So the rumors weren't true! Ah... anime forum boards, if you can't trust them, who can you trust! lol. I haven't read enough of the manga to even come up with a favorite character. and if 179 is the latest one.. where are you getting your fansubs!

Well, bad news Naruto fans; the filler will still be continuing thru ep 183. Most fans thought (myself included) that because ep 182 is titled "Reunion, the time left over" that the filler was at an end, and 183 would mark the start of the Kakashi Gaiden. But, not the case and the filler goes on..... As for the fansubs, Animesushi pulls an anime once it's license has been announced. Try www.downloadanime.org they should have most of Naruto and Bleach there. The early eps will be hard to find though. You can also download from www.bleachportal.com and www.narutofan.com However do not send any money to Tazmo at NarutoFan; you're not supposed to charge for stuff that is provided free. He's making money off of other people's hard work.

I'm not really surprised that they decided to keep the fillers, since they know that this series is going to be a hit, and they would obviously want to milk the series for what it's worth. But thanks for the link, i'll be sure to download more Bleach later on.

I have a theory, maybe the fillers will stop at episode 199 with 200 being either the Kakashi Gaiden story or the start of Part 2: Time Skip. Kishimoto did this with waiting till Chapter 300 to show Sasuke after the Time Skip. Also kinda how comic books would wait for a "special number" to launch or have some revelation about the characters (especially in X-Men and Spiderman).

I've fallen behind on my Naruto watching. I got tired of the fillers, and now I'm needing to catch up. At least I'm not to far behind. Maybe 6+ episodes or so. I just don't know if I'm ready to sit through that many fillers :-(

182 was just finished by Dattebayo (Wed). Most of the filler arc stories are mediocre at best. I did kinda like the 2 one episode fillers; the one with Chouji and the Ramen shop and the one a couple of weeks ago with Jiraiya.

Aren't they supposed to start producing new Naruto sometime this year?

I don't mind a lot of the filler episodes, but enough IS enough... They are drawing it out too much now. Kinda like how Advent Children took 3 years too long to be released... I seriously remember 3 years ago when they were originally supposed to release it, and pushed it back and pushed it back and pushed it back....and yes it was still huge when it came out, a LOT of people got sick of waiting and moved on to something else.

In answer to your question Zero (I posted this earlier you must have missed it!): I have a theory, maybe the fillers will stop at episode 199 with 200 being either the Kakashi Gaiden story or the start of Part 2: Time Skip. Kishimoto did this with waiting till Chapter 300 to show Sasuke after the Time Skip. Also kinda how comic books would wait for a "special number" to launch or have some revelation about the characters (especially in X-Men and Spiderman). Just downloaded Manga chapter 305; haven't read it yet though. It's getting quite good again!

Yeah, but that's a theory. I just wanted to see if there was anything official regarding the Anime.

So far nothing official...other than what the upcoming episode titles are. 186: Laughing Shino (last upcoming episode title posted) Yep it's still filler...................

I just stopped watching Naruto period. I was spoiled by reading the manga first anyway and found myself getting bored quickly because of how slow the anime moved. And then there's the fillers. I gave up. But now I'm far far far behind in the manga because I stopped reading when my pc died. I stopped reading right after the time skip so I need to just start from there. I'm sort of glad i did stop watching Naruto because all I've been hearing from everyone has been complaints about the fillers. I don't know exactly how much is filler now but I've been hearing complaints for a long while. ><

On several Naruto forums, the consensus seems to be either starting Part 2 with episode 200 (which is what I said earlier), or possibly 192 on June seventh. The filler could also continue till after Movie 3 comes out in August. The third movie still has Naruto in pre time-skip clothes. Some also think that the filler will last until the next season starts in November. Still no official word from Studio Pierrot in Japan........

Latest bit of info: Episode 197 is titled: \"The Konoha 11 All Assemble\" So, still more filler. Maybe (yeah right) this means the filler is about to end..... Please let episode 200 be the start of Part 2 or the Kakashi Gaiden!

Wow. If the fillers do end, then it's about time.