lonelykimiko said:
Think Dragon ball Z, but without the crapness 😛 .
That's a good concise description. Here's my long winded one.
Naruto is an anime on Adult Swim, but I think they are messing with the schedule because this is "Miyazaki Month", (Spirited Away, etc).
Basically, Naruto, the main character, wants the respect of his village and is in training to be a ninja, and has adventures both in training, and in actual missions. These ninja sometimes do what amounts to magic, via the power of their inner "chakra". It has a cool feel to it kinda like Samuri Shamploo, or Cowboy Bebop, but with younger characters, mostly in a school-like setting.
Their last nearly impossible written test was actually to see if they could cheat on a exam without getting caught, using ninja methods. (That's got to appeal to a lot of people.)
There's a lot of side stories, Naruto has a fox demon locked for safe keeping inside him from birth, various potential romantic interests, etc.