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Nov 22, 2009 10:03 AM

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WTH??!

Is this really a One Piece movie or Tekkon Kinkreet?! What is this horrible art style O_O?! (no offense to Tekkon Kinkreet lovers)

The story wasn't that good either ...

2.5/5 after a lot of consideration. I'm givin' this movie a lot more than what it rly deserves just for the song!

The Ending Theme is the only thing that was good about this movie! other than that it was a complete crappy fail!

Truly, the worst thing I've seen ever!!

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Dec 11, 2009 2:10 AM

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^ This art style somehow similar to Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, since obviously, its from the same director. If you guys thinks art is weird, you need to taste more animes.

Imo, it's the best one piece film ever made so far.

Story wasn't good? Hell, I can give plenty of reasoning why this movie is so great. Except some holes due to pretty large amount of cast and limited time of 91 minutes, everything is aligned perfectly.

Luffy's crying was pretty expected. Guys, seriously think about it. Comrades, were everything to Luffy. He looked at the momment with his own eyes, that his favoured comrades actually 'dying' which might have been very unexpected situation from Luffy himself. We've never ever seen this kind of thing before, so I can say this is pretty different approach from the any other plots or arcs we confronted in one piece. And right after that, he tries to get his comrades back again and return to his usual self. That's what makes Luffy different than any other characters. When Omatsuri Danshaku whining about his comrades and cannot escape from their ghosts, Luffy found his new comrades, to protect.

Usually, we tend to get frustrated if something goes off-stereotypical. We've NEVER seen luffy's crew falling apart. That's again, typical shounen we've seen. HOWEVER, that should not become a factor that makes this anime bad. It was 'AMAZING' film.
Dec 26, 2009 3:50 AM
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Well I don't agree with that people who say he wasn't protecting his nakama. Didn't you see? About one hundred arrows in his back, but he is going, and going to save his crew. Gheesh guys, don't know why you don't like it.
Jan 3, 2010 2:54 PM

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Xyik said:
Personally, I hated this movie ...

What happened to Luffy? The determined happy guy that would never give up on his crew? I can't imagine Luffy ever acting like that, I pictured him stubbornly refusing to believe his crew to be that weak. The real Luffy would have said 'I'm going to save my nakama! I believe in them! They're strong!'. Instead, he totally got his ass handed to him and pulled a silent emo act on us. Even if his crew seemed hopelessly lost (wait, how would they happen in the first place? the way they lost was completely unrealistic and it made his crew look like idiot weaklings), he wouldn't have given up so easily.

I don't know, I kind of liked the serious factor but IMO it wasn't done well at all ... the characters did not seem like themselves... I understand the direction this movie was trying to take, but it wasn't One Piece for me. One Piece is about the strong bonds between his crew... what happened to that?

The art was very strange too, I'd even say poorly drawn most of the time. A lot of the silent scenes (no bgm music) didn't work for me either. And I guess it didn't help to watch it with shitty subs at 3 in the morning.

Exactly I agree 100% everything was bad about this movie, fortunately for me I didn't watch at 3 in the morning with shitty subs, but this bullshit movie is not One Piece.
Jan 8, 2010 6:45 PM

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dont understand why people complain about the art... i wish more anime were drawn like this, but that wont happen because it would be way to time consuming. i really liked this movie although it would probably work better if it was not an one piece move. That is my major complaint... it did not feel plausible that every one in the straw hat crew would lose that easily... but still a great movie if only it was about some random people instead of luffy and the gang.
Feb 15, 2010 6:05 PM

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You know, I quite liked the animation. It was choppy and amateurish, but it had its own charm.

Aside from that, there's not one thing I liked about the movie itself. It was like watching a caricature of the Strawhat crew, like they were impersonators or body doubles. The spunk of the characters... not there. At all. It just didn't "feel" like it was really them, if that makes sense. The Strawhats' chemistry and interactions with each other are what made me fall in love with One Piece, and it just wasn't here.

