Ever since launching pre-orders for the first part of the series back last summer, we’ve really loved seeing the enthusiasm from generations of NARUTO fans about our releases, and of course, the series in general.
This has in turn led to some heated in-office discussions? Whose the best character in NARUTO? What are the best story arcs? If you were stranded on a desert island with only one episode of NARUTO to watch for the rest of your days, which one would it be?
Well, we figured that it’s about time to get some answers to these questions, and for that we’ll need your help – that’s right NARUTO fans, it’s time for you to decide once and for all and help us answer that seemingly impossible question – what’s the best episode of NARUTO ever created?
Grab your headbands, and read on to find out how you can make your opinion heard!
Vote now for your favourite episode!
Our plan is quite simple – for the next two weeks, we’re opening voting for you to decide which episode of NARUTO is your personal favourite.
You’ll be able to vote in a number of ways:
Via polls run on X/TwitterVia polls run on InstagramVia this Typeform poll
Voting is open now, and will run until 12PM (UK time) on Wednesday 21st May, so be sure to get your vote in!
How voting works
Rather than simply ask for you to pick from one of 800 episodes and the chaos that would cause, we’ve broken our voting down into two categories, with four choices within each category, hand-selected from a shortlist of some of the show’s greatest moments. Here are your options:
CATEGORY 1: BEST FIGHT
For all of the deep and impactful character moments throughout the series, sometimes all you want to see is some breath-taking ninja fisticuffs, and we wanted to celebrate this by picking out some prime episodes that showcase some of the most incredible battles that NARUTO has to offer. Your voting choices in this category are as follows:
Rock Lee vs Gaara (Naruto – Episode 48 – “Gaara vs. Rock Lee: The Power of Youth Explodes!”)Shikamaru vs Temari (Naruto – Episode 64 – “Zero Motivation: The Guy with Cloud Envy!“)Naruto vs Pain (Naruto Shippuden – Episode 167 – “Chibaku Tensei”)Kakashi vs. Obito (Naruto Shippuden – Episode 375 – “Kakashi vs. Obito”)
Gaara vs. Rock Lee: The Power of Youth Explodes!Zero Motivation: The Guy with Cloud Envy!Chibaku TenseiKakashi vs. Obito©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO
©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO / 2007 SHIPPUDEN All Rights Reserved.
CATEGORY 2: BEST CHARACTER EPISODE
We all have our favourite character, so we also wanted to celebrate this by picking some of the most popular moments from NARUTO’s greatest characters – here’s our shortlist of incredible episodes featuring iconic characters at their best.
Naruto (Naruto – Episode 78 – “Naruto’s Ninja Handbook”)Rock Lee (Naruto – Episode 124 – “The Beast Within”)Sakura (Naruto Shippuden – Episode 26 – “Puppet Fight: 10 vs 100!”)Sasuke (Naruto Shippuden – Episode 137 – “Amaterasu!”)
Naruto’s Ninja HandbookThe Beast WithinAmaterasu!Puppet Fight: 10 vs 100!©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO
©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO / 2007 SHIPPUDEN All Rights Reserved.
Place one vote in each category, and you’ve played your part in this storied franchise’s history – let’s see if other NARUTO fans agree with your choices! Be sure to share the news far and wide to your friends and fellow NARUTO fans – there are no restrictions on who can vote, so let’s poll every fan that we can together!
The winners will be revealed at MCM London Comic Con
So, once the voting is done, what happens next? Well, we’ve arranged for the results to be unveiled during MCM London Comic Con, where we’ll be introducing and hosting a screening to reveal your votes and confirm the winners!
The screening event takes place on Saturday 24th May between 12:00PM – 1:30PM at the screening room in the Platinum Suite – as well as introducing the event, we’ll be screening three episodes for you to enjoy… the winners of our two categories, plus the highest-scoring runner up.
That’s three of the best episodes of NARUTO ever, back-to-back, what more could you ask for? “Goodies and giveaways to attendees” you say? Sure – if you can make it to the screening then we’ve got you covered there too, so don’t miss out!
©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO
We will of course also be sharing the results on social media, but you’ll find out at MCM Comic Con first, so we can’t wait for you to join us, and we’ll see you all there to celebrate the genius that is NARUTO!
