Naruto was one of my first anime that I just found randomly on TV. After that I watched like first 35 episodes and then they stopped it...
I really liked Sasuke and Naruto, and even then Sakura was useless at least I though so.
What got me into it? It probably has to be the idea of ninjas, wars and mostly Naruto's and Sasuke's back story.
The idea of a fox that was sealed inside a little boy was mind blowing to me. And that everyone hated him, because of it kinda reminded me where I was at the time.
The openings was really good as well, but there was some openings that I didn't really enjoyed as much as others.
Watching this anime was a great experience, because after they stopped airing it on TV I remembered about it after 2 yrs ago and then got really into it...
Naruto thought me one thing: It's to never give up, no matter how bad it looks.