Road to Ninja?! What the....

[♥Cutietenten♥]

Kishi is personally conceiving the all-new story and designing the characters for this movie. I find this interesting and I think Sakura's parents will finally make an appearance as well. Its supposed to be some sort of Tobi's genjutsu Sakura and Naruto are under.

[florence-chan]

i'm honestly really excited for this movie, and can't wait for it to come out. although i'll admit i'm a fan of these two pairings (naruhina and sasusaku), which is one of the reasons it excites me.

[Larry01239]

Originally Posted by ♥Cutietenten♥

Kishi is personally conceiving the all-new story and designing the characters for this movie. I find this interesting and I think Sakura's parents will finally make an appearance as well. Its supposed to be some sort of Tobi's genjutsu Sakura and Naruto are under.

yep Sakura's parents are confirmed to appear

[Crystal Marionette]

Having Sasuke 'Nanpa' on Sakura is actually kind of a good thing for me...

And Neji. ASDFGHJKL Has anyone seen his pic? I mean, that sort of grin is every girl's nightmare!

[Biggs Darklighter]

Well, here is the RtN interview about Sakura that came out this morning. But its more about her parents than it was supposed to be about Sakura. Personally, I believe that Kishimoto had ample opportunity to flesh out Sakura's parents. I am sure there are plenty of fans who would have been interested in knowing about Sakura's family life. I am one of those fans.


Last week Naruto’s manga creator, Masashi Kishimoto, had an interview with Sakiyomi Jan Bang TV where he talked about Naruto and his parents. In this week’s interview, Kishimoto-sensei talks about Sakura Haruno‘s parents! Below is the highlight of the interview:

Spoiler:

“Up until now, I hadn’t written anything about Sakura’s parents… but I would have liked to write some scenes with them arguing back and forth with their daughter. While writing the serialized story, in my mind I had an image of them – but I never found the right timing to make them appear. So I thought that would be it – because at that point, even if I made them appear, no one would be interested in them. That’s the reason why they haven’t appeared at all. But this time, in the movie, I could finally pick them up… I could finally make them appear, which made me feel refreshed.”

During the interview they showed some sketches of Sakura’s parents’, and Kishi colouring the Sasuke/Naruto picture he’d been drawing the last time.

Next week, Kishimoto-sensei will talk about the characters who gave him the most trouble! Knowing Kishi, one of them might be Sasuke since his design always caused difficulties for drawing. We’ll see!

[Rezeon]

Well just saw a new promo clip where they take the time to actually show a little of each person's new personality in action.

Spoiler:

-Team Kakashi is shown fighting all of the Akatsuki members simultaneously (with Yahiko-Pain instead of Nagato) but it might be part of the genjutsu as they seem to all do a ground phasing thing.
-Naruto and Sakura are both caught in the genjutsu.
-Sakura's dad is this worlds 4th Hokage, but it seems like he and Sakura's mom died instead of Minato and Kushina, as Tsunade is still the 5th Hokage.
-Sai seems really into his painting, but doesn't seem to be very good at it.
-Sasuke is shown flirting with several girls at once, so I bet Sakura's glee over his affection will be short lived.
-Choji is slim, Shikamaru isn't a genius and starts argueing with Choji over something. Ino doesn't seem as timid as Hinata is around Naruto, but she is still more reserved and polite than normal.
-Kiba is a cat lover and does standard cat-boy poses. Shino apparently hates bugs and is shown gassing them to death with a spray mister thingy. Hinata gets into a fight with Sakura and Naruto breaks it up, which is the part where she grabs his collar and suppossedly yells at him for taking Sakura's side. A second shot shows Hinata and Sakura at a bathhouse, with Hinata repeatedly insulting Sakura for being flat chested.
-Naruto is apparently called "Menma" or something like that in this genjutsu world. I have no idea if that is just a nickname or if his parents actually named him something else in this world.
-Neji is shown as a full blown Jiraiya level pervert with his Byakugan.

Personally I hope they actually take the time to flesh out these alternate characterizations a bit and don't just introduce them for a single scene and then forget about them.

[megabbaut]

Am I the only one who think Jiraiya doesn't exist in this movie?

[Larry01239]

haven't seen him in any previews

[megabbaut]

If his name is really menma then the character in Jiraiya novel named Naruto never existed which means Jiraiya himself never existed in this timeline

[Hikaru Ichijyo]

Originally Posted by megabbaut

If his name is really menma then the character in Jiraiya novel named Naruto never existed which means Jiraiya himself never existed in this timeline

From what I gather, Jiraiya does exist in the Alternate Universe, but he went missing during a mission.

