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The anime series Naruto is perhaps best
described as "Harry Potter with ninjas instead of wizards." The
world the series takes place in is divided into countries that take
their names from natural attributes--the Land of Clouds, the Land of
Fire, etc.
The plot of the movie Naruto: Dai Katsugeki! Yuki Hime Shinobu Houjou
Datte Bayo!! (Naruto: The Snow Princess` Book of Ninja Arts) involves the protagonists being hired as bodyguards for a
primadonna-ish actress, a simple training assignment which eventually
somehow turns into taking part in a full-scale coup attempt against the
Lord of the Land of Winter.
Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
Meanwhile, the third movie of the series, 2006's "Naruto the Movie 3:
Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom" (literal subtitle, "Great
Excitement! The Animal Panic of Crescent Moon Island!") involves yet
another coup attempt, this one against the royal family of the Land of
the Moon, a small casino-heavy island country in the tropics (south of
the portion of the series' world shown on the map here)
Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
![[white crescent moon in a turquoise fly triangle bordered in white, all on a field
of darker greenish-blue]](../images/f/fic^naru4.gif)
by Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
Its flag bears a
white crescent moon - in reference to its location on Crescent Moon
Island - in a turquoise fly triangle bordered in white, all on a field
of darker greenish-blue. It is best visible about halfway into the
movie, when one is used as a shroud for the deceased king.
Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
![[orange field, white border, swallowtail]](../images/f/fic^naru3.gif)
by Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
What I took to be the ensign of the the Land of Fire is shown
flying from the mast of a sailing ship: a saffron swallowtail bordered
in white.
Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
![[lilac field, white symbol]](../images/f/fic^naru1.gif)
by Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
The flag is lilac-colored, vertical, and very tall, with the emblem of
the Land of Winter near the top.
Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
![[lilac field, white symbol]](../images/f/fic^naru2.gif)
by Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006
The royal standard is also vertical, but with 2:3 proportions and a
different, though clearly related symbol (oddly resembling a decapitated
snowman), and three dots below.
Eugene Ipavec, 9 march 2006