One Piece Film: Red

First off, I would like to acknoledge the fact this is a non-canon movie althought we will get back to this. It's non canonness doesn't change the fact that, althought being a movie that doesn't inscribe in any timeline, it's still pretty incoherent. The movie is a huge purge to watch and I have seen a lot of people online stating that this is an incredible movie, they should use those words more carefully. This movie has a lot of objective flaws that are not my opinion that are simply made here to attract the fans. At out the way, I would like to talk about the good part of this movie. Some of the songs are great. UTA's singer does a pretty good job. She sings pretty well and some of the songs are a BOP. BUT, most of the songs are those kind of "disney princess" song where the caracter just talk about her fellings and it's really cliche. Now that i talked about what I liked, let's talk about what's not to like in this movie. And for a movie starring Shanks, It was clear that there would be some fan service, but damn. This is my main issues with the movie. It has numerous, to say the least, fan service that are for most, caracters doing cameos. We have caracters taking part in the film that are neither pertinent nor justified. The movie has plenty of caracters that are like this. It is clearly made just to attract the fan boys and nothing else. You can seriously wipe out half the cast and the movie doesn't change. It's like the infinity war of one piece but not in a good way. You also have elements that are still not in the anime nor the manga that appair in the movie. It's just here to spoil the anime and this not good at all. Also, another thing you can add that's pretty funny. One Piece's (the anime) biggest flaw is it's pacing. And right here the pacing is horrible. Everything happen really fast and you have things just coming out of everywhere. For the first hour, you just altenate beetween UTA singing and the lore of the island being explained to you. So you have all of these caracters that are completely disconected with the events that come here and just explain the lore and then she starts singing again. And another one comes and then she sings again. The ending happens also so fast you don't see it coming, not in a good way of course. Furthermore, the guys who wrote this should be ashamed. (it might be like my review) They should of reread the things they wrote because most of it is so bad, even a 5 year old kid would of done something better. It was really really bad. You have a bid deus ex machina. Characters that had no intoduction that just pop out of nowhere to save the situation. There is also a plot twist that completely ruins the movie by the end. The animation was also a big question for me. Sequences are action are just the caracters throwing their main signature attacks and that's all there is for the combat. No choregraphy, no movement except maybe for one scene. There is tho two characters who got some fire animation : Jimbei and Brook. But why them ??? And when you thought I was done talking about the flaws. There was a promess of Shanks being developed. And I'm sorry but Shanks is more developed in the trailer than in the actual movie. The only character in the movie that get's a tiny bit of developement is UTA and it's pretty bad. She transforms from a cliche girl that sings and is just nice, to a danganronpa character. She starts doing some wacky face and some weird poses it's random. Her developement is just really cliche. The writers clearly took no risk it was really a shame. And I could go on and on with this movie. The 2/10 is more than justified. If I was a One Piece fan, I would be embarrased. "New Gen" Toei animation is really lazy and cares more about the money they can found in your pocket that in the work they can put out. I suggest you don't watch this movie, especially if you are not up to date on the latest scan because it does spoil some things for you. You can always watch this movie later. But even so, the writing is straight up bad and lazy and really the only thing you will find out of this movie is just a warmed up fan service from the One Piece "saga"

Enjoyable, Emotional, Engaging and the type of movie where you can't help but smile while watching. It is narratively quite unique in comparison to other one piece films but it showcased the ability to highlight the character of Uta and the magical world of film red to a perfect level while also being able to combine many elements of what we love about one piece such as the same enjoyable cast as usual, occasional nice comedic bits, great fight scenes, scenes that are hype , scenes that are emotional and a nice setting and moments which make you grateful to be a fan of the series. A pretty significant direction style that can be noticed is the large amount of music present in the movie and how "music-based" it is. In many cases, it can be a fair point that an incredibly large amount of seven songs is too much but the way Film Red is directed and presented, this would be far from the truth because the music is not only a key part of Uta but the movie as a whole. Everything was paced to a good level and there were never those moments where you are awkwardly staring at the screen wondering "what is even going on?". Due to the fact that it is connected to a full anime series, It is also naturally done in a way for one piece fans to enjoy it. It is a one piece movie after all so it makes sense for the target audience to be big fans of this series. When it came to the peaks and the ending moments, Film Red knew how to do it. In terms of Art and Animation, it can be a extremely fair statement to say it is the best one piece movie when it comes to it. There is some CGI in some bits here and there but that's about the most that can be criticized because almost everything is perfect visually. Every fight scene looks incredible, the art style and top tier animation is not only beautiful but consistent throughout the movie and it undoubtedly is one very strong point out of many strong points that Film Red has to offer. Music Wise, It is one of the easiest 10/10's I will ever give. Maybe even the easiest ever. Like said earlier, Music is a crucial part of the story and Film Red does this perfectly. There are seven songs in the movie all sung by the fantastic Ado. Once again.. SEVEN songs. Which is a pretty large amount when it comes to songs used in a movie. With that said, it might be assumed there would be one song that's not so good. This is not the case because although music is subjective, each song was quite perfect for the scene they played in, the role it had in the movie and how it contributed. I am actually a big fan of Ado and her music, so music-wise it was as perfect as it could possibly get. There was even an interview where it stated there was supposed to be an audition for the singing voice of Uta but when Ado showed up, the audition was ended because everyone quickly knew Ado would be the one. And they were right. Because it couldn't have been better. Even outside of Ado's fantastic vocals, many great artists and producers were also part of the music and it's a list that includes names such as Yasutaka Nakata, Mrs. Green Apple , Vaundy, Fake Type., Yuta Orisaka, Motohiro Hata and the great Hiroyuki Sawano. The people working on Film Red understood the significance of music in the movie perfectly and it showed. Character Wise, Uta and Shanks would of course be the main talking points and Uta specifically was a great presence in the movie. She was likable, intriguing backstory, her voice actor and the singing voice were perfect, has a great character design and has links to a classic beloved character. She had lots of focus in the movie and her character arc from start to finish was handled quite well. Shanks is obviously the poster boy of the movie and thankfully, getting to see Shanks with more than 1 minute of screen time was a joy. When I first saw promotional posters and character images, I was initially afraid there would be too many characters and too many that do nothing and add nothing and don't get that much screen time compared to what we may have expected. To be completely honest, there are actually characters that may fall under that definition but it is nothing major enough to be considered a big flaw or anything that kills off enjoyment. More importantly, the major characters that had significance in the movie all shined and had their memorable moments. Ultimately, it is a film that can be enjoyed by many and shows quality in many forms whether it be the visuals, it's premise, the songs and the fact that it is a one piece movie like no other and although advertised and is pretty much non-canon, it does have links and large hints to canon information for the future. A memorable experience and a whole lot of fun to watch from start to finish.

