One Piece Movie 07: Karakuri-jou no Mecha Kyohei

It was your typical filler movie but one thing that really bothered me was the emphasis on nami's "assets". Seriously, every time she moved anywhere,even if it was a slight move, there was the 'jiggle'.

Story:
Not the most amazing storyline for a One Piece movie ever. I mean, after all, it is essentially just a treasure hunt, which is pretty exciting, but something that isn't too uncommon. It has some pretty good twists and comedy though, as usual with One Piece, which is good.

Art:
The art really is, of course, just the same as the regular One Piece series's artwork. I know some people say One Piece's art is just horrendous, but personally, I just think that those individuals aren't very open minded, and that, in fact, One Piece's art is actually quite unique, and unlike many others. So the quality ... of the art just lies in personal opinion I think.

Sound:
One Piece has some of the greatest music and sounds in all of anime. This movie lives up to the reputation. Simple as that.

Character:
If you're a One Piece fan I'm sure you'd agree that the series's cast is just phenomenal. But this is about the movie. So, putting the main characters aside, this movie features a style of One Piece characters that make it the great show it is. An old baasan who's like 2 feet tall that's stuck in a treasure chest, a foolish, yet apparently genius, central enemy who is destined to rule the world, and two of his loyal henchmen who sport afros and mohawk things. Character has always been one of One Piece's great points, and that stands true is this film.

Enjoyment:
I would not say that this is the number one best One Piece movie that's been made, however it definitely is still good and absolutely wroth the watch. Perfect way to see a nice side story while waiting for the next episode to be released. It doesn't feel like you're watching a stupid filler either while watching this movie, if you're perhaps worried of that. Overall, definitely give it a watch, chances are you'll enjoy it.

After watching the movie I must say that one thing sets it apart from the previous ones and that's Nami's breasts. They were bouncing around and jiggling, making it very hard to concentrate on reading the subtitles XD
Combined with a great animation, it was quite an enjoyable experience.

The story was okay, nothing special. If you liked the previous movies you'll like this one too.

One Piece Movie 7: Karakurijou no Mecha Kyohei Review


Story (5/10) Average
More Specifically (5.50/10) Average+

The story for the 7th movie is weirdly average it started off weird and random and the for entire movie it was just the Star Hat Crew messing around on this Island trying to figure out if there is a treasure that exist on this Island. It's really empty when it comes to substance and it is what it is and it is average it had a couple cool scenes and I'll some credit to them and talk about them later but yeah it's an average movie story but this is is ... indeed a little less on the substance when it comes it.


Art and Animation (7/10) Good

The art style and animation was good, still not movie quality because as far as my research tells me these movie were still coming out annually so as far as seeing something we have never seen before it's still not quite present. The coolest thing animation wise was at the very end of the movie when Luffy did that spinning kick move cutting through the mechanical device on top of the turtle, but other than that everything was was just good and reasonable. Oh and another thing why was there so much focus on Nami's breast in the movie? I decided to count how many times the animators went out of their way to make her tits jiggle just for the sake of jiggling and capped at 12 times. Yeah it's nice but it was indeed random because yeah we do see it in the actual anime but honestly it's rare. The most we get are just camera angles of her body (which they did in this movie also) but man like I said it felt like it was borderline Fairy Tail level and it's also weird they did it for Nami anytime she moved but not once for Robin who's body is basically identical to hers. No clue I guess the animators had a thing for Nami this time around.


Sound (7/10) Good

Sound was good nothing amazing nothing horrible.


Characters (7/10) Good

The Straw Hat Crew was present for majority of the movie doing their thing nothing too entertaining this time around just same old crew (I'm ready for Franky and Brook honestly).


Enjoyment (6/10) Fine

My enjoyment for the movie was fair. It didn't feel like the movie really go anywhere. Honestly it just felt unnecessary nothing except the ending felt like it was worth keeping my eyes open because I was indeed dozing off by the time the movie reached the hour mark.


Overall (6/10) Fine
More Specifically (6.50/10) Fine+

I thought with this movie having some sort of "Mech" theme going on that I would see something rather cool (like Franky cool) but nothing really worth it in this movie honestly the Straw Hat Crew destroy them with ease and even though the movie should have been over in a flash since the enemies could give them a decent challenge with dragged on for and hour and a half can't give this one a 7 but I do think this movie is around the 6 status.

Maybe it's because I watched the previous movie so recently and it was a really good one... But I just really wasn't feeling this one.

