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abysscronica · 1 year

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What do you think of the one piece movies?

Oh boi, that's a loaded question. 😭 I will reply honestly but please remember this is my personal opinion, whatever you like it's all legit!

In general, I don't particularly care for the OP movies too much. I did see them, almost all, even enjoy some or part of them, but I'm grateful that they're non-canon. I don't hate them and I'm always happy when a new one is announced (more OP content!), but that's about it. Same goes for the special/OVAs, although they kinda stopped with those. I will only go through the movies in this post.

Movie 1 (One Piece: the Movie) and 2 (Clockwork Island Adventure) are basically like filler arcs in the early days of the anime. They are not bad, nor good. I haven't seen them in a long while but I remember being pretty neutral towards them.

Movie 3 (Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals) and 5 (The Cursed Holy Sword) actually SUCK. They suck so much I could hardly get to the end. The Chopper one is just a total bore with a super predictable plot, while the Zoro one is actually painful. Zoro and the crew are totally OOC, and the poorly-thought magic lore introduced in the movie just doesn't fit with the OP universe.

You'll noticed I skipped movie 4 (Dead End Adventure). And that's because this one I like. It's also like a filler arc, but it fits perfectly in the plot (love the quick reference to Navarone), it flows well, it's dynamic and engaging, and the original characters are actually good. Shout out to Shuraiya Bascùd, whose design is basically Ace in a different color palette, but has a complex personality.

Movie 6 (Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island) is a unique One Piece product, quite distant from what we're used to, and therefore I consider it a must-see. Not really for the plot, which doesn't make much sense, but for the art and the direction. In fact, it was directed by Hosoda, a very notable anime movie director (Wolf Children, The Girl who Leapt through Time, Summer Wars, Digimon...).

Movie 7 (The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle)... I remember absolutely nothing of this movie except Nami's bouncing boobs.

Movie 8 (Episode of Alabasta) and 9 (Episode of Chopper plus) are revised re-tellings of the Alabasta and Drum saga. They aren't bad, especially Chopper's, some dramatic sequences are very touching. They made a great use of the soundtrack, or lacking thereof.

I will place Movie 11 (One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase) here because it doesn't fit with the remaining ones. This may as well be a special: it's only 30 minutes long, most of the Strawhats barely appear, it doesn't feature a villain-based adventure, and it's in a graphic format never used again. Take it as a slice-of-life episode, and it's enjoyable.

Movie 10 (Strong World) is a turning point, because this is when OP movies became "films", Oda started to get involved, some original canon elements were dropped in, and there were theatrical releases. The difference in quality (at least plot-wise) is immediately clear. Strong World is the last movie set before the timeskip (excluding movie 11), and it may well be my favorite.

Movie 12 (Z) is probably close second. The villain is a great character, and I LOVED the inclusion of Aokiji and Kizaru, how different they were, the implications they brought to the plot.

Movie 13 (Gold) is okay. Enjoyable. Once again, good villain, nice setting, good animation.

Movie 14 (Stampede) has a special place in my heart because it included the Kid Pirates, and Kid & Killer have a few scenes. Buuuut if I have to be honest, the plot is quite weak and, if you take off the (scarce) screen time of my beloved, it's a little boring.

And finally! The most recent, movie 15, Red. I haven't had the chance to watch it yet because it didn't get a theatrical release where I live, so I'm waiting for the DVD to be out. What I can say is that I've watched reviews from my two favorite OP youtubers (Tekking101 and Sawyer7mage), and they were not particularly impressed with it. My best friend also watched it and found it incredibly boring, so my hopes aren't really too high. I think they went waaaay too hard on the marketing for this one, they pushed Shanks and Uta SO MUCH. (Also it doesn't help that I'm one of the very few people that don't really care about Shanks, huh). I heard the songs and they were amazing, Ado is a masterclass singer. I read about the plot and I do think some details are quite interesting, like Uta's whole psychology and possibly the ending (?). I guess I'll have to update my opinion when I actually watch the movie.

That's all for now. Feel free to ask for more details if you want.

#one piece movie #baron omatsuri and the secret island #dead end adventure #strong world #one piece z #one piece gold #one piece stampede #one piece red

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lorillee · 2 years

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ok while i'm waiting for 1026 to be uploaded im going to go ahead and rate all the one piece movies

One Piece: The Movie: like... 6.5/10. wasn't particularly engaging or interesting but it did give us like half of the one piece soundtrack so its gotta earn points for that

Clockwork Island Adventure: 5/10. it was decidedly mediocre. not terribly offensive and some of the worldbuilding was cool even if entirely unexplained, but not terribly interesting either. negative points for damseling nami

Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals: 6.7/10. another decidedly mediocre, but was funny at points

Dead End Adventure: 9/10. i really enjoyed this movie honestly it was funny and engaging and had a few really good character moments which is more than we usually get. terribly underrated

The Cursed Holy Sword: 3/10. bad zoro interpretation and was terribly boring outside of like one or two funny luffy gags.

Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island: 10/10 its baron omatsuri what else can you say. absolutely NOT the tone of one piece but thats what makes it so so very cool. and horrific. and also the animation is gorgeous

The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle: 9/10. the plot isnt terribly interesting but there are so many spectacular strawhat interactions and also the island actually being a giant turtle is very epic. another terribly underrated film

Episode of Arabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: ?/10 havent watched it yet but i'm under the impression its just a condense and reanimated version of alabasta

Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura: 8/10 i mean its drum island except with a handful of minor differences. i liked the animation and some of the backgrounds were really pretty. but yeah i mean its drum island

One Piece Film: Strong World: 3/10. i hate shiki. i hate that dumb clown. negative points for damselling nami. the only things going for this movie are the straw hats with guns (and garp & sengoku appearing for .2 seconds in the beginning). anybody who tells you this is a good movie is LYING theyre LYING

One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase: ?/10 i havent actually seen this? maybe ill watch it this week. kind of put off by virtue of it being 3d but who knows

One Piece Film: Z: 2/10. anybody who tells you this one is a good movie is ALSO a dirty dirty liar. aside from the fact that the plot was a mess and it was literally just a series of loosely connected events until the climax and also sanji's worst scene ever in anything of all time, zephyr couldve been an actually interesting and compelling villain but his backstory SUCKED and like ok boo hoo youve decided to say the marines suck not because of any the atrocities theyve committed or lives theyve ruined you only quit when it started having a bad impact on you specifically. boo hoo cry me a river. "ohhh the marines suck and the pirates suck so im going to kill EVERYBODY!!!" despite the fact that 90% of your victims will be innocent civilians. shut up and die. the only things redeeming this movie are 1) chopper's cow outfit 2) aokiji fanservice 3) admiral & old people trio marine rookie pics. thats it. see the most infuriating part is that zephyr COULD HAVE BEEN GOOD. he COULD HAVE BEEN. you couldve made him somebody who saw the terrible awful corruption in the marines and decided that they sucked, not because it was starting to impact him specifically poorly, but because its impacting pretty much everybody in this world poorly. but god forbid we actually try to have a DECENT one piece film villain. can you tell i hate this movie

One Piece Film: Gold: 10/10 straw hat heist movie with zoro as the damsel and robin in a suit for like 5 minutes. what else could you ask for, honestly

One Piece: Stampede: like. 5/10. the plot for this one was mostly just an excuse to shove every single character the series has ever had into it and as a result was kind of a total mess and yet they still didnt have the heart pirates appear like at all because they hate me specifically but i'll survive. anwyays its was like. okay. its fine, i guess. its not offensive but its not terribly interesting either.

#one piece #lorillee.txt #was this just an excuse for me to talk about how much i hate film z? ....maybe

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goodonepiecescreenshots · 2 years

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⋆*。୨ Movies ୧ 。*⋆

One Piece: The Movie

Clockwork Island Adventure

Island of Strange Animals

Dead End Adventure

Curse of the Holy Sword

Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castel

Adventures in Alabasta

Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura

Strong World

One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase (CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED)

Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends

Adventures on Hand Island

Gold

Stampede

Film Red

#taglists

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usalivemovienews · 8 months

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Best One Piece Movies According To IMDb Highlights Even the lowest-rated... https://dev-usalivenews.pantheonsite.io/best-one-piece-movies-according-to-imdb/?feed_id=14336&_unique_id=64eb210ba3d6b #movie film movies

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traffy-kun · 3 years

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#zonami #roronoa zoro #nami #one piece 3D: straw hat chase

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rory-cakes · 2 years

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One Piece Episodes 1 – 8

One Piece: Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack!

