Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

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. 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.

 Cast 
 Character Japanese voice English voice Naruto Uzumaki Junko Takeuchi Maile Flanagan Sakura Haruno Chie Nakamura Kate Higgins Rock Lee Yōichi Masukawa Brian Donovan Kakashi Hatake Kazuhiko Inoue Dave Wittenberg Hikaru Tsuki Kyōsuke Ikeda Kari Wahlgren Michiru Tsuki Akio Ōtsuka Michael Sorich Korega Kenji Hamada Kirk Thornton Tsunade Masako Katsuki Debi Mae West Amayo Marika Hayashi Bridget Hoffman Shabadaba Umeji Sasaki Terrence Stone Ishidate Masashi Sugawara Christopher Corey Smith Kongō Hisao Egawa Keith Silverstein Karenbana Haruhi Terada Cindy Robinson Kakeru Tsuki Rokuro Naya Michael Forest

Reception
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.

References

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Category:2006 movies
Category:2006 animated movies
Category:2006 action movies
Category:2006 adventure movies
Category:2000s sequel movies
Category:Japanese action movies
Category:Japanese adventure movies
Category:Martial arts movies
Category:Naruto movies
Category:Viz Media anime