Review of Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005) Directed by: Hirotsugu Kawasaki Story (7/10): Naruto, Sakura, and Shikamaru are assigned a mission to return a ferret named Nerugui to an old man. They have tough encounters along the way and are faced against a man named Temujin who believes and trusts in Master Haido, a man who aims for a Utopia, a world with peace and no wars at all. However, this is nothing but to lure Temujin into his plans of catching the Stones of Gelel and using them for evil. Once he realizes this, he teams up with Naruto and defeatsHaido. They survive and return to their goals to strive to make a better life. A great story but the first 30 minutes or so of the movie are just plain boring. The middle and especially the ending is fantastic. A great but slowly paced story.

Art (10/10):
The art is fantastic as it always is. Masashi Kishimoto is one of my all-time favorite Mangaka and this movie having a much bigger budget than the TV series allow the film to have even more beautiful quality animation.

Sound (8/10): The ending theme is fantastic and the film score is great but unlike the first Naruto movie, none of the TV music is used in the film which is very disappointing. A great soundtrack nonetheless.

Character (5/10): Temujin and Naruto have great character development. Aside from that, we are left with boring moments that leave our most beloved Naruto characters one-dimensional, even more so than the first movie. The only really not so great part of the movie.

Enjoyment (7/10): I enjoyed this movie very much but not as much as the first. Great art, music, and a decent story. I just wish there was more character development. I still love Naruto and I enjoyed this movie quite much.

Overall (7/10): A decent Naruto film. Good, but not the best. I recommend this to people that grew up with Naruto like I did or people who are just anime casuals or die-hard Naruto fans. Not for the elitists though. 7/10.