Boruto: Naruto the Movie is a 2015 Japanese animated martial arts fantasy film and the directorial debut of Hiroyuki Yamashita. It is based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime Naruto, and is the second film to be a part of the canonical Naruto storyline, being a sequel to the manga series. It stars Yūko Sanpei, Junko Takeuchi, Kokoro Kikuchi and Noriaki Sugiyama. Set after the finale of the Naruto: Shippuden anime series and from the adaptations of episodes 53 to 66 of the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime series, the film focuses on Boruto Uzumaki, son of the Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, who cannot stay with his family due to being the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village. Vigilante Sasuke Uchiha returns to the village with warnings about two evil beings who may become a significant threat to the world peace secured by Naruto after the Fourth Great Ninja War.
The film was first teased in the post-credits scene of the previous film, The Last: Naruto the Movie (2014). Kishimoto took a large role in the making of The Last, handling the script and character designs. However, Kishimoto took an even larger role in the making of this film, handling the script, characters designs and screenplay. This brought him difficulties, because of which he required help from other staff members, such as the writer Ukyō Kodachi and director Yamashita. They created new scenes that left a deep impression on Kishimoto.
Released in August 2015, the film became the franchise's highest-grossing film, and its home media versions had good sales to the point of becoming Japan's best-selling releases in 2016. Critical reception of the movie has been mostly positive, with writers praising the animation, well-animated fight choreography as well as Boruto's growth, but it was criticized for its unmemorable antagonists along with Boruto's relationship with his father not being explored deeply, although the growing relationship in the climax was a subject of praise. Ukyo Kodachi and artist Mikio Ikemoto adapted the film as the first story arc of Boruto (2016), a manga sequel of Naruto manga series, with both it and its anime adaptation (in which it is the seventh story arc) altering some details with added content.
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