Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-6175354-20141215234519/@comment-1916997-20150220023939

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: DarKingdomHearts wrote: Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: DarKingdomHearts wrote: I imagined Jafar popping up in the last season again along with all the other villain in my weird edo tensei plot xD I still want Orochimaru and a PROPER Edo Tensei No Jutsu plot, but we can always get that with a Hercules arc, with Hades as the villain. God of the dead bringing back Storybrooke's greatest foes? Sounds pretty badass to me, honestly. Hades is cool and all, but we all know Orochimaru would be so much cooler. And it is not like we're pulling things from anime, as the story "Jiraiya" is a Japanese folklore story.

It would be great to see the heroes face Cora, Pan, Zelena and Ingrid. Probably some awkward conversations between Cora and Zelena though xD. I would love to see those villains interacts Actually, unlike Frozen, which was just a movie (loosely adapted on The Snow Queen), Naruto isn't just an anime, it's its own work of literature, which makes it a good candidate for adaptation on its own.

I wouldn't mind Naruto and Kurama (the nine-tailed fox) being brought in as a vehicle for the "The Tale Of Jiraiya The Gallant" characters of Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya, just like Frozen was a vehicle for The Snow Queen. But only Naruto and Kurama, Hinata if they feel they have to give him a happy ending, but no one else lol

And yes, Orochimaru >>>>>> Hades, especially Oro's anime portrayal versus James Wood's Hades. But since Once seems to be horrified of Eastern tales except for Mulan, Hercules is the closest thing we'd possibly get to a revival arc.

And yes, Cora and Zelena would be hilarious. As much as I love Naruto, I just don't seeing it being on Once. I feel the majority of Once's American audience would not understand any of the references. Furthermore, looking at the age of the writers on Once, I don't even know if they'd know what it is, the rise of Japanese manga and anime in America is kind of after their time. It is also the lack of audience awarness that Asian and African folklore will not be shown much on this show, because as much as everyone likes to say America is a melting pot of cultures, we are still very European-centric.