The first Naruto movie which takes place in the Shippuuden timeline when Naruto has gotten older after training with Jiraiya for a while came out in theatres in Japan last year but was recently released on DVD and subbed. It’s been a long wait for this movie and it ended in disappointment.
The movie follows Naruto, Lee, Neji and Sakura as they are assigned by the fifth hokage Tsunade to protect a priestess from the demon country after a group of evil doers intentionally awake an ancient evil spirit who soon after awakening seek to restore it’s full power by acquiring it’s body sealed away in a temple far away and then (you guessed it) rule the world. The priestess being protected by the gang from Konoha is the only one that can defeat the demon and so she needs to be escorted to the temple to prevent the demon from reuniting with it’s body. There are brief split second appearances from other characters in the Naruto universe.
It my opinion this movie is bullshit held together by a story that took 2 minutes to write. There is barely any effort put into adding value and purpose into this movie and I cannot recall a scene or battle that made me think that movie was worth watching. Sakura served no purpose, Neji and Lee’s battles were over in seconds, Naruto as expected just threw shadow clones and rasengans at everything. If I was protecting that priestess bitch name Shion she would have been “accidentally” impaled in a freak kunai accident and how the hell can you have two of the baddest dudes in the anime make split second appearances without even uttering a line of dialog? This movie screams cheap, but who am I to complain, I watched it for free -_-.
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I didn’t get the time to watch it but it sounds pretty bad. They are just milking naruto till it becomes a has been!
Damn, based on your review this movie isn’t worth idle time! Have you watched he Forbidden kingdon as yet? I posted my review http://stunner101.blogspot….
@ hyung lee…look out for an email from me shortly
@ marketting…..yea don’t waste your time
@ Stunner…I checked it out too…didnt like it very much though -_-
I absolutely agree, In the begining it was a good anime, but it now sucks. How did it get so boring? what happened?. Now they have these pathetic fillers *damn* Thank lucifer they have mangas, lol. Anyways A mi me gusto tu blog. :). It’s pretty cool.
Sayounara.
thanks, i almost spent hours whatching it, and it is a anime movie, so it should have nothing at all to do with the series anyways.
Blah… This movie was alright at best. But i just happened to read reviews of the new Shippuuden movie from people on 2ch. And from what i’ve read nobody like it very much.. and i’m already inclined to agree. But i will reserve my judgment until the DVD is out.
[girl] hay i love love love naruto its my all time fav anime show ^_^
Naruto become more powerful!! Hes’s eye is change!! I though It red fox but guess what??? hes eyes not red fox anymore.. it’s new powerful… You guys will see that movie… I saw movie in Japan and I was like OH MY GOD!!! Naruto is AWESOOMMEE!!! POWERFUL!!!
*SPOILER*
I just discovered Naruto, and Im liking it so far. But the movie sucks!!! Sucks so badly that I end up watching it till the end, just to make sure that nothing was gonna happen. Man!! The only person who can save the WHOLE WORLD was that bitc…priestess, and the only bodygards she had whas some kids? Where are all the others bad-ass ninjas??? Oh right, I forgot… They are figthing the ghost army… But whait! All the bad ass ninjas together coudnt destroy a single soldier, but Naruto, ALL BY HIMSELF, practally destroy ALL OF THEM!! Oh man… What a waste of my time… [zzz]
(Sorry for the Tarzan english, still practicing :))
naruto coo……… [smile]
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