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]
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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]
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