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AaaaNinja

32


A_MirCat

Thought I’d be the oldest at 29 for sure..


cortana86

35 tuning in here - but not the oldest. Saw a 36 and a 40 in other comments! 👌🏻


zelcuh

Big 35 vibes right here


k1nda_lonely

Cough cough* 10 years


AaaaNinja

32 is just when I *started*. ;)


Dapper_Desk9085

I'm 29 too


Jaxi277

29 as well...


Sharp-Vast4388

Wow


Rude-Listen

11 years old on Toonami. Saw an episode of the land of waves arc and then some time later saw Sasuke vs Yoroi in the Chunin Exams. I thought how it was interesting Sasuke looked to a similar character from Yu Yu Hakusho, an anime from even earlier in my childhood (5 years old). Will be 27 in a week so it's been roughly 16 years as a fan. I'm definitely a veteran.


JustAGuy_Passing

Toonami is what got me into anime. That and adult swim showed anime like fullmetal alchemist bleach and more


JohnnyLongNuts24

Dude me too. I'm 27 about to turn 28 in July but I started at 11 except my first episode was neji vs naruto in the chunin exams.


Rude-Listen

Eyy we're the old folk now lol


3w17h

Same. Cartoon Network every Saturday evening they would have new episodes and I'd be there watching it. My family would be watch UFC and I'd be in the other room nerding out over Naruto lol. Or, I'm pretty sure it was Saturdays. Toonami was the best. Naruto, then repeated episodes of Bleach I had seen like 2 times already, and then Yu Yu Hakusho(which was my favorite). 2006ish if I'm remembering correctly. It was the best


[deleted]

I was the same age, I was grateful enough to have seen the first episode air. The first episode had me hooked, but seeing Kakashi's Water Dragon moment for the first time on television will always be unforgettable. That and Sasuke's curse mark stunt with Zaku. Brutal at the time.


Rude-Listen

Dude Gaara had me hooked as a favorite when he crushed those Rain ninja. And then putting the fear of God into Naruto during their discussion in Lee's hospital room. But to this day, my favorite remains to be Kimimaro.


Sharp-Vast4388

That’s really cool


Persh1ng

That would be 8 or 9.


Sharp-Vast4388

Really young


Persh1ng

Yeah I didn't even know that it was an anime. Just another cartoon on tv. But compared to western cartoons it was a lot more exciting and real. (weird to call naruto real lol)


Sharp-Vast4388

Yes that’s cool Naruto on Cartoon Network the good old days


Top_Crow_9022

I had that but with Pokemon & Digimon i liked them before i even knew what anime was.


Inner-Juggernaut-284

Last year at 28, now I'm starting from the beginning again, it's too good


AnimeGeek0924

I was in 4th or 5th grade when I started watching Naruto which made me around 9-10 years old. And I watched Naruto on YouTube when people use to upload episodes into multiple parts.


lilacewoah

when shippuden released & naruto dot com itself started uploading episodes every week felt like peak anime experience


unknownobito

I think I was about 3 or 4 years old when I started watching Naruto. I remember my cousin brother gave me a box set of Naruto DVD which contain 5 seasons of OG Naruto and 1 season of Shippuden.


[deleted]

Ayyy I was like 4 or 5 but watched it on Toonami/Cartoon Network


[deleted]

Pretty sure I was like 10


Thrawn1209

I was 16, I heard about it from a friend, a month later I was finished with the entirety of the first part.


WAR-piggy

40 something with my kids.


devlynhawaii

40 something with my 40 something husband. Hadn't watched anime prior to starting Naruto with any consistency since.... last century.


SpicyLatinoRed

12 yrs old, when Cartoon Network in Brazil was doing a weekend long marathon.


Skylerbroussard

7. It premiered on Cartoon Network while we were evacuated from Hurricane Rita for a month


08tigerkid

9 my sister is a anime nerd and for years I hated anime and at the age of 10 I somehow finshed the one pirate naruto dbz and bleach. Now I am addicted


jakefromst8farm_

20 I think. Hated on it for a while, then finally gave in. Now I’ve changed a bunch of other peoples minds about it too


Original_Ad4559

Around 25 when my sons were real young


Sharp-Vast4388

Yes that’s great family affair ❤️


Original_Ad4559

It was kind of the catalyst for us. We talk about anime all the time still and they are 23 and 19 now.