One Piece Episodes 9 – 18

One Piece: The Movie

One Piece Episodes 19 – 53

One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure

One Piece TV Special: Adventure in the Ocean’s Navel

One Piece: Jango’s Dance Carnival

One Piece Episodes 54 – 61

One Piece: Episode of East Blue: Luffy and his 4 Crewmates’ Big Adventure

One Piece Episodes 62 – 91

One Piece: Dream Soccer King

One Piece Episodes 92 – 130

One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta

One Piece: Chopper’s Kingdom on the Island of Strage Animals

One Piece Episodes 131 – 138

One Piece: Dead End Adventure

One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword

One Piece: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father’s Huge, HUGE Dream

One Piece: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King

One Piece: Episode 139 – 195

One Piece: Episode of the Sky Island

One Piece Episodes 196 – 206

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

One Piece Episodes 207 – 219

One Piece: Protect! The Last Great Stage

One Piece Episodes 220 – 228

One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

One Piece Episodes 229 – 290

One Piece Episodes 293 – 302

One Piece Episodes 304 – 312

One Piece Episodes 291, 292, 303, 406, 407

One Piece Episodes 313 – 325

One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom

One Piece Episodes 326 – 429

One Piece Film: Strong World

One Piece: Straw Hat Chase

One Piece 3D! Trap Coaster

One Piece: Romance Dawn Story

One Piece Episodes 385 – 405

One Piece Episodes 408 – 516

One Piece: 3D2Y

One Piece Episodes 517 – 522

One Piece: Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends

One Piece Episodes 523 – 578

One Piece: Glorious Island Part 1

One Piece: Glorious Island Part 2

One Piece Film: Z

One Piece Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand Island

One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

One Piece Episodes 579 – 625

One Piece: Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend

One Piece Episodes 629 – 746

One Piece: Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers’ Bond – The Miraculous Reunion and Inherited Will

One Piece Episodes 747 – 750

One Piece: Heart of Gold

One Piece Film: Gold Episode 0

One Piece Film: Gold

One Piece Episodes 751 – 896

One Piece: Stampede

One Piece Episodes 897 – 906

One Piece: Anime 20th Anniversary special: Episode 907

One Piece: Episodes 908 - Ongoing

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roronoasanjii · 3 years

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i watched all 14 one piece movies in a week so here’s my guide to them

one piece to date has 14 movies which sounds incredibly daunting. i’m here to tell you that it really isn’t and that you should definitely check them out. but, i understand that some people may be a little hesitant, or just unwilling to watch this many titles and so i have i have provided my own rankings as well as short reviews which i hope might be helpful, there is also a list at the end of the 9 movies from the 14 i think you should absolutely watch

i previously made this post last year but my rankings have changed since then and so this is the refreshed and updated version with a few tweaks here and there as well as the updated rankings

i hope it might be helpful :)

okay let’s start this off with the worst

14. One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta (2007)

where do i start... the animation quality is so bad in this movie and i honestly don’t know why, it looks awful compared to the actual episodes. i would not recommend anyone to watch this instead of the actual full length arc as you will not truly experience alabasta. again i would have preferred a new story. it’s truly a miserable watch, unless you’ve already seen alabasta a bunch of times and just want a quick refresher, but even then i would probably still say just watch the original.

13. One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase (2011)

now i’ll be honest, i expected nothing from this movie. ‘Straw Hat Chase’ looked set to be a CG 3D nightmare but ended up really surprising me. and no, i’m not saying it’s good, because it’s not, and the whole thing looks like a One Piece fighting game for the PS2 more than it does a movie, but it’s only thirty minutes long and really doesn’t hang around long enough to leave a bad taste in your mouth. the plot is as simple as ‘luffy loses his hat and him and the straw hats chase the thing that took it’. it could honestly be worse that’s what i’m saying and it’s so short that it’s honestly worth a watch.

12. One Piece: Chopper’s Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (2002)

okay so before i started this film i accidentally saw a bunch of reviews while trying to find out how long it was and it sounded like it was going to be a struggle to get through this. it really wasn’t anywhere near as bad people were making it out to be. it’s basically chopper, a bunch of animals, the one piece trademark annoying kid character, and the straw hats. the story really isn’t great and despite only having a 50 minute runtime it still feels like it could have been shorter but overall it wasn’t too miserable a watch.

11. One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom (2008)

In the same way as 'One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta' I would have preferred two original narrative films over re-hashes of existing arcs.

However... unlike Desert Princess this film is set in a alternate universe where they've already helped Vivi so she doesn't make an appearance, Robin and Franky have both already joined the crew, and the Straw Hats are sailing on the Sunny. This concept really does bring something new to the arc and makes it a lot more enjoyable to watch purely thanks to these additional elements.

If you like watching the crew dynamic then this film has a lot of it as it has the extended (at that time) Straw Hats. We get to see how these additional members come to tackle Nami's illness and Drum Island which is really interesting.

It's definitely worth a watch and I will admit that I previously had this film 2nd last and now it's much further up. It's a film that grows on you over time.

