Rock Lee inspired from Dragonball?

songohan619 · Post by **songohan619** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:41 am

Was he inspired by Dragonball Z.
I am especially thinking about his Transformation.

Piccolo Daimaoh · Post by **Piccolo Daimaoh** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:43 am

This guy? Nah.

B · Post by B » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:45 am

Fairly generic character that has been done before plenty of times. What part of a Dragon Ball is he supposed to come from?

Ahiru77 · Post by **Ahiru77** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 9:49 am

He doesn't look like any Z-fighter in particular.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:40 am

This is what I had in mind in the past.

Amaranth Sparrow · Post by **Amaranth Sparrow** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:15 am

Pretty sure Gaara was inspired, at least in part, by Tetsuo from Katsuhiro Otomo's AKIRA.

Case in point:

Naruto's orange outfit was inspired by Goku, however, and the Four-Tailed Great Ape was inspired by the Oozaru transformation:

Choice195 · Post by **Choice195** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:17 am

Naruto is like Goku in almost every way.

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:20 am

Well, his "royal" bloodline and his power that is hard to control added to him being feared by basically everyone and also being the youngest in his family...it does sound like Freeza to me.
And his reaction to someone stronger is also alike Freeza's reaction to the same thing to an extent.

songohan619 · Post by **songohan619** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:26 am

FUCK!!
I meant Rock Lee!!!

AgitoZ · Post by **AgitoZ** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:00 pm

songohan619 wrote:FUCK!!
I meant Rock Lee!!!

I always did think his transformation was Dragon Ball inspired but aside from that he's more inspired by Bruce Lee.

Choice195 wrote:Naruto is like Goku in almost every way.

Aside from the blond hair and clothes, Naruto is nothing like Goku. I don't remember Goku being a complete prick.

gotensottile · Post by **gotensottile** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:12 pm

Kishimoto has stated in a character databook(Sorry, I can't remember which) that Rock Lee was a Bruce Lee inspiration.
Nothing about DragonBall.

songohan619 · Post by **songohan619** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:25 pm

gotensottile wrote:Kishimoto has stated in a character databook(Sorry, I can't remember which) that Rock Lee was a Bruce Lee inspiration.
Nothing about DragonBall.

well, i was mostly thinking about the transformation, but OK.

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 12:32 pm

songohan619 wrote:
gotensottile wrote:Kishimoto has stated in a character databook(Sorry, I can't remember which) that Rock Lee was a Bruce Lee inspiration.
Nothing about DragonBall.
well, i was mostly thinking about the transformation, but OK.

I see no reason why not connect Rock Lee's transformation in itself as derived from Dragonball. I mean, it's pretty Dragonball-esque.

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