First time you laid eyes on the naruto anime/manga

[InfiniteMugen]

What was first for you? Anime? Manga? Do you remember the feels? The year? My first exposure was to the anime in a bootleg DVD(I believe) in the mid 00's, it was the chunnin exams when naruto fights gaara. I recall being very impressed with the explanations of Justus and what not.... I don't remember exactly what year, it was a very "hazy" time for me lol

 

[rollin]

toonami somewhere around the zabuza arc

 

[awesomeseimei]

In the early to mid 2000s, I saw images on the Internet, and I got a vague idea of what it was but no real interest. I only got into it later, in 2007.

 

[Yatori]

Saw on tv many many years ago.

 

[InfiniteMugen]

Damn really? Toonami did give me a few good ones to watch too... Gundam wing and seed(not sure if
Seed was on toonami) and outlaw star

 

[InfiniteMugen]

In the early to mid 2000s, I saw images on the Internet, and I got a vague idea of what it was but no real interest. I only got into it later, in 2007.

I was similar, I saw the DVD, thought it was cool, saw a lil more thought it was cool, then I found an old site called ********* and they had streaming episodes, when I started watching religiously weekly was literally the episode sasuke confronts itachi.... And that episode was new at the time :/

 

[-immortal-]

It was arouns 2012/2011 when a friend of mine went to thailand and he came back saying he saw he awesome anime there.

So yeha

 

[123fire]

It was in 2012 , the things that made me know naruto is it's games , the games made me know about it

 

[InfiniteMugen]

It was in 2012 , the things that made me know naruto is it's games , the games made me know about it

Did you ever play broken bonds on 360? My first naruto game and my first exposure to making kids cry at online naruto lol

 

[Ricardo]

Somewhere around 2005... watched a random episode on cable tv and it started being a daily routine.

 

[Like Naruto]

The first i encounter was when jiraiya was peaking on chicks but that was during early 20's where technology isnt like it was today, and friends play what i called real games.

 

[Obito the supreme jin]

My friend told about it in the 5th grade so I decided to see what it was about. I started out watching the anime from the 1st episode of Shippuden. I thought that was the beginning until I realised later there was a series before Shippuden.

Started in 2009.

 

[HENI]

I didn't like Naruto stbdirsy, until Sasuke got MS.

 

[InfiniteMugen]

I'll be honest I've seen every episode and read every manga except for the filler eps between vote1 and the beginning of shippuden lol I don't even know if there all filler eps :/

 

[Aominecchi]

I think it was 2005 when I first saw Naruto on Jetix, it used to be a tv channel with all kinds of cartoons and anime
When I first saw it I think It was the second stage of the chuunin exams, it was the episode in which Sasuke wakes up after Oro bit him and saves Sakura from the sound ninjas, he was quite badass when he broke Zaku's arms XD

 

[InfiniteMugen]

I think it was 2005 when I first saw Naruto on Jetix, it used to be a tv channel with all kinds of cartoons and anime
When I first saw it I think It was the second stage of the chuunin exams, it was the episode in which Sasuke wakes up after Oro bit him and saves Sakura from the sound ninjas, he was quite badass when he broke Zaku's arms XD

He did punk zaku huh lol hell he even mentally punked out Sakura too(with many more to come)

 

[Shazneel Dragneel]

I started watching Naruto in 2012.
However i heard about it in 2006-2007 (not sure)

 

[ChicagoJhawk]

Toonami when it was showing zabuza arc

 

[Fair Warning]

Probably 2006 I saw an episode of Zabuza vs Kakashi, that led me to watch them online and eventually read the manga

 

[lndra]

Toonami in elementary school. I can't remember the year exactly, nor what grade I was in.

But I was young enough to reinact Naruto with my friends (screaming Rasengan/Chidori out loud like a idiot). lol