I first began watching this as a child and grew accustomed to the bright and crazy tale of Naruto Uzumaki, but it was soon lost in my past.
After picking it up again, I was stunned as to how much I could now appreciate it after reading the manga and becoming a reasonably seasoned anime viewer.
I soon became re-absorbed into the world of the shinobi, with Naruto Uzumaki the number one knuckle head ninja of the leaf.
The story in inclusive and beautifully told, the art is stunning and cheerful but knows when to bring in deeper colours for the more saddening areas.
The character development is what I found most interesting though. As expected for a 220 episode anime, there is a lot of character development, but what made me even more interested was the fact that characters that are side-characters or have a smaller role in the tale, their background and stories are told with just as much depth as the main characters.
Overall, I found Naruto not just a fun and exciting anime, but a beautiful work of art that even had me close to tears.
I wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of ninjas, japan, serious storyline, with a lot of fun on the side.
