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It's been revealed that actor�Kamikawa Takaya and singer Yusuke (Kamiji Yusuke) will be participating in NARUTO's 8th film, "Gekijhouban NARUTO Blood Prison."

Kamikawa will be voice acting for a�mysterious�man, "Maroi", while Yusuke will sing its theme song, "Otakebi" (will be released on August 3rd).�The script for the movie was written by award winning mystery novelist, Higashiyama Akira.

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Both Kamikawa and Yusuke have been a big fan of NARUTO ever since it started being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" in 1999. �This will be the second time Kamikawa has voice acted, and he commented, "The charms (of NARUTO) are countless. �An interesting movie with great excitement is about to be born. �Please enjoy the punch of the movie on the big screen at theaters."

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Yusuke, who will sing the theme song that he wrote the lyrics for, said, "I was afire (while writing the lyrics) since it was for my�favorite�manga. �I made the song in order to make 'NARUTO' sparkle, so I hope it could make everyone's heart beat (with excitement)."

This movie will be a simultaneous screening with a short film titled "Honoo no Chunin! Shiken Naruto VS Konohamaru!!", and in the short film, "the reason why Naruto is not a Chunin yet" will be revealed.

The new NARUTO movie is set to be released on July 30th.

Source & Image: Oricon