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Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I Am the Hero! (OAV)

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©2004 MASASHI KISHIMOTO


Alternative title:
Batalla en la Villa Oculta de la Cascada ¡Yo soy el heroe! - Spain (Spanish) 
Misión: ¡Proteger la Aldea de la Cascada! (Spanish)
Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village
Naruto – Missão! Proteger a Aldeia Oculta da Cachoeira (Portuguese)
Naruto, the Lost Story - Mission: Protect The Waterfall Village!
Naruto: Batalla en la cascada oculta: ¡yo soy el héroe! (Spanish)
Naruto: L'acqua dell'eroe - Battaglia al Villaggio della Cascata (Italian)
Takigakure no Shitou Ore ga Eiyuu Dattebayo! (Japanese)
Спецвыпуск Наруто: Битва в Скрытой Деревне Водопада. Я герой! (Russian)
滝隠れの死闘 オレが英雄だってばよ! (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy
Themes: ninja
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary:
A routine rank-C mission turned into a full-blown battle as the Hidden Fall village is attacked by enemy ninjas. Now Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura must help the leader of the Hidden Fall, Shibuki, protect his village and show him what being a hero is all about.
A typical C-rank mission has been assigned to team 7. When they get to the destination, which is in the hidden waterfall village, they meet a cowardly village leader. To make matters worse, enemy ninjas come to attack the hidden waterfall village and steal their holy water, which gives its drinker a huge amount of power. Now it's up to Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to take back the holy water and defeat the enemy.
User Ratings: 1356 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 46 votes (sub:36, dub:8, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 87 votes (sub:67, dub:15, edit.dub:1, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
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 Very good: 221 votes (sub:167, dub:44, edit.dub:2, ?:1, others:7
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
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 Good: 414 votes (sub:327, dub:68, ?:3, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:13
8 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 265 votes (sub:196, dub:54, raw:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:11
2 French subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 So-so: 150 votes (sub:120, dub:24, edit.dub:4, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
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 Not really good: 71 votes (sub:52, dub:17, raw:1, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
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 Weak: 61 votes (sub:43, dub:12, edit.dub:2, raw:2, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
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 Bad: 24 votes (sub:14, dub:10)
 Awful: 12 votes (sub:8, dub:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
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 Worst ever: 5 votes (sub:5)
Seen in part or in whole by 3329 users, rank: #310 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.472 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7935, rank: #5824 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.375 (Decent+), rank: #6009 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.38 / seen some: 4.31)
Bayesian estimate: 6.386 (Decent+), rank: #5537 (of 7243)
Running time: 40 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage:
2004
2007-05-19 (USA - Cartoon Network)
2008-06-20 (Canada - YTV)
2009-01-04 (Spain - Animax)
2009-04-08 to 2009-04-10 (Italy - Italia 1)
2009-07-05 (Cartoon Network Latin America)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Rise" by Jeremy Sweet and Ian Nickus [English Version]
Ending Theme:
"Naruto Main Theme" by Toshiro Masuda 
Comment:
Special episode that comes with the Jump Festa 2004 Super Video/DVD.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (DVD) 2007-05-22 (from $18.48)
    Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! + Naruto Manga Volume 1 (DVD) 2007-06-12 (from $39.93)
DVD (Region 4)
    Naruto Jump Festa Collection (DVD) 2008-06-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hayato Date
Storyboard: Masahiko Murata
Episode Director: Masahiko Murata
Music: Toshio Masuda
Original Manga: Masashi Kishimoto
Art Director: Shigenori Takada
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Director of Photography: Atsuho Matsumoto