10. One Piece: The Movie (2000)

so this movie barely even qualifies as a movie. my best way of describing it is it feels like they had some spare episodes they didn’t end up using and were like, ‘hey let’s splice them together and make it a movie’. it’s fifty minutes so it’s pretty harmless, and it’s honestly nice to see the old, old, old animation style again with the straw hats looking so fresh faced. it loses marks for not having sanji in it despite him being in the OP (i’m kidding obviously... sorta’), but it still has some nice moments and the tone of the movie being comedic is really refreshing compared to the world ending villains and darkness that follows further down the road. it’s humble beginnings One Piece.

9. One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure (2001)

i had a lot of trouble trying to work out where to put this movie because i honestly really enjoyed it. i definitely liked it more than the next two movies i’m about to discuss but i couldn’t justify moving it two places higher when it’s not feature length. like ‘One Piece: The Movie’ and ‘Chopper’s Kingdom’ it’s only fifty minutes, which is actually a shame in this one because the story is good. finally having the full (as in early early series full) crew together makes it shine and the scene near the beginning of the crew having rented the swan pedalo from the wedding place is just SO good (see gif above). if you’re going to watch any of the first three films then please make it this one.

8. One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword (2004)

zoro lore. that’s... that’s literally the movie. the problem lies in the execution rather than the premise though which is so annoying because this film could have been amazing. the fact that the movies are non-canon are probably one of their biggest problems, they know that none of the shit they tell you can be placed against the lore of the series so instead of inventing something really good about a character they hold back and instead provide you, in this movie’s case, with ‘here’s an original character that zoro knew when he was younger, and they were friends, and they fought together, and they made a promise with a sword’, and that’s the 95 minute runtime right there. the interesting stuff is at the beginning where a possessed zoro goes against the village and gets into a fight with sanji, which the cook loses. everything after that point is very... meh. i looked at how long was left a lot on this one. if you’re gonna’ watch it just watch the start and the scenes with the straw hats.

7. One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006)

this film is unfortunate. ‘Giant Mecha Soldier’ is the seventh movies in the One Piece... (what even is the word for a movie series of fourteen entries... *opens dictionary.com) tetradecagon... ology? anyway... it’s the seventh movie, and sadly for ‘Giant Mecha Soldier’ it follows ‘One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island’ which you’re going to hear a lot more about later. if you, like i did, watch these films back to back then going from a film as strong as ‘Baron Omatsuri’ straight to this is a deep dive. ‘Giant Mecha Soldier’ isn’t bad by any standard. the riddles the straw hats have to solve are fun, the way they go about doing so is enjoyable to watch, and the movie also has robin, which is always a plus, but it just doesn’t have the same heart as ‘Baron Omatsuri’. it’s so bland and it shows. a main criticism i have for these movies is that in a world as vibrant and imaginative as One Piece they play them so fucking safe the majority of the time

6. One Piece Film: GOLD (2016)

‘One Piece Film: GOLD’ despite it’s flashy-ness and beautiful HD look, is sadly bland. so much wasted potential with this one, and don’t even get me started on how they just dumped zoro’s ass out of the movie for three-quarters of the runtime. it’s fun, the plot is... fine i guess, and it’s comedic enough where i don’t downright dislike it. it also briefly has sabo in it (bonus). i do however have to comment on the fact that everything and i do mean everything in this movie is CG, with the expection of the characters of course. it’s okay at first but even before you’ve hit the half-hour mark you’re tired of seeing the same computer generated buildings. i don’t want to use the word lazy, because any animated movie at 120 minutes even with heavy CG will have an obscene amount of work put into it by incredibly talented people, but the backgrounds really do sour the taste of this movie. it’s also WAY too long, it does not deserve this two-hour runtime. simple tweaks to the plot would have improved it greatly. also more zoro, just saying.

5. One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003)

‘Dead End Adventure’ is the first time the movies get genuinely good. the premise is pretty much One Piece ‘Wacky Races’ and it works so fucking well in this universe. the straw hats enter the ‘dead end competition’ against other pirates to see who can reach the island of Partia first. this movie delivers some amazing lines including the sanji one-liner which sums up One Piece perfectly “everytime it amazes me how we’re still alive”. much like the other early entries of ‘One Piece: The Movie’, and ‘Clockwork Island’ getting to see the series beginnings animation style is lovely and i’m actually a fan of the plot in this one. definitely worth a watch.

