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Kamis, 10 Juni 2010

Naruto Shipuuden The Movie 4 - The Lost Tower

Naruto Shippuden 4: The Lost Tower is the seventh overall Naruto film and the fourth Naruto Shippūden film. It will be released on July 31, 2010, with advance ticket sale events scheduled for April 17 and June 19.

Assigned on a mission to capture Mukade, a missing-nin, Naruto Uzumaki sets out for the once glorious historic ruins of "Ouran", where he pursues and corners the rogue ninja. Mizukade’s goal is revealed to be a dormant leyline within the ruins; he unleashes the power of the leyline, causing a light to envelop Naruto, sending him into the past, 20 years before the series began. When Naruto awakens, he comes into contact with his father, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

Jumat, 27 November 2009

Naruto The Movie Session

Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow - Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom - Shippūden the Movie - Bonds - Inheritors of the Will of Fire

Naruto Shippuden The Movie 3 - Inheritors of the Will of Fire

Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire (Gekijōban Naruto Shippūden Hi no Ishi o Tsugu Mono) is the sixth overall Naruto film and third Naruto: Shippūden film, based on the popular anime and manga series, which was released August 1, 2009. It is being advertised under the tagline Todoke, ore-tachi no Omoi! (We will deliver our desires to everyone!). It was revealed on the Naruto 10th Anniversary site and the teaser was shown along the preview of The Three-Tails Arrival anime arc. The official website of the Naruto: Shippūden anime has put up the promotional video of the film. The official theme song for the movie is "Dareka ga" (Someone) by Puffy.

Plot

The film concerns the potential outbreak of a Fourth Great Shinobi World War when ninja with Kekkei Gekkai abilities begin to disappear from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure. As the only village unscathed, Konohagakure is believed to be behind the incident, and rumors circulate that they are preparing a rebellion. With the other nations amassing troops at the Land of Fire's borders, threatening invasion, the lord tries to find those responsible and prove Konoha's innocence; in the event of failure, the Land of Fire will be forced to destroy the village in order to preserve world peace.

The true culprit and main antagonist of the film, Hiruko, is a missing-nin and former friend of the Sannin that disappeared from Konohagakure dozens of years earlier, after developing Chimera Technique, a jutsu which allows him to absorb both the chakra and Kekkei Genkai of other ninja. Based in Mount Shami with followers, Ichi, Ni, and San, Hiruko uses a genjutsu to project himself in the skies above Konoha, announcing that he will obtain the of the Land of Fire and become immortal and invincible, then instigate the Fourth Great Shinobi World War and conquer the world. With Hiruko wanting the last of the Kekkei Genkai, he eventually becomes interested with Kakashi, due to the fact he has the Sharingan. Hiruko plans to get the Sharingan no matter what, even going as far as to controlling him to do his bidding. With Hiruko intending to use the power of the solar eclipse to carry out this plan, a race to defeat him begins as the moment of the eclipse draws near.

Release Date

Japanese DVD release date is projected to be April 2010. English subs should be available roughly four weeks after this.

US DVD release: no date so far, in planning

Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow - Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom - Shippūden the Movie - Bonds - Inheritors of the Will of Fire

Naruto Shippuden The Movie 2 - Bonds

Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds (Gekijōban Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna) is the fifth overall Naruto film and second Naruto: Shippūden film, based on the popular anime and manga series, which was released on August 2, 2008. The DVD was released on April 22, 2009. The movie was announced in Weekly Shōnen Jump along with the DVD release date for the first movie. Additionally, the teaser trailer for the second movie was aired with Naruto: Shippūden episode(s) 40-41 and again with episode 66-67. In episodes 70-73 opening sequence was replaced with footage from the movie. The theme song for the movie is "No Rain No Rainbow" by Home Made Kazoku. The film has gone on to be highest grossing of all Naruto movies bringing in $95,341,986 dollars in Japan. The film was advertised under the tagline of "Reunion of Fate" (Shukumei no Saikai).

Plot

A mysterious group of ninja called the Sora from the Sky Country makes a surprise attack on Konoha for vengence due to Konoha nearly destroying the Sky Country during the last Shinobi World War. At the same time Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata are sent along to help a boy's village. They accompany Amaru, the boy, and Shinnō, his sensei, back to the village. Later Naruto notices that Amaru is in fact a female due to her falling into the water for her scapel.

