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Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie is a 2012 Japanese anime martial arts fantasy film based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime series, Naruto. It was released in Japan on July 28, 2012. It is the first Naruto film to have Kishimoto directly involved with its production including its main story and new character designs. The story focuses on the ninjas from the Hidden Leaf Village Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno who are trapped into an alternate version of their home by the Akatsuki criminal organization who aim to take the mystic creature Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed inside in the former by his parents during childbirth. The alternate Hidden Leal Village has multiple changes from Naruto's world most notably the fact that Naruto's parents Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki are alive, challenging the protagonist into either giving into the world he always wanted or carry his parents' legacy to defeat Akatsuki.