NetflixRoad to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the Demon Fox's living prison or Jinchūriki, manage to seal the creature inside their newborn son Naruto Uzumaki. With the Tailed Beast sealed, things continued as normal. However, in the present day, peace ended when a group of ninja called the Akatsuki attack Konoha under the guidance of Tobi, the mysterious masked man behind Fox's rampage years ago who intends on executing his plan to rule the world by shrouding it in illusions.
Starring Cast
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Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the Demon Fox's living prison or Jinchūriki, manage to seal the creature inside their newborn son Naruto Uzumaki. With the Tailed Beast sealed, things continued as normal. However, in the present day, peace ended when a group of ninja called the Akatsuki attack Konoha under the guidance of Tobi, the mysterious masked man behind Fox's rampage years ago who intends on executing his plan to rule the world by shrouding it in illusions.
Starring Cast
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Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central conflict revolves around universal themes of family, identity, and responsibility, rather than specific political ideologies. Its solution emphasizes personal growth, accepting one's reality, and valuing existing bonds, which are apolitical.
The movie, being an anime based on a Japanese manga, features characters whose ethnicity aligns with its source material, thus not engaging with the concept of recasting traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on universal themes of family and friendship within its fictional world, without explicitly critiquing or negatively portraying traditional Western identities.
Secondary
The film features Sakura Haruno, who utilizes her chakra-enhanced strength in close-quarters combat. She is shown to physically defeat a male opponent, Menma, during a direct confrontation in the movie's climax.
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story centers on Naruto's experience in an alternate reality, exploring family and friendship dynamics exclusively through heterosexual relationships and character arcs, thus having no impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
The film features established characters from the Naruto franchise. While it presents an alternate universe with altered personalities and circumstances, all major and minor characters retain their canonically established genders from the source material.
This animated film features established characters from the Naruto franchise, maintaining their original visual designs and implied racial/ethnic depictions from the manga and anime. No characters were portrayed as a different race than their source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.6
7.4
Critic Ratings
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