I liked db, and dbz. Naruto is more like db than dbz. Db had more of a plot and a direction. Ya Naruto goes ssj (kyubi), and uses his amazing amounts of ki(chakra) to use the tri form (kage bushin), and sometimes he pulls out the ole kamahamaha(ras), and of course Goku (Naruto) will get beaten badly for 15 minutes vow that he can't lose... Think about all the people he made promises to, get back up and… 3 episode later he will finally win.

Db/dbz were around for what 10 years???? They went everywhere and did everything…. of course others are going to seemingly copy it. Db is like the simpsons of the anime world. Sidenote.. I remember someone saying something like and I quote...... "Oh gawd, Naruto is becoming to popular... Its no longer an alternative anime; blah I'm sick of it now". Some people are just fans of trying to be leet and like things that others don't. i.e they liked dbz till it became cool to dislike it.

With all this said they are as much different as they are similar

sorry I'm sleepy it might not make sense.


edit* ohyeah the real test will be if Gaara pulls a vegeta and becomes good.... In truth I wouldn't mind.