Meanwhile at Konoha, the Sora-nin retreat with their dwindling chakra supply. Tsunade sends another special team consisting of Kakashi, Shikamaru, Sai and Shino to look for their base.At Orochimaru's lair, Orochimaru is now ill because the body transfer jutsu he uses is close to expiration. Orochimaru orders Sasuke to get a man who is able to help him perfect his reincarnation jutsu. Naruto and company reach Amaru's village and finds the village in ruins and its habitants missing. Amaru triggers a trap while searching for the villagers but Shinnō protects her and dies in the process. After Amaru comes to her senses they continue to look for villagers.

Later on Hinata becomes separated from Sakura and Naruto. Naruto and Sakura later find themselves in front of an evil monster called Zero Tails, a being that feeds on the darkness of human souls and had somehow possessed Amaru. Sakura proves to be no match for the beast; the creature senses that Naruto has a huge dark energy/power inside of him so it taunts Naruto and tries to make him use that power causing him to take on the Nine Tailed Fox chakra and, eventually, goes into four-tails state. Sakura gains consciousness and gives Naruto the seal which Jiraiya gave to her earlier. Naruto tells Amaru to ignore the darkness in her heart which finally results in the beast getting defeated.

Eventually they decided to separate; Naruto going on to look for the villagers and Hinata with Sakura returning to Konoha for help. Amaru, who was supposed to go with Sakura stays to help Naruto. They decide to search in some ruins and find Shinnō alive. Amaru, excited that her sensei is alive runs to hug him, but Naruto notices something is not right and Shinnō laughs at Amaru for trusting him. Shinnō mentions that he's been researching the power of darkness for about 15 years and he's finally found it in Konoha; now he only needs a secret scroll. He then transforms into a monster and fights with Naruto. Amaru reminisces about her past. When she was small, she suffered from a strange illness. No one tried to help her, fearing that they would be infected. Only Shinnō cared for her and managed to cure her. She admits her love to Shinnō, distracting him, allowing Naruto to land an attack. Naruto prepares to finish Shinnō off with Rasengan when Sasuke appears and intervenes Naruto's attack with Chidori. Sasuke tells Shinnō that Orochimaru needed help with the reincarnation jutsu. At first Shinnō refuses to cooperate and tries to defeat Sasuke until he collapses and all his power and muscle drain away. Sasuke reveals that he had attacked Shinno minutes earlier with Chidori Senbon at his vital chakra points to cut off his chakra flow. Shinnō gives Sasuke the scroll to perfect the reincarnation jutsu and leaves via a trap door.

Sasuke leaves and is pursued by Naruto and end up in a room with a giant cocoon which is absorbing dark chakra. Shinnō reveals the cocoon to be Zero Tails. He then fuses with the cocoon and transforms into a monster. Shinnō captures them and starts to absorb their chakra; Sasuke releases the curse seal and Naruto releases the Nine Tailed Fox chakra overloading him and freeing them from his grasp. They then defeat him.

In the meantime Konoha successfully infiltrate and destroy the Sora-ninja's base. Sakura and Hinata find the villagers in a cell and frees them all. Naruto appears again and orders Amaru to leave the ruins while he remains there to destroy it. Amaru, from a distance sees Naruto and grabs a pair of sora-ninja wings and tries to save him. Upon reaching him, she grabs him and they fall together. Jiraiya suddenly appears out with Gamabunta and catches the two, saving them. Sasuke returns and gives Orochimaru the scroll. Sasuke later thinks of Naruto's words to him: "I will definitely bring you back to Konoha, Sasuke".

Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow - Legend of the Stone of Gelel - Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom - Shippūden the Movie - Bonds - Inheritors of the Will of Fire

Naruto Shippuden The Movie 1

Naruto: Shippūden: the Movie (Gekijōban Naruto Shippūden) is a 2007 film directed by Hajime Kamegaki and written by Junki Takegami. It is the fourth movie in the Naruto movie series. It was released on DVD in Japan on April 23, 2008, and was expected to be released in America Fall 2009; Viz Media announced that the film has already been dubbed. The US DVD release was released on November 10, 2009. It was announced that the US DVD can be pre-ordered along with the limited edition of Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3. Despite previous Naruto films being released in Canada shortly after the US, and DVD volumes of Shippuden episodes releasing in both nations simultaneously, Viz Media did not release this film in Canada, though select online-only retailers such as Amazon.ca offer imports.