4. One Piece Film: Z

once again a lot of people would probably put this top but for me ‘Film Z’ is well-placed at number four. considering the wealth of very hyped reviews of this movie it still doesn’t rank first for me. ‘Film Z’ was a hard one to place. i love the costumes the characters wear, i love how beautiful the animation is, the runtime is a nice length, the title sequence is stunning, the relationship between the straw hats is utilised nicely, and the plot is pretty standard One Piece. i don’t have much more to say on it than it doesn’t really have that much that’s special about it but it’s intuned enough to the core of One Piece that it’s an inoffensive well-animated movie in the series.

3. One Piece: Stampede (2019)

‘Stampede’ is the 20th anniversary celebration of One Piece and it’s incredibly rich history, and it’s an absolute triumph in doing just that. i watched this film and was not only entertained throughout (which my god is not the case for a lot of these movies), but just constantly found myself smiling. getting to see every character that we’ve met along the way that made this series what it is today is really nice, not to mention the fact that you can genuinely pause this movie every half a second and find a new easter egg each time in the first portion. the painstaking attention to detail given to this movie by the animators is what makes it truly something special to watch because even if you usually despise fan service it’s pretty hard not to think ‘cooooool!’ when you see characters who have no business even being in the same place at the same time as one-hundred other awesome characters being awesome and teaming up together in this movie. ‘Stampede’ tells you what it is from the very beginning, it’s an anniversary gift to the fans who have kept One Piece alive and forever topping the Shounen Jump sales charts year in year out. it’s not trying to be something that it’s not and i honestly think that’s why it is such a strong entry. plus the ending made me cry when i first saw this back in 2019 so i’ll give them that too.

2. One Piece Film: Strong World (2009)

‘Strong World’ is a very very good movie. it’s very funny, it has the expanded crew, the world buiding is great, the straw hats have some absolutely incredible costumes, there’s a lot to love. it was written by Oda himself which really makes this movie shine. there is a moment towards the middle that is absolutely beautiful though, i won’t go into anymore detail because you need to experience it unspoilt but it’s my standout takeaway from this movie. the animation is also SO NICE. a LOT of love went into making this movie and it shows in every single frame. the colours are vibrant, the pacing is great, and it’s a lot of fun.

AND FINALLY...

1. One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005)

I said you were going to hear a lot more about this one and here it is. So ‘Baron Omatsuri’ is the most un-One Piece One Piece movie they’ve made and my fucking god does it work so well. it’s got horror vibes, it’s got psychological thriller vibes, it’s framed, coloured, and shot like a horror film. the story is hands down my favourite of any of the fourteen movies in the entire series and out of every single one of them this is the one i remember the most about and the one that i want to re-watch again despite only having seen it a couple of days ago. ‘Baron Omatsuri’ sees the straw hats at each other’s throats in a place where flowers don’t grow and people have been going missing. it’s so fucking dark and the ending is... it’s incredible. the art direction in this movie is so good that again it’s beyond what you’d expect from a One Piece movie. the people that made this movie didn’t go so hard on this for no one to have seen it because it’s slap bang in the middle of a daunting list of titles. i beg of you, you can ignore every single word i’ve said for this entire post, but i’m not joking when i say that this isn’t good for a One Piece movie it’s straight up just a good movie. go watch it!

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the 9 One Piece movies which are defintely worth a watch as a fan of the series:

(In Order of Release)

One Piece: The Movie

One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure

One Piece: Dead End Adventure

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

One Piece: Strong World

One Piece: Film Z

One Piece: Film GOLD

One Piece: Stampede

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if you’ve made it to the end then thank you, i hope you will find this helpful and i also hope you will go and watch some of these titles. i’m honestly happy that i did complete the series and i don’t have the regret i was expecting to have so that’s a plus!

thanks for reading :)

#one piece #one piece the movie #chopper's kingdom on the island of strange animals #clockwork island adventure #dead end adventure #curse of the sacred sword #baron omatsuri and the secret island #giant mecha soldier of karakuri castle #the desert princess and the pirates #episode of chopper plus #strong world #straw hat chase #film z #film gold #stampede #myposts

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opbackgrounds · 4 years

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so I was doing some research after watching movie 6...

...and apparently it was originally written as a comedy

Yeah, I was surprised, too

Baron Omatsuri is not my favorite One Piece movie—Film Z has too many of my favorite tropes to be usurped from that position—but I do think it is the most daring. Of all the supplemental material I’ve seen and read, it feels the least...One Piece-ish.

Yes, that includes the noodle commercials.

If you haven’t seen the movie and can stomach a little spookiness, do yourself a favor and give it a watch. Unlike movies like Strong World or Z that have the look and feel of a manga arc, Movie 6 transplants the Straw Hat Pirates into a world that doesn’t feel like a One Piece story, taking risks and exploring themes that would never fit in the manga proper.

