[Tturtle]

This question interests me as well because I have met several Japanese people who claim to have never heard of many of the anime and manga I ask them about. It's distressing. I met this middle aged guy named Naruto who had had never heard of the manga Naruto and this guy name Kenji who said he had never heard of anyone even being named Naruto.

BTW I have never seen nor read Naruto myself. And Naruto is not the only manga I have asked about. I just kind of figured that it was like someone never having heard of Superman or Batman. C'mon, you've at least heard of them.