Story: like previously stated nothing new here, ninja boy reaches to achieve his dreams, has many wacky and serious adventures along the way.
Art: The animation for Naruto is good, i would put it above what Shippudden is like right now, the character design isn't really all that different, i mean 5-6 sub-main characters have permanent spiked hair.
Sound: The intro themes are some of my favorite, i love Asian Kung Fu generation, and i never really listen to the endings but that doesn't matter, the music they use tends to fit the scenarios, ie.no hard stuff during funny moments, but most anime has decent sound tracks.
Character: Like most shonen anime they catch with the characters, and they are all well made. You can find all the different characteristics in this anime, emo, goth(gaara), pervert, blah blah blah i gerantee you will find at least 1 memorable character in Naruto.
Because of the easily predictable story line, my enjoyment of the series is lost, half way through all the episodes you can pretty much predict who its gonna end, but its still worth your watch.
Overall im giving it an 8 good series if a tad predicatble, but hell its a shit load better than shippudden
