Nine years after singing the anime theme's second opening “Haruka Kanata,” Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation will again be singing for Naruto Shippuden's upcoming film, “Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Road to Ninja.”
To be entitled “Sore de wa, Mata Ashita” (Well Then, See You Tomorrow). This is the first time that Asian Kung-Fu Generation is contributing a song to the Naruto franchise since the band sang the second opening theme song back in 2003.
Asian Kung-Fu Generation's “Sore de wa, Mata Ashita” will be available in two different versions: the CD+DVD Limited Edition and the Regular Edition, for 1400 yen and 971 yen respectively. It will be released on July 25th. Pre-order now on CDJapan and get exciting bonuses!
“Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Road to Ninja” features a story, and character designs personally conceived by the creator of the manga, Masashi Kishimoto. This will be his first original story to celebrate the anime’s 10th anniversary!
Furthermore, it has been announced that the first 1.5 million moviegoers will receive a 34 minutes original DVD called "Motion Comic NARUTO" at the theaters. It features a motion comic to tell a reconstructed story with CG-representations of the original manga art works, live-drawing footage for the DVD cover illustration by the Naruto original creator Masashi Kishimoto with his own commentary, and his long interview.
“Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Road to Ninja” will premier on July 28th.
Source: Music Natalie via Anime News Network, Nikkan Sport via Crunchyroll
