Masashi Kishimoto
Following the conclusion of "Naruto", Kishimoto became involved in the "Start of a New Era Project" commemorating the manga's conclusion and 15th anniversary. On the last page of the final chapter, "Weekly Shonen Jump" announced that a spin-off miniseries, also authored by Kishimoto, would be released in 2015. The series, "", ran from April to July 2015. Beyond this, Kishimoto was also heavily involved with two canonical movies, "" and "", as he personally supervised both movies, and illustrated several light novels. When asked by Boruto Uzumaki's voice actress Yūko Sanpei to continue making "Naruto" movies, Kishimoto stated that he was taking a break and could not physically do so.
Dragon Ball (manga)
Many manga artists have cited "Dragon Ball" and Toriyama as inspirations, including "Fairy Tail" and "Rave" author Hiro Mashima. Both "One Piece" creator Eiichiro Oda and "Naruto" creator Masashi Kishimoto have said that Goku inspired their series' main protagonists as well as their structures. For the "kanzenban" re-release of "Dragon Ball", every odd-numbered volume included a tribute illustration by a popular manga artist who was a child when it was serialized, accompanied with a few words about how the series influenced them. The artists who contributed include: "Bleach" creator Tite Kubo, "Black Cat" author Kentaro Yabuki, "The Seven Deadly Sins" author Nakaba Suzuki, "Eyeshield 21" and "One-Punch Man" illustrator Yusuke Murata, "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" creator Yoshio Sawai, "Pretty Face" author Yasuhiro Kanō, "Mr. Fullswing" author Shinya Suzuki, "Hellsing" creator Kouta Hirano, "Claymore" author Norihiro Yagi, "Phantom Thief Jeanne" and "Full Moon o Sagashite" creator Arina Tanemura, "Excel Saga" author Rikdo Koshi, "Dragon Drive" creator Kenichi Sakura, and "Happy World!" author Kenjiro Takeshita. The producer of the "Tekken" video game series, Katsuhiro Harada, said that "Dragon Ball" was one of the first works to visually depict chi and thereby influenced "Tekken" and other Japanese games such as "Street Fighter". Ian Jones-Quartey, a producer of the American animated series "Steven Universe", is a fan of "Dragon Ball" and "Dr. Slump", and uses Toriyama's vehicle designs as a reference for his own. He also stated that "We're all big Toriyama fans on ["Steven Universe"], which kind of shows a bit."