I heard of Naruto, but I barely watched it through my childhood like that, unless it was on DisneyXD or AdultSwim. During the pandemic however, I started watching more anime; my first choice was Naruto and did it change my life in the past 2 months. Then I started Naruto Shippuden which took me another 2-3 months and that really changed my outlook on anime. Great anime to start off with if you want to get into it. Only main critique was to have better female character leads... but other than that, love Naruto! He truly is a main inspiration for me this year to never give up, go through the "ninja way"! But iconic, purrr