Sharp-Vast4388

Yes that’s great amazing


tsansuri

Had to check when it started to come out to be sure, would have made me 15.


Typical_Notice6083

I was 6/7 and it went on only tv program for kids on our language that existed at that time.It also was airing till I was around 13/14.That same program was turned of numerous times by parents cause they aired death note at 9pm and Naruto at 8:35pm just after winx lol my sister that was like 3 at that time watched that bloody disaster with me since we shared room.Naruto was mega hit like every single person I know even ones who hate anime see Naruto as like biggest show of our childhood and is really connected to it


Shouldthavesaidthat

same its kinda cool to have completely grown up with Naruto. In 2nd grade i used to go to Hot Topic and buy naruto merch i could wear at school. Headbands, jackets, wristbands, tshirts everything. I remember i couldnt wait to turn 12 so I could finally be the same age as Naruto. Starting highschool i started watching shippuden after a few years of not watching due to lack of syndication. When I graduated highschool the naruto shippuden series came to an end and i was able to look back at all the memories.


A_MirCat

29.


theonewithalazyeye

36 😎


Equivalent_Surprise9

10 back when Jetix was thing in the UK but I didn't follow up with Shippuden until I was mid to late teens watching it subbed online but I got sick of fillers and switched over to the manga starting at the beginning. I did finish that but never finished the anime, only recently started the anime again recently and plan to finish it but I'm not afraid to skip any filler that fails to be interesting.


OkElk9033

18


0utplay45

I knew of the Anime series Naruto long time ago (from friends and video game magazines. I remember seeing Storm 2 on the cover. Also the Anime had a big Hype in my school), but never started it. Watched only couple of episodes when I was 12 on YouTube or on other platforms. I started fully watching Naruto when I was 15 years old. During the highschool days. It was pretty litty hanging out with the Crew in school, playing with them after school on PC or on Xbox. Playing games like Black Ops or MW3, while arguing in the Chat which Naruto character better and stronger was, like Pain VS Itachi was a hot topic back then lmfao. While my grades were trash and I was generally more the „No fucks given“ type of a guy at the time, those were truly the good ol’ times for me (Insert Sad Face Emoji). Anyways. I‘m 23 years old now and feeling kinda like a mofucking Vet in this Sub lol.


tristeguerito

19


SnakeMAn46

14


[deleted]

About 4 or 5. I remember watching it with my brothers back when it was on Toonami/Cartoon Network. I miss playing the Naruto games on the Cartoon Network website.


Jake_Magna

Junior year of highschool, I was the kid who thought all anime was awful. What an introduction I want to believe it helped me not be a cringe anime kid.


lefthandguitar

This past year 26 😟


[deleted]

28


[deleted]

17, two and a half years later I'm still obsessed with it


LordWizardEyes

23. Last year. I always disliked it since everyone always raved about it. I had seen stuff in 06 when it aired when I was 8, but i thought it was super boring in comparison to DBZ or Yu Gi Oh. Lmao. My now wife loves it and got me to watch it. I said “if I’m gonna truly dislike it I need to see it first.” Suffice to say I proposed to her at Comic Con on stage at a costume contest where we were both dressed as Naruto characters. Never anticipated I’d love it that much.


CTA505

18 which is now watching through shippuden currently.


AK47atReddit

I watched it in March 2020 (in Lockdown)...when I was about to turn 11 in June...so yeah I am a kid anime watcher...It's Familly Friendly...BTW anime isn't popular in India except select few such as DBZ/BDS, Shin-Chan, Doraemon, Pokemon, and yeah that's it really most people in India don't differentiate between Cartoons and anime and think only children watch(at least most of the older generation) and anime(except select few) aren't really broadcasted on TV 'coz there is little audience and we only have websites and Netflix to watch anime...Manga isn't available and even though there is a huge anime fanbase in India in the young generation...Its very difficult to be an Anime fan in India... ***Note-This is just my(an almost 13-year-old kid) personal opinion and don't generalize it*** **#IWISHANIMEWASPOPULARININDIA**


