i always found it kinda odd that masashi kishimoto mentioned several times in the manga that AKIRA heavily influenced naruto bc from what i had read about the movie it seemed….. very different from naruto??

but now that i finally watched that damn movie i’ve confirmed that it IS wildly different from naruto but paradoxically i SEE where kishimoto took inspiration from. damn son (also the movie is a wild trip and from what i heard the manga is even better soooo it’s on my to-read list rn)