Would Naruto be as popular in the states without bittorrent?

[TheRaider]

i can say that i'm a bit lucky.. i arrived to naruto's scene a bit late so i was able to dl all the eps by BT.. the best so far.. newsgroups have alot of corrupted and missing files.. and i never went along with irc.. so.. BT all the way! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

[Cloud 9]

I got the first 19 episodes from a friend of mine using AIM transfer. At the time, I was on 56k. I had known about BitTorrent ever since before I started getting the series, but I was on 56k and didn't feel it'd be a good idea to use 56k on BT. Around ep 20, I got cable and I wouldn't be able to survive without BT. I'm not an avid IRC user and I don't have the HD capacity to use DC in most hubs. Without BT, most people I know would've never been introduced to Naruto-- and neither would I. At least.. not for awhile.

[Xollence]

Yes it would because most of my friends and I found Naruto through Kaaza.