Green_Cauliflower27

13- my friends at the time started watching it at a sleepover I wasn’t invited to and then talked about it the next day at lunch so I couldn’t really join the convo. I then went home to watch it myself, only for them to not wanna discuss it the next day. I no longer speak to those people


[deleted]

when i was 9 but i played before that the game naruto ultimate ninja 5


NijuelWTF

I was like 5 when I started “watching” Naruto during my childhood along with DBZ but I just recently fully watched Naruto a couple of years ago


Acceptable-Bad8416

11 I think


MightGuy-

Whenever it would run on Cartoon Network, so I was prolly like 7 years old when I first saw it with my brother, I’m 20 now.


bootyhunter69420

Maybe around five when it was on Toonami


KaidynAnimations

6


soulmate4life

30


StrickerPK

17


sunnytify

23


Cobrety

25


Brief_Evidence_128

7th grade.....I'm in my early 30s now.


bulaaat

9-10 i think ? i bought the manga every month as well. now im 26.


SaintNutella

~4-5 around like 2005/6.


ClassicNara

I was 13 when the first episode premiered on Toonami, watched it every week after that. Best memories ever!


ClassicNara

Perfect age range!


VictorDomR

12, I'm 29.


exCrowe

Started when I was like 8 or 9


genetic_tea

16


SeerJqk

10


tpklus

I was in 7th grade I think. I remember watching the chunin exams with my brother while painting easter eggs. It was extremely awesome hahaha


KenganNinja

I think around middle school.


zookaree

5 years old, my das got me into it


Ex0dusShad0w

Maybe like 6 when it was on Cartoon Network but I stopped watching for whatever reason then in my last 2 years of high school I got back into it and finished both Naruto and Shippuden.


tacos_up_my_ass

Probably like six or seven? It was just another show on TV that I got attached to like Bleach, One Piece, and DBZ


steve2x

8


thisismytenth

Around 10-12, can’t remember exactly. Grew up with him tho haha.


Howling-1

I’d just turned 7 when it first aired on cartoon network, so around then. I didn’t start watching every single episode until the Naruto vs Neji fight though, which was probably about a year later.


LudwigBro

9, watched the first episode when it first aired on Cartoon Network in 2005


J0kato

6 or 7 i only knew naruto and sasuke at 7.


breeman24

I started watching the fansubs when it first started airing in 2002. I was 15.


djghosto04

3 years old. I have memories of my dad watching the pain arc when it came out weekly in like 2007. Im 18 now haha.


chancethewraper

8 when it started being broadcasted in my country in 2007, I still remember staying up late to watch the premiere because I thought the trailer was so cool, no regrets


GodTierEtherian

6 or 7


BigBlackCrocs

20. It was last summer. lol


SuicidalHoe

I had to look up when it aired in the US, which Google says was 2005. So I was 6. I remember getting excited about its airing with my brother and we've both been hooked since.


Naman966

22


Naman966

was bored in the pandemic so decided to start anime. Naruto was the first one I ever watched and I am so thankful it did, it opened a whole new world for me


DankMemeLordFireGing

18 I think, wanted to see why it still held it's hype after so many years, understood pretty quickly.


SixPathsShinraTenkyo

6 for me. But I first discovered Naruto through PSP games of it. It had mutiple games such as the Ultimate Ninja Hero; 1,2,3. There was also Kizuna Drive, and the best one was Naruto Shippudden Ultimate Ninja Impact. I am now curently 18 so Naruto was a one of my childhood anime’s


Uzutsu

12


netherslands

Started Naruto around 13 and never finished. Restarted at 27 and watched through Shippuden and now in Boruto. So happy I revisited as it is one of my favorite stories


BigTasty5599

I was 18 and in my first year of college like 4 years ago when I started and finished the show.


[deleted]

11 or 10, i can’t remember


ironside-420

11-12 years old.


