![]() The emotional aspect of the movie is handled amazingly, with each song representing Uta’s different emotional states, all of them as memorable as the last. Most of the film paints the beautifully tragic story of Uta, and the relationship she once had as a child with Monkey D. But don’t let that deter you from not seeing it. Many plotlines move too quickly, or are dropped after a few minutes, which only exacerbated my bemusement at some of the events occurring in the movie. Still, this feels like a less accessible movie for light fans of the One Piece saga than movies like Episode of Chopper Plus, Strong World, or Z, which stand on their own as some of the best anime movies I’ve ever seen, while also expanding upon Eiichiro Oda’s world. ![]() I assume they were introduced in the anime, but if you know who the core protagonists are, it shouldn’t be a problem. ![]() I’ll admit that I did get lost when the movie reached its midpoint, with many characters dropping into the movie without any introduction. However, Shanks returns to reunite with Uta, which puts her plan in shambles, alongside a hypnotized audience who want to return home. The Straw Hat Pirates then get captured by Uta, who sets her plan into motion. After the two reunite, Uta reveals to Luffy that she plans to hold a concert that would last forever, and conjure a world of pure happiness through her song powers. It is revealed that Uta was planning to be Shanks’ successor, but was left by her father to pursue a career as a singer. None of the other movies tackled the King of Pirates’ past the way this movie does, establishing a relationship between him and the film’s primary antagonist, Uta (Kaori Nazuka & Ado), daughter of Red-Haired pirate Shanks (Shuichi Ideka). Luffy’s (Mayumi Tanaka)’s backstory, that truly blew me away. However, it’s the core of the movie, which brilliantly explores Monkey D. Still, many of them were terrific, especially Mamoru Hosoda’s Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island, Junji Shimizu’s Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura, and, most notably, Munehisa Sakai’s Strong World.īut what if I told you that the fifteenth (!!!) film in the One Piece saga is its best one yet? It didn’t take long for me to be swept away by One Piece Film: RED’s stunning animation and beautifully-written songs. Some of them have been terribly confusing (as expected with limited knowledge, but time prevented me from seeing the anime in its entirety). Though before watching One Piece Film: RED, I wanted to at least ensure that I had seen every single past film, to get an idea of who the characters were and what adventures they went to. *The original Japanese version of One Piece Film: RED was screened for review.*īefore I begin, I’d like to say that my knowledge of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece is slightly limited, having not seen the anime or read the manga. One Piece Film: RED is the most emotional of the franchise since Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura, and its most visually stunning yet.
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