Oda would even go on to work together with Toriyama on a manga called Cross Epoch, which featured both One Piece and Dragon Ball characters. It’s not a secret that One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda is a huge fan of Akira Toriyama, drawing obvious inspiration for the lead character Luffy.
Other ripped off things include the Rasengan and Kamehameha being the same color, Naruto was trained by perverted Frog hermit (Goku Turtle hermit), and Naruto's inner power was awakened by being thrown off a cliff (just like Goku). Garra’s Imploding Sand Funeral, implodes, while Freiza’s explodes from the inside out. And Gaara and Frieza’s finishing moves are practically the exact thing.
In DBZ, Babbidi took over Vegeta's mind and body with The Majin Seal. Sasuke and Vegeta also share striking similarities, like when Orochimaru took over Sasuke's mind and body with The Cursed Seal. Even their storylines share a common thread in having a good friend become an enemy and then become a friend once again. Both start their series at the age of 12, love to eat food, are super powerful, and can make amateur mistakes often. Naruto and Goku, the titular character in their respective series, resemble one another closely. He also tends to copy a little too closely, as in the case with DBZ. Whether its Japanese folk tales or the Matrix franchise, Kishimoto pays tributes to these iconic forms in his work. Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, has a love for all forms of entertainment media. When discussing shōnen, there will always be a variety of similarities between the anime and the manga. They have all earned their place in history, and shouldn’t be discounted for similarities in style and storytelling to Dragon Ball Z.ĭragon Ball Z and Naruto are both shōnen anime. It should be noted, not one anime listed here is a bad anime. Others are in here because they openly admitted to borrowing concepts and ideas, either by paying respect to them or using them in a comedic fashion. Yes, they've ripped off the Dragon Ball franchise, but carved out their own path in the manga and anime world too. Many of the anime listed in this article are success stories in their own right. There are a few anime series which have clearly ripped off Dragon Ball Z but have still found massive amounts of success because fans just don’t seem to care that much - enjoying the style and story regardless of where the ideas originated from.
While others respect the work of Akira Toriyama so much that his style of drawing characters comes out in their own work. Some ideas are taken and turned into a spoof, giving props to the Dragon Ball franchise through comedic means. While some anime series have clearly stolen artwork, concepts, storylines, arcs, character development, and more.
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