Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-12509038-20150124060937/@comment-5547501-20150211080255

KirinNOTKarin98 wrote: ^ Definitely agree. Though the 2-3 episodes of canon content should be animated by their best people.

Though I've also come to a realization. This entire time, I was hoping that certain battles like the Alliance vs. Ten-Tails and Naruto, Sasuke, Minato, and Tobirama vs. Obito would be extended in the anime, but they weren't. I think there are two key reasons why that is-

1. The first is because those kind of fights were structured so well to the point where it was difficult to add any filler content without interrupting the flow. However, the Naruto and Sasuke fight is different in the sense that there are a lot of opportunities for the anime to add filler content, as I almost believe the fight was structured so loosely as to allow for filler content (the most obvious example being the two-page spread of Naruto and Sasuke punching each-other in #697).

2. Also, the anime would never try to add any new abilities to enemies that weren't displayed in the manga (and if we're being honest, Ten-Tails and Obito didn't have too many abilities other than Tailed Beast Balls and Truth-Seeking Balls). However, Naruto and Sasuke have such a wide arsenal of techniques that it would allow for them to use many of these abilities in an extended match when animated.

So do you think these two factors may prove an influential role regarding the length of the battle?

I get what you mean with the Obito battle but as you said, the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki (Madara as well as Obito) were not shown to have many other abilities, mainly just the Truth-Seeking Balls, whilst Naruto and Sasuke have been shown to have a large arsenal of techniques, with the fight in the manga certainly having enough opportunities to add them in.

Regarding the Ch. 697 punching spread, I think that the anime will increase this (you can't really have a spread like that in an episode after all) but I would rather that part not be too drawn out as they are meant to be exhausted by that point.