I never thougt I do a review on it. But here I am. I was a privileged one to saw a preview on august 6 (for once, us europeans, we have the chance to have something before the "worldwide"). It was really great to saw it on a big screen, yes, visually it was fantastic. The all thing was like to be on a rock show, really, the sound design/the music/voice acting, it was rad. Keep in mind that the movie is bascially a musical comedy, so you have a bunch of song, but it fits with the story. The protagonist you're gonna follow (outside of luffy and the mugiwara obviously) is Uta, à girl who only wants to make the world a better place by her songs without war (pirates, marines and other shenanigans). So the only character who's gonna sing, is the singer herself. Don't worry, you're not gonna have "I'aM gOnNa Be ThE kInG oF pIrAtE YEAAAAAAAH !!". So yes, the movie follow the story of Uta, who's presuambly Shanks's daughter (like you have probably saw on the multiples trailers or teasings). She have been left alone on a country where she gonna rode to be a star. I think the thing I love the most to the movie it's what it tells. For the first time in One Piece (in that way and to be the big plot at least), it shows you the bad part of the pirates, peoples dying/stealing poor peoples/rumbling of entire isle, I think it's very interesting. And the idea to left the world, to live in a dream to leave the horrible world or the music allowing to be free, it simply big ass philosophy and I love it. It something new in world of One Piece. You have to see it by yourself. Also fan service, lot of alliance in battle, you love to see it. Like Stanpede, you know this part.

See? This is the evidence of why Divas/Idols element would never work inside this medium. Please, please! stop creating a character with their sole characterization is only "Good At Singing". A character development contained solely on a progress of: "from a good singer, to a great singer, to a world famous singer solving a world wide problem with a song" it's so fricking lame! cringe! and lazy! It's doesn't work on Black Clover with their mermaid diva. It doesn't work on Belle. The most boring part of Vivy and Kongmin is the singing part. And the only things that make Zombieland Saga became atleast a bearable idol anime, is because it's a fricking parody! Can you guess why? why is this formula became one of my most hated tropes in all anime? Because idols or divas in real life, are relaying so much on the "fame factors" that they've had from the established fanbases. So, creating a fictional character or group based around this premises meaning that you're also have to create, fabricates and establish that fame factors from a fictional fanbases to make that character alive. And a fabricated fame, just like a sign on the audience seat that says "cheers", would always be counted as a plot armor!. Not to mention that the taste on music are varies on everybody, that'd just make the narrative became more and more unaccessible. Uta is the embodiment of plot conveniences. And for some people that says Uta is the condensation of every themes in One Piece, yeah, no wonder it feels shit. They're trying too hard for basically making a speedrun of creating a likeable character by expositioning everything. So yeah sure, for some who doesn't understand what exposition means, she would appears soo deep. I mean, the only themes that i found aligned with Uta from the canon-piece, is the child abandonment. Why Oda? Why would you tarnish your reputation like this? From Stampede to this, it's a lazy work to create a scenario with its sole objectives just to incorporates as many cameos as you like. No! more character does not mean more fun! The more crowded it is, the more lazy work has to be done! Are you happy that all of your characters are reduced to be just a hollow animated figures with an attack name and catchphrases?: The Straw Hat Pirates turned from a lovable protagonist into a squad of Power Rangers, shouting their secrets moves. Shanks crew turned from a mysterious figures into a boring deus ex-machina, solving all the problems with a biblical power. The Admirals and the Navy's are turned from a terrifying forces into a party tricks, just to enliven the ensemble. I mean what else could i say? Great job! *clap**clap* Seems like it would be a long way for me until i see the next movie Z. And oh yeah, for the positives,... atleast most of the songs are banger! Would surely jamming to the soundtrack when it's released

