Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160825110024/@comment-4646462-20160825192842

Shadowflame55555 wrote: The next episode looks like it has really good animation from the preview (is it the same people as Obito Vs Kakashi maybe?), but considering that episode is nothing but talking, I don't get why this episode has such crap animation. They really need to sort out their priorities for which episodes they choose to animate well. I only hope the final fight won't turn out so bad. Hayato Date (lead director of Naruto) has stated in a prior interview that they currently have their best (available) animators working on the Naruto vs Sasuke fight.

Next episode gets some good animation because the schedule was right for a good animator to tackle some scenes of it.

Truth is, Studio Pierrot is a business first, animation main studio second. Paychecks and TV schedules are the big priority; they can't hold off an animator to work on a later episode, and they can't go on an airing break to wait for the next animator, as while they may be good for the quality of the show, neither are financially viable.

I wish they could re-animate select episodes that they did a shitty job on and release it as a special DVD set or something.