One Piece Movie 01

Story: This OP movie is pretty basic, its a just a treasure hunt. Its pretty decent but nothing special. Animation: Its just the basic one piece style. Sound: Its very good, acoustic music done perfectly. Character: Luffy, Zoro, Ussop, and Nami. Great characters and every thing that is in the show is in this movie. Enjoyment: Decent enemeys and a story about pirates, how can this not be good. Overall: Watch this if you like One Piece and haven\'t seen it yet

The first One Piece movie, I must say, is more like a set of combined episodes than a movie. It does has the "movie feel," in that you can see how the plot is going to move. You know, the gang runs across some seemingly unnecessary characters, whom later turn out to be important to the plot. They arrive at an island, explore a little, the villains show up. Nothing exciting, nothing surprising. The main enjoyment that I got out of this movie, was not the plot or the action, but the characters. Because let's face it, a huge part of what makes One Piece so amazing is its cast. Luffy is just as adorably single-minded as ever ("MEAT! FOOD! TREASURE!"), Nami is still the money-loving woman we all know her to be, completely focussed on what she can gain out of the situation. Zoro, as unconcerned about the apparent "danger" as always, and just as cool and confident as we know him to be. Ussop playing his role with the injection of humour throughout. Basically, their vivid and expressive personalities are what made this movie, well, so intrinsically a part of the One Piece universe. As I've briefly touched on before the plot isn't that great. It's nothing creative, if that's what you were hoping for. If you want something more interesting and inventive, I would skip right to movie four, if you want my advice. But for those of you interested in seeing every One Piece movie out there like I am, then go ahead and watch this one, it's not going to disappoint you. If you're like me, anything with those characters is going to please you, just because I think you could stick that cast in a cardboard box for all the plot you need, and still come out with something entertaining in the end. And after seeing the movie, I'm sure you'd agree: it's still One Piece, at the heart of it. Regardless of lack of plot twists or great excitement. And that's what counts. Do take note of the year this movie was made, so that you won't be disheartened when you begin to see the poorer animation than what you might be used to. I had been watching the late 400s in terms of episodes when I saw this, so it was a shock to me to return to episode 1 in terms of art and animation. But really, it's not awful. If you got past episode 1 of the anime, this art style shouldn't bother you too much. Music is the same as ever, the same battle music, the same great catchy tones that belong to the show. So nothing different there. Overall, this wasn't the best movie, I'll admit. It had the feel of a quick filler more than anything, but I'm a completionist sort of person, and wanted to see everything One Piece that I could. If you're like that too, I'd certainly recommend it, because it still has the same feel as the show. Light-hearted action, Luffy looking badass, everyone cracking jokes. So yeah, watch the movie. I mean, come on, do you even need a review to figure that out? It's ONE PIECE.

