Naruto VS Ichigo

This is one of the most Anbattles of the series, though I think a battle royale between these two and Luffy would've been more hype but at 28 minutes long, its not hard to see why Luffy wasn't thrown into the mix.

Analysis

Naruto's analysis s extremely well done, covering pretty much everything in his HUGE arsenal from his chakra to his techniques to variations of his techniques to his transformations. We also get another piece of lore for Wiz and Boomstick which is always nice. It also makes use of pop-up trivia which helped condense the episode a bit. However, one minor problem is that it kinda pops up out of nowhere, we didn't have any indication that the episode would be using pop-up trivia beforehand and there's no accompanying sound (which is a good thing as it doesn't disturb the flow of the episode but at the same time the viewer most likely would not notice it until much later in the episode). The humor for the analysis is pretty spot on and prevents the long analysis from feeling dragged out.

Ichigo's analysis similarly starts out with a healthy amount of humor and background while also giving some more lore for Boomstick. It also does a good job covering Ichigo's powers, Zanpakuto and forms. The analysis also contains what will probably be one of the more memorable jokes in the series with Wiz's innocent innuendo. I give the analysis a 9.5 out of 10.

Animation

Despite its short length, the animation is probably one of the best 2D fights of the season. At certain points it actually feels like it came out of an anime with its great use of close-ups and the timing of transformations. The voice acting is on point as well. I mean Naruto and Kurama's VAs are good, I guess but Ichigo. I think Adam Park did an amazing job on the voice acting with only Johnny Yong Bosch being able to top him. The music Yates did for the battle is great as well. The killing blow is glorious and one of my favorite parts with a nice little shout out to Chuck and Segata. Overall with excellent choreography, voice acting and music, the animation gets a 9.9 out of 10.

Conclusion

Right off, the is one of those episodes where you can clearly see the amount of effort put into this episode. From the detail of the analysis to the amount of stuff going on in the animation. This conclusion is where it really shines with it being much longer than other episodes and Wiz and Boomstick trying to shoot down every possible argument. They give a good argument for why Ichigo's invisibility didn't matter. They even make the distinction between travel speed and reaction speed, a common criticism for multiple previous episodes. Wiz also decides to shoot down the multipliers but also decides to give Ichigo the benefit of the doubt resulting in a feat that still isn't as good as base Naruto. Overall a 9.1 out of 10 bringing the total score to 28.5 out of 30 or 95%.