Naruto quality...

[tickyhead]

I agree with reis on One Piece, it's one of the few animes ever to actually get good AFTER the 60 episode mark. currently I'm up to about episode 192, (also, NEVER watch the dub, it will make your eyes and ears bleed) and it's still good. Seriously, there's character development and everything. The thing about OP is that some people just don't like it. It's one of those things where either you like it or you don't, and if you don't there isn't much that will change your mind...

The thing about long running animes that makes them so often attributed to DBZ is that they can only go so far on their characters' original power. After a while people start to get bored with a concept, no matter how great it might be, and at that point there's only two things you can do: wrap it up and end it, or add more shiney stuff and keep it going. It's kinda like bubblegum in that sense, the flavor wears out eventually and you can either spit it out and move on or add another piece, but if you keep adding pieces eventually the gum wad will be too big to chew, and you won't be able to enjoy it anyway.

I have no idea how bubblegum got into that, but it probably means I should stop...