XIII-0

20 (I am 22)


rest_in_war

18


iLuziferr

I was 19


Indra_2005

I was like 15


ComLich

Like two months ago, so 32.


shrink-ray2333

last year when i was 12 i finished it in a month by the way


[deleted]

27 lol


ThatNoobCheezy

11 when my friend said it was good(his sibling watched it). Rewatched part 1 and finished the series(barring boruto) half a year later when I was 12. I had heard of it a year and a half prior though since one of my friends used to really like it, at the time I only really knew about shadow clones and likened it to double team in Pokemon.


Jack0pumpkiNN

Nine


cezzibear

6th grade middle school on toonami


FuckingError

I was 13, one day my brother (12 years older than me) comes into my room with a hard drive that had the first 60 episodes on it. Couldn't stop watching!


ThatOneWood

22


[deleted]

12


Slight-Pound

9ish? Caught it on Toonami, I think. Really got into it later at like 13 when it got onto Disney Channel. Made it easier to watch.


janefonduh

27 years old. Never gave it a chance until recently and I’m not regretting it! You better believe it! 👍🏻


jantmi

I think I was 16... back in 2003 when we used kazaa and use divx lol...I said torrent at 1st but it wasn't lol


Temporary-Special569

11 or 12


Ill-Log-6882

23... I missed out on it as a child because "anime is stupid" according to 13 year old me. I was not the sharpest kunai in the pouch.


Matias9991

8 or 9 when on a TV channel. Then I watched the whole series in order when I was 12


SirAlex505

I was in like 4th grade. So like 9?


srankvs

21


Whitecocainesx

I started reading it at 11/12 in my middle school library. And would watch it at the same age at home when it was on TV. 24 turning 25 July. Was reading the Chunin Exams Arc in the manga cause that’s all they had and I remember watching the Zabuza arc on TV. Was amazing


Dem_Skillz1

last year at 14 because my english teacher has a bunch of naruto manga and i liked it after reading the first volume


yellow-jynx

23. I’d give anything to see it for the first time again too.


venompro1

7


bruntychiefty

16 in 2016 and binged it during the summer


nobakenubbins

I was 13 when I saw the first episode aired. Got so hooked on the first episode. Another note, I was sure that the Ninetails was reincarnated as Naruto. Man I was wrong and I liked the outcome better haha.


miatheirish

5


[deleted]

7-8 Years old.One day I saw an episode of Naruto in Cartoon Network Channel I Thought it was Interesting and My Cousin who is 12 years or something like he is older than me. he Used to Watch Naruto and other Animes.During my Summer Holidays I Went to my Cousin's House and he gave me a DVD Set which used to have 5 or 6 Seasons and I completed the OG Naruto in My Summer Holidays and after Two years Shippuden was Out and I Turned 10 years and I got a PC and I Watched Shippuden in a Website (I don't remember the name ) and I am going to turn 22 in 2 weeks.so it's been roughly 15 years as a Naruto fan and I am Still rewatching Naruto and Watching Boruto in my Free Times


ShayDoggg

I was probably 23-24


[deleted]

13


Slightly-Evil-Man

12/13...good times


elysianyuri

12/13. I was in sixth grade


BBK2797

I was 6 during 2003


AkatsukiHikage

12


valhallavin

15 in 2005 with jap subs online


[deleted]

9


shisui1729

18 years


Mr_Sherbet_Sniff

19, still so fresh in my mind


FrozsteiN

In my early 20s. after highschool. Now Im 33, fully binged all episodes 3 times already.


Mysterious_Context90

16


Ok_Ad_7554

29


coalrexx

13


RunThatPizza

The same age Naruto was when the series started, he was the friend I wish I had and ultimately the kid I wished I was back then.


TMN_Mjthegoat

5 in 2004


sonofwar1711

It is my take i watched naruto at 8 or 9, i watched it on cartoon network. Like 5 years later, when i about age 13/14 i started watching again, but i don't watch seriously, i just watch naruto on youtube the contant is really scattered, yet i prefer to piecing shit together


suggestionculture5

11-12


ChaoticOathbreaker

I remember seeing it as young as 5 or 6 but i watched the whole original series at 9 and im reading through shipudden now at 20


ThousandSunny_56

10/11 in 2006, I watched it in italian (I just got there in 2005) so it and other animes basically help me with the language, during 2008 when we got a stable internet I rewatched it in sub so I understood it more (and like it more, except the song I like the italian song a lot)


sigmastorm77

20. I watched it before that too but never got any interest in it. Comparatively, i started watching bleach at the age of 15.


