As a kid, I did hear about this show through a couple of television promos and my friends. After so many years, I finally got to watch Naruto and this turned out to be one of the best things I've done in my life. I have never identified with a shounen protagonist more, and even supporting characters have been written with care and brilliance. The first episode itself hit me in the feels when I realized I wasn't the only one who as a kid did stuff to get people to pay attention and care for me. This is the point where the creator Masashi Kishimoto as well as the animators teased me the start of something epic.