2006 · adventure · animation · action
Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
Directed by Toshiyuki Tsuru1h 35m2006
Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Rock Lee are assigned to protect the prince of the Land of the Moon, Michiru, during his world trip; other escorts had been hired, but quit due to being treated poorly. The Land of the Moon is a very wealthy nation, so Michiru tends to buy whatever he wants, and has a very materialistic worldview. His Hikaru, also acts in much the same manner.
Our read: Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive adventure · animation · action entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured adventure / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- kinetic
- inventive
- redemptive
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