Animation producer: Naoji Hounokidani
Animation Production Assistance:
Kazuyoshi Ozawa
Shoji Matsui
Background Art:
Ai Nakata (Studio Loft)
Choong Hyun You (DR Movie)
Ja Gon Kim (Studio Sallim)
Junichi Takayama (Studio Wyeth)
Kazuhiko Suzuki (Studio Loft)
Kenta Shimizu (Studio Wyeth)
Mayu Usui (Studio Wyeth)
Michiko Taniguchi (Studio Wyeth)
Noriyoshi Doi (Studio Wyeth)
Og Chul Shin (Studio Sallim)
Rieko Ohiwa (Studio Wyeth)
Sung Su Park (Studio Sallim)
Tetsuhiro Shimizu (Studio Loft)
Yong Il Park (DR Movie)
Color design: Takuya Kawami
Digital Paint:
Hirofumi Nakagawa (Studio Lagoon)
Hitomi Shimoganna (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Jun'ichi Nakajima (Studio Lagoon)
Kazumi Hosokawa (Studio Targe)
Mami Yariwake (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Naoko Miyahara (Studio Targe)
Sachi Nakamura (Studio Targe)
Satoshi Takezawa (Studio Lagoon)
Shinnosuke Ryū (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Toshiyuki Ito (Studio Targe)
Tsuyoshi Takashima (Studio Lagoon)
Yukiko Tanishima (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Digital Photography:
Hiroshi Yoshida (Studio Cosmos)
Katsuyoshi Kishi (Studio Cosmos)
Koichi Gonda (Studio Cosmos)
Mai Uematsu (Pierrot DAR)
Naohisa Haijima (Studio Cosmos)
Nobuo Kimura (Pierrot DAR)
Norikazu Yamaguchi (Studio Cosmos)
Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos)
Tomohiro Nishiyama (Studio Cosmos)
Tōru Sugawara (Studio Cosmos)
Toshikazu Kuno (Studio Cosmos)
Toshio Kaidoh (Pierrot DAR)
Toshiyuki Sadamatsu (Studio Cosmos)
Yuji Shirai (Studio Cosmos)
Yuka Nakatani (Pierrot DAR)
Yuki Toyonaga (Studio Cosmos)
Yuko Orikasa (Studio Cosmos)
Yumiko Morimoto (Studio Cosmos)
In-Between Animation:
Akira Yamauchi (Pierrot Animation Room)
Bomin Kim (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Etsuko Kimura (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Junichi Takadate (Pierrot Animation Room)
Keiki Hatta (Pierrot Animation Room)
Kumiko Kawashima (Pierrot Animation Room)
Masayuki Katou (Pierrot Animation Room)
Masayuki Kouda (Pierrot Animation Room)
Mifumi Tomita (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Miho Inoue (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Mika Ookubo (Pierrot Fukuoka)
Rinako Nishihara (Pierrot Animation Room)
Ryuuta Yanagi (Pierrot Animation Room)
In-Between Check: Mitsuko Toyoshima
Offline Editing:
Seiji Morita
Yukie Oikawa
Production Desk: Takeshi Hirosawa
Recording: Akira Noguchi
Recording Director: Chiharu Kamio
Setting Production: Yuka Miyata
Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
Sound Producer: Masahiro Tsukada
Chie Nakamura as Sakura Haruno
Junko Takeuchi as Naruto Uzumaki
Noriaki Sugiyama as Sasuke Uchiha

Kazuhiko Inoue as Kakashi Hatake

Daisuke Ono as Villager
Isshin Chiba as Shibuki
Masayo Hosono as Shizuku
Mie Sonozaki as Himatsu
Naoya Uchida as Suien
Ryoko Gi as Hisame
Shunsuke Sakuya as Kirisame
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Murasame
Yukihiro Misono as Villager
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Producer: Jamie Simone

Additional Video Compositing:
David Butterworth
Harlin Harris
Terry Keating
Creative Consultant: Joel Enos
DVD Production Associate:
Natalie Kim-Pettry
Yo Frank
Main Title Music:
Ian Nickus
Jeremy Sweet
Music Coordination: William Germain
Packaging Design: Yukiko Whitley
Production Supervision:
Miho Suzuki
William Germain
Kate Higgins as Sakura Haruno
Maile Flanagan as Naruto Uzumaki
Yuri Lowenthal as Sasuke Uchiha

