The movie’s premise is quite absurd and it’s an easy way to dislike it in just the first few minutes. This is the eighth Naruto movie, made around the time of the Kage Summit, after Raikage is introduced. As long as they have super powers, they`re in the show. The ninja, using covert methods of waging war, were contrasted with the samurai, who had strict rules about honor and combat., shounen In the context of manga and associated media, shounen, literally meaning 'youth' and often also specifically 'boy', refers to a male audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18., super power Be it an ancient Greek Heracles, a cybernetic muscle-man, or a fourteen year-old girl in a mini-skirted sailor suit. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations. See also manhua and manhwa., ninja A ninja was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. However! There are exceptions where the manga was not the basis for the anime.

Everything and its mother is based on manga. Manga Manga is the lifeblood that drives the anime industry. En Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison

Naruto blood prison opening scene