Plot

The opening scene of the movie shows a prediction of what should happen in the future of the movie. It shows Naruto battling a monster, only to be impaled by its tail, killing him and the Nine Tailed Fox inside of him. A funeral is held for Naruto in his home village, to which Sakura Haruno, Rock Lee and Neji Hyuga are shown to attend, along with others. The setting then returns to a few days previous, where a man named Yomi attacks a shrine to retrieve the spirit of Mōryō, a demon who attempted to take over the world and create his "Thousand Year Kingdom". Since he is lacking a body, Yomi offers his as a temporary substitute until they can retrieve Mōryō's original one.

The only threat to Mōryō's plan is a priestess named Shion, who has the ability to seal his spirit away once more. He raises a stone army from their slumber to attack the rest of the world while his four subordinates go to eliminate Shion. They are given special chakra creatures to enhance their strength.

To deal with the threat, Konohagakure sends out many advance teams to stall the stone army. Naruto, Sakura, Lee and Neji are sent to guard Shion and deliver her to the shrine where Mōryō's body is kept. They fend off Shion's four would-be assassins, and, afterwards, Shion prophesies Naruto's upcoming death. Shion's total acceptance of "fate", as well as her selfish attitude, provokes Naruto into antagonizing her. As they head for the shrine, they are again ambushed by the assassins and, ultimately, Shion is killed.

This turns out to be a ruse: the dead "Shion" is actually her servant acting as a decoy. After Neji orders Naruto to escort Shion to the temple alone, Shion explains that her predictions work by using others' lives to protect her own. Naruto insists that he will not die, and likewise will keep Shion safe.

With teamwork, Sakura, Lee and Neji defeat the assassins, and at the mountain temple where Mōryō's body is kept, Naruto and Shion find the stone army waiting. Naruto holds the army back while Shion heads inside to begin the sealing ritual. Yomi is already inside, and tricks Shion into beginning the technique with him inside the barrier, allowing Mōryō's spirit to reunite with his body. With the stone army being destroyed by Kakashi, Shikamaru, Gai and Temari, Naruto comes to rescue her. About to see her prediction of his death(the opening scene) come true, Shion uses her power to change Naruto's fate. She is able to tap into her true powers, intending to kill herself and Mōryō to save Naruto (with whom, she has developed feelings for). Naruto stops her seconds before her death, and creates a gigantic Rasengan(Chō Chakra Rasengan [literally: Super Chakra Spiraling Sphere]) by combining Shion's chakra with his. Naruto drives the Rasengan into Mōryō and oblitirates it.

After the ending credits, Naruto asks Shion what she intends to do now. She replies that Mōryō was a demon created by the dark thoughts of men, and that there is bound to be another Mōryō someday. Because of this, she says that she must continue the line of priestesses that will suppress demons like Mōryō. Shion then asks Naruto if he will help her (a double entendre asking if he will father her child), much to the shock of Sakura, Kakashi, and Lee. Naruto, clueless as usual, agrees without realizing the second meaning of her question.

Cast

Character => Japanese voice => English voice

Naruto Uzumaki - Junko Takeuchi - Maile Flanagan
Sakura Haruno - Chie Nakamura - Kate Higgins
Rock Lee - Yōichi Masukawa - Brian Donovan
Neji Hyuga - Kōichi Tōchika - Steve Staley
Tsunade - Masako Katsuki - Debi Mae West
Kakashi Hatake - Kazuhiko Inoue - Dave Wittenberg
Might Guy - Masashi Ebara - Skip Stellrecht
Shikamaru - Showtaro Morikubo - Tom Gibis
Temari - Romi Paku - Tara Platt
Shizune - Keiko Nemoto - Megan Hollingshead
Shion - Ayumi Fujimura - Laura Bailey
Moryo - Seizo Kato - Daran Norris
Yomi - Hidetoshi Nakamura - Vic Mignogna
Taruho - Yoshinori Fujita - Wil Wheaton

Production

The movie was produced by Aniplex, Bandai Co., Ltd., Dentsu Inc., Pierrot, Shueisha, and TV Tokyo.