Film Red is the second most idiosyncratic One Piece movie, thanks to its overt reliance on musical performances and the spotlight focused on Uta, a new female character. It also has the benefit of bringing out Shanks, who is one of the most important yet mysterious characters in the original work, as an active participant. While this is not a canonical story, I have found a lot to enjoy this time around and wish to share my thoughts and feelings with some open-minded readers. Of course, it is hard to ignore the commercial success of the movie's theatrical release, which proves Film Red has resonated with many thousands of people across Japan. However, I will warn those who are expecting more of the same that they may not always find it here. Thus I can at least respect, even in the midst of disagreement, those who felt this movie struck a discordant note. Why are there such vocal viewer reactions, alternatively expressing their love and hate for the end product? It's because Film Red brings together a relatively unique mix of rock opera, character drama and all-star battle through a couple of daring artistic choices. Thematically speaking, this movie also implicitly challenges a few of the assumptions that are common among a certain percentage of the One Piece fanbase. As you can easily imagine, that approach will not sit well with everyone. For me, Film Red doesn't seek to establish a new standard in terms of shonen battle spectacle, but it still reflects a key part of the emotional core of One Piece. There is plenty of merit in this. From a certain perspective, one of the great virtues of Eiichiro Oda's manga masterpiece has to do with the value of found family and the clash between different ideals of justice in a world that can simultaneously be incredibly colorful and whimsy while also continuing to be fundamentally unfair and occasionally outright cruel. Despite all of the twists and turns of this latest cinematic narrative, I would say the movie remains true to an interpretation of this idea. STORY: 7.5/10 In many fictional stories, the most admirable heroes are those who simply fight against absolute evil and win. In the case of One Piece, there are plenty of those situations and our hero Luffy usually has his heart in the right place, but for me some of the best parts of the original story focus on the struggle of those characters who combine virtues with flaws and imperfections. Even if their motivations are ambiguous or even misguided, I have always been more interested in the little stories of characters who, whether important or not, at least try to stand up against the world to fight for what they believe in. Sometimes they win, sometimes they fail. Regardless of the merits or even the desirability of either side's beliefs, there can be a lot of poignancy in those moments. It doesn't matter if you're part of the Marines, Shichibukai or Yonko...your position doesn't necessarily mean all of your beliefs are right or wrong. Sure, we all know that One Piece is ultimately a Shonen Jump publication and this means there are certain ethical limits. I don't expect the grand tale of Luffy and his friends to end on an unhappy note, to be honest, but the story has occasionally reached towards exposing a darker underbelly than what its colorful surface suggests. In the long run, we trust those glimpses into a dark reality are only obstacles and a brighter future is waiting for our cast of characters. On the other hand, there is also a degree of artistic value in the act of depicting what would happen in the One Piece world when the pressures are just too strong and you'd rather escape from reality...both for yourself and for the sake of others (or say, to meet the expectations and demands of others). In a way, that same sensation of tension and determination is part of what I can appreciate about Film Red's script. Predictably enough, it isn't simple to make One Piece: Film Red fit into any specific part of the larger One Piece story. You would quickly find small and large inconsistencies upon looking at the chronology. Yet, speaking only for myself, I was able to watch the movie as a standalone project with ease. When we are dealing with an alternate non-canonical storyline, as almost all One Piece movies are, the screenwriter can afford to play rather fast and loose with the absence and presence of various characters, abilities or locations. Is it perfectly written? No. Does it need to be? Nope. While the formal narrative is arguably the weakest link in Film Red, it has also incorporated quite a few of the themes of One Piece while bringing a certain amount of fresh air into the room. I happen to find the features and consequences of that decision to be worth appreciating in multiple ways. In short, Eiichiro Oda himself supervised the creation of this movie and he was getting tired of creating "legendary old men". With a small number of honorable exceptions, most of the One Piece theatrical entries have fallen into a rather typical methodology: Luffy and the Straw Hats run into a new and seemingly all-powerful male foe, leading to a great battle where this enemy is inevitably defeated. Everyone can go home and be happy. The End. That's all well and good, but at some point it's nice to add a little variety. Based on that premise, the story of Film Red is less of a straightforward pirate action adventure and more of a vehicle for the exploration of a new fictional character, Uta, through the use of musical expression. It would not be out of line to say that the term "musical battle" has been applied both literally and figuratively to this production with controversial yet arguably excellent results. Specifically, Uta, the idol and songstress who is the undeniable center of this movie, represents a concrete departure from the norm. Saying too much would be a spoiler, but the first half of Film Red is essentially built to introduce us to a set of mysteries. Mysteries with a degree of useful foreshadowing, as a matter of fact, although not everything will be immediately clear. To be sure, there are at least two big plot twists that aren't even remotely hinted at in the trailers. One of them is rather typical and can be found in plenty of other fictional works, yet it is still comparatively new within the context of the One Piece universe. Unsurprisingly, resolving any mystery usually requires exposition. Around the midway point of the movie, the pace does tend to drag. This mystery-solving, so to speak, does provide a number of secondary characters with a chance to shine, but I agree it can feel rather heavy in the moment. That said, the musical sequences were able to revive my interest whenever it threatened to drop. Now, strictly speaking, it would be incorrect to label Film Red as a complete musical. There's been some hyperbole about most of the movie being nothing other than songs in the old-school Disney fashion, which is objectively inaccurate. However, I can find a grain of truth in that statement. The viewers' ability to enjoy this project will rely, to a considerable extent, on their willingness to open their hearts and minds to what the movie is trying to do. Frankly, this is always more of an emotional process than a purely logical one. If that fails, then the entire house of cards will crumble and you'll leave the theater bored and bitter. Not my personal case, yet I can understand why other folks might reach such a conclusion. Once certain narrative keys have all been unlocked, Film Red's story pace speeds up during the second half and there is a large-scale battle waiting at the end. Yet this time, I would readily recognize that the outcome of the battle is the least interesting part. As spectacular as it is to see certain unexpected team-ups and so many powerful attacks being used...the real threat is not the external enemy, but an internal one. It is there that the Film Red script will play its final ca…

I do not understand how this movie has such a high score. Is it from all the One Piece fans that have yet to see it and just assume it is going to be great, so they give it a 10? Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge One Piece fan, but this movie is the worst One Piece film out of the bunch, taking into account when they were each released. You can feel the force of the movie, from the beginning, trying to rush you through. It felt so choppy and there were instances, that I will not spoil, that simply did not make sense for what was going on at the moment. There wasn't a single remarkable fight scene. The animation was subpar in comparison to past OP films. Honestly, it was a cluster f* that only had decent music, which in itself didn't mesh 100% of the time. Like, how are you gonna have a flashback of a child singing [multiple times], but have a clearly adult voice? It was disruptive in itself, causing you to lose any momentum the film may have gained. Could the producers not find a Japanese child with a decent singing voice? The more I think about it, the more I want to lower my rating for this film.