All in all, it struck me as a half-assed attempt done by people not familiar with the characters whom they were manipulating (speculation, I really don't care to look up the names of the people who worked on this project, so don't nerdrage all over me if I'm wrong here). It was entertaining and all, yes, but it did no justice to the series whatsoever.
Feb 17, 2010 3:42 AM
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It gets a 5, because it is One Piece~♥

I really liked it :) The characters were different from usual, but consider the fact that Oda does not partake in the production of these movies, so those who made it had to do the best they could by themselves; what more can we expect of people than their best? :)

'Don't really pay mind to things like the art, I find it irrelevant to the characters and plot (which are of importance). But this was a nice change :) They took a risk, very courageous.

The plot was neat, I enjoyed the emphasis on the importance of Nakama, and on how greatly the concept of "divide and conquer" can affect such a strong relationship.

Baron Omatsuri was scary. Scary =__=;

5/5 :D
Mar 4, 2010 11:25 PM
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I liked this film! I'm not saying this just because I'm biased; I love the director's works, especially Digimon (the Adventures ones). He or she is also the same director of Summer Wars [2009] and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. :D So it's not wonder that this One Piece film is different.

I actually liked the art style and animation for the most part. The part when Nami's mouth was stiff-open at the beginning bothered me a little, so that was pretty amateur, I agree. xD When Nami walks through this forest/jungle thing, it was interesting! But the art style is very different and gives the movie a new fresh feel.

Then again, I'm not a fan of One Piece and just started reading its manga recently (up until Sanji's introduction, ohoho~) so I don't know about the character dynamics and such. But I especially liked the OCs in this movie -- the moustache pirate family, you know? The characters were pretty realistic, I think. I think.

I don't exactly blame the director for the style since that's his or her own style. Personally, I feel it helps him or her boost his or her career profile. :3 I don't remember the name, I think it's Hosoda something? Sorry. :c

All in all, a good movie.
May 24, 2010 1:35 AM
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By far my least favorite One Piece movie. I wasn't a fan of the animation, but I didn't rate it on that. I rated it on the characters. In my opinion what makes One Piece the greatest series of all time is the characters and their relationship. When you get to know and love the characters, they make the series incredible. They seem flat for the first while, but the depth starts showing through after a while and you can't help but love them.
I can't even consider the characters in this movie as the One Piece characters. They felt fake. It felt more like I was watching another series with the Strawhats' faces plastered over them. The basic premise was good as it was supposed to show the strength of the relationship between the Strawhats, but they didn't act like the Strawhats. I feel like the people who created this film didn't really have a good grasp on who these characters really are. They probably had seen (or made) the other One Piece movies, but I don't know if they had read the manga completely.
All in all I hated this movie, and I never plan to watch it again. In terms of just being a stand-alone movie it's decent, but in terms of being part of One Piece, it's horrid. So combining those two feature the highest I could give it was 2/5.
May 31, 2010 8:05 AM
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OMFG..watching this movie was like torturing my eyes.. very weird and awkward movie -_- 4/10 ... movie 4 is so far the best... movie 8 and 9 and retells so i rated em automaticly 7/10.. now il watch movie 7 i hope it will be good
Jul 28, 2010 7:44 PM

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there was no actual resolution. i have no freaking idea what ahppened in the ned
did nami n ussopp made up?
i kinda disliked the nami on this movie
she just left luffy hanging and acted like a b**ch most of the time
the sh didn't just feel like them
Nov 11, 2010 12:58 PM

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Well dunno why you guys are bitching about the art style.I was pretty amazed at the beginning of the movie.Felt differend from the usual OP stuff.I'll give it 7/10 because the last 20-30 minutes were very boring.Everything else was pretty much fine.

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Feb 5, 2011 1:25 PM

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at the end, it doesnt seem like the crew remember what the hell happened.
still a good movie for sure, though there are a bunch of flaws.