Reception

In its opening weekend Naruto: Shippūden the Movie came in at number six. In its second week the movie dropped to number eight and stayed there in its third week

Naruto The Movie 3 - Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (Dai Kōfun! Mikazuki-jima no Animaru Panikku Dattebayo!. Great Excitement! The Animal Panic of Crescent Moon Island!) is a 2006 film written and directed by Toshiyuki Tsuru. It is the third film based on the popular Naruto anime and manga series by Masashi Kishimoto. It is the last of the original Naruto series films before the Naruto: Shippūden series and Naruto: Shippūden the Movie started the following year. It was announced on August 6, 2005 at the opening of Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel. TVTokyo's website states that Great Excitement! The Animal Panic of Crescent Moon Island! was released in DVD format on April 25, 2007 [1]. The movie was released after episode 196, during the anime's post Sasuke era. Footage of this movie is seen in the opening and ending credits for episodes 197 through 199.

Cartoon Network has dropped Toonami effective on September 20, 2008, but the movie was still shown on Cartoon Network at its release date on November 8, 2008, at 9:00 P.M., as part of the Action Flicks programming block. [2] After it aired on Cartoon Network, it was then released to DVD November 11, 2008. The movie was available for viewing via the Toonami Jetstream website until December 15, 2008.

The film's theme music is "Tsubomi" by MARIA [3]. The first 100,000 people to see the movie in certain theaters were to receive a Naruto themed yo-yo. It has a picture of Naruto Uzumaki on it, and when spun it lights up, imitating the appearance of a Rasengan.

Plot

Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip; other escorts had been hired, but quit due to being treated poorly. The Land of the Moon is a very wealthy nation, so Michiru tends to buy whatever he wants, and has a very materialistic worldview. His son, Hikaru, also acts in much the same manner, annoying Naruto.

During the trip, the caravan stops at a circus. When Hikaru takes a liking to a rare sabertoothed tiger, Chamu, featured there, Michiru ends up purchasing not only it, but the whole circus as well, placing it under the team's protection.

Before heading to the docks, they stop at the house of Michiru's ex-wife Amayo. At the docks, Hikaru attempts to befriend the tiger, but finds that it dislikes humans. He loses interest in the circus and during a sea voyage, when a storm hits, he appears unconcerned about the animals' well-being, causing Naruto to become disgusted at his lack of value for them. Upset by Naruto's view of him, Hikaru goes out to help Chamu get to safety, and Naruto saves both of them after they wash overboard. The next day, Naruto and Hikaru become friends.

After returning to the Land of the Moon, the team finds that the country has been taken over by Shabadaba, one of the nobles and a former friend of Michiru's father Kakeru. Having hired three powerful ninjas to assist him, Shabadaba has disposed of Kakeru and plans to do the same with Michiru and Hikaru, the remaining heirs to the throne. He orders the military forces to kill them all, but the team is able to escape with the help of Korega, a soldier captain who leads the soldiers that are still loyal to the king.

Escaping to a hidden cave, Michiru finds that his father is still alive, but Sakura, although able to heal his petrified arm, is only able to keep him alive for a little while. Kakeru revealed that he had suspected that something like this would happen, and arranged for the journey to keep Michiru out of harm's way. Before dying, Kakeru tells Michiru and Hikaru that people are truly important in life, not material goods. During an attempt to escape the country by boat, Ishidate, Kongou, and Karenbana (the three ninja hired by Shabadaba) alongside the soldiers on Shabadaba's side attack. Ishidate, Kongou, and Karenbana disabling Naruto, Kakashi, Sakura, and Lee with sense-dulling poison that slows their reactions. The prince is captured by the soldiers, but the emergence of Naruto's fox chakra allows him to repel the attacking ninja before Hikaru can be taken.

At the castle, Shabadaba's reasons for taking over the country are revealed to be purely material, the same things Michiru considers important as he intends to use the nation's wealth for himself rather than the people. Michiru is disgusted by Shadabada's attitude, and realizes the truth of what his father had said. Shabadaba decides to put him to death, by a drawn-out hanging: he has Michiru balance on a board of wood not strong enough to support his weight while wearing a noose, ensuring that sooner or later he will fall and be hanged.

