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Oct 31, 2020 · The characters of Asura and Indra, the brothers whose powers are reincarnated and forced to battle one another for all eternity, aren't based on real-world people, but their names are based on real-world religions.
Sep 3, 2023 · Someone else directly inspired by a real life figure is Naruto's mentor Jiraiya, who resembles a character from Japanese folklore down to his very name.
The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto: Karakuri (1995), which earned Kishimoto an honorable mention in Shueisha's monthly Hop Step Award the following year, and Naruto (1997). Naruto was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from September 1999 to November 2014, with its chapters collected in 72 ...
May 26, 2023 · It is worth pointing out that Akira Toriyama designed Goku based on Sun Wukong. Perhaps the most notorious example of inspiration from real characters was Naruto.
Aug 28, 2019 · In fact, Naruto is heavily inspired by Japanese mythology, especially Shintoism, and even Confucian thought. For example, Sasuke's brother, Itachi, has techniques named after the Shinto...
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Mar 9, 2020 · But Naruto actually does take cues from the real-life ninjas that once lived and worked in Japan. Here are 10 things in Naruto that you might not have noticed are similar to the factual ninjas that once existed.
Jan 5, 2023 · The source of inspiration for Kurama — the nine-tailed fox that is sealed inside Naruto at the beginning of the series — does indeed come from traditional Japanese folklore.
