I haven't watched enough of either anime to say (one episode of each) but what I did watch made it pretty obvious that they were as different as DVD players and paintings. Regarding the first episode of each series, in my opinion, yes.
The Naruto manga is flawed (only two non-traditionally feminine characters of significance, neither of whom appear till comparatively late in the series; the first volume is not very good; though the fights are great and are part of the character development, they sometimes go on too long) but generally excellent, and keeps getting better and better as it goes along.
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Date: 2006-04-29 08:06 pm (UTC)The Naruto manga is flawed (only two non-traditionally feminine characters of significance, neither of whom appear till comparatively late in the series; the first volume is not very good; though the fights are great and are part of the character development, they sometimes go on too long) but generally excellent, and keeps getting better and better as it goes along.