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When we talk about some of the greatest Shonen series with a great plotline, we often find ourselves talking about Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto and its follow-up Shippuden. The story features some of the greatest fights that add to the overall narrative and keeps the viewers hooked to the series by cleverly weaving character development that takes them to great heights.

Team 7 in Naruto. Credits: Studio Pierrot

With the series’ progression, the mangaka has featured Earth-shattering battles, comprising of Taijutsu fights or lethal Ninjutsu techniques that can take down their foes in one strike. Perhaps it is right to say that the core tenet of the Shinobi series is decided with monumental battles.

While these fights have added to the allure of the series, there have been some fights that have showcased the most embarrassing defeats that forever go down in anime history. Following are the Top 5 fights, which have...

Ben Kweller has announced Cover the Mirrors, his first new album since the sudden death of his 16-year-old son in February 2023. It’s out May 30th, 2025, but you can hear the first single, “Optimystic,” below.

Marking the follow-up to 2021’s Circuit Boredom, the 12-track LP was recorded in October 2024 with tourmates Chris Mintz-Plasse (bass) and Ryan Dean (drums). Fellow indie standouts Waxahatchee, Mj Lenderman, and The Flaming Lips contributed to the album.

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“This is the most personal, emotionally raw project I’ve ever worked on,” Kweller said in a statement. “When Dorian died in 2023 I was overcome with the need to make music. I didn’t care what came out of me because it was the only way I could find peace in my earth-shattering grief.”

He continued, “It’s hard not to focus on everything I’ve lost and in the depths of my...

With such a vast cast of characters, it can't be helped that the Naruto anime had to marginalize many of its characters and give them just a few appearances each. Superstars like Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, and Tsunade got plenty of screen time to thrill fans with their battles and build up their own arcs, but other characters missed out. Such characters only showed up for one or two fights, and some hardly even got any backstories, either.

It's a shame when the coolest Naruto characters end up that way, since they needed more screen time to show off more of their incredible jutsu and explore their own backstories and worldviews in much greater detail. Those Naruto characters might get limited screen time because they were introduced rather late in the story, or because they were killed off too soon or got replaced by a similar but stronger character to take over their role.

In the Naruto universe, Masashi Kishimoto has always emphasized the rivalry between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, often sparking debates on who is stronger than the other. Known for his remarkable Sharingan skills and natural talent, Sasuke had consistently measured up against Naruto and even seemed to surpass him at times. However, a particular fight seemed to shatter the invincible genius image Sasuke once had, and that was his fight against Killer Bee.

Sasuke vs Killer Bee | Credit: Studio Pierrot

The confrontation between Sasuke Uchiha and Killer Bee in Naruto Shippuden proved to be a vital moment, forcing the fans to confront the idea that Sasuke might not be as untouchable as he seemed. In this battle, Killer Bee delivered a resounding reality check, not just to Sasuke but to the viewers as well.

Sasuke vs. Killer Bee: A Battle That Shattered Expectations

When Sasuke and his newly formed group,...

One of the Three Great Eyes in Naruto, the Rinnegan is the strongest eye of them all. It was first said to be wielded by Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths. Using the Rinnegan, the user can learn any jutsu they want and they gain access to special abilities and techniques commonly known as the Six Paths Powers.

A Rinnegan user is said to have control over life and death itself, which makes only the strongest of characters worthy of this eye. Although the Rinnegan is just one dojutsu, there are several variations that can be noticed in different characters who have wielded it thus far.

Updated on November 14, 2023, by Ajay Aravind: Naruto has multiple techniques based on the human eye — the Byakugan, the Sharingan, and the Rinnegan. The latter ability is easily the most powerful, explaining why only very few people are capable of wielding it. As such,...

Utter ludicrousness arrives in the form of “Stonehenge Apocalypse”, an opportunistic made for TV outing aiming to cash in on the semi success of the considerably flashier and more glamorous “2012”. Director Paul Ziller certainly has a great deal of experience in the low budget disaster movie arena, having helmed the likes of “Solar Strike”, “Polar Storm” and the excellently titled “Ice Quake”, not to mentioned a long list of cheap creature features including “Beyond Loch Ness”, “Snakehead Terror”, “Swarmed” and more. The film has a relatively recognisable cast made up of television stars, headlined by Misha Collins (“Supernatural”), with support from Hill Harper (“CSI: NY”), Torri Higginson (“Stargate: Atlantis”) and Peter Wingfield (“Highlander: The Source”). Coming with an all important behind the Scenes featurette and trailer, the film is out now on region 2 DVD thanks to Anchor Bay Entertainment. The film follows Collins as Jacob Glaser, a formerly respected and...

While this weekend brings us the world premiere of the cinematic epic Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, Syfy is already putting out promotional clips for their next offering for February, Iron Invader, which sees Earth invaded by a alien bacteria that not only fatally infects people, it also brings a giant ironworks statue to life to go on a rampage.

Alien bacteria arrives on a meteorite and infects metal, animating a giant iron statue that goes on a killing rampage in a small town. It's up to Kavan Smith ("Stargate: Atlantis", "The 4400"), Chris Gauthier ("Eureka", "Smallville"), Nicole DeBoer ("Haven", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), Paul McGillion ("Stargate: Atlantis", "Sanctuary") and Donnelly Rhodes ("Battlestar Galactica", "Charles in Charge") to save the world.

If there's one thing that cast proves, it's that if you've ever starred in a Syfy original series, then you pretty much look to have a job for life appearing in Syfy original movies.

Jeremy London and Dina Meyer are each starring in an original movie in production at Sci Fi Channel, which also has greenlighted an international spinoff of its reality series Ghost Hunters.

London (7th Heaven), Stefanie von Pfetten (Dragon Boys) and Lexa Doig (Stargate SG-1) are starring in Ba'al, about a rogue Smithsonian archaeologist, dying of cancer, who will stop at nothing to retrieve the ancient amulets of the storm god Ba'al, which could cure him or make him a god.

The film is being directed by Paul Ziller (Swarmed) and produced by CineTel Films.

Meanwhile, Riddles of the Sphinx stars Meyer (the "Saw" franchise) and Lochlyn Munro (Deck the Halls) in a story about a father and daughter who find themselves in a series of battles of mind and body with the deadly Sphinx as they attempt to decode seven riddles in an effort to save humankind.

The movie is being directed by George Mendeluk (Her Fatal Flaw) and produced by Plinyminor.

Both movies are shooting in and around Vancouver and will air as part of Sci Fi's Saturday night lineup late next year.