As the preliminaries to the third phase of the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams begin, the student ninja face off against each other in no-holds-barred, one-on-one bouts. Deaf to Sakura's pleas to withdraw from the contest and despite the crippling effects of the curse placed on him by the nefarious Orochimaru, Sasuke enters the first match against one of the vicious Sound Ninja spies.

Still in the thick of the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams, the student ninja unleash their signature techniques as they spar in a series of one-on-one elimination matches. The heated battles bring out a new side in many of the opponents as they fight to advance to the third stage of the test and, in some cases, struggle to survive!

Contains the first 27 volumes of Naruto, a double-sided color poster, and "The Shinobi Mini-Guide" (an 8-page booklet) in a custom box with a handle and a velcro closure.

Naruto is thrilled when he is sent on a mission to protect his favorite actress, Yukie Fujikaze, on the set of her new movie, The Adventures of Princess Gale. But when the crew ventures out to film in the icy, foreboding Land of Snow, Yukie mysteriously flees! Naruto and his squad set off to find her... unaware that three Snow Ninja lie in wait, with a sinister purpose that will force Yukie to face her hidden past!

Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura are returning a lost ferret to its owner: the easiest mission ever - or so they think! When a young knight, Temujin, attacks them out of nowhere, they are drawn into a fierce struggle over a treasure harboring legendary power - the Stone of Gelel.

The latest mission for Naruto, Sakura, and Rock Lee sure sounds easy: escorting Prince Michiru and his son Hikaru home to the beautiful Crescent Moon Kingdom. But the royal family turns out to be a royal pain, especially after Michiru buys his son an entire circus as a souvenir! But when Michiru and Hikaru return home to a villainous uprising, they discover there are some problems money can't solve.

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her "Book of Friends," enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back.

Nausicaa, a gentle but strong-willed, young princess, has an empathic bond with the giant insects that evolved as a result of the ecosystem's destruction. Growing up in the Valley of the Wind, she learned to read the soul of the wind and navigates the skies in her glider. Nausicaa and her allies struggle to create peace between kingdoms torn apart by war, battling over the last of the world's precious natural resources.

Princess Nausicaa has left the Valley of the Wind to join Princess Kushana's forces. However, Nausicaa gets separated from the Torumekian fleet and finds herself face to face with the mysterious Ohmu, who open their hearts to her. But will Nausicaa be able to interpret their urgent warning about the southern forest? And what of the war which rages all around her?

Nausicaa finds herself on the edge of despair as she comes to realize the full extent of the ecological destruction that's ravaging Earth. Meanwhile, Queen Kushana of Torumekia plots to lead her troops back to the imperial capital and seize the crown. Nausicaa agrees to join Kushana and her people in the fight against the Doroks and her scheming brothers.

A monk warns Nausicaa that omens of an apocalypse, Daikaisho, will appear soon and the forest will boil over to cover the land. His predictions appear to be coming true when she arrives in the Forest in the South and discovers Lord Miralupa has developed mutant mold spores for biological warfare, but the mold begins growing uncontrollably and there's no antidote.