This is the first One Piece movie, theoretically taking place after Usopp joins the crew and before Sanji is introduced. Just like all movies, it is a filler mission with a good budget and a simplistic plot. And indeed, the story is just about the Strawhat Pirates trying to find a great treasure before an evil pirate crew does. Why? Well, the adventure sounds like fun and there is a kid asking for their help, so how can their shounen hearts say no? As simple as it all sounds though, I must say the premise is quite far fetched for the point in the storyline it was thrown in. The treasure is supposed to be around 1/3rd of the world’s riches and the main villain has weird Dragonball super powers. It just doesn’t feel like that sort of grand-scale premise fits into the weakest and calmest of the world’s seas. This is something one would normally expect after the CP9 are introduced. Hell, why is there even a character called El Drago, when the main series already has Dragon? But hey, since when do filler movies try to be consistent? Anyways, a notice must be given to how the real form of the pirate treasure may as well be the real One Piece of the main series. Since Oda takes ideas even from these movies into the canon story later on, I wouldn’t be surprised if it is so. In a way the first movie may be spoiling one of the greatest mysteries of the show. As epic as it sounds though, the overall plot is as I said quite simple and unimpressive, and has the usual kid asking the heroes to help out fuss. So you will just watch this for the action scenes, which are not bad at all. They are definitely longer and more elaborate than those of the earlier Ganzack OVA and there is even a mini-boss for Zoro to fight and show off his powers properly. If there is something I didn’t like is how final boss El Drago was being defeated constantly with his own power turned against him and he didn’t just stick to using cutting attacks. I also didn’t understand how Luffy could block or deflect energy beams but then again I am overthinking in a shounen filler movie. Let’s just say I didn’t like how Luffy didn’t really use any actual strategy in battle other than having infinite stamina and using the attacks against the bad guy. Cheap! In all, it is quite the passable movie. The story is too simple and even out of sync with the point it’s supposed to take place, while the action, as flashy as it may be, lacks any real excitement once you realize the protagonist has plot armour. And now for some excused scorings. ART SECTION: 8/10 Analysis: General Artwork 2/2, Character Figures 2/2, Backgrounds 1/2, 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: 4/10 Analysis: Premise 1/2, Pacing 1/2, Complexity 1/2, Plausibility 0/2, Conclusion 1/2 CHARACTER SECTION: 6/10 Analysis: Presence 2/2, Personality 2/2, Backdrop 1/2, Development 0/2, Catharsis 1/2 VALUE SECTION: 1/10 Analysis: Historical Value 0/3, Rewatchability 0/3, Memorability 1/4 ENJOYMENT SECTION: 2/10 Analysis: Art 1/1, Sound 0/2, Story 0/3, Characters 1/4 VERDICT: 4.5/10

The first One Piece movie was a bit of a surprise. I went into it, expecting a basic, unremarkable side-story featuring the cast of the show. What I got instead was an entertaining pirate tale which stands on it's own as a movie and manages to be well written on top of that. Characters: 8/10 The characters from the show are in top-form here, all bringing along their trademark personality quirks, and being written just as well as they are in the main series. The new characters that get introduced aren't quite as well written or well designed as the main cast, but they're no slouches, either. I thought they did a lot with the character of Ganzo, despite not having much time to develop him. Ganzo's son is a bit of a standard "Little kid wanting to get into fights" archetype, and the villains they introduce are also pretty standard antagonists. However, all of the characters fit into the story, and it makes things interesting for the duration of the film. Story: 7/10 The story itself is a pretty simple tale about finding a pirate's lost treasure, and fighting a separate pirate menace along the way, but the way it's presented is very nice, with a decent pace, well written dialogue, and a nice flow between the scenes. There's a few scenes from the film that are pretty iconic and I think will stick in viewers minds long after the movie has ended. There's also a pretty nice message about greed in there at the end, and I think the movie handles it appropriately, only alluding to the message and leaving it up to the viewer to decide their own opinion on it, instead of shoving it down the viewer's throat. Art: 9/10 The art is really well done. I've been a fan of the art style in One Piece since I started watching it, but it's a real treat to be able to see that art style done using hand-drawn cel animation, with a movie level budget on top of that. The motion has a very nice flow to it, the colors are nice and vibrant, and there seems to be more detail put into the backdrops than there is in (at least the early episodes of) the TV series. Sound: 8/10 Audio is done nicely. With quality voice acting, and a fitting soundtrack for the scenes. The overall audio mix works well, but nothing in it really stood out as super impressive to me. The audio is just an acceptable sound mix, nothing more, nothing less. Enjoyment: 7/10 Overall, while it has it's faults, and there's some parts that make it less enjoyable than the series, I enjoyed this film much more than I thought I would going into it. It's great for both fans of the series and for those who have never seen One Piece before. If you like adventure, action, pirates, or all three, This movie is easy to recommend.