BTW, the spoilers are up. Go to youtube and search for a user named TheTokyoKit. He posted a series of videos where he pretty much retells the entire plot of the movie.

[Naruto321]

Originally Posted by Hikaru Ichijyo

From what I gather, Jiraiya does exist in the Alternate Universe, but he went missing during a mission.

BTW, the spoilers are up. Go to youtube and search for a user named TheTokyoKit. He posted a series of videos where he pretty much retells the entire plot of the movie.

Could there still be a chance that he might show up?

[Hikaru Ichijyo]

Originally Posted by Naruto321

Could there still be a chance that he might show up?

He was mentioned a few times, but I think it was only in flashbacks.

[Narutonamikaze85]

This movie has lived up to its hype. Everybody in Japan has given this movie extremely postive feedback.

[Rasengan SageX5]

While this sounds interesting...I don't know if I can talk all the character personality changes. I can't imagine Hinata with Ino's personality...that makes me sad because I hate Ino.

[Naruto321]

Spoiler:

The character that looks like Naruto in the movie has the Sharingan

EDIT:

These are the guys that sing the song in the movie:

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie Grosses $3.8 Million USD

Spoiler:

The box office numbers are in! In it’s first weekend at Japanese movie theaters, Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie grossed an estimated $3.8 million United States Dollars (USD). Compared to Naruto Shippuden: Movie 5: Blood Prison, which grossed an estimated $1.5 million USD in it’s first weekend, that’s over two times more!

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, the 6th movie in the Shippuden series, has actually done better than it’s last 4 predecessors. In it’s first weekend, Naruto Shippuden Movie 2: Bonds grossed $1.9 million USD, Naruto Shippuden Movie 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire grossed $2.0 million USD and Naruto Shippuden: Movie 4: The Lost Tower grossed $1.9 million USD.

To put it in a different perspective, Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie was the third most grossing film in Japan and tenth overall in the world during the weekend of July 28th and 29th. Keep in mind, Road to Ninja was not a worldwide release so hitting the worldwide top 10, in Saiyan Island’s opinion, is a great accomplishment!

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Worldwide Rankings (July 28–29, 2012)
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1. The Dark Knight Rises – $126.2 million USD
2. Ice Age: Continental Drift – $50.7 million USD
3. Thieves – $18.1 million USD
4. The Amazing Spider-Man – $12.9 million USD
5. Brave – $9.6 million USD
6. Madagascar 3 – $6.9 million USD
7. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – $5.9 million USD
8. Step Up Revolution – $5.7 million USD
9. Umizaru 4 – $5.2 million USD
10. Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie – $3.8 million USD

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Japanese Rankings (July 28–29, 2012)
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1. Umizaru 4 – $5.2 million USD
2. The Dark Knight Rises – $4.7 million USD
3. Road to Ninja – $3.8 million USD
4. The Wolf Childen Rain And Snow – $3.5 million USD
5. Pokemon Movie 15: Kyurem VS The Sacred Swordsman Keldeo – $2.6 million USD
6. The Eight Rangers – $2.0 million USD
7. Heruta Skelter – $1.5 million USD
8. Brave (Merida and the Forest of Fear) – $1.3 million USD
9. Amazing Spider-Man $0.9 million USD
10. Go! Anpanman: Revive Banana Island – $0.4 million USD

Also known as Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Road to Ninja, Naruto Shippuden Movie 6, among others, Road to Ninja is the 9th movie overall in the Naruto series. It debuted in Japanese theaters on July 28, 2012. Naruto’s creator, Masashi Kishimoto was personally involved with the movie, creating the story and providing character designs.

[Ninja of Cao]

*confused face*
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*searches for information on Google and Wikipedia*
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*watches trailers on Youtube and searches for pictures*
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*even more confused face*

[Naruto321]

What are you trying to look for exactly?

[Kakashi Hatake_Yamato]

wait...is Yamato in the movie?

[Naruto321]

UM, I haven't seen anything or proof of him being there.

[Ninja of Cao]

*manages to find even more information*
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*extremely confused face*
Hinata... angry...?
Sasuke... smiling...?
Shikamaru... looking stupid...?
Naruto's parents... alive...?
*passes out from confusion*