Naruto anime

[Chained Chaos]

wel I just lost all respect for this anime... >_>

Just to clear things up, it's unlikely that Naruto copied Cowboy Bebop.

The reason? Cowboy Bebop copied Bruce Lee. It's a technique called rotoscoping, where animators take live-action footage and trace over it. Many of Cowboy Bebop's fight scenes were rotoscoped or at least influenced by Bruce Lee fights. If anything, though, I'd look at it as more of an homage than copying; Spike Spiegal is very heavily influenced by Bruce Lee as it is, which includes his fighting style and view on martial arts. He's even a follower of Jeet Kune Do, a martial art created by Bruce Lee.

ANYWAY, back to the point. From what little I've seen of Naruto, they've used other Bruce Lee fights, too. So I think it's more a case of the animators for both shows being Bruce Lee fans. =P