Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Naruto the Manga Movie Review

Naruto, the series, is a very fantastic and popular. The DVD of the first film for the popular anime series Naruto was released a few days ago, and of course, was in a very short period fan subbed and shared through file sharing programs, mainly bit torrent. If you take word "Naruto" into Google you get 50millions hits (soon to be 50,000,001). It has aired in the region of 220 episodes in Japan and has recently been voted in their top 10 Anime of all time. Oh, and it’s recently started to be shown over here in the UK on the TV. It’s a colourful animation, full of imaginative characters, great story lines and brilliant voice acting. All in all it’s quite a neat package.
I was pretty interested in seeing the movie, because on narutofan.com they mentioned that the movie would be an action movie but would also share some things about one of the characters, well nothing capable.

Most (millions) of people watch Naruto now. So, unlike most of the movie that I get to review, I’m pretty sure that more of you have seen more of this than me. My opinion about this movie, when I saw naruto at the first time, i'm so suprised with the story. The story is dull, predictable and full of action sequences with a joke or two between them to try and spice things up. Its more interesting than I saw Dragon Ball Z or GT (One of The Best Manga Japan Movies).

Ok, this is a short story from me about naruto. This movies starting when an incident occured 12 years ago, when a demon fox attacked the village and the ninja guardians of this place could do little to stop it. That was until the leader, the Fourth Hokage, gave up his life to defeat the evil and sealed the spirit in the body of a new born. Yeah, your guess is right the reincarnation is/was Naruto Uzumaki (a shinobi who wants to obtain the title of Hokage). Unfortunately, the adults see Naruto as the demon and the villagers were scared and wary of the boy believing him to be the 9 tailed fox.But The third Hokage wanted everyone to treat Naruto the same way as he was treated, as a hero.
At the beginning of the story Naruto is a loud, hyperactive , unpredictable adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a hokage , the ninja in the village acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. However, that soon changed after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy by using his Shadow Clone technique , a technique from a forbidden scroll that he was tricked into stealing, to save his teacher, Iruka Umino , from the renegade ninja Mizuki. His graduation from the academy opened a gateway to the events and people that would change and define his world, including his way of the ninja for the rest of his life.
As a Genin, Naruto is part of a three-man team - the members are Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and their instructor, Kakashi. Together, they will face many challenges, make friends, face deadly enemies, and try to survive each other. They learn new abilities, get to know each other and other villagers better, and experience a coming-of-age journey as Naruto dreams of becoming the Hokage of the Leaf Village.

Throughout all of the Naruto plot, strong emphasis on character development changes the plot, with very few things happening because of chance. At first, emphasis is placed on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who are the members of Team 7. However, other characters are developed, such as Kakashi, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, as well as Naruto's peers in the other teams and villages. Several major villains come into play as well, the first being Zabuza, a missing-nin from Kirigakure , and his partner, Haku. Later, in the Chunnin exam , Orochimaru is introduced as an are introduced. These siblings are from Sungakure and include Temari, Kankuro, and Garaa. Later still, a mysterious organization called Akatsuki begins to pursue Naruto for the nine-tailed demon fox inside him. S-class missing-nin at the top of Konoha's most wanted list. Also During this arc three ninjas known as The Sand Siblings are introduced. These siblings are from Sungakure and include Temari, Kankuro, and Garaa. Later still, a mysterious organization called Akatsuki begins to pursue Naruto for the nine-tailed demon fox inside him.