At first I thougt the show was stupid, meaningless, just another one...
Then, when I was zapping, I saw Gaara in the chunin exam killing some guys (WTF???), and later I saw the instructors noticing he didn't have a single scratch on him. (TOTAL BADASS)!
Some time passed, and I thought: What the hell! I'm going to check out the story, see what all the fuss is about...
I loved the 1st episode intro (naruto running from the instructors).
I got sad in the ending song of the 1st series (he was so lonely).
It got epic when he 'rasenganed' the water reservoir when fighting Sasuke.
Then I saw all the way to the Pain battle. The next episodes were still being made (fillers thoug), so I started reading the manga.
Read it all untill Darui sealing the brothers.
After that I read the manga and watch the anime when they get out.
Sorry, long post:ghehe: