I am a huge fan of One Piece, and I know for a fact that many people also love it! But something I really hate is when a bad movie is created using "One Piece" as the title. That's exactly what happened here with "One Piece: Norowareta Seiken".
This movie doesn't even compare to the awesomeness that One Piece offers. I'm guessing that whoever wrote the script for this didn't really have "One Piece" in mind. They very well could have just written a script and thrown the cast of One Piece into the roles.
It's necessary to be harsh with this movie because it
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is by far one of the worst One Piece movies, and anyone who loves the show shouldn't waste their time to watch this movie.
Story / Character: 5
Basically, the summary of this movie is that The Straw Hats go to some random island to look for a sword and then Zoro betrays his friends to go meet with his old companion and fights against the crew. Okay, already you know that this is ridiculous.
How many of you have seen One Piece? If you're willing to watch this movie, I'm guessing you have. And you should then realize that this is crazy because even though Zoro comes across as a scary, mean swordsman most of the time, he does care deeply for his 'Nakama' and would never betray them, even if it were to help an old friend.
That's mainly what made me angry while watching this. Seeing the characters personalities and values changed just for the convenience of the movie was a terrible idea.
Even Luffy seemed a bit off while he was on screen. Luffy may be reckless and doesn't think things through, but he's not a complete moron. The writer of this movie didn't seem to understand that fact.
Of course, in this movie we have a new character. That's right, Zoro's friend known as 'Saga'. Now how can I put this? Well first of all, I hate him. It doesn't matter how 'justified' his actions were; as an audience, I didn't feel any compassion for him.
Sometimes in shows we end up feeling sad for a bad guy because you realize that he was just trying to do the right thing! It makes us think to ourselves "wow, maybe he is really a nice guy that just went about doing what he thought was right", or something along those lines. Trust me, you won't feel any of that while watching this movie. It's really pretty impossible to be immersed into such a shallow character such as Saga.
Art: 8
Now, even though the story is horrific, the art is actually quite good! The characters have the same general 'One Piece' look to them, and then the backgrounds are quite beautifully detailed. It seems as though some computer animation was used throughout the movie as well, there are times when the camera shot moves around and looks almost 3D.
The fighting is also very well done. We see some pretty intense fighting shots, angles and colours during the movie. So in a way, the art reminded me of the original show, which is sad that the story couldn't be as good as the art was.
Sound: 9
If you've seen One Piece, you know what the characters sound like. You will also know that the voice actors always give 110% no matter what! Their voices are part of what make the show amazing! The way they can sound so emotional, sarcastic or angry is just incredible.
As mentioned before, we have a new character in this movie. Saga. His voice actor, Nakamura Shidou, is not very well known, the only role he's done that is worth mentioning is Ryuk from Death Note. I think there may be a reason that he hasn't gotten a lot of voice acting roles, it's not that he's bad, but his voice only works for certain characters. And Saga isn't one of them. He sounds quite out of place and out of character.
Enjoyment: 5
Alright, so I'll be fair. I didn't love this movie obviously, but I didn't feel the need to fall asleep while watching it either. Being a Shounen anime movie, it focuses on fighting a lot, which is something most of us can enjoy even if the story is terrible. And since the fights were good, I was able to keep my eyes on the screen and watch the movie all the way through.
I also love Zoro, he's a great character, so it was nice to see him get the spotlight for a movie.
Overall: 6
I certainly don't plan on watching it again. I've seen fanfics that have better story and character than this movie did (which is really saying something)!
If you like One Piece, feel free to watch this movie. But I'm warning you now that it isn't the One Piece that we all love dearly. It's an insult to One Piece and Oda himself to make a movie that messes with the original story and the original characters.
One Piece Norowareta Seiken (The Curse of the Sacred Sword) is definitely my least favorite One Piece movie. I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
Alternative Titles
Japanese: ワンピース呪われた聖剣
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Episodes:
1
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Mar 6, 2004
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Toei Animation
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Shounen
Duration:
1 hr. 35 min.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories Aug 14, 2011
I am a huge fan of One Piece, and I know for a fact that many people also love it! But something I really hate is when a bad movie is created using "One Piece" as the title. That's exactly what happened here with "One Piece: Norowareta Seiken".
This movie doesn't even compare to the awesomeness that One Piece offers. I'm guessing that whoever wrote the script for this didn't really have "One Piece" in mind. They very well could have just written a script and thrown the cast of One Piece into the roles. It's necessary to be harsh with this movie because it ... May 8, 2009
Obviously if you are watching this movie you have seen the series, and have in all likelihood seen the first 4 movies, so I will save the talk about having to be a fan to see this first. So I will just jump into it section by section.