Feb 7, 2011 1:20 AM

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The first thing which came up to mind when i started watching the movie was.. the artwork is different.. It felt weird watching but otherwise the story is pretty good.. a little slow in the beginning but finished brilliantly in the end.

It's scary really thinking of losing your nakama.. and being lonely forever.. gave me chill

Another masterpiece from One piece nonetheless
Mar 19, 2011 9:55 PM

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Wow, just wow. I loved the animation. o_o

It was different.
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Apr 21, 2011 9:20 PM

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I liked it. It was definitely different from the parent series, but it was very good in it's own way. For one, I like the fact that Baron actually had depth compared to most OP villains and it was interesting to watch Luffy struggle through the possibility of losing his crew.

I don't know, though, I could totally see Luffy walking while being impaled by arrows that just seems like something he would imo. But, it's also important to know that this movie is merely the interpretation of One Piece from the point of view of a different writer. Basically, all it is that person telling a story using the OP characters and, honestly, I thought he did a pretty good job.
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Jun 28, 2011 2:44 PM

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What the fck did I just watch? The art style was just horrible, the characters looked just bád (and really strange most of the time) and Luffy was more grey than human skin color o.o" I hated the story, it's was freaky and not in a good way. The nakama's were suddenly beaten without an explonation hów (you ain't telling me they just beat Zoro/Sanji/Robin like that) and those fcking bastards made Luffy look WEAK, well they did a terrible good job on getting his character 100% out of character.I mean all he did was gtting pinned by 4 arrows, getting beaten by like 10.000 arrows and then he punched the bad guy 1 (really only 1) time -_-" That was all the action in 1.5 hour? Don't scrw with me! And why could that little girl hear the voices and Luffy not? The art was terrible, the animation was also kinda bad, the characters were ALL out of character, Luffy wasn't his usual self (expect the grin at the end and while they tried to catch the goldfish) and there are so many holes in the story...

Hell this was one of the worst movies I've ever seen, shame on the animators! How dáre they make Luffy look WEAK ánd let those stupid PLANTS beat Zoro, Sanji, Robin and Chopper júst like that -_-" It's a shame that this is an One Piece movie
Jul 7, 2011 1:50 AM
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A lot of unjust hate. It is not a master piece by any means, but it is not the abomination you all make it out to be.I'd rather have something a little different like this than the incredibly averageness that is some of the other movies.
Jul 10, 2011 6:16 PM

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I'm working through all the movies and this so far was my favourite. It was dark, twisted and downright awkward at times but it made a change to see a much darker One Piece. Art style looked amateur but gave the movie its own unique edge and definitely suited the tone of the movie.

My only complaint was the horrible portrayal of some of the Strawhats...namely Nami because I know that the bickering between her and Usopp would have never happened in the main series and was just so out of character. Luffy seemed out of character sometimes too.

An odd movie and definitely did not feel like One Piece at all in the second half of the film but an enjoyable one and a lot more thought provoking compared to the other movies. I can definitely see though why it seems to have a love/hate reaction.
Sep 8, 2011 10:03 AM

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Animation was fucking great, in my opinion. I really liked this movie even though some of the characters weren't portrayed well like some of the above posts mention.
Sep 18, 2011 5:18 AM
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It was choppy and amateurish

ahahahhahahaha.

Movie 6 has way more well-defined movement than most of the other OP movies. I understand saying it lacked detail, but choppy? come on.
Dec 5, 2011 5:07 AM
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For me it was the best One Piece movie, better then Strong world. And thats due to the great story.

It wasn't about the straw hats being powerful it was all about the bonds between them. In the beginning the bad guys seemed goofy and annoying. But there were subtle hints that there was way more going on with the lame 'hell's ordeal'.

For all the haters that say Luffy is a whiner about losing his nakama. He is certainly not out of character. His nakama are his everything. Go watch the series again and you know whats up....

