Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-1916997-20141205030828

DarKingdomHearts wrote: The thing he means is about the tale Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari. They can easily take that folklore and incorperate it into Once. The only thing they would take from Naruto is their personalities a bit, as they are good personalities for characters. And probably have similar clothing. Characters like Naruto himself, Kakashi, Sasuke etc. wouldn't appear because they aren't from any tales. But see, that's the thing about rights, as soon as you can say "Hey that looks like Jiraya from Naruto", whoever owns Naruto can sue you, if you haven't paid to use that Jiraya. Like I said, it's a legal nightmare. And Eastern folklore is not well known to a general US audience (which is a shame, but it is what it is). So besides Mulan, the only Eastern story I could see being adapted onto Once is Journey to the West, and even that's a big if. I also feel we won't get any African stories for the same reason, they are not well known to a general US audience.