This movie is nothing but a piece of garbage aside from the music. Oda, You should feel embarrassed that you have wrote or allowed this movie to be produced. Truly without any doubt this is by far the worst One Piece movie and one of the worst movies i have ever seen. I feel stupid to have had very high hopes for it to be a very interesting movie. It is basically ruining everything that is good about one piece and there is no way it can be sugar coated. I don't have any idea why was this movie made and what purpose does it serve other than pis*ing off the viewers. if there is a rating less than 1 out of 10 I would gladly rate it waaaay lower.

Okay, listen up! For all those who are bored to read a long review just know this: "I found a lot of subjective flaws in this movie and I don't recommend it. Heck, as a fan of the franchise for more than 20 years I even found it insulting." For all the others fellow OP fans, keep reading... Firstly let us look at the summary of this movie. Cruela de Vil's daughter, dyes the black part of her hair red (because of her daddy issues with Shanks), becomes a famous singer a la Katy Perry, gets high on cute addictive mushrooms on stage and creates her own colorful Matrix so she can sing endlessly to her zombie fans and consequently wipe out piracy. Her sasaeng fans (this time in the form of the Straw Hats) were not very happy with that as they have other idols' concerts to attend to, thus decide to ruin all her fun.The end. What you've just read is a summary to a very mediocre fanfiction story I would glimpse on a lazy Sunday. Unfortunately, for all of us, somebody from the OP team, also read this idiotic plot and decided that it would be a great idea to make an OP movie out of it. Well, here is my own short plot if I would have any say in creating an OP movie called Red: Shanks, the captain of the infamous Red Hair pirate crew ventures to seize a mythological artifact known for being able to cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. Little did they know though that this artifact demands a great sacrifice in return for its gifts, thus leaving the Red Hair pirates decimated. As the world gets restless at the sudden loss of one of the most powerful crews, Shanks, asks for help from the only pirate crew he trusts: The Straw Hats. Together, they strive to unravel the mystery of the artifact, save his crew from its guardians and bring back balance to the world. And now be honest, which one of the aforementioned plots would you rather watch and think better suits One Piece and a movie called RED???!!! Okay, back to being serious now. What is trending for the last two years in Japan? Ado, the singer behind Uta's songs. What is trending in Japan since 1997? One Piece manga/anime. Let's make a musical combination of those two. Eeeeh... wrong! You could have done that if your anime was Cardcaptor Sakura or Little Witch Academia. But, in relation to the two aforementioned shojo anime, One Piece's grand franchise is the only beacon attracting such a massive audience to watch Red. A pirate themed anime that has more that 70% male audience is not supposed to be this girly and wishy-washy. This whole thing screamed that the marketing team of OP just wanted to attract more females to the franchise or in plain English, the huge fan base of Ado. The only thing I can give kudos for to the marketing team is that they had the audacity and ruse to name the movie Red and make it look like we would see more of Shanks' involvement. Don't get me wrong, I liked Ado. I googled a couple of her songs after this movie and her voice was enjoyable. Nevertheless, a movie in this franchise can’t be carried only by it’s soundtrack. I would have been more satisfied if the songs focused more of their lyrics on the world of OP instead of being another pop cliche single ready to be sold after the release of the movie. My experience with this movie has been quiet straightforward. After watching Gold and Stampede my expectations were low to say the least. Red was an overall mess with no structure that's almost impossible to follow as the previous two movies. It keeps most of it's focus on Uta (Heck, she even has more lines and screen time than Luffy!), but everyone else feels like jam-packed in and there for the sake of it. Even Marvel's Infinity War had a lot of characters but they all had a purpose. As for the battles... hahaha! What battles? They seem like cut scenes from a video game. Especially if you see that the final battle is a full-on clusterfuck against something that wasn't even supposed to be in a pirate themed anime. How much weirder this franchise is going to be? The only things that made me give this movie a 3 were a couple of songs, Usopp's link with ****** at the end and Uta's devil fruit (which was a fantastic power but unfortunately very badly used). I understand One Piece is huge and there's so many great characters outside of the Straw Hats, however I think future movie entries could stand to tell more intimate, shorter stories going on instead of being two & a half hour, poorly made money grabbers. Even Marvel learned their lesson and stated: "We will be focusing more on quality over quantity."

Might be a bit of spoilers in this review, fair warning: One Piece has become such a staple to current day fans to where once people heard a movie was coming, everyone was ecstatic. This was also a movie I have been longing for as a Shanks fan, but I will try to be thorough and keep the information involving this review concise. Story: The story was fairly simple but I would have preferred if the movie did not promo Shanks as the headliner rather than Uta since it mostly surrounds her entire story. She is portrayed as Luffy's brother and the daughter of Shanks, which she is then left alone due to a certain incident, thus trying to protect her for the justification. The story also feels very different in regards to how One Piece typically does their story especially for movies. This movie feels most similar to Strong World if I had to compare it to any of them. This movie tried something different, just like how Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero had done and I think it depends on the person on who watches this movie when it comes down to how they feel about the story or if they felt misled. Animation: Regarding the animation, just like current One Piece they just pop off from the dancing of Uta to just the fight animation. The animation that will stick out to people the most is the last bit of the fight and I think it is very fair to compare it to the level of hype that Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero final scene with how much justice was given for those who are aware. I personally believe in regards to animation, nobody will be disappointed and have any complaints on. Soundtrack: The soundtrack here gets very iffy because I would like to mention one of my cons here as well. The singer does a FANTASTIC job with singing, beautiful voice and very befitting to what Uta portrays. The issue here becomes how much it was used throughout the movie. You could classify this movie as a musical and I would have believed it with how many times songs are played within this movie. If you're thinking this is a typical One Piece movie and this becomes your first watched One Piece movie, I strongly advise to not walk into the movie thinking that and to start with something else. Character: When it comes down to the characters, I personally believe there was too much potential left out such as Uta and even Shanks in all honesty. Uta was the main character of the movie, yet nothing really hit home when it came down to her. Uta was very enjoyable and I did find her refreshing but much more character could have been brought out within the time period of the movie. In regards to Shanks, I believe those who are OG Shanks fans will fall in love with him even more because I personally felt that myself. There is not much to say in regards to him, just him being how he was from the get go should speak enough words as is. CONS: First con I already mentioned, which would be the whole musical performance spam within the movie. It felt out of place and super unnecessary which wasted a good chunk of time for the movie. Another issue being an influx of filler characters which I will not name, however, I do feel that the characters that were used in this movie had such little time and was only there for usage of fanservice. I think this con only really could relate to some people, but I personally felt misled when I first saw that Shanks was having a movie based on him but it involved him only so little and was rather based on his daughter. Overall/Enjoyment: I love One Piece and I certainly do love this movie regardless of the minimal flaws and all. The enjoyment I had for the movie and rating in general is certainly bias, but I would like to think I gave good information involving the movie. I personally believe the enjoyment of the movie comes down to what you look for in a movie regarding One Piece specifically and also what you were looking forward to. If you were just wanting to watch the movie due to animation and characters like most fans, this movie will not disappoint at all. In regards to if you were looking for story, I think this may lead to some disappoint due to the spamming of musicals within the movie.