With the help of the circus Michiru purchased earlier, Kakashi's team makes a rescue attempt with Hikaru and the rogue soldiers, infiltrating the palace by disguising as members of the circus. One by one, Kakashi and his team fight individual battles: Kakashi fights the many soldiers in the courtyard while each of the Genin fight one of the ninja. Lee wields a pair of nun-chuks that have the ability to connect to other staffs hidden in his leg weights, creating weapons such as a long staff and a chain whip. He defeats Kongou after some effort and by driving him down through the floor to the bottom level with a ferocious burst of punches from above. Sakura is able to dispatch Karenbana poison and genjutsu-using opponent by shattering a chandelier to locate her by watching where she moves and subsequently defeat her with one powerful punch.

Naruto fights against Ishidate while helping Hikaru reach his father. Hikaru shoots an arrow, severing the rope around Michiru's neck, and Naruto's shadow clones catch Michiru and Hikaru. Ishidate is enraged and attempts to kill Naruto, but Shadabada orders him to deal with Michiru. Ishidate then turns on Shadabada accidentally petrifying him when he grabs the collar of his robe. In the penultimate scene, Naruto, his leg disabled by his opponent's strange petrification jutsu, rides on Michiru's back to attack with his Crescent Moon Rasengan which reflects the light of the moon in such a manner that it grows and takes on a crescent shape. He hits Ishidate with this attack, sending him flying and destroying Shadabada's stone remains.

After Ishidate's defeat, Michiru takes the throne of the country and promises to rule as his father did. As Kakashi is immobilized due to overuse of the Sharingan, his team decides to take a vacation in the Moon Country while he recovers.

In the post credits scene when Kakashi's group leaves, Michiru tells Hikaru that he will one day rekindle his relationship with Amayo.

Cast

Character => Japanese voice => English voice

Naruto Uzumaki - Junko Takeuchi - Maile Flanagan
Sakura Haruno - Chie Nakamura - Kate Higgins
Rock Lee - Yōichi Masukawa - Brian Donovan
Kakashi Hatake - Kazuhiko Inoue - Dave Wittenberg
Tsunade - Masako Katsuki - Debi Mae West
Hikaru - Tsuki Kyōsuke Ikeda - Aidan Drummond
Michiru - Tsuki Akio Ohtsuka - Michael Sorich
Korega - Kenji Hamada - Kirk Thornton
Amayo - Marika Hayashi - Bridget Hoffman
Shabadaba - Umeji Sasaki - Terrence Stone
Ishidate - Masashi Sugawara - Christopher Corey Smith
Kongo - Hisao Egawa - Keith Silverstein
Karenbana - Haruhi Terada - Cindy Robinson
Kakeru Tsuki - Rokuro Naya - Michael Forest
Ringleader - Tomomichi Nishimura - Wally Wingert
King's Guardsman - Jamieson Price

Additional Voices by Steven Blum, William Germain, Dave Mallow, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Sam Riegel, Roger Rose, Keith Silverstein, Roger Craig Smith, and Kirk Thornton

Naruto The Movie 2 - Legend of the Stone of Gelel

Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (Daigekitotsu! Maboroshi no Chiteiiseki Dattebayo. Great Clash! The Illusionary Ruins at the Depths of the Earth) is a 2005 film directed by Hirotsugu Kawasaki and co-written by Kawasaki and Yuka Miyata. It is the second film based on the popular Naruto anime and manga series by Masashi Kishimoto. It was released in theaters in Japan on August 6, 2005. Unlike its predecessor, Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow, Legend of the Stone of Gelel did not see a theatrical release in the United States, and was released as a direct-to-video instead. It aired on Cartoon Network on July 26, 2008 and was then released to DVD July 29, 2008. The movie takes place after episode 160.

Plot

The movie opens with a battle taking place at night on a desolate seaside beach between Sand Ninja and mysterious warriors wearing bulky suits of armor. Despite their best efforts, the Sand Ninja are slowly overwhelmed by the sheer strength of their mysterious opponents. The timely arrival of reinforcements led by Kankuro and Gaara turns the tide, with Kankuro slicing apart a suit of armor with his puppet, and Gaara dispatching a large number of enemies en mass with his signature Desert Imperial Funeral. However when Gaara orders the Sand Ninja to shine a flare at the retreating enemies, a large warship appears. The ship then opens fire with its guns, and Gaara's sand armor barely manages to protect his comrades.

