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Dantman wrote: How to Train your Dragon is a 2010 film, Naruto began in 1999. Of the 72 volumes of Naruto, 50 of them were released before that film was released.

Not much of an "inspiration". It's based on a book. But even then, similarities are hardly proof. Doesn't help that Star Wars for instance borrows heavily from Flash Gordon for instance, or that it is a classical Hero's Journey/Momomyth.