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Originally Posted by MADRUCKIS

you can see a characters face get nervous at the name Uchiha...but now he;ll be called Sasuke Uchiha? Neji Hyuuga? Shikamaru Nara?

I'm too used to things lol

I'm sure even in the US dub they'll still refer to the characters by surname because it's all a part of that "respect" thing. Even though the names will be switched, like Sasuke Uchiha, the other characters might still call him "Uchiha" because of the fact the last name implies fear and it's a big thing...also since in the US, we call our friends by last name, like "Robert Miller" would be like "Yo, Miller!" and so on.

Originally Posted by MADRUCKIS

it was a big point for me how important family was in the anime, kind of feels like they short hand it by switching the name..thats all

Family was always a huge thing for Asians, so it's not just because of the whole clan thing in Naruto when the idea of "family" became so important. The last name can show how much power a family has or which family you come from and so on and so forth. I think the idea is very much the same with other countries as well.

Originally Posted by Vic Viper

Naruto will be a hit here in the U.S. i say it will be much popular than DBZ.

I don't doubt the show will be popular or even more popular than DBZ...no offense to the fans of Naruto but I think it's because the show is too much like the DBZ series which is why I've never could warm up to it. I know a lot of people consider Bleach the same and believe you me, I see the resemblences as well...boom, in the next episode, Kurosaki gets an upgrade and fights with his new power, rinse and repeat...how stupid is that? But anyway, yeah...it'll definitely do very well here....butchered or not.