Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-32390199-20141206001305

CoolDudeAl wrote: 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. I think people not knowing them makes it a bit more interesting. As opposed to other Grimm stories that feature just a nameless girl and a boy on and adventure or a nameless woman with a problem these Eastern folklores already have personality. And else they could just take the appearance of how they looked in the original novel, or make their own twist on it.

And Journey to the West also could be a good one. I even think that they just could do one arc centered around the Eastern folklores including JotW, JGM, and some legends like the ghost in the bathroom etc.

But I'm sure that if Once has interest for using Eastern folklores they sure can make their own twist to it. Although I would like if Orochimaru revives all the major deceased people (Cora, Pan, Zelena, Tamara, Greg, Graham, Neal etc.)