The manga of naruto shippuden were made by Kishimoto, Masashi. When seeking to make his characters to be as special as possible, Kishimoto frequently searched other shonen(for young teens) manga for influence. Akira Toriyama’s, own masterpiece the most commerically common anime; the Dragonball series and its characters guided Masashi in producing naruto shippuden, with Naruto being his own hero and his teammates. The naruto shippuden films and TV series are similar to Dragonball and Dragonball Z because of its influence on naruto shippuden, as they both possess so many challenging characters as well as the greatest fighting scenes in history.