Naruto Shippûden: The Lost Tower

The action scenes are superb, animation its awesome as usual in studio pierrot movies, the story is actually pretty good. it has time travel and a crazy villain. its more about naruto alone which is very cool.

some thing that i like in naruto movies are the villains, in most shonen anime movies the common cliché is a team of some villains and their boss vs all the main characters. in naruto movies they come with some good creative ideas for this. This time there's only one villain, a puppetmaster (i thought at the beginning of the movie he was pretty weak but at the last part when he is kicking everybody's ass he feels pretty strong. he fights trough his puppets so we see various shapes of him.

its was great but i felt like naruto was the naruto from the time the previous movie came out, and i was expecting to see him in sennin mode kicking ass. the villain is good but the girl its only here for the almost give up-cheesy song before naruto's speech. About minato and the others from the past: it totally feels like a metal gear experience, because they just appear at sometimes say some things and disappear, letting you return to the video game. They say that they have something important to do, which is not really important because every major event happens in front of naruto. also i read about kid kakashi being proud and bla bla bla in this movie: kakashi has 2 lines in the whole movie so don't expect character development with him. I'm nitpicking i guess, its a great movie, its just that I'm a bitch like most anime fans.

JUST ONE THING, the last technique of the movie, BLEW MY MIND! that technique its the most awesome thing in all naruto movies ever, it all comes down to a final razengan...

If I were a kid back then, I would have been overwhelmed by the beautiful scenery of Rouran, I would have been moved by the reunion of father and son, I would have been excited by the action scenes, and I would have a crush on Princess Sara. But, I was no longer a kid. I saw a bland villain with the nothing new purpose of world domination. I saw a story that started with high expectations, smooth visual but continued to be full of mediocrity and lack of excitement. I saw a group of characters with nothing special, no matter what their personalities were at the beginning, they ended up the same. I saw absurdities like how Minato knew his son's name before he picked that from his sensei's book. And how a ninja could be punched and kicked repeatedly by a giant robot and still ok. And Sai's bird is still flying in the sky throughout the story that takes place in the past, that is, in the present, time has barely passed. Yet Sara's daughter with her escort can appear immediately. The theme of returning to the past is not new but has potential. Unfortunately, the story is not convincing. The ending song is my favorite highlight.

Masahiko Murata's action-packed film "Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower" follows Naruto as he looks for a rogue ninja entering the enigmatic "Roran." A time aspect is introduced in the movie, which opens up imaginative action scenes and character growth. It displays Naruto's development as a ninja and leader, with heightened emotional resonance as he faces his prior struggles. The animation quality is excellent, vividly illustrating Roran's complex designs and perfectly encapsulating the intensity of conflicts. "The Lost Tower" skillfully carries on the Naruto story, emphasizing themes of sacrifice, friendship, and the unwavering spirit of the Hidden Leaf Village.