Naruto filler episodes?!
Question: What are filler episodes anyway? Can you give an example
How do they differ from regular episodes?
Answers: What are filler episodes anyway? Can you give an example
How do they differ from regular episodes?
FIller episodes are episodes that doesn't really have to do anything with the storyline that much. It's just filling in the gap of 2 years that Naruto and Sasuke's gone. It starts after episode 135. I suggest you go straight to Shippuden after that episode.
filler
A segment of anime, whether it be an entire episode or part of one, which does not appear in the manga of the title. Fillers, as the name implies, "fills" an episode with non-canonical material which has been written usually by the same company which animates it.
Animation companies utilize fillers for a number of reasons:
** If the companies feel that the anime is catching up to the manga too quickly, they will insert entire filler episodes to allow the manga writer to write more chapters.
** Anime versions are usually able to adapt at least two manga chapters per anime episode. If the anime writers feel that a crucial chapter should not be aired in the last part of an episode, they will add a filler segment to make up for this, and air the crucial parts in a fresh episode.
** If the anime gains huge popularity amongst the viewers, anime companies often add fillers to extend the anime, capitalizing off the popularity (one example of this is Naruto, airing fillers for over a year, turning the anime stale).
It is a common misconception that "fillers" are only used to refer to entire non-canonical episodes.
Filler episodes don't really go with the plot or the big picture of the story. They just have a quick begining and end that normally takes one to a few episodes to finish and get back to the real plot. Hope that helps.