The face off between luffy and the baron was awesome. The whole sky blackened by arrows was sick. The dark tention and the flower, gave this movie a horror feel and also another dimension to the 'grand line' which is a place to be afraid of because of the strong guys in there. But also because of weird occurences(horror stuff) that has nothing to do with strong people and such.

Me being absolutely numb at the and of a movie means the story and movie overall was really great!!
Feb 8, 2012 6:47 PM

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this is my favorite one piece movie so far, so i was dumbfounded to read some of these comments full of vitriol. however the poll and rating speaks for itself; this is one of the more highly regarded movies and for good reason.

first of all, i didn't mind the different art style. the amazing and fluid animation more than made up for it. everybody was so expressive. the setting had some amazing 3d and detail that made it feel more authentic than any place in the anime. there were a lot of interesting and dynamic scenes, such as the crew's conversation during a first-person exploration of a 3d forest. regardless of whether you liked the story or think the characters look weird, you should be able to appreciate the amazing animation a movie budget brings.

now for the actual story. the first half of the movie was funny and fun. the comedy was accentuated by quick, sassy shots between characters and pointed silences - i don't know, there's a flair and maturity to the camerawork not present in the anime. luffy is hilarious and adorable as usual, like when he tries to volunteer for everything. my LOL moment was when he get on getting hit by progressively larger rocks. he looked great imo, something about his hair, and zoro looking hot in a suit! A SUIT.

then the second half caught me off guard with how thrilling and serious it became. this is a direction the anime has never gone for before. there's the thriller bark arc with ghosts and stuff, but never the level of creepiness exhibited here. i was really impressed by it, to be frank - they took the opportunity of a movie and didn't deliver the same thing, but rather, gave us a different spin on one piece. this one piece is creepy, with drying plant faces and barely concealed psychological disturbance. the story telling is subtle - you aren't told fucked up zombie is happening, you slowly realize. also introduced to one piece is something to seen before: dread, as the giant root turns into a million arrows, or as the flower mutates into bodies of nakama. the villain is almost sympathetic because the movie shows you how loneliness can wreck someone.

the movie did have its faults, of course. the crew members were slightly out of character in that i don't think they would have genuinely argued with each other like that. there was some sort of tension between them that felt genuinely hateful, something i have NEVER seen in the anime because their bond is so strong that everything is forgiven in half a second, and it made the crew feel wrong. here, nami was being a bitch, and sanji felt like he genuinely hated zoro (in the anime we all know it's rival bromance). but we all know the straw hats never actually fight with each other, except for that one issue over merry. this weird tension wasn't explained away by the end, either - just forgotten.

but the merits garnered by the movie overall override the one major fault. between its fluid and expressive animation, stunning and realistic scenery, and the different atmosphere it brings (creepiness), this movie earns a resounding 5 with me. different and mature!
Jun 6, 2012 10:06 PM

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I rather liked the art style. It certainly lacked detail, but it was more expressive than anything I've ever seen from One Piece. There were a couple of scenes that I'd even describe as amazing, such as that final scene where the flower turned into arrows, and all of a sudden thousands of arrows were flying at him. You can't tell me that scenes like that were "horrible". You just can't. Seriously.

I did feel like the characters were stretched to fit the drama a little bit though. I mean, Nami wouldn't have acted quite like that, and I doubt Sanji would have blamed Luffy either.
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Jul 17, 2012 9:36 AM

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And there I was, thinking that Shonen Jump movies cannot possibly be good. Fucking amazing. Easily the best One Piece movie. 10/10
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Aug 19, 2012 2:50 PM

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I've always thought that Movie 6 of the One Piece film canon was clearly one of the best, up alongside Movie 4 (Dead End Race or...whatever it was called) and the much less well-received Movie 9 (the retelling of Chopper's first encounter with the Straw Hats), although the latter film is probably more of a hit-and-miss in regard to pacing and purpose and is probably just one of my favorites because of my self-absorbed opinion, lol.

