Naruto DVD

[Sexy no Jutsu]

So there I was, on the official American Naruto website. I decide to look and see how much the first volume of the Naruto DVD was. Twenty bucks. What a deal! Not so much. Upon further investigation I see,

NARUTO - ENTER : NARUTO VOLUME 1 DVD (NAR-DVD1)
Deep within the Hidden Leaf Village, sharp and cunning Ninja carry amazing talents and powers while Naruto Uzumaki carries an amazing secret. Twelve years ago, the fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to save the village by sealing the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit inside this orphaned newborn.


Includes Episodes 1 - 4
Episode 1 - Enter: Naruto Uzumaki!
Episode 2 - My Name Is Konohamaru
Episode 3 - Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?
Episode 4 - Pass or Fail: Survival Test

Exclusive Naruto poster inside!
This is the Edited Version as seen on Cartoon Network's Toonami Block. Spoken Languages: English, English Closed Captions.
Run time: 100 minutes

Edited? Not a deal at all. So, I'm wondering to myself, is the Naruto DVD distribution going to go the way of One Peice, Shaman King and Yu-Gi-Oh!? With only the edited DVDs being released while no unedited DVDs are planned?

EDIT:

Eh, I may have found my answer. I saw on the Shonen Jump website, as I was renewing my subscription, this:

FREE UNCUT Naruto DVD

Another exclusive gift is on the way for members of the SJ Sub Club with the July issue!


A FREE Naruto UNCUT anime DVD preview!

Be the first to see the uncut Naruto anime — weeks before anyone else! Subscribe by April 28th* to make sure you get yours!

**Must be a PAID subscriber by 04/28/06 to receive the DVD with the July issue.

It looks like they're planning on releasing uncut Naruto DVDs in the near future.

[Joshua]

Yep, July 4 is the release date for the first uncut bilingual Naruto 13-episode boxset, over 3 DVD discs. Reportedly, the price for these boxsets is going to be relatively cheap per episode when compared to other boxsets of other anime and especially to individual DVD releases of other anime and the edited series of Naruto. From there, the boxsets will be released on the first Tuesday of every six months, meaning the next uncut bilingual 13-episode boxset will be released on December 5, 2006.

Although it seems like a rather slow schedule to me at only 26 episodes per year, especially for an anime as long as Naruto, I'm still glad that the uncut bilingual series is going to be released in North America at all, especially when other anime based on Shonen Jump manga like, as you said, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Shaman King, and One Piece, did not receive such nice treatments.

Perhaps Viz Media will follow this same release schedule for Bleach, but since it's airing on Adult Swim in fall 2006, I don't expect as many edits as Naruto, and that will probably not warrant a separate edited DVD release schedule for Bleach...