The movie stars Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, and Sakura Haruno as they deliver a lost pet ferret(that Naruto unwittingly confuses for a cat, as he had never seen a ferret before) to its village. However, a mysterious knight called Temujin intercepts them and they fight, causing both Temujin and Naruto to be knocked off a cliff by the massive power caused by Naruto's Rasengan and Temujin's Rising Thunder. As Shikamaru and Sakura realize what has happened to Naruto, a giant ship appears.

Naruto wakes up to find himself bandaged and traveling in a caravan led by Kahiko and Emina. He also finds Temujin asleep beside him. When Temujin awakens, Nerugui (the lost pet ferret which was owned by Kahiko) seems to be attracted to him. The caravan is part of a moving country.

Meanwhile, Sakura and Shikamaru split up to search for Naruto. Shikamaru spies on the fortress and finds a lab with children in capsules. Two women with similar armor to what Temujin was wearing are talking about the Gelel Stone.

The movie revolves mostly around a special mineral called the Gelel Stone, which has a strong and mysterious power. There was once a clan that could control the stone's powers (the traveling caravan and Temujin are part of this clan), but they were destroyed because of fights for the stone.

Temujin is working for his Lord, Master Haido, who has his group searching for the Stones of Gelel, so that he can create a 'utopia', a world free from war and strife. But he also tells his group that sacrifices are for the greater good.

When Naruto meets Haido, he at first believes him. Naruto accompanies Temujin, Ranke, and Fugai to the area where the fight between the Sand Ninjas and Haido's forces took place. During the fight, Kamina duels with Kankuro while Ranke fights Gaara. When Ranke is killed by Gaara, Kamina escapes. The caravan that Naruto was saved by has been attacked as Fugai threatens Kahiko for the location of the Stones of Gelel. Shikamaru and Sakura end up repelling her.

Temujin learns that Kahiko knows where the Stones of Gelel are. When he tries to capture Kahiko, he is subdued by Shikamaru's Shadow Possession Jutsu as Naruto catches up. Shikamaru interrogates Temujin about Haido's plot. After Shikamaru manages to get some answers, Temujin uses a smokescreen and kidnaps Kahiko and one of the children from the caravan. Temujin forces Kahiko to lead him to a cave where the stones are sealed away. Naruto follows him to try and stop him with Nerugui leading the way. Temujin sends the kid he abducted on his way as he has Kahiko lead him into the gave. But Haido, Fugai, and Kamina also follow him to the cave. This leads to a confrontation between Haido and Naruto's group as Naruto finally realizes Haido's evil intentions. He is disgusted that Haido and his followers are willing to sacrifice their friends and other innocents for their cause. He angrily yells that dreams that sacrifice friends are nothing but garbage, surprising Temujin. Kahiko triggers a mechanism that takes himself and Temujin to the chamber below, where the entrance to the mines of Gelel are, with the intent to destroy them. Haido angrily follows with several armed soldiers after smacking Naruto aside. Kamina challenges Shikamaru, and Sakura challenges Fugai before the latter can follow Haido with the ship. Naruto follows after Kahiko, Temujin, and Haido.

Once there, Haido reveals that he has a piece of Gelel Stone which he uses to attack Kahiko. Eventually Temujin, surprised by Haido's cruel words and behavior, defends Kahiko, which angers Haido. Eventually Naruto shows up and saves Kahiko. Temujin is finally so appalled by Haido's willingness to kill Naruto and Kahiko and call it a "noble sacrifice" that he refuses to kill them when Haido orders him to. He realizes that the shadowy figure he had seen in the ruins of his house after his parents' death was Haido. Haido then admits that he was the one that killed Temujin's family and then used their son like a pawn for all those years. He then attacks Temujin and destroys his piece of Gelel Stone, tossing him aside and leaving him lying on the ground, weak and horrified by what he has done. At this point Naruto intervenes and attempts to defeat Haido.

While Naruto and Haido are fighting, Shikamaru fights Kamina and gets help in vanquishing her from Kankuro. Sakura duels with Fugai and ends up crushing her under large chimes. Sakura, Shikamaru, Kankuro, and Gaara then unload the unconscious children from the ship.

