One Piece Movie 06: Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima

Hungry for some One Piece with a little twist? Look no further, because here it is.

On one hand I quite liked the story. The Strawhats, as always, are out on an adventure. It is wacky, funny with some slapstick and the good old jokes.
On the other hand the story is different from the usual One Piece we know, this is both good and bad as the story becomes interesting, but I will try to write them in a list.

Good points:
- You do not know what exactly to expect to happen, so the plot twist is more satisfying
- The usual deal about a bad guy ... who needs to be beaten is not all this story is about
- The Straw Hats are seen in a desperate situation which test their relationship to one another
- the plot twist also makes the movie seem like another movie altogether. The tone, so to say, change drastically and magnificently.

Bad points:
- Plot holes. In the end this alternative story is indeed refreshing, but it does leave some things unexplained.
- After the first initial start of the movie I found the pace to be slow for a while. However I believe it is because of the mystery presented in the movie and the viewer is left question what direction the movie is going into
- The internal struggle which the Straw Hats goes through is not resolved. It simply disappears, which I find to be a huge letdown and it also reflect my Character score

The art is wholly different from the standard One Piece art, but this is not necessarily bad, I just find it to be bad in this case. Both the background and the characters, especially the expression on the crews faces is different.
Much of the story has buildings in its background, and those are amazing to look at. The things is though, that they are too different from the characters design, it just does not mix well together, at times it looks as if the characters has been plastered on.
The expressions and characters designs seen one the crew is refreshing. The expressions seem more cartoonish to me, a big plus.

The music used is a mix of the standard from the series and and some original mixed together, they mix okay together. The voice actors also do a pretty good job. In short I found the sound to be the most satisfying in the movie.

The characters could have shined in this movie, but ultimately failed to do so. The movie put the Straw Hats up against each other, but fail to do it trustworthily, as they act out of character and the conflict is never resolved, it simply disappears.

All in all this movie has it shortcomings, but it does not fully take my joy from watching this movie. It was pleasing to see a different story, even if it did not fully do its job.

I love one piece as one of the funny and enjoyable movie. I just finished watching Strong world this morning. I laughed a lot, loved the characters, loved the scenes, music etc.

And then i watched this before going sleep:

The drawing style is really different. The line art is a bit messy sometimes, theres no shadow or details in the the characters. However the artist putted a LOT of focus on the background, which was awesome. But as the other 4 rate review said, it made me enjoy the background in the city more than the story/characters itself.

I dont know about you but the characters ... is a really is really important in one piece i think. They all have unique personalities and they are always together. In this movie it really showed a different side of them that you never ever see in other episodes. I'm not sure if it was a good thing or bad thing.. For me it ruined it a bit.

As for sound:
We know One piece have awesome BGMs. In this movie i really missed more background music and sound... It was way too quiet...

Things happen FAST in this movie. Things jump around and there is a lot of screens that u wont see. Is almost like they fast forwarded the movie. YET they choose to make every screen way too long. There was numerous of times in the movie where i thought it was frozen.

The GOOD thing is. The story was pretty nice and dramatic.

But it would have suited better on another anime and not one piece...

Overall i didnt enjoy it with a smile.. Rather i feel kinda gloomy and bad now. If ur in mood to watch a dark movie go ahead.

Sorry if i offended anyone..

Call me a cheater, but I saw this movie without seeing the whole anime first. Why? Because I heard the animation was ambitious & the story was darker/different from regular One Piece. Truth be told, I've seen a handful of episodes with my One Piece-addicted friend, & it felt like torture. I gave this film a chance in hopes that it was "unique".
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The main driving force that carried me through this journey was the art. The character designs often annoyed me because of how god-awfully ridiculous they looked; though, others may find it humorous. However, the backgrounds were nicely detailed, & the characters moved fluidly, ... especially Luffy with his noodle arms. Some creative animation techniques & odd CGI are thrown in, but they mix better than water & oil.
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So, is the story dark? Kinda. If we were to place every dark anime on a spectrum, this movie would hang on the lighter end. Something like "Kiss x Sis" is way more disturbing & will make you cry at the monitor. This, however, has very few dark themes that are honestly tame enough to belong in a kids' cartoon. I got no clue why some people think this film is so dark, unless they're children. If you've got guts, you can handle this movie better than medicine.

The overall plot is still interesting, despite any shade I seemingly threw.
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Don't even get me started about the characters. Some of them are somewhat fine, but most of them are goddamn boring or plain annoying! The character Sanji seems to only enjoy bickering with Zoro about useless shit, or flirting with Nami & Robin. Strangely, whenever he flirts, he speaks very quietly like that'll get him any attention; it comes off as stupid rather than funny.

Robin doesn't talk much; I dunno if that makes her uninteresting, because I hate how much the cast talks. There's barely ever a moment where peace & quiet exists, if you don't count the opening scene & end credits. The director somehow managed to cram dialogue into every millisecond, when visual cues or basic knowledge could've explained the situation perfectly.

For example, there's an elderly midget who's fully introduced to Luffy's crew & later faces them off; however, he feels the sudden need to introduce himself again around the end of their fight. He doesn't do it just randomly either; he says it like we're supposed to be absolutely shocked. Who does that? Imagine you meet a kid named Conner. You both start fighting for three seconds, & as you're weaving past his throws, he announces the terrifying words, "I'm Conner". Then, you realize it's unnecessary to fight a goldfish with a three-second memory span.
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Speaking of three-second memory spans, I wish I had one to forget most of the audio. As mentioned before, I hate the overabundant dialogue, & that distaste is amplified by a few things:

1) Too much yelling. Here's a tip, loud doesn't equal funny. Screaming my ears off won't make me wet myself.

2) Mega high-pitched voices that rival Alvin & the Chipmunks. Seriously, Chopper sounds like he inhaled six balloons & managed to keep the helium inside his body forever. His 100 Gecs-like voice downplays the serious tone of the dramatic scenes.

3) Voices which belong to aliens who can't comprehend normal human speech. Gappa often speaks like this: "Hello there pu. How are you doing pu? Why do I keep saying pu? None of your business pu. I bet you're mocking me pu! Pu pu pu pu!" GAAHHH, I hate that shit. Not to mention, he talks way too quietly like he's Billie Eilish—you don't have to design a unique character by making them speak Dumbass Language.
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Is the sixth One Piece movie good? It depends on your maximum level of pain tolerance. Normal One Piece fans will definitely enjoy it, seeing as they willingly suffer through the over nine-hundred-eighty episodes. (I'm kidding.)

Though, for me, this film is only decent. The story holds up fine, & the animation is brilliant. Unfortunately, I just don't like the character writing. Perhaps, I should pry my eyes open & forcefully binge the anime to slowly learn why people like the characters so much... or nah.