This was definitely the most “meh” One Piece movie in a while. As much as it hurts me to say, I refrained from reviewing the movie for as long as I've been trying to justify exciting it more than it deserved, because, well, it's One Piece. Much like most One Piece fans, I was hyped to the max for this movie, as most of us call it, “Shanks's move”. It was something it felt like 2 decades coming, but never too late, we finally get to know more about this fan-favorite character, until we didn't... Well, kinda. No spoilers in check, the info we deluded ourselves we were gonna get was nowhere in sight, II don't get why they decided to include it in the booklet given for free for people who watched the movie in Japan, the movie had a lot of screentime to cram the info in, heck, the Manga could have taken a couple of chapters to the whole thing. We took the hit on this one. Reality has it, this was a mediocre One Piece movie with a few hype moments, and a fantastic musical fiasco that did not slow down on creativity. The key here is to know what to expect, II have never heard about Ado before this movie, and I assure you it will not be the case after it, I mean, for someone with the same name as Oda sensei, only in reverse (Oda => Ado), destiny did quite a play on us. I loved every single song featured in the movie, and the visual choreography was no idle either, really, a masterful presentation for what felt like a lifetime music festival that just happened to be taking place in the world of One Piece. The animation felt right at home, nothing too crazy, thanks to Toei's amazing work lately on the anime, the movie mentions the same Wano arc with all the swirly washed-up strokes, and of course, some average CGI blending that could have been omitted in my opinion. The plot itself was nothing spectacular, again, much like Stampede, the whole setup felt like a fan service showcase that revolves around the Red-Haired Pirates. Overall: 8.32

The first 80% of the movie is really bad imo. Very childish and many "musical"-like scenes, overall very cringe and not enjoyable for me. (My friends got dub ticket's on accident which made it even worse lol) Many plot essentials like Uta's motives aren't really made clear. Shanks action isn't enough, imo calling the Film "Red" is just a marketing scheme. Then once the final battle starts I find that the music fits much better and you get the usual one piece hyped feeling. And if you don't want to be spoilered in the movie, you should either have read the manga or wait till the final battle in Wano is over. I am not sure about the target audience of this movie, for some kids the age under 14 who have watched all of one piece the movie will probably be way more enjoyable then it was for me. I think many One Piece fans are 20 and over, and for those that I know it was a cringefest. To be fair the animation was solid, although not on the level of the demonslayer movie. I didn't enjoy the silly backgrounds in the final fight. Most of the songs were very nice and fitting, there was just way too much focus on them imo. The story doesn't feel well written at all. Overall the movie was a big disappointment for me.

I would rather to watch a concert than to watch this. Not worth the time and money. The Visual Effect and CGI is indeed great, but the song is just too much. The writers just magically cramped the movie so it fits 5-6 songs (literally a single album) in one movie. And then, in the end, they put 2 more "sad theme" song to baited audience's emotional after crappy one hour. Yeah, it's right, they ended literally song movie (I prefer to called it like that rather musical movie), with more SONGS with DIFFERENT EMOTION. So, literally minutes ago we got energetic happy song, and then next we got furious rage song, and lastly we got "forced" sad song. My ear and brain is so confused, that I can't even laugh at 'marvel-like' jokes/comedy scene in-between songs. It is also my fault, I didn't expect it to be song movie or musical movie or whatever. With the title "RED" - which I think about Red Hair Pirate, and it's not - and the gimmick "Shanks' daughter", I was expected to see more of Shanks' crew fight (they literally who saved the movie), but unluckily it didn't happen (it also makes me learn to read the synopsis carefully before watch any movies). At the middle of 'awkwardly sitting in the dark' place for 2 hours-long most awaited movie, I realized, "Yup, this movie is not for me."

