A family is in mourning after an accident in a playground left their 10-year-old dead.
Codey Porter of Everett, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, died on Saturday after friends buried him in a sandbox, according to The Seattle Post Intelligencer. The boys were apparently imitating the popular anime show Naruto.
The children were allegedly reenacting one of the show's character's special attacks, where the target is enveloped in sand. Though the boy thrashed around when he couldn't breathe, his friends apparently thought he was joking and didn't pull him out until damage had already been done. He died later in a hospital, surrounded by his family.
Though the incident seems like a perfect lightning rod for watchdog groups to curse Naruto and call for its end, the general consensus is the death is simply the result of a tragic accident.
Naruto is a wildly popular cartoon imported from Japan that follows young ninjas. It currently airs on the Cartoon Network.
[UPDATE] Video news report on the matter is here.
good thing he died before he had a chance to grow up and have ***ed children of his own
The real antagonist is the parents why did they not teach the kid what is real and what is fake!
People want to remove Naruto from television because CHILDREN accidentally killed another child when trying to act out a scene, well to that i say why didn't the parents of the still alive children previously teach them why one doesn't ingest large amounts of sand?
Children these days definitely seem to be lacking common sense, kinda matches up as alot of parents these days are bloody ***ed, especially in America. _
wow, that was a deep sandpit! XD
poor kid, RIP. But i do agree, where were the parents?
Sand burial!
Wow people, it's the parents and the childrens faults, they should know the difference between cartoon and reality BEFORE the age of 10. Heck, I knew the difference when I was 7.
Its the parents for not describing the difference between reality and fiction and also the child's fault for letting his friends bury him. He is 10 but you know that 10 year olds are freaking kids. They think the are invincible etc. This has happened with several tv shows when children imitate them. Great shows like the Power Rangers or DBZ, are also blamed for these incidents and its not there fault. It IS TV PG for a reason.
i think a 10 year old boy should no not to copy somthing impossible
LOL
I cant lie, Gaara is pretty badass but i wouldnt try to copy him. that kid actually wasnt coppying him apparently, he was being a victim of Gaara, i dont recall Gaara ever encasing his head in sand, cuz then guess what, he'd die. ninjas need air too. i hate it when little kids watch naruto and play ninja, i wont say im happy he died but i sure dont feel sad because of it, i lol'd at first when i saw the vid about it on youtube.
it is really stupid tht this boy wud go ahead and bury himself underground just like chomy said he shud be old enough to know he cant breathe underground
This whiny, crappy guitar hero gen just wants to be wannabee's and pretenders instead of finding a real martial arts teacher and really learning martial arts. Don't blame the parents, don't blame the show. Blame the stupid idiotic kids for thinking they could imitate something they saw on a cartoon and nothing bad would happen. They had just as much karmic responsibility in this equation.
im pretty sure its the paents fault for not watching the childen while they play its also the parents fault for letting them watch naruto if the parents dislike the show dont let them watch it and its also the kids fault i mean im pretty sure a 10 year old boy should know that you can brethe underground duh! and if they didnt know its the parents fault for not teaching the kids that you cant brethe while your head in a foot under ground and personally to cancle a whole show just because the parents arent responcible i think its the stupidess thing in my life
From what i have read about this, this doesn't seem like an accident at all, if the kids friends watch the show then they know that that would kill him. if it were 5 yr old's i would think an accident but freak'in 10yr olds... this seems more on purpose. I know it sounds cold but it's what i think.
come on the boy was 10 years and he was stupid enough to let his friends buir him in the sand which by the way was just a FOOT OF SAND NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THIS WAS AT A BEACH OR SOMETHING but IT WAS IN HIS BACKYARD i'm sorry the kid died but if your ten you should now that you can't breath under sand plus why didm't you just roll to get out once you figured out you could breath somethings telling me that this more of murder cause at ten your old you should things like that should fall under murder so don't blame the show blame the kids for not helping and the parents for not watch them cause were they at did they ask them what they were doing did they say mommy mommy me and friends are going to immitate a fighting show thats just really dumb of here to not figure what they are doing buiring there son then there just stupidmoreless
really they can't be smart enough not too do what Naruto show do they should know that by now err not i don't know it depends how old they are. Still i fill sorry for the kid (T_T).
=( R.I.P. Bro=(Blame the parents...Not the show!!!
R.i.p lil dude anyway Naruto is a 13+ Anime this is why parents should'nt give kids shows that they can't mentally handle that's why unfortuneate things like this happen
well
naruto is an 13+ anime !
and the boy is only 10 ! this accident is parents' fault !
poor kid !