Whatever the case, though, it's sorta reassuring to see that other people have been able to acknowledge the painstakingly captivating atmosphere a movie of this caliber was able to formulate, 'ey, despite being based on a shonen series that I'm sure many others may have some qualms about. But in the long run, whether you're an avid One Piece fan or simply a lover of subtle, effective storytelling (with beautiful animation to boot), it would be typical for this movie to definitely impress.

[NOTE: Speakin' of the One Piece fandom, however, as numerous others have pro'lly already pointed out by now, it is true that this movie in and of itself almost completely dissolves major OP motifs, instead favoring more dark, restrained tones that, while constructing an engrossing storyline, also puts most of the characters we know and love considerably out-of-character, lol. In the same time, though, it's majorly due to this alteration in style that sets this movie apart from the others and is capable of unveiling a genuinely dark and tragic side to the One Piece cast that we would never see in the likes of Oda's flagship canon -- in a sense, this movie sort of brings them down to size and treats them not as unstoppable comrades of unbreakable friendship, but as flawed heroes that really can lose control of the situation, at times. Which is, of course, not very One Piece-like, lol; and yet, that's also why it's as good as it is. If that even makes sense.

So yeah, man. This movie is fairly highly recommended, if you were to ask me (even though no one did). Besides, this is Mamoru Hosada we're talkin' about here. And if that alone hasn't convinced you, then let's just say that you're missing out on one hell of a storyteller, and end it on that. :P]
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Sep 8, 2012 3:00 PM

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This was one of my favorite movies, not #1 but definetly top 3 material.

First off, whoever said anything about the animation not being good:

fuck you.

the animation was nice, more specificly the 2D strawhats. Yes as still images its not the most desirable thing to look at, but animation is MOVEMENT and these characters moved GREAT. I did like the darker story and applaud it for that since I think One Piece has a particular grit to it anyway (though this wasn't grit, this was plain Nightmare fuel XD) However I am a tad iffy on the ending. Really its been a good while so I can't say for sure but thats the one thing I remember not feeling so highly on.

I also laughed when I saw the promo pics listed here, they really went out of their way to make this movie misleading didn't they? XD
Nov 5, 2012 4:53 PM

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Several things I could say:
1) What the poop did I just watch? I thought this was a OP movie... o_O
2) Was freaky serious tone and strange visual style popular the year they made this, or perhaps the year before?
3) I have no clue how to rate it, since it's completely different from normal OP but I like it in a strange kind of way.
4) Can Zoro look that ravishing at all times please? ^.^ popped collar ftw
Nov 16, 2012 11:30 AM
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Xyik said:
Personally, I hated this movie ...

What happened to Luffy? The determined happy guy that would never give up on his crew? I can't imagine Luffy ever acting like that, I pictured him stubbornly refusing to believe his crew to be that weak. The real Luffy would have said 'I'm going to save my nakama! I believe in them! They're strong!'. Instead, he totally got his ass handed to him and pulled a silent emo act on us. Even if his crew seemed hopelessly lost (wait, how would they happen in the first place? the way they lost was completely unrealistic and it made his crew look like idiot weaklings), he wouldn't have given up so easily.

I don't know, I kind of liked the serious factor but IMO it wasn't done well at all ... the characters did not seem like themselves... I understand the direction this movie was trying to take, but it wasn't One Piece for me. One Piece is about the strong bonds between his crew... what happened to that?

The art was very strange too, I'd even say poorly drawn most of the time. A lot of the silent scenes (no bgm music) didn't work for me either. And I guess it didn't help to watch it with shitty subs at 3 in the morning.

This.^

Everyone in the crew, especially Luffy acted so out of character. The animation was weird too, I think it didn't fit One Piece's style. Though this movie itself doesn't fit One Piece's style, so the animation doesn't seem that weird.