Mostly Spoiler Free. This movie was not made for me, since I do not have TikTok. A lot of the focus of this movie is on Music and dance choreography, and I just do not care. If you are like me and find those Dances a bit cringy, some sequences of this movie are hard to get through. First, let's talk about the good things. The movie was mostly animated on a good to very good level. Little sakuga like we got with the finale of Wano and some CGI Models that stuck out a bit, but the finale was beautful and many art decisions, like the new character outfits, were really good. It is definetly a visually pleasing movie. Sadly, the same cannot be said about the story. Overall, it is pretty simple: This Idol Uta uses music to cast Eternal Tsukuyomi. This is an oversimplification, there is a reason for her actions, but the story is anything but deep. In fact, it often feels like you look at the backbone of a story that could have been a good but basic story for a one piece movie if developed beyond the first few drafts. It really feels like the writers didn't care a lot. Instead, the focus was on giving every single important character a cameo, just to get some hype from the fanbase, which began to feel jarring, especially regarding the relationship between characters that felt wrong. This need to cram in as much as possible made the pacing way too fast, which is wierd to say as a One Piece fan. Everything was so fast and the good moments were soon met with something stupid and I was barely able to build up any sympathy for the character of Uta before she was revealed to be fucking crazy and basically Obito. This basically the moment I also realised, what I was watching. This movie was not ment to be watched. This movie is way too fast for that. It's also not cohesive, it avoids storytelling thoughout the movie at most points. This movie is made to be consumed in the form of 30 second clips on TikTok, Reels or Shorts. Not at a homescreen or a theatre, on the phone while you are scrolling. Just take a short, senseless fight from the movie, add one of the multiple original songs from Uta in the Background and have someone do the fitting choreography thats also in the movie in front of it, that was the vision when this movie was made. Once I came to that realisation, it all made sense, but I lost all interest left in me. I actually had to take 3 attempts to get through it because I began to fall asleep all the time. 3/10

So FIRST: This movie is a weird hybrid, more like a shounenish MUSICAL rather than a previously expected 100% shounen movie. AND SECOND: I think the storyline of the movie and the attitude of Toei utterly do not contribute to this vivid world. THIRD: Movie titled RED but Shanks is not a main character of the movie, he has a longer cameo, but that is ALL! Prologue: Before I start the real review, I have to say something about One Piece, and about my connection to One Piece. For my One Piece the anime for a long time, even though I do not tend to like mainstream shounen, somewhy me, as an adult close to 30 this whole complex world simply enraptured Arc by Arc. I had hard times with One Piece when I started more than 10 years ago, and probably not the best show ever, and not the show that contributed to most of my adulthood, still think One Piece itself is a miracle and am proud to be a part of it and I am 100% will be a One Piece fan until the end of the series. Storyline: The storyline of the movie is about Uta, a great singer who is a viral Den-Den Mushinternet star, and recently undertook her first IRL concert, on the Island of Music, so-called ELEGIA. First, it looks like a concert, but it reveals a lot of pirates who want to kidnap Uta, probably for bribe money, but none of them - even the SuperStrong Big-Mom Pirates- is able to do it. Soon, Uta reveals her plan, which she calls "New Genesis" which is a peaceful Dreamworld where everyone is equal, which means mostly dead. Also, a new "antagonist" is mysteriously revealed the TOT MUSICA. The WG, Akainu, Gorosei, Pirate crews and soon everybody wants to stop UTA. I MUST mention this movie can not be inserted anywhere in the storyline. So for me, it is 100% COMPLETE FILLER, even though Uta was mentioned in the Manga once. Was a bit confusing because, for example, if you are up to date on the manga, you must know, this movie contained a lot of characters that obviously CAN NOT appear after Wano, but like Sanji or Luffy late on in the movie used a skill that is from or after WANO. REVIEW: I think in these kinds of criticism far easier to highlight the problematic things, and because of it, the CONs part could be longer than the PRO part. For this reason, I start with the GOOD part. As I mentioned before, It was not a standard shounen movie. I love One Piece's uniqueness, and this movie has a good one in the style, which was pretty interesting. So, basically, even though it has an all-variety of shounen demographic styles (like fights, skills, etc), still this movie was closer to a musical in the genre. We heard at least 10 songs during these 100 minutes, and the songs were pretty cool. And surprise, the audio part was simply DOPE, outstandingly GOOD. The kashuu (Singer) did a great job with Uta's songs, which was unquestionably the BEST part of the movie. And because the songs were connected to Uta's skills, a lot of fights were like a well-choreographed AMV video mashup. So in one world, the style of this movie was unique. However, this uniqueness probably does not for everyone. Some people could call it weird as I did, and I know it could be a double-edged sword so maybe there could be a layer that does not like this musical/shounen style. Also, the second PRO for me is the last fight. Yep, it was not too long. Yep, the animation in the whole movie was so-so. But MY GOD, the last fight was really interesting... even though the fact story did not but it is too early. So it was a World of Warcraft RAID boss fight, with 3 factions in two timelines, but instead of the TANK HEAL DAMAGE holy trinity, we got Fighters, Guardians, Gatekeepers, Realm-Projectors (Usopp/Yasopp;Katakuri/Brulee). For me it was phenomenal. Short but readable. Yet, I have to turn to the CONs soon, and this is a good start. Since the Movie was maybe entitled partly to Shanks, but he does not fight. We saw him and his whole crew but did not show any specific skills. The most mentionable move of him was to slice and dice with his -OBVIOUSLY- One-Handed sword against Kizaru and the final boss. I expected far more, especially after the buildup of Uta's character which showed a lot of relations with Shanks and the Akagami no Kaizokudan. But probably it was an acceptable choice to not show Shanks's skills since we still do not know too much about him. But the movie showed something else about Shanks, and hell yeah, I would be MAD really MAAAADDDD if it would be the part of Original storyline. They showed some fractions of Shanks's childhood, like only glimpses of the past but without any sense. It was only good to make some more questions about Shanks's anyway too much mystery character. And this is because I said One Piece would lose its uniqueness if this movie would be part of the Story. And not this is the only example of this. The whole Uta story was like something they forgot, something important. Hard to formulate what is it, but a lot of happenings in the movie were clearly artificial. And even though, the One Piece world is kinda artificial BUT IN A GOOD WAY, this movie was the same artificial but in a BAD way. The island of Elegia ITSELF was artificial in a bad way. It has no purpose besides the movie. I love the One Piece world, so, a Music Island, WHY NOT? There are a lot of characters that are connected to the Music, like Apoo, Brook, etc... BUT without any place in the actual One Piece world, it is just simply self-serving. Even cameo characters (Blueno for example), the overused jokes (with BEPOO), and the unjustified cute characters were also self-serving here. It felt like and outcast, if we take the original storyline. And this is true not only for Uta, but for the whole island of Elegia, and everything itself. Elegia's past does not affect the world. We did not know anything about the chaos in the past of this island before. One Piece has several trillion mysterious or interesting things but they came up with a new "oh GOD we never heard about this" enemy, the TOT MUSICA and demon-god. Truly, I am speechless about this. And the worse of the worst is connected to this. Uta's plan was ridiculous, even though it was anticipated by the whole World Government, Uta easily outwitted 70% of the world (Including Yonkou crew, Gorosei, Admirals, Government, Celestial Dragons, Cypher Pol agents) with some singing and a bunch of magic-mushrooms. In one sentence, I LOVE TO THINK about One Piece's complexity, and why that is why I think this whole story of this movie is simply below mediocre. I saw the movie twice. Once in a cinema in 4DX for the experience, but after the second I find the worst part, which is this movie thinks the whole One Piece world is like 1-bit shounen bullshit, and that should be a trigger point for any One Piece fans. I love One Piece because of its complexity, in One Piece every single small act has at least a previous reason. Because of this, I DO NOT ACCEPT that a depressive singer outwitted this complex world with a stupid 4/10 plan. If you could abstract from the real storyline, this movie could be a nice experience with a unique musical-shounen style, with a lot of funny scenes and some interesting cameos then, I would recommend it. In this case, it is a 7/10 movie. But if we take the OG One Piece complexity and the world-class world, this movie is 5 out of 10 in the best scenario, and 3 out of that 5 are the songs.

