The Last: Naruto the Movie

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/konohanogenin/38380050.html
from "そして、NARUTOスーパーステージですが"… to "描き分けも大変だったそうです。"
about Naruto super stage...
Guests(on stage) are Kishimoto-sensei, VA Ms Tekeuchi Mr. Sugiyama, Mr. Inoue Ms. Nakakura and Ms. Nana Mizuki Mr. Jun Fukuyama
Firstly VAs acted #699

then
Sensei(=kish) answers to VAs Questions

-the toughest chara to both draw and write about　was･・・・ Sasuke
Despite he likes Sasuke, he found him esp as he went into a sulk, totally difficult to depict. He was often told to 'redo' sasukes face by his editor.

-on the impressions of the last chap (they must mean #699),
Ms Takeuchi and other VAs were " wow Sasukes talked a lot!"...(laugh)

-About the turning point of the story,
sensei(=kish) said it had to be 'the valley of the end' where Sasuke went into sulk and Naruto stayed as his friend to the very end....in short 'Naruto' is a story about bringing back Sasuke from the sulk.

-to the q 'what would you have done if Sasuke hadn't gone into Sulk?'
sensei answered probably hed have made some other chara sulk (laughs).

-to answer a q 'what has changed after starting the series?'
he said 'Sound nasty but money...' then added 'and the thinning of hair.'

-then about the movie version now showing at the theaters.
on toneris design
'a good looking guy shouldering heavy burdens all alone '
he decided the character on the spot during a meeting.
for the details of the background toneri shoulders, check the novelized version as the film was too short to explain it all.

-he mentioned the difficulty in drawing sasukes facial expressions earlier
and here he told that it was also difficult to draw subtle expressions and individual differences of byakugan peeps with all those white eyes.

(ill translate the rest)

・about the muffler (wool scarf)
to depict 'romance' in a battle manga, Naruto, he thought itd better be simple. his personal happy experience of getting a hand knit muffler also worked there.

・about the chara designs
-sakura; as shes that way, he designed her in an agreeable image, a beautiful sis(=fine young lady) like.
-Sasuke; changed his old bristling hair. but he ended up wearing a bandana in the film that the change wasnt shown.
-narutos short hair had been planned and the film was a chance to show it
-Kakashi; although he lost sharingan (he doesn’t need it as) he has the charisma to be Hokage to his personality as the mentor of naruto and Sasuke. like Hagoromo commended him.

・on himawari (sunflower)'s name,
it was from hinata/Hyuga(sunny place/facing the sun) no brainer.

・in the next summer film bolto and Sasuke are active.
and later Naruto comes in to steal the show from them...kinda.

・about the Naruto exhibition in the spring; as already said. 2 new chaps (and check the official site)

・at the end of the show
"Please buy wsj as there are occasional Naruto news"

・the super stage was packed!

・about the short series in the spring,
he says he's making a good story worth the wait.