In addition to the obvious changes in art and animation style, there are supernatural elements that don’t make sense within the One Piece world. None of the Straw Hats win a fight—Luffy included, although he is heavily implied to have killed the big bad at the end. The moral of the movie, if it can be said to have a moral, is if you lose the people closest to you, the answer is to forget about them and make new friends. The story ends with many questions left unanswered and the main drama between the crew unresolved.

And, if you allow me to get philosophical for a moment, I wish there were more movies like it. As I wrote in my review of Novel A, I don’t go to supplemental material or side stories looking for a repeat of what’s in the manga. Oda has written 1000 chapters of One Piece—why not spice things up a little and try something different for a change?

I know the answer isn’t that simple, and by their very nature not all risks will pan out. There will be people who don’t like this movie because it’s different, both in look and tone. But there’s something to be said about a creator putting their heart and soul into a work and having it show in the final product.

Which brings us back to the original premise. How does a movie go from a light-hearted comedy based on a variety show theme to...this

Baron Omatsuri was directed by Mamoru Hosoda and came out in 2005. To put that into perspective, the movie was in production when the Luffy vs Usopp fight was first seen in the manga. Manga!Luffy had not yet faced the challenge of an inter-crew disputes when the story was being written and boarded, nor did the creative team have the events of Sabaody and Marineford to see how Luffy would react to the loss of his loved ones. They were working without a full understanding of Luffy’s character, and to a lessor extent the character of the Straw Hat Pirates, and it seems like Oda was much less involved In production than has been in movies since Strong World and beyond.

Likewise, Hosoda had just left a tumultuous situation at Studio Ghibli while working on Howl’s Moving Castle, and if this interview is anything to go by (https://instrangeaeonsblog.wordpress.com/2016/04/24/mamoru-hosoda-on-omatsuri-danshaku-animestyle-interview-part-1/) was going through a lot of personal shit when he was brought on as director. The script he was given was originally written like a variety show—something that was carried over into the various trials seen in the final movie—and meant to be a lighthearted affair after the relatively serious Movie 5 (which I have not seen am thus unable to compare tone).

With that backstory in mind, it’s easy to see how the bickering and backbiting between the Straw Hats early in the movie is a metaphor for Hosoda’s time at Ghibli, which is something he admits to in the interview. Movie 6 feels different than any other One Piece movie because it’s the project of a man who has had to endure the loss of those who he was close with, at least in a professional capacity.

There are moments in Movie 6 where Luffy doesn’t feel like Luffy. More than once a member of the Straw Hats ask him to intervene during arguments, moments Luffy either ignores or doesn’t notice. It’s a version of Water 7 where instead of fighting Usopp, Luffy ignores the underlying differences within his crew, and as a result loses everybody.

The structure of the three trials follows a clear path of deterioration within the crew, the initial goldfish scooping game showing the Straw Hats at their best and inciting the jealousy of the Baron, the ring toss sowing discord among the crew even as they snatch a narrow victory, only for them to be utterly crushed in the third and final challenge as they’re unable help one another survive.

It is somewhat implied that the Breaking of the Fellowship(TM) is magical in nature—that like the One Ring, the Lily Carnation was able to influence the Straw Hat’s thoughts and actions, but this is never stated outright and I prefer the more mundane interpretation: That without strong leadership the Straw Hats fell victim to the manipulative machinations of the Baron, and simply self-destructed as a result. In the end, it’s up to the interpretation of the viewer.

And speaking of things up to interpretation, I love how the Lily Carnation isn’t explained in the slightest. The plant that initially absorbs the Straw Hats looks more like the stem of a devil fruit than a flower, it for some reason rings like a gong when hit, and somehow is able to turn pieces of itself into facsimile of the Baron’s old crew who can somehow move around despite being plans. It’s weird, it’s wonderful, and the element of the unknown works so well in the horror-lite setting.

My personal theory is the island somehow managed to eat a devil fruit which manifests itself as the Lily Carnation (which due to the L/R conflation in Japanese, is pronounced ‘reincarnation’, which I think is a nice touch of foreshadowing that may or may not have been intentional).

(Also, I can’t decide if little chewing animation it makes when it’s eating people or the weird bullseyes it makes when shit gets real are the most terrifying thing in the movie.)

Hmmm, tasty.

Anyway, this is getting long, so here are some final thoughts:

1) This movie has some low key fantastic outfits. The Straw Hats all look very cool without being over designed like a lot of recent movies. Big hat Robin is of course a fave, and makes me really want to see her in a Carmen Sandiego getup.