OK either parents don't sit down with their children and watch TV with them so that they can tell them "child if you ever try this in my house or anywhere else you will be grounded until you are thirty seven years old,or ten year old children are kind of slow to catch that when you see the flailing arms it means I'm either scared or a really good actor.
OK either parents don't sit down with their children and watch TV with them so that they can tell them "child if you ever try this in my house or anywhere else you will be grounded until you are thirty seven years old,or ten year old children are kind of slow to the flailing arms mean I'm either scared or a really good actor.
10 year old's are old enough that they don't need to be watched 24/7. Meaning mainly its both the kids fault for doing something that stupid. Its the parents fault for raising stupid children and letting their stupid children watch a show they mentally can't handle. It's also the schools fault for not telling the parents that their children are stupid. Its society's fault for allowing stupid parents raise stupid children. It's america's fault that our children are so spoiled that they have enough free time to bury each other in sand while other kids are working so they have enough money to eat for the day.Either this is Darwin's law the fittest survive or sometimes stuff just happens get over it.
They could have atleast sprinkled sand on him.
They could have atleast sprinkled alot of sand on him
LOL at "It's a cartoon called NAH-RUE-TOOE!"
Anyways,blame the parents and the show!
Right, why don't ban every cartoon in the face of earth while those folks are at it. Apart from imitating a cartoon or not, or what really happened, I've had close ones when i was a child but of course tried to save the kids life since those times scared the willies out of me. This kind of things can happen any time with or without any source.This is a fine example of people, parent are the worst, that go in the all day routine of being "blind", close minded, irresponsible and for the worst, they give birth to the child and are not parents and they dont deserve the title... in other terms the kid will watch it sooner or later, but you have to teach them what is right or wrong or for this matter, what to do or not to do.moreless
Naruto is not to blame. Naruto is the best show on cartoon network!
This is sad, but I dont think they can really blame Naruto on this. My friends and I used to imitate Harry Potter. Its the same thing really, only on a much larger scale.
Naruto is a great show though. I don;t blame them from trying to play it.
Poor kid! This reminds me of when kids in Turkey pretended to be Lugia after watching Pokemon,then their legs got cut off! What DigiGirl11 said about the Spongebob death is not true,as it is a rumor.Here is proof:http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/spongebob.asp But anyway,I'd blame the show. Naruto does not say "Kids,try and imitate what we do!" It's the boys friends' fault for doing it. The kids were doing the wrong thing in the first place.
they should not cancelled the show copying garra jutsu is one thing but a 10 year old kid doing it that so dumd even if the hurricane chronicles/shippuden on adult swim when it come on feb. 7,2009 i imite naruto and the ninetail fox nothing happen to me if they do cancelled the show their is a other way to watch it on your computer. If the shippuden comes on the air in america it will be chaso in the making.
K seriously if anyone blames it on the show naruto means there complete idiots its the kids fault for not helping his friend and for the other persons fault for letting someone bury him... ALSO NARUTO ROCKS!!!!
Naruto is the BEST!! shoe ever so they should not take Naruto of cause it was the stupid kids fault and the parents.Any kid could have died from another show like death note and bleach but it would not be the shows fault.DO!! NOT!!! blame Naruto the BESTEST!!!,HOTTSET!!!,COOLEST!!!,AWESOMEST!!,and INCREDIBLE!!! show ever.
Why Would You Even Try That? It's A Cartoon, Not Like You Can Manipulate Sand Or Anything Like Gaara. God, And You'd Think They Would Know This. I Don't Feel Bad Because It Was HIS Fault. I Actually Think It's Rather Funnny. >:)
Yeah,don't blame Naruto.It was the stupid kids fault and the stupid parents.Naruto is the only AWESOMEST!!!,COOLEST!!!,and HOTTEST!! show ever.I love Naruto and everyboby else also do and they know it was not Naruto to blame but to blame the parents,SO DON'T!!! blame Naruto the GREATEST!!! show in the planet.I also play Naruto outside and inside and I nothong happened to me.I started playing when Naruto started.It must had been the boy's time to die.Naruto is the BEST!!! and a BIZILLION!!! TIMES!!!! BETTER!!! than any other shows.So DON'T blame Naruto blame the kids and the parents.
Yeah don't blame Naruto. It was the kids fault for being stupid, I mean HE WAS TEN years old, he should've known better. -shakes head-
Wow, I would blame the parents. Where were they? I mean come on, it takes more than five to ten minutes to let something like that happen! Don't blame Naruto.
wow that's kinda unbelievable :-O
where the hell was the parents?