It, like, set a new standard for movie plots that just drop you into the middle of things, which I've never been a fan of. And a lot of the rest of it just fell flat. It went in for a lot of jokes that weren't particularly funny. I'm not sure how to describe it other than it felt like the writers took a few of each character's basic, wacky personality traits and cranked them up to eleven. Nami was ... particularly rough in this regard. Even apart from the fact that someone on the animation team was apparently really into the Nami fanservice... This movie had to break some sort of record for the number of times she smacks around her own crew mates. And it's not like that never happens in the show, when they're being particularly rowdy, but it was really over the top here. And that pretty much sums up the portrayal of all the characters in this movie. Like the writers were given bullet point notes on who they all were but maybe weren't super familiar with them themselves.

And the story itself was just really basic and kind of dumb. The villains were too obvious and just about impossible to take seriously. The mecha island promised in the title should have allowed for a really cool setting, but the mecha creations weren't even what really shined in that aspect. I felt nothing for anyone over the whole course of the movie. It's actually got a pretty decent score on here, so there must be fans who liked it. I'd say this one is pretty skippable, though.

This is the seventh One Piece movie, theoretically taking place around the Water 7 arc. It is also the first movie that is not dedicated to a crew member, despite the fact it could have easily be about Franky with all the robot scenes. I guess he was still not added to the crew because of the anime being so unbearably slow. For the same reason, the movie is about nothing in specific. It has no theme, no tension, no message, it is as hollow as a Bleach villain. Seriously, you watch this thing and you wonder what’s the point.

So ok, it is a filler ... mission but it should still make you feel like the story matters enough for you to care about. Yet it doesn’t since you are given no reason to care. There is this treasure they are looking for, and this song that hints its place, and there is this king with weird contraptions and… that’s all of it. How incredibly boring! Where is the drama, the tension, the imposing villain, the soul crushing moment or realization?

To be honest, there is a reason for making this movie, and does not regard a character but rather a special ability. It’s there for showing for the first time in a featured film Luffy’s new Gear powers. So basically you have to tolerate 70 minutes of boredom before he magically gains a new super ability to beat the big boss. And it’s not like there was no other way to beat him with all the stuff he has managed to break or deflect in all the previous episodes or movies. Did he really need superhuman strength to beat a mook robot? So not even that is important plot wise and it’s just something they added to make Luffy look like he trained at Kaio’s place and learned Kaio Ken out of screen. BOORING!

There are other things bad in here as well. First of all for some reason Chopper’s voice actress was replaced by someone else. Not a big issue since everybody was completely useless to the plot but WHY the change? Couldn’t they wait for her to come back from whatever issues she had? And then there is Nami’s boobs. They kept getting bigger in the show but it is this movie that makes them bounce like they are sentient. Seriously, they bounce a lot to the point it is making he to look like a slut. Was that supposed to distract the viewer from the boring plot? How distasteful!

A completely boring movie I do not recommend to anyone. Watch the previous one instead; it was a blast.

And now for some excused scorings.
ART SECTION: 9/10
Analysis: General Artwork 2/2, Character Figures 2/2, Backgrounds 2/2, Animation 2/2, Visual Effects 1/2

SOUND SECTION: 6/10
Analysis: Voice Acting 2/3, Music Themes 2/4, Sound Effects 2/3

STORY SECTION: 2/10
Analysis: Premise 1/2, Pacing 0/2, Complexity 0/2, Plausibility 0/2, Conclusion 1/2

CHARACTER SECTION: 2/10
Analysis: Presence 2/2, Personality 0/2, Backdrop 0/2, Development 0/2, Catharsis 0/2

VALUE SECTION: 1/10
Analysis: Historical Value 0/3, Rewatchability 0/3, Memorability 1/4

ENJOYMENT SECTION: 1/10
Analysis: Art 1/1, Sound 0/2, Story 0/3, Characters 0/4

VERDICT: 3.5/10

After the great movie that is the sixth film, I expected a worse movie or one that I liked less than the sixth, but I did not expect such a drop in quality. The story is typical of a filler chapter for those times when the anime reaches the manga. The art is the average of One Piece at the time, although I think there are several examples of a drawing worse than the serie. The original characters are pretty bad and ridiculous, there is nothing appealing of them. The most memorable one is an animal lol. And on top of that, to make the ... whole movie even more annoying, there is a special focus on Robin and Nami, especially Nami, to sexualize them for no reason. There are scenes and animations that are irrelevant and that are unique and exclusively fanservice for the public, a fanservice that is not so excessive in other movies or in the series. In summary, I give it a 3 because I laughed watching it at double speed, but it is not something that I recommend seeing in itself.

