Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-3279282-20141020141438/@comment-945885-20141025025028

Official website updated with some news regarding rewards for purchasing advance tickets through the Loppi automated ticketing system, which gives us another look at some character designs via the merchandise. First up is a high resolution image of the Sasuke and Naruto keychain:

http://naruto-movie.com/news/img/naruto140012_203643206429.jpg

Also available are a 2014-2015 school calendar and some Costume Kewpie phone straps, which are small chibi figurines dressed like Naruto characters. These technically give us our first full frontal looks at Hinata and Kakashi, such as they are, and also shows that Sasuke's poncho has a hood.

http://l-tike.com/gd/naruto-movie.html

Far more interesting, however, is this brief synopsis of the movie, which contains the following statement:



After consulting an archaeologist friend of mine, I opted to translate as "dark ages." It more literally translates as "empty time" or "blank era," but "dark ages" is the closest academic term we have in English. At any rate, it seems to confirm that the film will be delving into those periods of history that we know nothing about.

The synopsis also uses the phrases and