Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5154975-20140830155800/@comment-1916997-20141204040141

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: I want more Oriental fairy tales. Gimme "The Tale Of Jiraiya the Gallant" and smash it up with Naruto (hey, they're using Frozen, why can't they use Naruto?). Bring Naruto's Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade (in terms of appearance, personality and basic history) to Once, then mash them up with their original counterparts (in terms of Orochimaru being a follower of Jiraiya and Jiraiya marrying Tsunade). The Toad, the Snake and the Slug wizards. We haven't really seen animal-based magic in the series yet, so that'd be pretty cool. Plus, with Orochimaru being a ninja that has mastered the Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei no Jutsu (Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation), he might tempt Regina with reviving her entire family and Daniel in exchange for control of Storybrooke County. And all she'd have to do is provide Orochimaru with four living sacrifices (for Henry, Cora, Zelena and Daniel, respectively) and provide access to their DNA (Daniel and Zelena are ash, but A&E could probably find a way around that...) Sorry I know this is old, just looking through old posts, and I wanted to say this: as much as I like Naruto, we have a better chance of seeing Harry Potter on this show. First off: Naruto (and most anime/manga) is still very niche in the US, so it would never get onto a mainstream tv station like ABC. Second off: The rights to get Naruto would be very hard, you would have to work with both the creators in Japan and the US companies that bring it here. It would be a legal nightmare. If anything, we might be able to get traditional Japanese folktale creatures, but I wouldn't hold my breath.