Naruto manages to hit Haido with a Rasengan but it has no effect. He then urges Temujin to help him fight, and Temujin agrees, Naruto's earlier words about friendship having inspired him. With Temujin's help Naruto creates two Rasengans (one from the Nine Tailed Fox's chakra and another from Gelel). This defeats Haido, but also breaks open the mines of Gelel. As the evil chakra is unleashed, Kahiko reveals that the seal on the floor will banish the magic, but the person acitivating the seal will be sacrficed. Temujin decides to do it to atone for his mistakes, and knocks out Naruto when the latter protests to this. Temujin then activates the seal and the Gelel power, along with Temujin, begins to enter a black hole. While unconscious, Naruto has a dream about himself and Sasuke silently walking past each other, and wakes up with his Nine-Tails whiskers and red eyes. While Temujin prepares to die, Naruto uses a chain of Shadow Clones to pull them to safety, refusing to let Temujin die. A little bit of Gelel chakra makes land over the black hole that gives birth to new life. Temujin awakens on some of this land next to a still-unconscious Naruto.

Later, Temujin leaves with the other children stating that he will end all war. Kahiko is sad that Nerugui is going with Temujin. The credits show Naruto and Temujin seeing each other one last time as Temujin's ship leaves and make fists of victory.

Cast

Character => Japanese voice => English voice

Naruto Uzumaki - Junko Takeuchi - Maile Flanagan
Sakura Haruno - Chie Nakamura - Kate Higgins
Shikamaru Nara - Shotaro Morikubo - Tom Gibis
Gaara - Akira Ishida - Liam O'Brien
Kankuro - Yasuyuki Kase - Michael Lindsay
Temujin - Gamon Kaai - Roger Craig Smith
Kamina - Sachiko Kojima - Jennifer Hale
Ranke - Houko Kuwashima - Megan Hollingshead
Kahiko - Nachi Nozawa - Kyle Hebert
Fugai - Urara Takano - Kari Wahlgren
Haido - Akio Nojima - Douglas Rye
Emina - Tomoka Kurokawa - Michelle Ruff
Temujin's Childhood Friend - Takako Honda - Mona Marshall

* Additional Voices by Steven Blum, Crispin Freeman, Sam Riegel, and Keith Silverstein

Naruto The Movie 1 - Naruto The Movie Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow

Naruto The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (Daikatsugeki! Yukihime Ninpōchō dattebayo!!. Great Action Scene! Snow Princess' Book of Ninja Arts) is a 2004 film directed by Tensai Okamura and written by Katsuyuki Sumisawa based on the popular anime and manga series Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto. It was released in Japan on August 21, 2004. The popularity of the series has spawned several sequels, beginning with Naruto the Movie 2. The movie was released on DVD on April 28, 2005. The film takes place right after episode 101 "Gotta See! Gotta Know! Kakashi-Sensei's True Face!", though events in the film leave its exact place in the series continuity questionable. The ending song is called Home Sweet Home and is sung by Yuki. The English version replaced this song with "Never Give Up" by Jeremy Sweet due to licensing restrictions.

As a bonus, the short and non-canonical OVA Konoha Annual Sports Festival (Konoha Undōkai) was included with the Japanese release of the film. The ten minute opening short revolves around Naruto's inability to use the bathroom while participating in a sports tournament. It is notable because virtually every character, living or dead, in the Naruto universe makes an appearance in it (most of them standing in a restroom-queue). The dead fourth Hokage also makes an appearance in the shot.

In America, the film was released as a one-day showing on June 6, 2007. Instead of the OVA included with the Japanese release, the American release included a short featurette entitled "World of Naruto", as well as a behind the scenes featurette afterwards with interviews with the main English cast and select members of the main Japanese cast. The OVA will, however, appear in the U.S. DVD release. The DVD release is set for September 4, 2007. The movie premiered on Cartoon Network on September 8, 2007. The film also played at Cineplex Odeon and Empire Theatres cinemas in Canada, distributed via Bell TV to play the film at all cinemas at the same time. The film aired at the Great British Museum in London, U.K. on July 28, 2007 for a single showing. The film was also slated for one-day showings in Australia on October 14.

On November 13, 2007, a 3-Disc Deluxe Edition of Naruto the Movie was released in the United States. It has many extras and features that the standard U.S. DVD , released a few months earlier, did not include. It includes the ten-minute short "Konoha Annual Sports Festival" that was originally shown with the Japanese release of the film, the complete soundtrack to the movie, documentaries of the American voice recording of the movie, movie art postcards, and more.

