This is considered one of the best animes released in 2004... It has become a very important anime for all otakus and serves its famousness well since every episode tends to go even deeper in Naruto's story. Unfortunately, during the last aired episodes, the progress is mede even more slowly and there are many fillers. Since the series follow the manga, there must be some time between the manga relased and the episodes, and that's the problem. Naruto will make everyone really love it because it's one of the addictive animes. The characters seem to be alive and it won't be ridiculous if you fall in love with Hinata or want to be like Naruto. I reccomend this extraordinary anime as a must-see. It may not be deeply-thought as the Evangelion but it sure is among the best...