2020, I would usually just watch them because my brain said "It's so childish." But when you find an episode from one of those older ones that is just amazing, I get excited about them too.
So here are some underrated anime that I feel deserve more exposure! As for you guys, if you are reading this article, then you should definitely check these out!
An Original Series by Natsume (1995)
As a kid from 1990's Japan, the original form of Naruto taught me everything about Japanese mythology. I've always loved Naruto as well and used to watch him every weekend on TV after school when I would spend hours at work to make money selling snacks—I was really into his adventures before he went abroad and become what he is now. My brother who was also obsessed with Naruto even made a game called Naruto Gaku which is basically a Naruto manga with combat. The only problem with my brother is that he has no clue about Naruto and doesn't know any other characters apart from Naruto. There for there is no Naruto battle, but instead he wanted to see what Naruto can do, and I'm pretty sure if Naruto were a real person then we would all be together. So, when I finally got the chance to play Naruto Gaku and read the entire first season of the game, I found myself absolutely in love with it and all its episodes. With all being said, my brother gave up on Naruto and didn't have interest in playing Gaku anymore, so he decided to give back to the Naruto fandom. From then onward, I started studying Naruto ever since I could remember. And boy did I study hard until I got into highschool and then transferred to university to study English Literature because everyone else was doing it. After a while though, I realized it was time to quit school in order to start making movies. A few years later I made another movie called Ghost in the Shell. At first, many people thought I wouldn't end up making it because I wasn't even sure I was going to make it. Then one day a guy came up to me and told me "You need to watch this movie right now." And my reaction? "Yeah...you're telling me to watch Ghost In The Shell right now." Yes, we had only just finished filming the movie with lots of stuff that we had already shot before, so what did we do, we waited for three days before shooting it again. This happened after two days of waiting and I couldn't stop smiling. It felt like someone had taken over my body and turned me into a child again. I wanted to fight him, I needed to watch the movie, so I put off watching it for another week, thinking I would come around. Finally in the third day after months of waiting, I watched it. All I saw was the story, the world, and the cast. Every single character's face was very familiar until the last scene. The entire climax took my breath away. When our main protagonist goes through the whole process of training in front of the Tokyo Police Station in the middle of night and wakes his friends up, I was completely amazed at how much he took things as normal as possible and was able to deal with anything, even death. Not to mention the fact that in the Tokyo Station he is forced to sleep in a casket. What I loved most about it was how he doesn't want to be a coward. He keeps saying he wants to tell the cops to get him out of the casket because they'll kill him and he'd rather die than face death alone, so I gave in to the pressure and watched the rest of the movie as a coward and lost my life rather than live it. I was sad about not having any close friend and family to talk to and miss, when suddenly a new character appeared and changed everything for me. Our protagonist isn't perfect, but he isn't a bad person either. He isn't evil, he does the best he can to protect people and himself. He makes mistakes but gets into trouble on occasion, and he accepts it, so why not? We all want to be the hero, right? Well, it seems this version is not the kind of hero I should be.
The ending left me wanting more and more for him to grow up to be the hero this movie showed all of us he could be. He wasn't happy about losing his sister, or being bullied because he's shy, or anything like that. Instead, he chooses to stay a boy and be brave and scared the hell out of people and just wants to help them and fix their errors, not killing anyone and even going against his parents' wishes.
I hope you guys enjoy the film regardless of your understanding of it. If you are looking forward to seeing Natsuo Uchiha and his crew, then please do yourself a favor and check it out. Here's hoping to see the next installment too. And I'd love to hear any suggestions you have and would like to write a short story of someone who watches it, like me, who loves Naruto like you do.
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