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Wow, so talk about a well-done movie. I was pretty skeptic at first on how Robin, Franky and the Thousand Sunny would fit into this episode, but they did it pretty well. I think because the Drum Island arc was much shorter than the Alabasta arc, they were able to do a remake much better.

Let's see. The character model artwork seemed really reminiscent of movie 6, but had its own style. Rest of the art looked really good. Mushul - Wapol's brother - was a little weird, but I loved the fight between him and Luffy. The animation effects of Gear 2nd were really good. Though the fact that Mushul actually gave Luffy some trouble is kinda sad as he seemed really weak.

Anyway, good movie. I give it a solid 8 as watching it made me remember the good parts about the Drum Island arc.

This movie made me remind how awesome One Piece is, again and again and again.
I also think this movie had the best movie opening out of all OP movies.

There were times where I thought the art looked too rushed, but maybe that's just me, but I agree that it resembled the style of movie 6 a little.

I also wasn't sure about Robin, Franky, Thousand Sunny (and also Wapol's brother) being involved, just like you, but after watching the movie, I think that it refreshed the story more. I mean, the story is already known to us, but because of these new things, they made the retelling even more interesting because you don't know what to expect beside the important storylines.

And what I absolutely loved about this movie is that they didn't cut the very funny/awesome scenes out that happened in the arc. The previous movie lacked that kind of scenes too much in my opinion, but well, that arc was way too long to recap in one movie without missing every awesomeness out. This movie didn't missed all the awesomeness one bit.

And how could I forget the fighting? I think the end fight was absolutely awesome. So much spirit, but that's One Piece ofcourse <3

I'm not exactly waiting for another retelling, but if it would be made on the same level as this one (or even greater perhaps? O.O), I don't think I would have any complaints at all ^^
I give it a 9 ^^

Ah. Beat me to it.
Only because I was busy and could not have the time to watch it xD.

But anyway, I liked the movie. The animation was a bit....iffy but I grew into it. The retelling was much better than the Alabasta since they actually got alot of key points that made Chopper's story seem incredible. That was pretty much it though. The retelling.
I did not care for the fighting at all since it really made Chopper...bad. I liked it better when he first utilized his Rumble Ball rather than just do the a quick three point attack.

The music was tremendously great and it fit the overall theme of the story.

All in all I had to give it a 7/10.
It was a good try, but they could have done better.

I want to ask, the Nakama-Fansubs's sub is good? Just because it's just SD and there's no HD right?

If no, I will wait for the HD version. ^^

Yeah, its just a SD version. As for the Fansub group, they are pretty good. They are a cross between Vegapunk and ADC-Elites. I would recommend them.

The only problem I had was with the episode itself. I think it was a problem with the RAW they used. The speech volume was really low compared to all of the background music. But I think it won't be so much of a problem if you use VLPlayer to view it.

I thought I was over Hiliuk's death..... ;_;

Pretty good, but I rather see an original story (which is what we are getting next) But for a remake, it certainly entertained me.

That was awesome. I don't really like Chopper as a character in One Piece as Chopper tends to be a serious character, while what makes unique is it's awesome comedy; however, Chopper's back story IMO was always the most touching. This movie brings that story to life in all its glory. It was absolutely beautiful. If you ignore that comedy aspect of One Piece for just this movie, than IMO you will enjoy it as much as I did.

*insert Franky style crying here*

awww... this movies brought back such great memories of one piece. the chopper arc was like... 200 episodes ago so over time i forgot bits and pieces. but after watching this movie, it reminded me why i got into one piece so much :]

as a movie, it was alright. you can't expect much since it's just a retelling and you know what's gonna happen. but like i said, it brought back nice memories :]

The previous movie wasn't too good as a recap, but this one was pretty amazing. The animation reminded me of movie 6 as well, which I actually like a lot. The music was also very impressive.

I actually liked how they tied in Franky, Robin, 1000 Sunny, Mushal, Gears 2 & 3, as well. Because usually remakes are a little boring, but with these slight changes it made it a little different and thus more entertaining.

But really I just loved it because I got to see some of my favorite One Piece scenes again, and this reminded of just how great the Drum Island Arc was. Luffy standing on top of the castle with Hiruluk's flag, Hiruluk's death, the sakura snow at the end, man so many amazing and nostalgic moments. I simply loved it =]

First off, I'm not a fan of Chopper and I didn't like Drum Arc. Basically, the addition of Franky and Co was the only thing that motivated me to watch this at all but it wasn't enough, especially since about 50% of the movie were Chopper's flashback. The movie was definitely better than the last one but still not really outstanding.

But didn't one of the trailers include a giant Oz-like monster-silhouette? What happened to that, I was waiting for that for 2 hours and nothing. Was that just a joke?

I'm eagerly awaiting movie 10 though (for an entire year probably >.<) since that one looks really promising.

Hililuk still made me cry.

Dang it, I cried twice during this movie! ;_;

It was extremely good; I'd say it was one of the best OP movies so far. Almost exactly like Chopper's arc, it gave me the warm fuzzies on this cold day. :)

The entire movie flowed really well, and almost all of my favorite scenes were left in or tweaked a bit to fit in with the storyline. (Like Sanji's line to Chopper about Luffy being a monster, too; it had the same impact to me as when I watched it in the anime even though the scene was rearranged.)

Things that were left out (that I noticed):
* the snowbirds
* Zoro going swimming and later walking around with the bare minimum of clothing. (He does still get a cool fight; its just not over a jacket.)
* Chessmarimo (Wapol doesn't "eat" Chess and Kuromarimo, much to their pleasure.
* Dr. Kureha throwing a chicken. :(

Mushul was a pretty good character. Franky had some good scenes, and Robin just replaced Vivi for the most part. (It was very funny comparing hers and Vivi's reactions to events, especially at Usopp's unfortunate crisis. XD

The animation was pretty good; the bright colors reminded me of cotton candy. (How appropriate!) The animation for the action scenes looked...well...like hyped-up cotton candy! Yeah. :D The music was FANTASTIC.

Anyway, I love this movie, and if Funi dubs it I would most definitely buy it. Chopper's story is most certainly worth it.

I just noticed that Anime Crazy is listed as a sub-group for this anime. They did not sub it... http://www.animecrazy.net/forums/791488-post64.html

I jsut finnished watching it on this cold december evening. =) It was a really nice movie. Choppers story is so sad i was so close to crying several times.

Complete waste of time.
A fake story and a shitty remake, better watch the usual ecchi-school-drama crap instead, its at least not as bad as this one. :/

^Huh?

Anyway, I loved the movie :) Chopper's story is so sad and the ending is so..pretty!

I agree, it was a better recap of the Alabasta arc. :)

Not bad. I thought he was gonna bazooka the guy at the end though :(

It was ok. Not too good and not too bad.

for me its one of the best movie of one piece ever release..^^ hoping for the next would be best also..