I agree, Naruto is "meh" as far as animes go in both dub and sub category. The anime I like, even though it has an absolutely horrible rep in America thanks to 4kids mutilating it, is One Piece. Now that one has recently (the last 3 weeks) been dub'd by FUNimation instead of 4kids, and the dub has been much better. Still, the jokes just don't translate to English very well and the show feels like a kids show here.
That show is a full 200 episodes behind Japan. It's one of the longest running anime and manga series of all time (Kochikame is the longest. It's been in print for 31 years) and it's the fastest selling Manga in history with some of the best ratings of any TV program in Japan for the anime. I guess my tastes tend to lean more towards the Japanese market in both video games and anime.
