TL;DR at bottom.
Yesterday I was at Best Buy and saw the Blu-ray on a shelf. I decided to buy it on a whim, as I’d heard of it before and remember it getting good reviews. I’m no stranger to anime, I’ve seen Lucky Star, KonoSuba, and two of the three My Hero Academia movies. In particular, I enjoyed the MHA movies because of their World of Ham tendencies, and everything there is so over-the-top. So I thought if this film is anything like MHA, I’m gonna end up loving this.
I watched it blind, with little knowledge of the One Piece franchise. All I know is that they’re pirates and they ate some fruit that gave them powers (or something like that). Anyway, it had the same over-the-topness as MHA, so that I enjoyed. But I was really surprised at how emotional it was, especially with Uta’s motivations and backstory. No spoilers, but there were some themes involving death and the afterlife. I almost cried at the ending, too.
Overall, great animation, great music, and unique story. I might actually watch the series lol. I heard it was the highest-grossing film in Japan in 2022, and I think that title is well-deserved.
Shame on me for not seeing this in theaters when I had the chance!
TL;DR: As a newcomer to One Piece, I enjoyed this film because of its heart, animation style, music, and similarities to MHA.
Every one piece movie is non-canon in case you didn’t know.
Good to know, so I don’t have to worry about catching up on 1000+ episodes.
If you are interested in trying to watch it though, One Pace is a group that fixes the pacing and probably pares it down to 1/3 to 1/2 the orig8nal run time
My wife has been watching OP for over ten years now. I always talked shit about it but never understood it. After being amazed by this movie though, I finally decided to give the show a shot and am so far blown away by how timeless it feels. It definitely has a lot of the typical shonen tropes but it’s mainly a comedy with continuity and it really excels in the regard.
Yes, join the nakama. You’ll never escape.
I’ve not watched the movie yet. But I’ve watched the anime series and also read the manga.
But some of my friends have watched it and they said it’s nothing compared to the anime. Regardless, I plan on watching it in the future.
I would highly recommend you to watch the series. It has great laughs, awesome stories for every character and one of the best world building in fiction writing. If you cried at the end of this movie, then this series will take you on a ride of emotions.
If you plan on watching, I recommend you start with the One Pace project.
ALSO, VERY IMPORTANT: Next week the One Piece Live action series starts airing. If you plan on watching this anime in the future, stay away from anything related to one piece on the internet. Else you will be spoiled.
Might be a dumb question… But do i just start with the top row of videos and work my way dow
Oh wait… I see… The top row is the season collected as one movie and then each row below are seasons as episodes.
But I was really surprised at how emotional it was, especially with Uta’s motivations and backstory.
There’s a couple of scenes in the first two seasons that just thinking about years later makes me tear up. – old man
I haven’t watched it, but Ado’s songs are amazing and are a huge pull factor for me.
I didn’t watch this movie but saw the series (till the latest episodes) about 2 times now. First time was around 5-6 yesrs back after which i stopped watching it because it’s pace was too slow. Then during the covid season i picked it up again and had to download more than a hundred episodes so i started watching from the first episode again. 8 episodes a day and it takes around 4 - 5 months to get to the latest episode.
One funny thing i noticed is Luffy is so simple minded his attacks are the same with different names. No tricks. No extra tools. Everyone in his team has something new and he’s just the same.