One Piece Movie 1: (2000) Review Story (6/10) Fair The story is fine and simple for an anime movie is was fine and entertaining nothing more to be said he. Art and Animation (9/10) Great Seeing that this movie came out about 16 years ago, I say that the art style and animation is definitely great not even the first couple hundreds of episodes of the actually anime look this nice and that's usually the case when you make a movie. This one movie even had a classical 90s feel and animation to it which I liked alot. Sound (9/10) Great The sound is great and I've been watching the Funimation Dub of the anime this whole time so this is technically the first thing I've watch from One Piece that is in JP and the JP voice actors for everyone sound great. Characters (9/10) Great Your default straw hat crew before they got Sanji is all here and doing their thing and they are just as entertaining as they always are. The movie characters were ok which is why I can't give this section a 10 because they weren't that interesting but nonetheless nobody was bad in my opinion Enjoyment (7/10) Good Now these days I can't sit down and finish a movie in one sitting so my enjoyment reached at least a 7 because of the straw hat crew acting like how they always do and making it and enjoyable and entertaining ride through the entire movie. Overall (8/10) Very Good I think for an anime movie this is a really good first movie and usually when it comes to anime, their first movies are usually like this it's the ones after it that usually are not that good we'll see how that turns out because I'll try to review all of them this one I have to give an 8 because I enjoyed the 90s art style presentation more than anything when it came to this movie.

One Piece 2000 was most likely in production before many of the anime's early episodes. This film was created using the traditional animation process of cels and paint. This movie had a bland story which probably won't be valued by viewers outside of the One Piece fandom. The art was...appropriate. I don't feel like anything was missing. This film had some of my favorite music pieces. The sounds were fine. The characters were themselves and most of the enjoyment came from this paired with the great music. This half-feature is best suited for One Piece anime viewers and people who want anime under their belts.

Such a boring movie. It felt like three or four filler episodes crammed into one movie. Old characters are basically the same here, the art somehow looks worse than in anime at this point, main villian is laughably silly and simple, as well as his crew which are almost identical to crew from Syrop Village Arc. I'm not really fond of One Piece comedy in general, but here it was especially poor and cringeworthy. Other than formulatic but touching final with Ganzo and the last words of Woonan, all of this felt like a waste of time. At least it wasn't very long.

The main strong point of this movie is its style, common to the anime series, so when you watch it you're almost ready to believe that this is one more canon adventure of the Straw Hat crew (unfortunately, that feature is not usual for One Piece movies). And the main message of this movie - that money and gold are not the right things to value - is seen here as clearly as in the early episodes of One Piece (Orange Town arc, for example). If you expect the movie to be like a continue of the original story - you won't be disappointed

I've only recently started One Piece and decided to watch all the movies along with the anime-- as best to the place where they fit in as I can. This first one was okay. Like, there was nothing about it that was really bad... But there was nothing impressive about it either. I wouldn't say the whole "personal connections/ambitions/whatever else is more valuable than material things" lesson was a bad moral to go with, necessarily. Interesting choice for an anime centered around pirates. But even that isn't super worth analyzing, because 20 episodes is still deep enough in for me to know by now that Luffy isn't your average pirate. I guess my point is, I went through all the Naruto movies as well, and there were certainly some rough patches there. But sometimes, the rest of the movie being extra fun or lighthearted can make up for a weak story, and I'm not sure I'd even describe this one as that sort of standalone anime movie. It probably would have been better off if it was just shortened into a filler episode. I kind of would have expected the very first movie to have some weight behind it, but this really didn't. Makes it a little easier to understand why I had to go wading through pirate sites to even find a place to watch it. (I couldn't believe something One Piece related had never been officially licensed. Like, if One Piece hasn't been successful enough to get the whole sweep, what is?!) You know what? There was one moment that sticks out in a positive way. I really liked seeing the final fight, where Luffy showcases every single one of his Gum-Gum moves that the anime's shown so far. He's got a bit more fighting versatility than I give him credit for sometimes. So that was neat.

