Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2008)

I'm a big fan of Naruto, even though I haven't watched every episode or read every manga.I really liked the first Naruto movie, and to tell you the truth I was a little nervous that this one wouldn't be as good (or action packed) as the first (mainly because this one in Australia only had a PG instead of an M, which is a PG-13 US or 12 UK). But I was wrong (thankfully)! The animation was more improved (although some drawings of the characters at points looked rushed) and was very good especially in the fight scenes.Speaking of that, let's talk about the fight scenes! The animation and action in the fight scenes was spectacular and very entertaining! I especially enjoyed the genjutsu battle with kankuro and the fight with Gaara fighting the shape shifting female warriors! All the characters you want are here! Naruto, Sakura, Gaara, Kankuro and Shikamaru! If only Temari was in the movie, Shikamaru could save her from the female warriors in dramatic fashion! And maybe they could have a PASSIONATE KISS! In my summary at the top I say that this qualify's more as a piece of Cinema than just an extended episode. And it does! The action is very cinematic and the animation quality looks very fancy especially during the fighting! Overall, this is a excellent anime Film that is a must-see for any Naruto fan! 5/5! 10/10! 50/50! 100/100! Alright I'll stop!

I liked this movie, the second Naruto feature film. I enjoyed the one in the snow a tad better though as I found the story here a bit disjointed as I was not sure where certain things were supposed to be happening or when. Still, like the first film this one too has a nice run time to it of a hour and a half, plenty of time for a nice well developed movie with some really cool fights. The story starts off with ninja from the village hidden in the sand in combat with unknown assailants. It then shits to Naruto, Sakura, and Shikumaru hunting down a ferret for what they think is going to be an easy assignment. They soon find out otherwise as they are also attacked and Naruto is separated from his friends after he has a fight with a strange young warrior clad in armor. They both are injured and taken in by a caravan and soon after Naruto is invited to join this strange organization that wishes to create a utopia. Of course, all is not as it seems and there are plenty of fights to go around. My favorite was the one involving Garaa fighting this strange woman who takes him very lightly which is a very big mistake. The concluding fight is rather good too involving Naruto and this strange man who is a better villain than any of those in the previous movie.

After much waiting for all major Naruto fans, the second Naruto movie has been released with English subtitles, courtesy of Dattebayo. This movie features another storyline that has nothing to do with the anime, as was done in the first movie. The movie follows the theme of creating a utopia but the irony lies within the bad character.Once again Naruto and his friends, this time it's just Sakura and Shikamaru (yeah Sasuke is still kidnapped by Orichimaru, seems no-one really cares anymore). Yet we also see the appearance of Gaara and Kankuro, adding a wider array of well-known characters to the film.The movie itself was created quite well. I enjoyed the graphics quite a bit, it was really well drawn. The music was quite nice as well, considering the standard for normal Naruto anime music. Interestingly though is that I don't think they used the theme song that is sung by Naruto (his actor really) called "OH ENKA!" Ending theme "Ding!Dong!Dang!" was quite nice.I reckon this storyline was, however, worse than the first movie. The first movie had reference to Kakashi's past and we actually see a flashback with Zabuza in it, that actually makes the movie fit in with the series, whereas in this movie you have a totally random storyline that links probably only with the relations being the country of Fire and the country of Wind.The utopia idea was good and using the bad guy to manipulate the truth and making it look right was ingenious. Yet the story lacks a bit of information on the traveling tribe, focusing on Temujin and his family.The fighting was not very satisfactory, although the scene with Gaara in it was nicely done. At the end I was hoping that Naruto would somehow combine his red Rasengan with the blue one that Temujin made out of his crystal. At least then it would look more interesting. But instead he used them separately and that blew the climax of the film. Compare this to the first movie: Naruto creates a 7-colour Chakra Rasengan and aims it straight for the enemy, sending him spiraling into a tall glass wall. There was less fighting overall and because there were quite a few, each fight was much shorter than it should have been.Some viewers may be able to overlook the bad sides of the film, and trust me there are quite a few, however, true Naruto fans will be disappointed at the storyline. It's not boring but it's not interesting either which makes the one and a half years wait in vain.Bad movie, first Naruto movie was much better but even then the first movie was nothing to be especially proud of.

This movie was good but i personally liked the first movie better. The animation in this movie is certainly better the characters were sharper and details has been looked into. the lighting was excellent and was most certainly better than the first movie. The appearance on Gaara and the others comes as a surprise at the beginning but as the movie progresses one can see that Gaara has no part in the action. That was kind of disappointing and many fans would agree with me on that.The background was decent throughout the movie(had a slight Indian touch here and there). The storyline is similar to the other ones that appear in the Naruto series so don't expect anything different.Bottomline...If you are a Naruto fan then you'd definitely like it.