Yeah Naruto isn't that intellectual, sure its plot isn't that good. But to not even give it a passing grade is something only attention seekers would do. It's definitely a good anime. If you noticed, most fighting manga/anime are in a way centered around a few characters, so that you can actually relate to their growth, struggles, feelings etc. It's true that Naruto is somewhat a similar to DBZ (Kishimoto doesn't hide the fact that he's a DBZ fan) but the fights are nowhere near the ridiculous super-long nature of DBZ fights. But then again, Naruto IS about fighting and stuff, so you can also say it's similar to Bleach, Full Metal Panic, Ikkitousen, Kenshin, Gundam Seed, Card Captor Sakura, Cowboy Bebop, Hunter x Hunter, bla bla.
A weak story. <-- If you love deep plots so much you're better off reading novels or shoujo manga, Naruto is a manga about FIGHTING, it thrives on ACTION. That's not to say Naruto has a weak plot, there IS a master plot and it's just unravelling.
The story is only those 4 ninja village fighting each other. <-- Hello? What'd you expect? That's the bloody theme of Naruto. Well, sort of. I can see you're just completely jumping on the I-hate-Naruto-cuz-it's-popular bandwagon without even thinking about your comments.
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plot holes <-- This is one of the funniest [color=blue][edit by mod, please do not use foul language][/color] Naruto haters say. Tell me, which anime doesn't have this? This is anime, for God's sake, stop trying to sound smart.
Is ninja is superior being? What about samurai? gunner? Knight? [color=red][removed by mod, please do not flame!][/color]