Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012) on Netflix

NR20121h 49mAction Adventure Animation

The masked ninja Tobi blinds Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno, and they come to in a changed Hidden Leaf Village. Naruto's parents are alive there, and everyone calls him Menma.

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Plot summary

Back in the Hidden Leaf Village, Naruto Uzumaki broods over the parents he never had, while Sakura Haruno clashes with her own mother and father. In the park, the masked ninja Tobi blinds them both with a great light. They come to in a village much like theirs but altered: Sasuke Uchiha never left, their friends' natures are reversed, Naruto is known as Menma, and Sakura's father was the Fourth Hokage who sealed the Nine-Tails inside Menma, making her the Child of Heroes. Naruto's parents Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki are alive. Tobi set this world against them to claim the Nine-Tails sealed in Naruto, and the two search for a way home.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie (2012)

Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.

Kishimoto came up with all the storyboards for Road to Ninja, but since the images came out different for some reason, he had them all redone by people working with him at Pierrot. He also fussed over the ramen shop scene between Naruto and Iruka Umino.
Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie was the first Naruto film to have Kishimoto directly involved in its production, including its main story and new character designs.
Although Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki are dead in the main Naruto story, Kishimoto used the film to write more family scenes between them and their son Naruto and to explore Naruto's sensitive side.
Kishimoto decided to include Sakura's parents in Road to Ninja; he had long pictured them having back-and-forth arguing matches but never could find the right time to put them in.