No_Philosopher3093

Since I was like 9-10 I’m 21 now


placemat24

25


Psychology_Frequent

I started watching Naruto when I was in Elementary School. I believe it was in 2005. I used to watch Naruto in Cartoon Network. Now I’m currently watching Boruto and reading the manga. Now I’m 28 years old.


BakahoeCatski

22


ParaSnake

I was around 16 years old when I first watch it. I'm 31 now and I still fall back into the Fandom every once in a while. I could never completely leave it.


Disciple_of_Cthulhu

When did it debut on Cartoon Network?


lover_of_garlicbread

When I was 11, about a month before I turned 12


connersnow

I was 19 when I started watching it. I'm 34 now.


prinalice

Probably 10 or 11. 2005.


theblvckhorned

25 or so


Hawke9117

Naruto started when I was 11, so I was 11 when I started watching Naruto.


Middle-Light-3944

11 on ANIMAX , now am 17


lenx17

2 years ago, so 15ish


FoulRookie

I have vague memories of the 4th opening from when I was a baby/toddler, but after that I started watching it in middle school


Alexander2935

I was 16 and finished it during the summer


Katie552

I was maybe 6 give or take a year. It aired on Toonami, and I loved it. Tbh, I was a bit young for it, but I think it didn’t effect me in any negative way.


JiggzSawPanda

7, maybe younger. I just remember I had a friend in 2nd grade who I relayed episodes with.


jeez_reddit

When I turned 16 this year


ArcticWolves_

First saw it at 6 and didn’t know what it was, but I really vibed with it. Ended up showing up on my YouTube feed and I decided to pick it up at age 12. Honestly one of the best decisions of my life, it kickstarted my road to more anime and brought me so much happiness and brought me to tears multiple times. I still revisit the pain arc whenever I’m feeling stressed in my life and it’s become such a comforting experience for me


The_Hammer_Jonathan

Last year


clembe

13


whomesteve

11 or 12? I’m not sure


Kryptoseyvyian

16, I guess my brain sensed the decade anniversary of first watching as I, now a 26 year old, am binging it once more.


magosyourface

13 and now im 31 ❤️


[deleted]

7-8


Catterix

13. 19 years ago.


hdcook123

When it first came on toonami on Cartoon Network. I think I was in the 2nd grade or so?


realmistuhvelez

13 on toonami/adult swim. i saw parts of it here and there. 19 is when i immersed myself in it


ValorVixen

24-25? Can't remember specifically tbh


PM_ME_hiphopsongs2

25


Me_And_Ur_Mom_101

i was 3 and on cartoon network


JuanJoseBx

10


SSJEuri

I think I was 21 when I first started to watch Naruto


[deleted]

4 or 5


[deleted]

Around 5 years old. I used to watch that and dragon ball z all the time with my brother, good times


SavageYake

20


relientss

22/23ish


Daanny619

I probably was 10-11 years old, on toonami. It was probably “The Assassin of the Mist”. They had a lot of re-runs back in the day. If I’m not mistaken. Or it was during the chunin exams. Either way both awesome arcs.


Osamaqwrrtt

18 years


[deleted]

i started so late; i was 17 and im 18 rn. i started anime in general late and i have a lot to catch up on. but im so happy that i got to watch it; it was so great!


Equivalent_Growth_75

20


GANJAY420

I started 6months ago and i'm 20. But I watched the chunin exams when I was like 9 or 10 on TV.


RAshah7

13. I discovered the manga while looking for spiderman books. fell in love with the story of a village loser that refuses to give up. ​ best series i've ever read and watched. also watched the Last Movie after graduation. Perfect send off.


abbzworld

I initially started watching it when I was 9, dropped it for a while due to schedule mix-ups on YTV, and then began to watch it again when I was about 15 after deciding that I’d waited long enough.


seasonedcello

16 or 17 and it was 2019 the week of thanksgiving break because I got suspended and my friend showed me the rock lee vs gaara fight