"The Last: Naruto the Movie" has finally arrived on U.S. and fans were already getting hyped with the latest movie from the Naruto film franchise. Naruto also heads to a new direction after the events of the movie with its series of projects based on the Naruto Universe.
The latest Naruto film to hit the theaters is an action romance anime directed by Tsueneo Kobayashi. The 10th film in the Naruto series, "The Last: Naruto the Movie" will be the first installment for Naruto's New Era Project. The animated film has also been promoted as chapter 699.5 which is set on the time gap between the last two chapters of Naruto Manga.
"The Last: Naruto the Movie" revolves around a new danger that threatens to end the existence of all the people in the earth using the moon. While it may sound the same with Madara's Moon Eye Plan, the latest nemesis would use the moon to crush earth and the whole Shinobi World. The film also explores Naruto's relationship with Hinata and on how they expressed their feelings for each other as they try to save the world from total destruction. The NaruHina love affair is a nice relief from all the action in the movie.
The upcoming "The Last: Naruto the Movie" is expected to be a blockbuster anime film in U.S. Theaters considering that it had performed well in Japan and broke the record of its predecessor in the Naruto film Franchise.
As Naruto claims his title as Hokage in the end of the manga, Kishimoto Masashi, the creator of Naruto, will now open the next chapter in his "Naruto New Era Project". According to reports, there will be a new upcoming movie which will revolve around Naruto's son named Boruto. Bolt/Boruto will be the center of the new movie which has a target release date on August 2015. Some speculates that Orochimaru will be involve in the said film and will stand as the main antagonist for the new ninjas in the hidden leaf. Salada, the daughter of Sasuke and Sakura, is also going to be included in the upcoming film.
A series of light novels will also be involved in "Naruto New Era Project" which will be written by Akira Higashiyama. Higashiyama is the scriptwriter of Naruto Shippuuden: Blood Prison and reports said that he will release the novels this year. It will be published in Shueisha's Jump J Books and Hatake Kakashi will be the first character to be featured in the upcoming new series.
"The Last: Naruto the Movie" will not be the final film from Kishimoto Masashi's masterpiece. Fans will get to explore Naruto's universe in the series of work involved in the "Naruto New Era Project" this year. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting projects!
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