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NEWS: Road to Ninja Is Highest Grossing Naruto Film

naruto and sasuke and do some man on man action. that is it.

naruto movies are so damn terrible they make me want to throw-up
I don't understand how people can waste their money on terrible anime movies that have absolutely NOTHING to do with the series other than re-using the main characters.

I'm still hoping they make a Naruto movie based on the whole Nine Tails attack with Kushina and Minato.

That remade with a movie budget, would be seriously awesome.

I haven't seen this yet, but since Kishimoto is personally involved in this movie there's no doubt it's an awesome movie.

They're not going to develop the main story in a movie randomly.

Sariachan wrote:

Beatdigga wrote: Lavnovice9 wrote: Beatdigga wrote: Well if you're gonna take a premise from elsewhere, taking one from Alan Moore is a pretty good start. I don't see what Alan Moore has to do with Naruto. The plot line of the movie borrows VERY heavily from "For the man who has everything" a classic Superman story written by Moore and later turned into a Justice League episode. Not surprisingly, when you consider that latest chapters have both a Star Wars and Matrix vibe.

Like Oda totally doesn't do the same thing

Anyway, while the Naruto plot, even with all its twists, is relatively simple, One Piece one is much more complex, so any references you could find in it is less prominent and better mixed in its own story and setting. Furthermore, lately Naruto had less heart, and external references stands out more than in normal cases, in my opinion. Originally, Naruto was a story mostly rooted into Japanese (but not only) mythology, so external, even sci-fi moves-derivative influences clash a bit with its original spirit, I think. They are great for fandom artworks, though!

Anyway, while the Naruto plot, even with all its twists, is relatively simple, One Piece one is much more complex, so any references you could find in it is less prominent and better mixed in its own story and setting.

Actually Naruto always showed references to Western culture making it a mix with Japanese culture. For example, the main character looked more like an American person than a Japanese person while several outfits were based on designs the author saw in movies such as The Matrix (a film famous for using clone fights by the way). Sasuke's quest for power reminds me to the Star Wars' Dark Side but in a more psychological way (the dark side refers to the emotions and not powers) and he had several arcs involving such themes (ever since the beginning).

I have never seen Naruto losing its "heart" as even after 10 years of serialization, Naruto has been growing into a more caring person and the villains have always been given their own backgrounds. Naruto and Pain go through a similar Star Wars based relationship regarding light and dark and their confrontation became one of the most popular parts from the series.

Not sure that this is correct. One Piece is very straightforward adventure of a adolescent boy pursuing his dream to become Pirate King, to get "One Piece", and making up friendships along the way.

And while on the surface Naruto aims to the similar thing, trying to become "Hokage", a ninja village leader, the actual story revolves more about his own evolution and about paths he takes while dealing with incredibly multi-layered, double, triple-decked story that unfolds around him.

I sometimes compare Naruto to "War and Piece" because of its complexity. And this is not necessary complementary comparison, because this complexity makes the storytelling heavier. It is stuffed with various conflicting philosophies from both "heroes" and "antiheroes" which manifest from tactical to strategical levels. Most of those philosophies and developments actually make quite dark picture. And while shonen genre tells that, of course, the "goodness" will prevail, your faith is thin: Kishimoto's portrayal of humanity's lows was too convincing, and you almost doubt that you really want Naruto to succeed -- not the "evil" counter-part.

Naruto as manga thus becomes totally different beast that is harder grasp, harder to follow -- comparing to ever entertaining, classical adventure that One Piece is.