If they're gonna change One piece's atmosphere, visual style AND characters' personalities, they should have just made a movie with new characters, and shouldn't have called it One Piece. That way I would give it a high score. But this.. 4/10

Edit: I loved how Zoro called Sanji though. "You Question!" "Are you trying to ask me something, Question?" :))
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Jan 10, 2013 2:33 PM

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For those who say that Luffy and the rest are out of character. Do you know which arc was airing at the moment this movie was made? Right, Water 7. That arc about Usopp and Luffy fighting, Robin disappearing and a huge empty space in the same place where the friendship of the crew formed an apparently unbreakable bond.

Do you think this movie is that different? Come on. Come. On.

The characters are not out of character. If they were, the quarrel between Zoro and Sanji would not have started as their usual silly argument about who's the best. Nami wouldn't have become so angry at Usopp when he called her "traitor". Yes, they are specially sensitive, but this is part of the mood of the movie, isn't it? I assumed that the villain was doing something to make this happen, forcing them to collaborate in a ridiculously competitive game and separating them, both physically and mentally.

I can see perfectly the characters acting this way at some point, and this is the truly terrible point about this movie. I think the series makes us assume so clearly that they have an unbreakable bond that we forget how fragile some of the ties of this bond really are. This movie takes a less idealized view of their friendship, it assumes that there is accumulated tension among them, but this is completely legit and has been done in the series too. Water 7 did this, suddenly the characters took seriously things that the whole series had shown as points of comedy; Luffy being a bad captain or lacking true authority, Usopp being useless in the crew. Is it really any different?

On the other hand, the animation is gorgeous, the drawing style is kind of weird (but I love it), and I honestly don't care if it does or doesn't fit One Piece's style. I still recognize the characters and the concepts as part of the series, so that's enough for me. The darker style and the tragic depiction of the villain are part of a personal reinterpretation, I'll admit this, but as this reinterpretation is deeply grounded in the nature of the series (it has to, as it is purposely different in tone) I can't help but accept it as one of the most impressive acts of love I have ever seen to One Piece.

I still have a few to watch but I can almost safely say that there won't be any other movie like this in One Piece. 10/10
Jan 10, 2013 2:38 PM

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I didn't score this one..hm, i remember that there were some cool parts, but it didn't satisfy me, specially towards the end.
Jul 11, 2013 10:59 AM

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Pretty good movie! But thee's no epic fight in this. But its really dark and disturbing. I feel like vomitting now..shit.
Aug 27, 2013 12:48 AM
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Holy crap What. The. Hell.

I've just spent a day marathoning these older OP movies and the one with the most childish looking box art turns out to the this.
How incredibly misleading. It should be a crime how misleading this is.


Yeah the art is different but actually that makes it more fitting and did you guys not see some of those backgrounds especially in the beginning were gorgeous.

Some scenes were highly memorable, like the scenes with the billion arrows, the lumps of flesh on the flower that started morphing into the crew, Luffy stumbling around with his eyes glazed over...just to name a few.


Amazing experience this is definitely something that I will remember for a long time.
Thank you OP, idk how I will sleep tonight.


Edit: Edited out spoilers.
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The art sucked and strawhats were out of character,

However... The dark and depressing story was great. Probably some of the darkest stuff in One Piece, if the art and characters were done correctly this movie would have been amazing.
Dec 4, 2013 5:18 PM

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Great movie, Omatsuri was definitely a great villain, i hated him a lot.
Dec 29, 2013 9:35 PM

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I openly admit that when i watched this when i was Younger, This was left in my memory as scariest One Piece Movie ever. When I saw just what Omatsuri's Crew members really were and just what that Flower was doing to Mugiwaras.....I was Hell Scared...

This was Pretty good Movie tough or more likely OK. I think that i change my personal vote 7 or 8, more realistic.
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Xyik said:
Personally, I hated this movie ...

What happened to Luffy? The determined happy guy that would never give up on his crew? I can't imagine Luffy ever acting like that, I pictured him stubbornly refusing to believe his crew to be that weak. The real Luffy would have said 'I'm going to save my nakama! I believe in them! They're strong!'. Instead, he totally got his ass handed to him and pulled a silent emo act on us. Even if his crew seemed hopelessly lost (wait, how would they happen in the first place? the way they lost was completely unrealistic and it made his crew look like idiot weaklings), he wouldn't have given up so easily.

