Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

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A promotional poster of the movie by Masashi Kishimoto.

Naruto 6: Road to Ninja (劇場版 NARUTO-ナルト- ロード・トゥ・ニンジャ, Gekijōban Naruto: Rōdo Tu Ninja) is the ninth overall Naruto film and sixth Naruto: Shippūden film which was released on July 28, 2012 in Japanese theatres.

Plot Overview

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An anime version of the promotional poster of the movie.

Sixteen years ago, a gigantic demon beast known as the Nine-Tails was released from its jinchūriki by an unknown shinobi wearing a mask. The village of Konohagakure was close to destruction by the attack of the Nine-Tails, but the village was saved by its leader. Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki — who was the jinchūriki at the time of the attack, sealed away the demon inside their new born son: Naruto Uzumaki. However, this act of saving the village cost them their lives and they left the future of the ninja world to Naruto.

With the Nine-Tails sealed away, things continued as normal. However, the peace of the village did not last long, for Pain, Konan, Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, Deidara, Hidan and Kakuzu — members of a dreaded organisation called the Akatsuki — attacked Konohagakure. Naruto narrowly managed to launch a counter-attack but why have these shinobi appeared when all of them were meant to have died? The mystery remains, but the shinobi are praised by their families for completing such a dangerous mission. However, one of them who has never known the faces of his parents, Naruto, cannot help but feel lonely. At that exact time, suddenly, the masked man makes his appearance in Konoha. Naruto and Sakura are both attacked by the man's mysterious new dōjutsu.

Coming to, Naruto and Sakura find themselves in another world where everyone they know acts very differently. But things get more confusing when the two learn that a more good-natured Sasuke lives in Konoha, and that Naruto's parents Minato and Kushina are alive yet Sakura's parents Kizashi and Mebuki have long died.

Alternate counterpart

• The majority of the movie take place in an alternate world where almost every characters have different personnalities and behaviors compared to they real world incarnations.
  • Sasuke Uchiha is more of a carefree flirt that goes after several girls his age. He never became a missing-nin, thus is still a resident of Konoha.
  • Sai has more emotions with himself and more outgoing. His love for art is the same, only that his alternate self is horrible at it. Also, due to the alternate Sasuke still a resident of Konoha, the alternate Sai never became a member of Team 7 nor does he know the others.
  • Hinata Hyūga is more aggressive, very confident with herself and her figure and she is possessive of Naruto, getting insanely jealous if Naruto hangs around other girls.
  • Kiba Inuzuka is more reserved with himself and a cat lover who hates dogs, like Akamaru. He has different markings, being divided into four distinctive parts.
  • Shino Aburame is a huge plant lover and hates bugs and tries to kill as many as possible. However, his personality and creepy nature still remains.
  • Shikamaru Nara is laid back, very silly and not bright. He often clash with the alternate Chōji Akimichi.
  • Chōji Akimichi is skinny, calm, smart and always serious. He has different marks, being more squared. He often clash with the alternate Shikamaru Nara.
  • Ino Yamanaka is more timid, calm and modest with herself and shy with boys. She also isn't bossy with her team, trying to end things peacefully with them rather than lashing out at them like she usually does.
  • Neji Hyūga is very immature and a huge pervert that uses his Byakugan to peep on girls constantly, making his personality very similar to Jiraiya, which typically earns him a beating from the alternate Hinata.
  • Rock Lee doesn't really change.
  • Tenten is serious and not as proficient in handling weapons. Rather she is very clumsy and tends to injure herself as a result.
  • Kakashi Hatake is always full of energy and promotes the "Power of Youth", making his personality very similar to Might Guy.
  • Might Guy is depressed and not energetic, thinking himself as an old man who lost his youth.
  • Tsunade wears glasses and is flat-chested, having a more studious appearance.
  • Shizune has a more feminine appearance and a rather large bust, similar to the real Tsunade.
  • Tonton is black in colour and more aggressive.

Trivia

• This year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine announced that Naruto manga creator Masashi Kishimoto is personally conceiving the all-new story and designing the characters for this movie.
• The theme song for the film will be "Well Then, See You Tomorrow", performed by Asian Kung-Fu Generation.

See Also

• Road to Naruto The Movie (manga one-shot that leads into the film)
• Road to Sakura (tie-in anime promotion episode to the film)
• Road to Guy! / The Amazing True Story of the Leaf Village Film Festival! (Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals tie-in promotion episode to the film)
• Motion Comic NARUTO (a promotional DVD given out at theatres, featuring a short film comprised of animated panels from the Naruto manga, enhanced with CGI, as well as an interview with Kishimoto and other promotional features for the film)