One Piece Movie 1 Review By: Eiichiro Oda August 5, 2019 The first movie is where there's still only 3 crew along Luffy's. On their journey, they come across another crew of El Drago which is currently searching for the treasure of Great Gold Pirate Woonan. With the treasure map on their hands, they are on their way to this riches. On the other hand, Luffy and his nakama's been starving to death when three of El Drago's crew steal Nami's gold on their ship. The story goes on with treasure hunting and gold searching, written on the map. Since it is the first movie and it is kinda old anime, the animation is not that really good. But it won't lessen the excitement watching it, given that the anime already made the name for itself. Additionally, the main recipe of the story where friendship and pride of a man take place was really great. It was a film that took one hour, seems like two episodes with just a very short but meaningful story.

"The thing I devoted my entire life to, it wasn't the gold. It was the adventure to find the gold." There's always a sense that a movie based on an anime series is going to be a throw-away story that only ends up being a cheaper version of its roots. As someone who has only watched about 50 episodes of the anime series so far, but is really getting into it, I think that does to some extent apply to this film, but I still think it's a pretty good One Piece movie, even though the title "One Piece: The Movie" is a bit too big for it. It's another chance to see the characters be themselves, and although not asdetailed as the series, I think it represents the fun and adventure well enough. The new characters of Tobio and Ganzo are simple, but endearing, and I really like the resolution they come to in the end and how they both learn to respect each other more. I feel that it's easy in a film to have only the child or parent (grand-parent in this case,) learn respect for the other, but in this case it applies to both, and the ending is actually kind of heartwarming. The film is pretty short, only clocking in at 51 minutes, including the credits and the opening song (the latter of which I would have been perfectly happy hearing in the beginning of all of the over 800 episodes of the series), but I think it's the perfect length for this series. Any longer and it would probably have dragged on. With this limited amount of time, the comedy is also a lot more fast-paced, and I think that generally works in its favor. The humor is crazy and full of personality, much the like the series, and most of it works very well. Heck, I even enjoyed how Luffy and Zoro are chained together for a decently big part of the film, and have to find out ways to keep progressing through the story while being in that state, leading to some creative moments. I do have some problems. Two of them to be exact. For one, the flashback and backstory feel a bit rushed. One Piece is usually pretty good with its flashbacks, showing characters changed into what they are now, and how their current situations came to be. It's also very good at changing the character designs to look younger, but still recognizable, even when the flashback only goes a few years back. In this film, the characters certainly look younger, but all of the explaining is done through shouted exposition, which just isn't that engaging. It's a shame too, because otherwise their development is pretty decent. The second problem I have is that the antagonist, El Drago, is phenomenally uninteresting. His very specific obsession with gold, (to the point where he doesn't even care about gems, only gold,) is never detailed or explained, and doesn't lead to anything at all in the end. I think the least they could have done would be come up with a funny reason for why he was so obsessed with gold and only gold, and otherwise there's not much to his personality. Even his special ability is a bit too basic, as it's pretty much just using his yelling to destroy things like the Dovahkin, (at least someone in One Piece found a use for their excessive screaming). It's a funny idea, but it's not used in a particularly creative way or build upon at all, except for a pretty humorous way for Luffy to defeat him towards the end. (It didn't make sense, but shut up, it was funny!) But to be fair, the El Drago really wasn't the focus of the story, Tobio, Ganzo and the (supposedly) legendary pirate Woonan were, and I think their arcs were all basic, but still pretty engaging. The movie wasn't fantastic, but for what it is, it's likable, a decent amount of fun, and represents the personality of the series decently well. It's some more of One Piece to enjoy. You know... if you didn't have enough of it already...

If I had to pick a One Piece movie from the first 5 to checkout it would be this one. It is so interesting to see what the writers thought would matter or how the world reacts to stuff in this movie since it was made while they were still in the East Blue (pre-Sanji even). The core characters feel very nostalgic and maybe even a little off since there was so little material to base off of yet. The main plot in itself is a "we have Gold Roger at home" thing. They make a new legendary pirate up and the straw hats try to find his treasure. Its honestly not bad since its only 50 minutes and not the standard 90 minute movies. This shorter time does mean that the main villains are just written terribly and have 5 minutes of screen time or less. I really cant even say much more since it doesn't have much content in itself. If you love One Piece and are unsure of the movies, I would say to at least check this one out from the first 5 to see how weird it feels.