I don't know, I kind of liked the serious factor but IMO it wasn't done well at all ... the characters did not seem like themselves... I understand the direction this movie was trying to take, but it wasn't One Piece for me. One Piece is about the strong bonds between his crew... what happened to that?

The art was very strange too, I'd even say poorly drawn most of the time. A lot of the silent scenes (no bgm music) didn't work for me either. And I guess it didn't help to watch it with shitty subs at 3 in the morning.
Besides the last paragraph this pretty much sums up my thoughts.

And the Baron said chopper will be the first devil fruit user lily has ever eaten but when chopper is about to get eaten it's revealed that lily already ate robin so the baron was wrong.
Mar 21, 2014 9:44 AM

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Beginning was good, the middle and end, not so much.
Mar 21, 2014 11:02 PM

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Now I haven't seen all of the OP movies(This one makes 4) but this one was probably the worst. The art isn't necessarily bad, it was just wildly different from how I'm used to seeing OP so I wasn't fond of it.

The problem for me really comes down to the characters though. While I like that they took this film in a darker direction than normal, it seemed like they had to compromise the crew to do so. They usually bicker with each other but the only time they genuinely get pissed at each other is over big things. What led to Nami and Sanji being so angry at Usopp and Zorro was too petty imo. Then what really annoyed me was the crew getting taken down like a bunch of jobbers. Usopp and Nami are understandable since this is somewhat early in the series but the others not so much.

This movie was pretty meh to me but it had its good points such as not being predictable(like that random pirate dad saving the day) 6/10
Jul 2, 2014 11:01 PM

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Wow, this one kicks ass. Out of the first six, this one definitely trumps the rest, even though I'm fond of the 4th. I loved so much of it. The artstyle, animation, and scenery looked great. Some of those music tracks were pure ear candy. I also liked how colorful things were, and the Straw Hats had some great outfits. The plot was actually interesting and this is the first OP movie villain I've given a damn about. Each Straw Hat was up to something, and nobody felt especially shafted. Things got rather dark, disturbing, and downright freaky at the end, and I loved it.

I assumed the Straw Hats acted out of character because of the Baron's influence. Nami's excessive bitchiness (Even for her) was noted by Usopp, and when Muchigoro asked Nami why she wasn't hanging with her pals, she didn't quite know and said they were acting unusual. Nami and Usopps little fight was actually kind of cute... Anyways, the only big OOC moment I recall was Sanji's hostility to a fellow cook out of nothing but pure jealously.

But yeah, 9/10. Plot could've been better, but that was a time thing.
Sep 19, 2014 3:52 PM

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A lot of unjust hate. It is not a master piece by any means, but it is not the abomination you all make it out to be.I'd rather have something a little different like this than the incredibly averageness that is some of the other movies.
Nov 12, 2014 10:39 AM

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Oh man, that was a very interesting movie, it was very good aside from a few points.

1. The "Dark" of the art was a good thing and it was very refreshing, BUT the art was also terribly done in a lot of places. The characters more than often had weird shaped heads and the faces looked unnatural a lot of the time. Also the 3D was garbage, i guess it was 2005 though.. anyways i think they should never do 3D unless it really has been polished over a million times and looks great.

2.My biggest complaint here is the characters personalities, and when i say this everyone who's actually watched one piece definitely understands what i mean here. Not ever unless under the influence of some evil force or whatever would the straw hat pirate crew actually get truly be angry at each other for the reasons they were in this movie, it was completely absurd for the writer to even think of them like that, has he ever watched this show before??

Aside from those two points this movie actually had a unique and very interesting plot imo, they should have just taken a different route with it since this one obviously didn't work.
Jan 13, 2015 8:39 PM

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I see what they were going for here, but it didn't quite come off for me. I think it would be better had they run with this concept for at least a 13 episode arc (possibly longer given OP's notoriously slow pacing).