2) Screenshots do not do the animation of the movie justice. It’s very fluid and has a lot of excellent expressions/poses, although I admit the 3D is jarring at times. Do not let the art put you off if you haven’t seen it

3) Also, I don’t think there’s any shading? Like at all? The movie does a lot of cool stuff with color instead. For example, the scene where Luffy initially loses to the Baron his skin goes all grey, and I thought it was because he was fighting at night, but it stays grey even in the better lighting of the underground tunnels and stays that way until he finds out the Straw Hats are still alive, where it returns to his normal color

4) There’s an extended Benny Hill-type gag when Luffy first chases after the little mustache pirate that’s perfectly timed to the music, and ends when Luffy just uses his power to grab him. The comedic timing is amazing and it’s probably my favorite funny moment in the movie, of which there are several despite the overall darker tone

5) The extended jungle shot from Nami’s POV? Very cool

6) I love how from the earliest scenes nothing is as it seems. The opening text is Robin reading the map, but the storm that’s seen on screen is the one that sank the Baron’s crew. Likewise the whole fancy city is shown to be fake panels early on, the goldfish catching game is a trap, etc., etc. It does a good job clueing the viewer in early that’s something’s very wrong on the island, even if they don’t realize it at first

7) I don’t think this type of movie would work in modern One Piece without somehow nerfing Luffy. Horror works best when the protagonist is weak and vulnerable, and that fits best with a pre-Gear 2/3 Luffy (same with the rest of the crew, tbh. I was waiting for Nami to use her lightning stick during the games, forgetting it hadn’t been boosted yet).

8) I like how there are four captains on the island representing different levels of loss—the Baron has lost his crew and wants to destroy all others because of it, mustache pirate lost his crew and is willing to put it behind him to make new friends, Luffy has freshly lost his crew and hasn’t decided what path he will go, and coward dad hasn’t lost his crew yet but is at risk if he doesn’t change his cowardly ways

9) I think the reason why Chopper was the first Straw Hat to disappear is he’s the most likely to play the part of peacemaker. He’s also the only crew member needing rescuing at the end of the goldfish scoop game, when Luffy foolishly puts his life at risk trying to save him from drowning, just like he recklessly charges the Baron at the end of the movie. Except that time there was no Sanji to save him, leaving Luffy to get his ass thoroughly kicked

10) This is a very good Halloween movie, and I’m glad I watched it in October

#opbackgrounds #long post #movie 6 #review #one piece #Baron Omatsuri

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moonpaw · 6 months

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Genuine question for you as my go-to source for One Piece-related things. Have you seen all the movies AND. What would you rate them on a scale of 1-10 asking for a friend (the friend is me) 👀

of course of course

I've watched most of the movies!! (though some of the last watches were a decade ago lmao)

One Piece: The Movie: movie 1!! I havent watched this in a while, it's a very early movie before sanji joins but i vaguely remember there being a few zoro and luffy moments, and it's pretty short (i dont remember enough to rate it LOL)

One Piece Clockwork Island: Fun movie! also pretty short too, 7/10

One Piece The Movie: Dead End Adventure: REALLY fun watch, i'd recommend it, 10/10

One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword: zoro focused movie, i don't remember much about it other than it wasn't.. all that great? been a very long time though

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island: REALLY GOOD. my favorite one piece movie out of them all 10/10 i love the artstyle and animation used here

One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle: i remember absolutely nothing about this movie lol

One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: this is just alabasta condensed badly 0/10

One Piece: Episode of Chopper: au version of drum island (in that the straw hats recruit chopper after the timeskip) havent watched it yet, but it seems pretty interesting?

One Piece: Strong World: fun movie :] last movie before the timeskip happens and it's really nami-centered 9/10

One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase! don't watch this

One Piece: Episode of Nami: arlong park remastered in movie form, i haven't watched it yet

One Piece Film: Z: pretty good but has a super bullshit weapon thing that isn't canon in the slightest and doesnt really make sense for it to be there, really cool opening though and features EVERY SINGLE marine introduced up until this point 8/10

Episode of Luffy: fun watch but also kinda boring in some places fddf 6/10

One Piece 3D2Y: i havent watched this, do not look into this until you're at the timeskip

One Piece Film: Gold: i havent watched this yet (planning to really soon!) but i heard its really good :]

One Piece: Stampede: this isnt a movie, it's a battle royale LOL

One Piece Film: Red: you've seen this one! 10/10

i also made a post on when a movie happens, timeline wise

#one piece #mp answers #here you go shima!!

