</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (itachi_ @ Jan 18 2004, 07:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Maybe they didn&#39;t start fansubbing right away, it probably took some months to check how popular naruto was.. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
no that day seems correct .... and i saw it the day it was released in japan because i timed the first episode. my group did the first few naruto eps but could not keep up with anbu-aone so we stopped. as it not being popular at the start, this anime was well anticipated. many group started off subbing it, everyone was looking forward to it since the manga was/is so awesome. and it was subbed right away, a day to 3 days after the first release in japan i guess.