In Brazil and South America, the movie will be distributed by Warner Bros. and will be released at the theater in October 2009, and in December 2009, will be released on the Warner Channel's Warner Movies. Both releases will be in English dubbing, but the Warner Movies version will be uncut.

Plot

The film opens with Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha watching a film, starring Yukie Fujikaze, in the local cineplex. Kakashi Hatake has sent them to watch it as preparation for their next mission, guarding the actress who plays Princess Fuun. The actress, as the story progresses, is revealed to be a real princess from the Land of Snow. Doto Kazahana, the princesses uncle, had ousted Yukie's father in a coup d'etat. Naruto's and his teams mission is to prevent Kazahana from kidnapping the princess whilst she is fulfilling her next role.

Several times Kazahana's henchmen, wearing Chakra armour, attempt to steal the princess. Naruto's team, however, manage to delay the princess from being captured. The antagonist eventually kidnaps the princess amid the defeat of the princesses secret body guards, who reveal themselves in a bid to protect and restore her rightful place as the ruler of the Land of Snow.

Naruto manages to climb aboard the ship carrying the princess in an effort to rescue the actress. He is captured and a mechanism is attached to his body, causing electricity to surge through his body when he uses his Chakra, thus disabling him. Kazahana forces Yukie to hand over a crystal necklace her father gave her when she was child. He believes it to be a key that can unlock the hidden treasure Yukie's father had left behind. Both Yukie and Naruto are placed into a prison cell.

The rest of Team 7 manage to infiltrate the fortress. They go to confront Kazahana but he manages to escape with the crystal necklace. Naruto and Team 7 fall in pursuit but are confronted by Kazahana's henchmen. Naruto goes on while the rest of his team battle the ninja. A furious battle ensues, Team 7 are able to overcome the opposing ninja. Naruto catches up with Kazahan to see the crystal is a fake. Naruto's battle is a serious challenge to him when he attempts to fight the antagonist. Sasuke later joins the battle but is defeated by the enemy's attacks. Sasuke managed to locate a weak spot by using his Chidori and is unable to fight.

Naruto uses his Rasengan in an angered bid to defeat Kazahana, and wins. Yukie, in the end, decides to reclaim her rightful place of royalty and even mentions personally with Team 7 that even in the life of royalty, her career in acting will not cease.

Cast

Role => Japanese actor => American actor

Naruto Uzumaki - Junko Takeuchi - Maile Flanagan
Sasuke Uchiha - Noriaki Sugiyama - Yuri Lowenthal
Sakura Haruno - Chie Nakamura - Kate Higgins
Kakashi Hatake - Kazuhiko Inoue - Dave Wittenberg
Soutetsu Kazahana - Hidehiko Ishizuka - Cam Clarke
Koyuki Kazahana/Yukie Fujikaze/Princess Fuun (Gale) - Yuko Kaida - Kari Wahlgren
Nadare Rouga - Hirotaka Suzuoki - Liam O'Brien
Sandayu Asama - Ikuo Nishikawa - Daran Norris
Fubuki Kakuyoku - Jun Karasawa - Cindy Robinson
Mizore Fuyukuma - Holly Kaneko - Kyle Hebert
Doto Kazahana - Tsutomu Isobe - Lex Lang
Director - Makino Chikao Ōtsuka - Michael McConnohie
Assistant Director - Akimitsu Takase - Sam Riegel
Omiji/Tsukekuro - Crispin - Freeman
Kin/Buriken - Yutaka Nakano - Doug Stone
Hidero - Kan Tanaka - Jamieson Price

* Children Voices by Kate Higgins and Dave Wittenberg

* Additional Voices by David Jeremiah, Daran Norris, Jamie Simone, and Kari Wahlgren.

Trivia

* In the American release Princess Yukie's character 'Princess Fuun' is called Princess Gale.

* At the end of the film, the continuity theme of "never giving up" is a constant reminder to the viewer that Naruto wants to become Hokage in the Village Hidden in the Leaves. He will do anything to achieve his goal.

* At the end of the film spring arrives, as Princess Fuun's father had said when peace would arrive in the Land of Snow. The mirror Kazahana smashed into acted as the trigger mechanism that transformed the land of Snow into the seasonal weather of spring.

* The armour that Kazahana wears is reminiscent of the blade used by Kisame Hoshigaki, one of the Akatsuki members. Both eat Chakra.