The film focuses on a teenage ninja Lloyd Garmadon, as he attempts to accept the truth about his sinister father and learn what it truly means to be a ninja warrior as a new threat emerges to endanger his homeland.

Six young ninja with elemental powers and masters of the ancient fighting style of Spinjitzu defend their world, the mythical realm of Ninjago, against constant threat. Under the leadership of their mysterious Master Wu, they stand up to those who are cruel and unjust and protect those who cannot protect themselves.

computer-animated epic-fantasy Ninjago (previously known as Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu until 2019) is a computer-animated epic-fantasy superhero television series produced by The Lego Group. It was created to coincide with the Lego Ninjago line of construction toys, which is based on the characters and events of the series.

That's because the film is a hybrid. It utilizes computer-generated animation of real LEGO® elements, achieved in a photoreal stop-motion style.

The ninja characters learn lessons of patience and teamwork from their wise sensei.

The series incorporates a detailed fictional lore, which is woven into the storyline using character dialogue and flashbacks. The lore mainly focuses on the history of the First Spinjitzu Master and his creation of the island of Ninjago: Long before time had a name, there was the Realm of the Oni and the Dragon...

It utilizes computer-generated animation of real LEGO® elements, achieved in a photoreal stop-motion style.

Anime (Japanese: アニメ, IPA: [aꜜɲime]) is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, anime refers specifically to animation produced in Japan.

A brickfilm is a film or Internet video made by either shooting stop motion animation using construction set bricks like Lego bricks (and figures) or using computer-generated imagery or traditional animation to imitate the look.

Everything in the first movie is LEGO. If you had all the bricks in the world you could recreate that movie. We do it digitally, obviously, but that's the promise - that this is all real LEGO. That remains true in The LEGO Ninjago Movie too.

Ninjago centers around six teenage ninjas, Kai, Jay, Cole, Zane, Nya, and Lloyd, who have been trained by their master Sensei Wu. Their job is to fight the various forces of evil to protect the land of Ninjago.

The brand name "Ninjago" was formed from a combination of two words: "ninja" and "Lego".

Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon is the legendary Green Ninja, the Master of Energy, the former Golden Ninja, and the current leader of the ninja team. He is Garmadon and Misako's son, Wu's nephew, and the First Spinjitzu Master's grandson.