Absolutely loved this. Was sorta debating if the older One Piece movies would be good and so far with this one, they are. If you miss the old art style/animation watch this NOW!!! was actually like a time capsule So many good scenes with everyone I loved it Its nice seeing Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Usopp just being goofy again, all the pre timeskip humor and stuff is there. Especially Luffy running on 1 brain cell the entire time lmfao I love the characters in this movie too, they are all silly, even the bad guys. Loved all of Usopps stuff, bro was like the smartest one in the room this movie LMAO .... or the villains are just really REALLY stupid. Even thought it was short, the Ganzo and Woonan backstory was really nice Loved the ending of the movie, the final fight was nice and I loved how they ended the story. Cherry on top was that they played We Are at the start of the movie 😭 AND THEN MEMORIES AT THE END ARGHHHH 😭😭😭 Actually surprised me so much have no idea why they played it but thank you WATCH THE MOVIE!!! I RECOMMEND IT!!!!! also WATCH THE END CREDITS THEY HAVE COLORED COVER STORIES

Man, what a beautiful movie. It's the pure essence of what the author wants to tell us about the values of friendship, adventures, and everything else you can imagine. It's really worth watching not only the whole anime, but also the ovas and all the movies, to add great values and lessons to our lives. Definitely the best thing I did was stop to watch each one piece movie, I'm already looking forward to watching the others. Watch One Piece my dears, many people give up because of the number of episodes, but I guarantee that there is no story in the world that has such a capacity to charm, move and make everyone fall in love

Okay, so if you haven't watched the very anime of one piece, I suggest not watching this first. And if you had already, I recommend watching! This was my first one piece movie and to be honest, I wasn't expecting a lot since it's a movie and is non-canon. But 5 minutes into the movie, I was already laughing so hard. The comedy here is really gold. The very plot of the movie is kind of vague but is decent. I even cried a bit at some parts even though the plot wasn't really complex. Story: 7 (Not that deep but is executed well) Art: 10 (Old art style of one piece, it feels very nostalgic + pre-time skip designs) Sound: 10 (The usual one piece sound and We Are as the opening and.. MEMORIES AS THE ENDING SONG so be prepared to be emotional at the end) Character: 10 (Of course, the OG: Luffy, Zoro, Nami & Usopp are here. Kind of sad that sanji isn't here but :D) Enjoyment: 10 (If you love one piece then you'll also love this movie. I enjoyed it a lot but really emotional at the end) Overall: 10 (When you watch this, you'll feel really proud of what luffy has been accomplishing recently. This movie was done even before the straw hats have entered the grandline. You'll surely appreciate this movie especially now that luffy is currently going 1V1 with kaido at wano. Plus the straw hats' friendship especially zoro and luffy <3)

