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Naruto Movie 1

Mar 28, 2008

Naruto Movie One Guide

"Naruto: Daikatsugeki! Yukihime Ninpoucho! & Konoha Undoukai"
(Naruto: Furious Action! The Snow Princess Ninja Chronicles & The Konoha Athletic Meet!"
Original Theatrical Date: August 21st, 2004

What's the story? Movie One tells the story of Kakashi and Team 7 travelling to the Snow Country, a previously unknown country in the world of Naruto. A famous actress is threatening to quit her role on a film because she doesn't want to travel to a location shoot in the Snow Country. Team 7 and Kakashi serve as her protectors as she is forced to travel to the location. While there she comes under attack by the Snow ninja hired by the Daimyou of the Country. Can Naruto and his comrades protect the actress? What is the secret of her past?

The movie includes a Naruto animated short involving an athletic competition that is held in Konoha. This short is very humorous in nature and has no real way of *ing into continuity. Take it with a grain of salt and you may enjoy it.

What do I think? This movie is one of the better attempts to write a story in the Naruto universe from writers not named Kishimoto. The action and jutsus in the movie are mostly new and nice to look at, the actions of some of the characters seem out of character for the most part, particular Kakashi with certain actions. The new chakra boosting technology is rather lame, but otherwise the movie is fairly good attempt at bringing us new Naruto stories. A full story breakdown and screencaps can be expected for this section with the DVD release this April.