Naruto Movie 2: Dai Gekitotsu! Maboroshi no Chiteiiseki Dattebayo! is set approximately after the "Sasuke Recovery Mission" arc of the Naruto anime series, which ends with episode 135.
After its theatrical release in Japan on August 6, 2005, Naruto Movie 2: Dai Gekitotsu! Maboroshi no Chiteiiseki Dattebayo! became a direct-to-video film in the United States. It aired on Cartoon Network on July 26, 2008 and was released on DVD on July 29, 2008.
The movie has an animanga adaptation released in Japan on March 3, 2006 and in the United States on November 4, 2008.