After Movie 6's stunning animation and beautiful character work, I honestly was expecting more from Movie 7. While most of the One Piece films have been hit or miss, I feel like this one was the most pathetic. Like a half empty bag of chips. Bland Junk Food.

Story: The story is relatively simple, though I don't think it is necessarily worse than any of the previous movies. I don't actually have much to complain about in terms of concept. It gets the job done, but nothing more. There were plenty of questionable aspects to the whole thing. It's riddled with plot holes, making it sort ... of weird to watch.

Art: This is probably the worst looking One Piece film. I know the anime was struggling in terms of pacing at this time, and it shows bright as day here. The animation was really rough throughout most of the film, utilizing a lot of noticeable shortcuts. The most animated things here were Nami's breasts, shaking in just the most uncomfortable and awkward way possible. The artwork is also a complete mess, half the time resulting in off model and sloppy characters. The blatant and unnecessary CGI looked terrible and made me laugh at scenes I clearly wasn't supposed to.

I know I shouldn't let a Mamoru Hosuda film set my standard for future films. But One Piece Movie 6 set the bar so high in terms of visual quality, anything less would naturally leave me disappointing. In comparison, this film may actually be the worst looking of them all. Films 1, 2, and 3 were much shorter and a lot more conservative in terms of visual spectacle, so they don't flop nearly as badly. Movie 5 still looks bad, but at least it had some interesting uses of lighting and colour in places.

Characters: This film's alternate title is "Nami beats up Luffy the whole time as he figures everything out through happenstance." Luffy is slightly out of character for most of the film, doing things that seem like him on the surface, but end up not feeling nearly as natural as they should. The other Straw Hats fare better in general, though Nami is very much on edge for most of the movie. The villain is a complete joke, although the film acknowledges this and uses it as part of the joke. This doesn't really change the fact that he is completely not intimidating. You can't just set up how stupid someone is just to try and make me care about an emotional climax. I don't believe the fact that the Straw Hats should have struggled with any of this. Any problems that arose were products of negligence.

Conclusion: In the end, this film falls on it's face and fails hard. It's boring, stupid, and ugly. While I don't think it's necessarily my least favorite One Piece film (that title going to films 5, 3, and 1 in descending order) it's probably the most pathetic. I feel very little towards it aside from mild annoyance and the conviction to never waste my time with it again.

Given how rich and detailed the world of One Piece is, it is actually impressive how bland and uninteresting this film is. The plot is a nothing fluff piece, the villains have no identity or sense of purpose, and there isn't a single theme to be found. The movie does not even try and compensate with cool action scenes or great character animations. The movie is ugly as sin for the most part, and it is difficult to tell if it worse in motion or in stills.

Movie 7 is famous for two things, Luffy accidentally discovering Gear 2 and the boobs. On the first count ... it undermines what makes Luffy special as instead of him critically thinking about his power and what it could do as is implied in canon he just looks into one of the more unique power ups in the series. For the second, it is so far past attractive to be repulsive. It is almost impossible to take Nami or Robin seriously when their boobs flip out at every opportunity. OP has been criticized for its character designs, and much of that is fair, and this represents one of the lowest points of the story. This quality of character art and animation is unforgivable in a feature length production.

There is no reason to watch this.

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This is the seventh One Piece movie, theoretically taking place around the Water 7 arc. It is the first movie that is not dedicated to a crew member, despite the fact it is heavy on machinery and could have easily been about Franky. He was still not officially part of the crew at the time and the unbearably slow anime wasn’t helping. As a result the movie is about nothing in specific. Without a character to focus on it has no real theme or message. And no, being a filler story is not an excuse.

The plot is about a treasure they are looking for, and ... there’s this song that hints its place, and there’s also this king with weird contraptions and… that’s all of it. How does any of that connect to the show or the crew or the themes? I mean, sure, it’s the first film featuring Luffy’s new Gear powers, but that is just what he can do at that moment in the story. It doesn’t mean anything for the character, the same way Super Saiyan 3 didn’t mean anything for Goku in any movie. You just tolerate 70 minutes of boredom until the protagonist gains a new super ability to beat the big boss. It’s not like there was no other way to beat him with all the stuff he has managed to break or deflect in all the previous episodes and movies. Did he really need superhuman strength to beat a mook robot? Thus not even this fan service moment is important.

The only other point of notice is Nami’s boobs. They kept getting bigger with each passing season and now they bounce so much they have a life of their own. That is how you are supposed to be distracted from the boring plot. Distasteful! A completely boring movie I do not recommend to anyone.