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daonepiece · 3 years

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It's so cool to hear you liked the 6th movie too! Ever since i saw the art style + animation and heard what the story was about i was sure it was totally my jam, i couldn't even get past half the movie bc i really didn't wanted it to finish! I will resume anytime soon.

Aside that one, would you recommend another one?

Oh oh oh! Please do resume soon, and I’d love to hear your thought on it once you finish! Feel like us fellow Movie 6 lovers have finally found each other hoho 😤😤 To recommend another one is harddd, since the general quality of OP movies to me is.. below average. Once you watched more than 3 movies you will see the few patterns they kept using over and over again. 🥴 I strongly believe the G8 filler arc could be turned into a movie and would still rank high among all the titles. But!! If I have to pick some names, aside from the 6th, then: (note: this whole list is very very subjective) •Movie 1 - classic story classic feeling, the old animation!!! •OP Strong World - it has Oda’s input and it shows, but pitching a character who’s supposed to be “Roger’s level” against pre-timeskip Straw Hats just make everything hilariously sad. •OP Gold - has its own shine, I think. Because gold. 🤓 Movie 6 Ripoff •Movie 4 - enjoyable. •Movie 7 - they did this on purpose. Honorable mention: 3D Mugiwara Chase - some people detest the 3D aesthetic but I was too busy analysing the models to share the feeling. (I learn 3D animation at some point XD) Story was cute and new.

#we have a chat #about op movies

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victorie552onepiecespeedrun · 2 years

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Pre-time skip Anime Index

Alright! Few months ago I declared I want to watch all filler episodes of One Piece anime before the time-skip in the manga, and now finally, FINALLY, I am ready to actually do it. Here are all anime installments I want to cover in my pre time-skip TV journey.

Two important decisions were made during creation of this list:

- I don’t care for recaps so I won’t be touching them but there are, like, 5 of them I think?

- I’m also not watching crossovers. I like Dragon Ball but I don’t want to get thrown off my rhythm or something (and what even is Toriko).

My watching choices are limited by the medium I watch One Piece on, but at quick glance my site has all the episodes I chose. (The site is in Polish so I don’t see sense in recommending it. Also copyrights. Also piracy. Better safe than sorry :D)

To new readers: If you’re surprised there’s no G-8 Arc in the Filler Arcs list - long ago I was informed that this arc is way too great to shove them with other One Piece filler arcs so I covered it earlier. You can find my recaps of this arc in the Main Index :) (unless I changed it at some point. Just search by “g8 arc” tag. It will be somewhere).

Ok, so here’s the list.

One Piece anime

Pre time-skip

Source: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Story_Arcs

Cover Stories: (cover story)

Buggy’s Crew Adventure Chronicles (wOP 13, episodes 46-47)

Diary of Koby-Meppo (wOP 15, episodes 68-69)

Jango’s Dance Paradise (wOP 14)

Straw Hat’s Separation Serial (episodes 418-421 and 453-456):

Episodes 418-419 - wOP 16

Episodes 420-421 - wOP 17

Episodes 453-454 - wOP 18

Episodes 455-456 - wOP 19

Filler Arcs: (filler arc)

Warship Island Arc (episodes 54-61)

Episodes 54-55 - wOP 20

Episodes 56-61 - wOP 21

Post-Alabasta Arc (episodes 131-135) - wOP 22

Goat Island Arc (episodes 136-138) - wOP 23

Ruluka Island Arc (episodes 139-143) - wOP 24

Ocean’s Dream Arc (episodes 220-224)

Foxy’s Return Arc (episodes 225-226)

Ice Hunter Arc (episodes 326-335)

Spa Island Arc (episodes 382-384)

Little East Blue Arc (episodes 426-429)

TV Specials (tvOP):

Adventure in the Ocean’s Navel (aired after episode 52)

Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father’s Huge, HUGE Dream! (aired after episode 149)

Protect! The Last Great Performance! (aired after episode 174)

The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy (aired after episode 253)

OVAs (ova):

Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack

One Piece: Romance Dawn Story

One Piece Film Strong World: Episode 0

Source: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Piece_Movies

Movies: (fOP)

One Piece: The Movie

Clockwork Island Adventure

Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals

Dead End Adventure

The Cursed Holy Sword

Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle

Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura

One Piece Film: Strong World

One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase

#pre time skip anime index #I Forgot my tags help #I saw like 3 things on here in few months #I don't have much hope for daily updates #but hey It's Zoro's birthday I wanted to celebrate somehow #hopefully everyone forgot about that blog after the radio silence #so I can post whenever #happy birthday to Zoro :D

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