People who said this film is bad or mediocre are watching the film with their eyes closed. This film is at least an 8/10. The funniest complaint I've seen thrown at this film is that it's a glorified "Disney Musical" anime. Since when that is a bad thing? Everybody loves the Disney classics. Why do you think the term "Disney Magic" exist? Yea, the films capture that "Disney Magic" better than current Disney who kept pumping out soulless cash-grab live action remakes. They're doing a better job at being the classic Disney than the current Disney. This films feels like Fantasia but with actions. And Fantasia is amazing. I encouraged viewers to watch this film with an open mind and not immediately hating on a Shounen film for trying something new and uncommon for them. This film actually feels like very fresh take and format not only for a One Piece films but just as an anime films in general. While not perfect, it does a great job at telling the iconic an anime-esque emotional story telling style while balancing it with the musicals aspect. The film is actually enjoyable. It's not just a glorified music video. It actually has plot unlike last film. The newly introduced characters and especially the main villain are well-developed. The villain in this film is certainly better and more fleshed out than Bullet. The fanservice are actually well made. The scores are amazing which is a given for Music-centric film. And the ending fight was very beautiful and wholesome with the parallels between characters. The only biggest and main criticism for the film, is that it had quite an awkward and cringey opening with Luffy announcing he knows Uta and all to the public audiences. It's not gonna ruin the story or anything but yea it was kinda forced in. But that's a given since the opening act kinda needed to reintroduce some characters and give exposition so the newcomers or non-fans of the series won't get confused by the movie. This film allows itself to exist in a vacuum and be standalone. So it an understandable move. Honestly, because of this, I would recommend this film to even non-One Piece fans for how good it is. That's the short review/summary for the film. Now, for the unnecessary hate it gets from the critics. Let's start with the biggest "criticism". It's Not-CaNoN. Good. I don't understand the obsession with Canon-only story. The film is basically telling a self-contained story. Why would we need a canon film? For starter, One Piece canon story does not fit for a film structure cause like Super Eyepatch Wolf said, One Piece unlike other shounen series is not made up of big arcs that tells a self contained story, but rather a massive story told into smaller arcs. It tells the same story. Have you seen episode of Alabasta? That's what happened if you tried to cram in canon stories into a film. It's a shit show of pacing fest. Next, non-canon films are less scummy business tactics cause it won't capitalised on FOMO. Fans won't feel obligated to watched the film. And I feel sorry to fans who are in a country where the film didn't get a released. If it's canon, sucks to be them to have to waited for months to come and only probably able to watched it through illegal means. And it would also not be confusing for fans to have to follow multiple mediums in order to fully experienced One Piece stories. Fans of canon can just ignore the film.and just read the manga. Lastly, non-canon stories allow for a director to creatively expresses themselves and explore themes/ideas where Oda doesn't have the opportunity to. Film Z, Strong World and Film 6 Baron Omatsuri explore some of the most interesting and unique themes, aspects and worlds of One Piece. Those are some of my favourite anime films of all time. Treat this film like a really good side quest in a game. It helps you explore mini stories that provides it's own fun mini games with interesting mechanics and themes without actually affecting the main storyline. Now let's go the second biggest "criticism" which is lack of actions and too much song. Let's start for the action first. Duuh? I mean the actions are significantly less than last film. But it's because they actually TRY to tell a story. They focus more on the story and wold building of One Piece. So obviously the actions have to take a backseat a little. Not to say there's no action. There's still action, just not as much like last film (Stampede) where there's only action and everything else had taken a backseat. Honestly, Stampede doesn't even feel like it's made for cinema. The film feels more like an event like soccer where you watched at home with friends and cheer on. This film feels like it goes back to basic. One Piece had never been a generic Battle shounens. It's first and foremost an adventure story. And this film feels like a return to form like Z and Strong World. Next too much music. There's only like 8 music spread across a 1 hour and 45 minutes film. And some songs are not even sang fully. It's well used to tell a story and Uta's power is literally revolving around music. She's literally a weaponized music machine. Or if you play RPG games she, like Brook is literally a Bard who uses music as magics. The only difference is that she's like a full on Bard while Brook is also a master swordsman. Lastly, the "criticisms" about the lack of Shanks and Luffy's spoiler power up. Shanks part is just untrue. Shanks is constantly shown through flashback to expand Uta's and Luffy's characters. And again, without getting into a massive spoiler, have you seen the final fight? Second half of the film is filled with Shanks. People literally just want 1 hour films only featuring Shanks face. That's ridiculous. When I heard about these complaints, I was very worried that Shanks might just gonna feature in the film for like 5 seconds to react to the news and then peace out from the film. But minor spoiler warning here, he kinda played a big freaking role in the film. And it's not even false marketing from Toei. It's clear from the trailers, posters and all promo materials that these film will heavily centralised around Uta. Even the synopsis literally only says about Uta. And trust me if Toei had lied, gave false marketing and downright just scam/baited the audiences, I would be the first to jump on the bandwagon complaining against Toei. And for Luffy's spoiler power up, is again, not as big of a complaint as I thought it would be. The "spoiler" powerup only lasted for like a couple of frames to the point that if you blinked, you might had missed it. And maybe since I had marathon all One Piece films, I'm not as offended since. Toei are quite known for teases Luffy's powerup in films like in Film 7. And it's even out of context too. The only people who are truly offended by this, are people who actually already knew about it. So it's not that of a massive spoiler cause most people who have no clue about that form would probably would just write it off as rule of cool or (minor spoiler warning) just part of Uta's ability to create that effect. I'm not even the company's biggest fan. I have a very love/hate relationship with the company especially when it comes to the show's pacing. I'm very critical to their films since I want to see how well they can carry the torch from Oda and whether they can tell a story that is in the same calibre of quality to his manga. And boy do I tell you there's a lot of bad/subpar One Piece films like film 3,5 and 8 (or that weird 3D one. But we don't talk about the 3D one). This film actually feels like it successfully carried the torch. This is genuinely a rare W for Toei. That being said, like any other films, it's not perfect and devoid of any criticisms. Like I said, the start was pretty awkward. But most of the general complaints about the film that are just being too unfair. And yes, there's more faults than just the start but I do genuinely feel most of my other complaints are just too minor to be affecting m…