It was a pretty solid concept, and I certainly don't oppose to OP trying something darker. It's just execution that's an issue here. It felt rushed and occasionally unnatural.
Feb 12, 2015 12:57 AM

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If this movie were standalone (i.e. not One Piece), it may have been good. The atmosphere, tension, and drama were carried out well out of context, but in a One Piece context this goes against everything the story stands for: Ambition, conviction, honor, love, adventure, and the meaning of life and death. It's almost opposite to the primary stories themes, actually, which is what frustrates me about this so much. All of One Piece's strengths lie in its overarching story, both plot-wise and theme-wise, and I felt this movie did a very sloppy job of tying certain ideas into a One Piece context. The challenging philosophy has always been external- It has never been a change in the crew's (as a whole) philosophy that leads to problems. This shatters the consistency and carrying narrative of the primary story. It just doesn't fit.

You can't treat the characterization of the crew as something small in One Piece (well, you "can", but I believe it would be remiss to do so): All of the themes behind the story are heavily tied to the crew and their experiences; changing the crew changes the story behind the story. A world where the Strawhat crew fights and falls apart due to petty squabbles and name-calling is not the same world as One Piece. Where One Piece is optimistic and challenges the viewer to be bigger than the world's problems, in this the problems are portrayed as inevitable and overpowering. It strips the crew of their convictions and reduces their ambition to mere selfishness.

Such grand themes are reduced to nothing for what? For psychological drama? For over-the-top metaphors and borderline horror-story theatrics? And what's worse, the movie is given no point in the end. There is no thematic conclusion to the story here. The Strawhats are completely ideologically defeated with no explanation (not even loldrugs) or point made as a consequence.

It was bad; I daresay worse than the majority of the other movies. I would take clichédom over a thematically diametrically opposed story.

tl;dr: Stop screwing around with One Piece, writers.
May 13, 2015 2:21 AM

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This movie was pretty boring throughout. I still have a bad taste in my mouth, regarding Nami. She still haven't apology to Usopp.
Jun 23, 2015 3:39 AM
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I remember watching this movie when I was younger and damm did it creep me out back then

Overall pretty bad, not at all like One Piece
I'm all for seriousness (like during Water7/Enies Lobby) but like many have said the Straw Hats were acting out of character here and it was too dark
Sep 18, 2015 11:38 AM

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Ussop wearing a rasta style/jamaican hat? He never wear his usual head gear at the start of movies. Chopper looked so cute when he was eating that green ball thing.

Artwork is strange. CGI on the fish/jungle etc was poor and didnt fit in well.
Oct 17, 2015 10:49 PM
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This is the only item in my entire list that got a 1 rating, it was excruciating to watch the first time.Gave it a 3 that time. Rewatched it now, changed my rating to a 1
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Xyik said:
Personally, I hated this movie ...

What happened to Luffy? The determined happy guy that would never give up on his crew? I can't imagine Luffy ever acting like that, I pictured him stubbornly refusing to believe his crew to be that weak. The real Luffy would have said 'I'm going to save my nakama! I believe in them! They're strong!'. Instead, he totally got his ass handed to him and pulled a silent emo act on us. Even if his crew seemed hopelessly lost (wait, how would they happen in the first place? the way they lost was completely unrealistic and it made his crew look like idiot weaklings), he wouldn't have given up so easily.

I don't know, I kind of liked the serious factor but IMO it wasn't done well at all ... the characters did not seem like themselves... I understand the direction this movie was trying to take, but it wasn't One Piece for me. One Piece is about the strong bonds between his crew... what happened to that?

The art was very strange too, I'd even say poorly drawn most of the time. A lot of the silent scenes (no bgm music) didn't work for me either. And I guess it didn't help to watch it with shitty subs at 3 in the morning.



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Most uncomfortable one piece movie out of all of them. (still good though)

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