“It was not until I received many fan letters from overseas that I realized [Naruto is] popular outside of Japan.
One of the letters Kishimoto received around that time included a photo of a small child striking a pose in Naruto cosplay.
It turns out it took those letters for Kishimoto to realize just how popular his series had become.
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