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Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

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Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
Directed byToshiyuki Tsuru
Written byToshiyuki Tsuru
Story byMasashi Kishimoto
Based onNaruto
by Masashi Kishimoto
StarringJunko Takeuchi
Chie Nakamura
Kyōsuke Ikeda
Akio Ōtsuka
Music byToshio Masuda
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
August 5, 2006
Running time
95 mins.
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$3,224,005

Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom is a Japanese animated martial arts fantasy movie. It was released on August 5, 2006 in Japan.[1] It is based on the Naruto manga and anime by Masashi Kishimoto. It was both written and directed by Toshiyuki Tsuru.

It starred Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Kyōsuke Ikeda, and Akio Ōtsuka. Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins, Kari Wahlgren, and Michael Sorich provided the English dubbed voices.

The movie is about Michiru, the prince of the Land of the Moon and his son Hikaru. Naruto and the rest of Team 7 along with Rock Lee are tasked to look after them after the minister Shabadaba sends mercenaries to kill them.[2]

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
Hikaru Tsuki Kyōsuke Ikeda Kari Wahlgren
Michiru Tsuki Akio Ōtsuka Michael Sorich
Korega Kenji Hamada Kirk Thornton
Tsunade Masako Katsuki Debi Mae West
Amayo Marika Hayashi Bridget Hoffman
Shabadaba Umeji Sasaki Terrence Stone
Ishidate Masashi Sugawara Christopher Corey Smith
Kongō Hisao Egawa Keith Silverstein
Karenbana Haruhi Terada Cindy Robinson
Kakeru Tsuki Rokuro Naya Michael Forest

Reception

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The movie received negative reviews from critics. Anime News Network rated the movie a C and said that it was too predictable, was not creative enough, the character designs were too simplified and the new characters that were introduced were too boring. However, they did say that the action scenes in the movie and the voice over work on the English dub was great.[3]

References

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  1. "Naruto: Every Movie In Order Of Release". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  2. "Naruto's Worst Movie is Nothing But Pure Filler". ScreenRant. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  3. "Naruto - Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom Review". Shonen Jump. Retrieved September 13, 2024.

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