Story: Not bad. One piece has had some pretty terrible storylines in the past, and so this movie was easily forgiven by having a passable story, and one that focuses on one of my favorite characters Zoro. I didn't love it, I didnt hate it, so it gets a 5. Art: Very One Piece style. ... Apr 3, 2010
2/10 - thank god the original isnt like this.
1. the story is cliche - and not just a bit but way way way too lame. the thing about one piece is that it manage to give ordinary cliche settings a big twist, which is why i love the anime - but this totally failed to happen here. most lines are expected; plot extremely predictable. i was hoping they might turn the whole demon-sword concept into something interesting, but that's so not happening here. 2. characterization was off - personal opinion here, but sanji and zoro's characters are wrong (what did you do to my ... Jan 28, 2016
One Piece Movie 5: Norowareta Seiken Review
Story (5/10) Average The story in the 5th One Piece movie is average but also generic at the same time. Why because it's basically your typical "I'm your comrade from the past now back out of nowhere and I'm evil now" story. And I'm not hating on it because it was forced or I've seen it done before because I have seen it done many many times before and I did like it in the past, I like The Bleach Diamond Dust when it did it there and that's plot is basically the same as this. I felt once again ... Mar 11, 2016
The fifth One Piece film centers around Roronora Zoro, which is a nice change of pace, but does it live up to the name of "One Piece"?
Story: 6 The story isn't too complex, with a lot of standard tropes that we've seen before. Luffy & crew are in search of treasure as usual, but Zoro ends up going off on his own after receiving a message from an old friend in the form of a knife. This old Friend of Zoro's is known as Saga. From there, there's lots of adventure and conflict between different groups, as well as a predicament that involves a ritual sacrifice. ... Nov 22, 2020
I agree with one reviewer that it does seem to be a movie with one piece characters written into it. With that being said, I thought it was a good movie! You had some memorable characters, Saga & Maya, & Esp the Old Lady she was great.
You get met with a few inconsistencies (as per usual) for the canon. The ones that I noticed include them saying they came there to find the treasure. You can't just head to islands unless you get an eternal pose, so saying they came there for the treasure doesn't make any sense. They did this in the third ... Apr 17, 2019
*this review contains light spoilers*
WHY I LIKED: ⬤ *spoiler* Luffy vs Boss fight scene was very satisfying to watch. Luffy just kept using dozen of skills uninterruptedly, without expecting a counter-attack WHY I DISLIKED: ⬤ Low quality eyesore animation, a big downgrade from movie 4 ⬤ Out of place character development for Zorro ⬤ *spoiler* Nami beating off a battalion of marines in with single swipe, the heck... when did she get that strong... ⬤ *spoiler* The plot armor again, I just cant get used to it.. The bad guy destroys Zorro's hand but it takes a few hours to heal. Plot armor seem to love Zorro and Nami alot. ... Jul 26, 2022
As the rating suggests, this one was... fine. I'd even say good, overall. It just wasn't particularly moving or fun. It's a pretty standard standalone movie plot. I didn't spot any majorly gaping plot holes. (Though their description of Saga just "drifting" along the Grand Line until he reached this village after seeing just how hard it is to enter and navigate grated on my mind a bit...)
Unfortunately, this entry is guilty of one of my all-time least favorite standalone movie tropes... The villain being an old never-before-mentioned childhood friend of one of the protagonists. Thus explaining away any motivations said protag might need ... Oct 17, 2019
This is the fifth One Piece movie, theoretically taking place after the Navarone arc and before they go to Water 7. Yes, exactly, it takes place around the same time as the previous movie because the anime started to slow down considerably. The formula so far was to make one movie taking place after a new crew member joins (the first after Usopp, the second after Sanji, the third after Chopper, and the fourth after Robin) In this case, the anime took hundreds of episodes until the next member (Franky) was added, so they went for a tiny gimmick. They though “hey you guys, we
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May 29, 2022
Well, that was a semi-fun movie. It had a decent premise going for it but missed a ton of marks.
Review: Story/Plot - 3 - It's premise is decent, albeit cliche. It was relatively interesting and had plenty of potential, however, I feel like it was wasted. The first problem being the way it was presented, and how the whole thing started off. Zoro just flat out betrays his crew at the beginning... that's bullshit! Especially considering how deeply he cares for his friends! Talk about awful character writing! I found it dumb how Zoro didn't get the slightest clue that Saga had ill intentions until the ... |