Dave Wittenberg as Kakashi Hatake

Brad MacDonald as Kirisame
Cam Clarke as Suien
Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Konohamaru
Crispin Freeman as Villager A
Dave Wittenberg as Villager B
Debi Mae West as
Himatsu
Mother
Kari Wahlgren as Shizuku
Kirsten Potter as Hisame
Steve Staley as Shibuki
Steven Jay Blum as Murasame
English companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network
YTV
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment (UK)
Viz Media
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French cast
(none)
Carole Baillien as Naruto Uzumaki
Christophe Hespel as Sasuke Uchiwa
Nathalie Hugo as Sakura Haruno

Lionel Bourguet as Kakashi Hatake
French companies
Broadcaster: Game one
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Juan Antonio Arroyo (Spain dub)
Dubbing Director: Eduardo Garza
Translation: Eduardo Garza
ADR Script: Juan Antonio Arroyo (Spain dub)
Producer: Alexandro Galina

Associate producer:
Héctor Solis
Ricardo Mendoza
Audio Recording/Mixing:
Ignacio Hernández
José Luis Vázquez
Production: Jonathan Estrada
Adolfo Moreno as Sasuke Uchiha (Spain dub)
Alfonso Obregón as Kakashi *
Christine Byrd as Sakura *
Isabel Martiñon as Naruto *
Javier Balas as Naruto Uzumaki (Spain dub)
Octavio Rojas as Suien
Pilar Martín as Sakura Haruno (Spain dub)
Ricardo Bautista as Shibuki
Susana Moreno as Shizuku
Victor Ugarte as Sasuke *

Arturo Mercado Jr. as Murasame
Irwin Daayan as Kirisame
Juan Antonio Arroyo as Kakashi Hatake (Spain dub)
Norma Echevarria as Hisame

Alfredo Leal as Aldeano 2
Angel Coomonte as Murasame (Spain dub)
Chema Lara as Suien (Spain dub)
Eduardo Garza as Aldeano 1
Elena Palacios as Himatsu (Spain dub)
Francisco Javier García Saénz as Kirisame (Spain dub)
Gaby Ugarte as Konohamaru
Jesús Alberto Pinillos as Shibuki (Spain dub)
Margot Lago as Hisame (Spain dub)
Sara Polo as Shizuku (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Animax España
Cartoon Network L.A. (Latin America)
Dubbing: Artsound Mexico
Dubbing Studio: Soundub (Spain dub)
Licensed by: THE LICENSING MACHINE (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Alessandro Rigotti as Sasuke Uchiha
Emanuela Pacotto as Sakura Haruno
Leonardo Graziano as Naruto Uzumaki

Claudio Moneta as Kakashi Hatake
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Italia 1
Italia 2
Translation: C.I.T.I.
German staff
German cast
(none)
Jannik Endemann as Sasuke Uchiha
Katharina von Keller as Sakura Haruno
Tobias Pippig as Naruto Uzumaki

Martin May as Kakashi Hatake
German companies
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Denise Simonetto

Licensing Manager: Andrea Gonzalez
Hermes Baroli as Shibuki
Ursula Bezerra as Naruto Uzumaki

Elcio Sodré as kakashi Hatake
Robson Kumode as Sasuke Uchiha
Tatiane Keplmair as Sakura Haruno

Alessandra Araújo as Hisame
Bianca Alencar as Shizuku
Bruno Marçal as Himatsu
Cassius Romero as Murasame
Fátima Noya as Konohamaru
Ivo Roberto as Kirisame
Tatá Guarnieri as Suien

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network Brasil
Distributor: Viz Media (Brazil)
Dubbing Studio: CBS
DVD Release: Playarte

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