Naruto

Naruto is the story of a young ninja from the village hidden in the leaves, Konoha. Naruto Uzumaki is a child who has one of the 9 great tailed beasts sealed within him. As a baby the fourth Hokage sealed the nine tailed demon fox, the Kyuubi, within him in order to save the village from destruction. The story starts with Naruto being a mischievous boy causing trouble in order to gain some attention. However all the grown ninja have told their children to stay away from Naruto in fear of the demon fox that is sealed within, actually thinking that he is in fact the fox itself. Naruto's gift is his determination to follow his will. He befriends anyone who he comes in contact with. He is placed in Hatake Kakashi's team 7, along with Sasuke and Sakura. They go on missions and undergo training to become great ninja. Along the way Sasuke deals with his past and hatred for his brother and Naruto deals with controlling the fox within. They have a brotherly relationship: Naruto always trying to best Sasuke because of his natural talent as a ninja. They act like they don't like each other but in fact feed off each other in order to gain strength and confidence. Until one day when  Sasuke leaves and turns his back on the village in order to gain even more strength in the need to fulfill his vengeance for his clan. Naruto makes an oath to bring him back, never giving in to peoples attempt to get him to give up on his friend that he joins one of the 3 legendary sannin. He travels for three years training and learning how to control his abilities. The story continues as Naruto Shippuuden in this way as Naruto has adventures and continues his training and battles to obtain his dream of becoming the Hokage and returning his friend to his life. All the while fighting off the Akatsuki( a group with the goal of controlling all tailed beasts.) I would definitely recommend this anime to anybody. It is a long running anime and not for those who lose interest quickly. There are some very annoying parts and pointless filler episodes but the ultimate storyline is worth putting up with these.