The first One Piece movie… and perhaps one of the most forgettable in the franchise. Honestly, this movie felt much more like a random OVA than a feature film. When we think of anime movies, especially from a gigantic work like One Piece, we usually expect something grander: a memorable adventure, a memorable villain, distinctive animation, or at least that feeling of a "special event." But here I felt practically none of that. The biggest problem with the first One Piece movie is precisely how small and unimpressive it feels. The plot is extremely simple and generic, following the Straw Hats on yet another adventure involving pirates and treasure, but everything happens in such a basic way that it hardly manages to hold attention. The narrative lacks charisma, the events lack weight, and above all, it lacks that spirit of epic adventure that makes the main work so special. The strangest thing is that even though I really like One Piece, this movie simply passed me by. At no point did I feel that typical enthusiasm I have when watching the main series. It seemed like just an unimportant extended episode, something made more for the sake of existing than to actually add anything interesting to the franchise. Another point that bothered me was the animation. I know the film is old and obviously you can't expect the same technical level as the more recent films, but I still found the visual quality well below expectations. Part of this probably comes from the difficulty of finding really good versions of this film nowadays, since many available copies have terrible image quality. However, even disregarding that, the visual direction itself seems quite limited. The action scenes lack impact, the movements are simple, and at various points the film gives that classic feeling of a low-budget production. Even comparing it to some episodes of the anime from that time, there are moments when the film fails to appear visually superior, which is strange for a feature film. The villains don't help much either. They are completely forgettable characters, without enough presence or development to leave any mark. And this weighs heavily on One Piece, because a large part of the charm of the work lies precisely in the charismatic antagonists and their exaggerated motivations. Here, everything seems very generic and automatic. Despite this, there are still some positive points. Seeing the classic crew reunited on a simple adventure has its charm, especially for fans of the early phase of One Piece. The typical humor of the work still appears at times, and certain interactions between the characters manage to elicit a smile. There's also that nostalgia for the series' old art style, which may appeal to those who like the more classic aesthetic of the anime. But overall, it's an extremely weak film compared to the potential that One Piece has. It's not terrible, just very forgettable. It's the kind of work that you finish watching and shortly after you hardly remember anything that happened. I wouldn't recommend it to someone looking for a good anime film or even a great One Piece film. However, for fans of the franchise, it might still be worth watching out of curiosity just to see the beginning of the film series and realize that not everything involving One Piece is automatically incredible. Ultimately, this first film feels more like an initial test for the franchise in cinema than a truly memorable production. Rating: 5/10. =================================================================================================================Versão em Português===================================== O primeiro filme de One Piece… e talvez um dos mais esquecíveis da franquia. Sinceramente, esse filme me passou muito mais a sensação de um OVA aleatório do que realmente de um longa-metragem. Quando pensamos em filmes de anime, principalmente de uma obra gigantesca como One Piece, normalmente esperamos algo mais grandioso: uma aventura marcante, um vilão memorável, animação diferenciada ou pelo menos aquela sensação de “evento especial”. Mas aqui não senti praticamente nada disso. O maior problema do primeiro filme de One Piece é justamente como ele parece pequeno e sem impacto. A trama é extremamente simples e genérica, acompanhando os Chapéus de Palha em mais uma aventura envolvendo piratas e tesouros, mas tudo acontece de forma tão básica que dificilmente consegue prender atenção. Falta carisma na narrativa, falta peso nos acontecimentos e principalmente falta aquele espírito de aventura épica que faz a obra principal ser tão especial. O mais estranho é que mesmo gostando muito de One Piece, esse filme simplesmente passou batido pra mim. Em nenhum momento senti aquele entusiasmo típico que tenho acompanhando a série principal. Parecia apenas um episódio estendido sem importância, algo feito mais para existir do que para realmente acrescentar algo interessante à franquia. Outro ponto que me incomodou foi a animação. Eu sei que o filme é antigo e obviamente não dá para exigir o mesmo nível técnico dos filmes mais recentes, mas ainda assim achei a qualidade visual bem abaixo do esperado. Parte disso provavelmente vem da dificuldade de encontrar versões realmente boas desse filme hoje em dia, já que muitas cópias disponíveis possuem qualidade de imagem horrível. Porém, mesmo desconsiderando isso, a direção visual em si parece bastante limitada. As cenas de ação não possuem muito impacto, os movimentos são simples e em vários momentos o filme passa aquela sensação clássica de produção feita com orçamento baixo. Comparando até mesmo com alguns episódios do anime da época, existem momentos em que o filme não consegue parecer visualmente superior, o que é estranho para um longa. Os vilões também não ajudam muito. São personagens completamente esquecíveis, sem presença ou desenvolvimento suficiente para deixar qualquer marca. E isso pesa bastante em One Piece, porque grande parte do charme da obra está justamente nos antagonistas carismáticos e nas motivações exageradas que eles possuem. Aqui tudo parece muito genérico e automático. Apesar disso, ainda existem alguns pontos positivos. Ver a tripulação clássica reunida em uma aventura simples tem seu charme, principalmente para fãs da fase inicial de One Piece. O humor típico da obra ainda aparece em alguns momentos e certas interações entre os personagens conseguem arrancar um sorriso. Existe também aquela nostalgia do traço antigo da série, que pode agradar quem gosta da estética mais clássica do anime. Mas no geral, é um filme extremamente fraco perto do potencial que One Piece tem. Não chega a ser horrível, apenas muito esquecível. É o tipo de obra que você termina de assistir e pouco tempo depois já quase não lembra de nada que aconteceu. Eu não recomendaria para alguém procurando um bom filme de anime ou até mesmo um grande filme de One Piece. Porém, para fãs da franquia, talvez ainda valha a curiosidade de assistir só para conhecer o começo da linha de filmes e perceber que nem tudo envolvendo One Piece é automaticamente incrível. No fim, esse primeiro longa parece mais um teste inicial da franquia no cinema do que uma produção realmente memorável. Nota: 5/10.

