Key Animation: Tetsuya Takeuchi Anime: Naruto (2002)

@BigThreetShots Middle school me when I first saw this scene

@BigThreetShots It’s sad rock Lee peaked as a kid

@BigThreetShots This is the era when Naruto actually became good. Series should have ended at the completion of the Chunin Exams, imo.

@BigThreetShots @NARMAK13 This part of Naruto really made me appreciate rock lee as a character

@BigThreetShots The best scene in the entire run, followed by the Rock Lee fight against Kimimaro. And I mean including Shippuden. The anime just looked terrible.

@BigThreetShots WHERE'S MY LINKIN PARK MUSIC???!!!

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@BigThreetShots I appreciate the use of the 3d backgrounds in this episode so they can go hard on the animation.

@BigThreetShots AMV / 20

@BigThreetShots I've lived almost 20 years convinced this entire episode was keyed by Norio Matsumoto. You learn something new every day.