I'm worried for the fate of the human race.Seriously, I'm sorry the kid is dead, it's terrible, but be reasonable -- [i]it's not the show's fault[/i]. The characters on screen don't go and say, "Okay everybody's who's watching this, try and imitate everything we do!" How can you blame the show for it? When I was three I got hurt when I was playing 'Power Rangers' (fell off the couch I was jumping on and hit my eye on the corner of the coffee table). My mom knew what I was doing when I got hurt, but she didn't blame the show -- she blamed me (and rightfully enough, considering she'd told me not to jump on the couch or bed). The point of that story is: it's a child's own stupidity if they get hurt trying to imitate something they saw on TV. And I mean, a [i]ten-year-old[/i]? I dunno about you guys, but I had a better sense of judgement than [i]that[/i] when I was ten. I just can't see how anyone can blame the showR.I.P Kid. Better luck in your next lifemoreless
Firstly I think it is the shows fault (just kidding I just HATE the english dub). But the reporter didn't get all of the info right. For instance ""Naruto," which debuted on the Cartoon Network in 2005, centers on a young Ninja-in-training and his adventures on the way to becoming a village leader. Among his powers is the ability to quickly bury himself in the ground, using a tube to breathe in sand."
Naruto BREATHING in SAND!!! Where the hell do they get that from. I've watched the whole sries so far in japanese so I've seen more than most english dubbers and I cannot remember Naruto using a straw to breathe in sand.
Also they censor so much now for instance first episode when Naruto acidently kisses Sasuke. They take out animation of the kiss. Also less blood and that. That will actually damage a child's perceptionof what not to do. Like when Naruto first leaves the village for Mist and the his team get's attacked. He gets poisened and he stabes himself well in the englis dub there is only slight blood. In the origional there is a lot more blood.moreless
I feel sorry for the kid but he mustn't of known the show very well if the covered his head and isnt he a little to young to be watching Naruto i mean, i love the show but I know thr difference between t.v and reality.R.I.P little dude
A couple things I have on my mind:
1. The news says that the neighbors and parents claimed that they immitated Naruto. They didn't ask the other kids. They could just have not liked him.
2. Gaara covers everything but the head. The kids cover nothing but the head.
3. The news had a clip of people playing with naruto action figures. Thats why they make action figures of people and T.V. show characters, so you can immitate things without being in immediete danger of dying.
4. My heart goes out to the family and friends of the poor boy. R.I.P.
5. Me and my friends immitate Naruto, but we use our imagination and sticks. You can go a long way with imagination and sticks.
The death is truly sad yet very stupid. But what happened to that kid is no need to cancel such a great show. so i think its the parents fault more then the show itself. At the beginning of the show and after every commercal when the show is about to begin they have a WARNING read stating that the show is strictly for older youth viewers "viewers decretion is advised" crap. so why in the name of hell would a parent allow a 10 year old to watch a show thats directed toward 15 years of age or older. Even if its a cartoon/anime type they put that warning there for a reason... to warn parents!
and so that is why Naruto and all the other anime shows should not be canceled.moreless
poor kid i feel sad for him, but i think it isn't the fault of the anime naruto. the kids shouldn't have copied the anime. i think naruto is super cool and shouldn't be canceled because of something like that.Well, now we know it isn't a good idead to copy gaara.
It really is sad that this kind of stuff happens. Kids need to learn the difference between reality and T.V. Also, aren't they a bit young for Naruto? It's targeted age group (at least the original) is 14.
Why? Just why did they do that? The kids should have known the difference between tv and reality. I'm really sad about this!!!! I don't know who to blame, but I don't want to blame the show. NARUTO ROCKS!!!!! R.I.P,dude :( :-(
Why do kids such dumb stuff
This is what happens when you market to children at least teens, while though not the smartest bunch either. Would have had a better sense of their friend being in danger. I can't even imagine if this show was fully uncensored like it was in Japan, you would have kids becoming more interested in alcohol, tobacco, and weapons. I can't even imagine what they're going to do when shippuuden comes to north America. How will Viz handle it would they move it from toonami to adult swim. Because as some know even though shippuuden still isn’t not an r-rated type of anime it's also not pg13 type of anime that this naruto is.
I guess I was right to stop watching the english dubbed version and stick with the japanese version.
Because if this problem gets worse before it get's better than i would have made the right choice.moreless