This is a very typical Straw Hat Pirate adventure, which makes it pretty boring. Movie 1 is definitely the first One Piece movie. It doesn’t do anything interesting, and besides its cell animation novelty, it’s really not worth your time. The animation is probably its most interesting quality. It’s nice to see the Strawhats in cells, but I can’t say much more than that. The colors are okay. The OST is fine, it’s the same as the main show’s. There’s barely any interesting fight chore, save for the main Luffy Fights the Main Bad Guy fight. Poor Zoro barely gets a few sword swings in. Character design is definitely One Piece. One of the characters, Golass, is an extremely racist depiction of a North American indigenous person, in both design and personality. This movie just feels like two episodes of filler smushed together. The main arc is extremely One Piece--follow your dreams, no matter what they are. And that’s fine I guess, but I already get that from the main show. The villains are extremely one-note, as are the grandfather and grandson the Straw Hats meet on this island. The Strawhats themselves are meh. They mostly just do the same thing that they always do, and while they’re still charming and funny here, the plot they’re given to play with is so bare bones that none of them really shine--save Usopp, whose interactions with the villains I enjoyed. He didn’t save the movie by any means, but I laughed at his bits. Unlike the other One Piece non-canon material I’ve seen, I just can’t see much value in movie 1. It’s just there. It exists. Watch it if you want. I guess Gill Bastar cameos?

Which Way Goes The Tail? One Piece movie 1 is a Fun Adventure form the more simple One piece Days. Movie 1 feels like one of the more fun filler episodes of the show, where we have clean and strong fights, fun slapstick. And it hits on the normal themes of the show, like dreams and bad pirates being greedy bastard. But it's done well, so it's not annoying. but where anime shines in the animation, it looks good, It has some smooth fighting, it has that nice cell animation looks, and you can truly feel it is the Dragon Ball movie team that is animating the fights. One of the joys about watching the one piece movies and the Dragon Ball movies, is you get to see the characters in certain power levels, just have fun Adventures that they didn't get to in the main series, and this movie you get that feeling, and that's why I will recommend it.

ARITAKE NO YUME WO KAKIATSUME~~~ SAGASHIMONO WO SAGASHI NI YUKU NO SA~~~ I'm sorry, someone tripped and said "One Piece THE Movie". This is a distillation of everything the series is about into a (kinda) tight 60 minutes. It's very funny. There's action (that, tbh, doesn't deliver much even in the end). There's meditation on the meaning of life. There's emotionally wrought backstory told through flashback. There's spiritual victory clutched from the jaws of material victory. I mean, seriously, Woonan is a mirror universe version of Luffy, whose dream comes true only for him to realize that it may not have been exactly what he was looking for and achieving a dream ultimately means you keep on living alongside everyone else. That's such a fucking mood, man. Especially in the context of this series. So damn big brained. Wow. Also, one of the first lines could easily be a voice training meme for our trans friends out there.