The movie picks up after episodes 1029–1030, introducing Uta as the central character. If you're thinking of watching the French dub... honestly, don't. I made that mistake and it really messed up the experience for me. The singing voice for Uta in the French version just doesn't work. The songs sound off, sometimes even out of tune, and the voice feels totally disconnected from the character. It was hard to enjoy the film with that in the background. On the other hand, the voice actress for Uta's spoken lines is clearly a pro. Her performance is way better and actually pleasant to listen to. It really shows how singing and voice acting are two separate skills, and in this case, the difference is obvious. Probably why they didn’t use the same person for both. Story-wise, it's not bad. And it's always cool to see the One Piece crew in different outfits.

I think this is my favorite One Piece movie so far. It had a stronger narrative than some of the others and I really liked how they tied the past into the present (of the story in 2022 at least). I really liked how they created a reason to have so many fan favorites together. I also like how they explored how devil's fruits can be very dark when influenced by negative forces. That said, it still had a lot of the other movies' weaknesses. The narrative was a little convoluted in places but cleaner than other movies. There came a point in which it felt like maybe things were dragging a little here and there but it would immediately pick back up again. Overall, it was a fun time and seems rewatchable. If you liked previous One Piece movies then you'll likely enjoy this one. If you're the type of person who doesn't like things that might remind you a little of Alice in Wonderland, then you might not enjoy it so much. I'm definitely looking forward to the inevitable next movie.

I will be very clear about why I gave this film a low rating and why it is horrible: UTA IS A TERRIBLE CHARACTER!! What's more, are they playing with us? Did they create so much hype around Shanks' appearance for the damn thing to appear in very few frames? Honestly, horrible, I found the story really boring too, Uta is a spoiled girl who can't get over her traumas and wants everyone to get involved in it. I swear, when they put that scene showing that Uta was part of Luffy's childhood, I wanted to leave the movie theater. I've seen One Piece movies that didn't really captivate me, but this one gave me a feeling that I hate: disgust.

Summary: Honestly, I'm dissappointed. If it wasn't connected to One Piece, I'd give it a 7/10 as it was a good Movie in itself. Since it has basically no connections to the main series though, it's nothing but a somewhat long Spin-Off OVA or Filler Episode. If you enjoy music stuff in Movies, you may enjoy this one, if not, save yourself the time and skip it - you are not missing out on anything important. A few more Details: As for the content... I guess Animations where solid and enjoyable - Some of the Music was decent too. Storywise, it didnt add anything that we may need in the main story - classic side story. The MC for this also feels rather plain and forgettable except for the visual design - no deep thoughts or meaning behind anything. Any other character may as well be replaced with something generic and the plot would still work as is. So basically, it's a good "Movie" but not a good "One Piece Movie" - I really expected something more interesting that connects to the main story.

TLDR: Like arcane or the recent tekken animation - fanservice artwork, animation and choreography, stunning soundtracks, mid to bad story telling (feel free to fight me on this comparison lmao) I don't want to say much, but it's not worth watching really :/ I didn't want to know anything before the film, so I went in not knowing that is was a musical. That being said, the moment the first song played, I accepted it and tried to watch the film in a normal way but I couldn't. The story was all over the place. It was not compelling, barely related to shanks. It was an action fanservicy, orgasmic music mess. Art/Animation - 9/10 (for the most part it was beautiful looking and animated) Sound - 10/10 (sounded more like a concert, oh boy the music was loud!...I will be downloading the OSTs) Characters - 5/10 (talking about movie-only characters. she was mid, her caretaker was mid too) Plot/Overall cohesiveness - 0/10 (it just had no flow. the only thing that flowed was the action. the pacing and feel of it was so weird, it didn't feel like a movie. it felt like a school project writing-wise. also, as many have said, WHERE WAS SHANKS I WANTED MORE SHANKS)