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2008-2012 was a great yet frustrating era to be a fan of Marvel cartoons. That brief period of time saw the premiere of some of the very best television that's ever adapted Marvel Comics: "The Spectacular Spider-Man," "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes," and "Wolverine and the X-Men." I both blame and cherish these shows for making me a true Marvel Comics fan.

Yet, all these truly marvelous shows concluded prematurely for infuriating bureaucratic reasons. "Spectacular Spider-Man" ended when Sony ceded some Spider-Man television rights back to Marvel. Meanwhile, "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" was canned to make way for the far inferior (and Marvel Cinematic Universe-synergistic) "Avengers Assemble." Lastly, "Wolverine and the X-Men" never made it to season 2 because the show's financing fell apart.

Series writer-producer Joshua Fine confirmed as much in a 2011 interview. Even worse, season 2 was already in production; it had a season outline,...

When Naruto began, it seemed as though Sakura Haruno was going to be a weakling who constantly needed saving. She actually went on to become one of the world's strongest female ninja. She learned to focus her chakra into her fists – which granted her superhuman-level strength. Thanks to Tsunade's training, she became one of the world's best medical ninja. Sakura fought a few villains over the course of the series, but there were several villains that she never got to fight.

Most of the villains that Sakura never fought were part of the Akatsuki – who were mostly Kage-level ninja. Several of these villains were connected to Orochimaru – who caused Sasuke to become a rogue ninja. Sakura loved Sasuke, so it is really surprising that she never fought villains who were associated with his Leaf Village defection.

The Sound Four Were Orochimaru's Elite Bodyguards First Appeared In Episode 68 Of Naruto Tayuya...