When Itachi is first mentioned by Sasuke in the manga, Kishimoto had not planned about the character's backstory. The only idea he had was to attribute to Itachi some violent action that would have Sasuke wanting to kill him. However, when Itachi was introduced, Kishimoto had the idea to make Itachi Konoha's secret agent who killed his clans under their orders.[12] Itachi was originally conceived as the leader of Konoha's Special Assassination and Tactical Squad, dubbed the Itachi Squad (イタチ隊 Itachi-tai), which would have been a 70-man group divided into four teams, specialising in assassination and other illicit operations. However, this idea was scrapped in favor of the current Itachi working for Akatsuki.[13]From all the Akatsuki characters Kishimoto designed, Itachi is his favorite based on his backstory.[14]
Itachi's Japanese voice actor, Hideo Ishikawa, often talked with Sasuke's Japanese actor, Noriaki Sugiyama, about their characters. When the two characters first confronted, both Ishikawa and Sugiyama found Itachi's massacre of the Uchiha clan hard to believe and started to read the Narutomanga in order to see if Itachi was hiding something. After Itachi's death, the two actors noted that in the end Itachi served as a good old brother to Sasuke.[15] English actor Crispin Freeman was pleased with voicing Itachi regardless of how many times he revisited the series.[16]
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