oooooh if ur gonna listen to me then trust me dont bother with Naruto just yet as its still going, that was my mistake... cos u need closure with these things or else u'll stay awake all night waiting for it to appear on the fan sites at 6am like i do on a thursday morning.....
find (if u can if not i'll show u where to go) an Anime called Hunter X Hunter, that one's the dogs bollocks
its got 64 episodes in the first series, then 8 episodes eacdh in the next 2 OVA's then the 3rd OVA has 14 eps...
That Anime is soo awesome, and its about a boy trying to find his father and meeting new people and turniing into a kickass hunter
but if you like ninja's then yea sure go with Naruto....