To celebrate the release of One Piece's 1000th manga chapters and 1000th anime episode in 2021, Eiichiro Oda and Toei Animation announce the new One Piece movie titled One Piece Film: Red. It is scheduled to be released in August 2022. There's not much information about this particular movie for now other than the fact that it will feature Shanks, one of the Emperors of The Sea.
However, there are several things that fans of the franchise can expect from this movie, which are a zany adventure, quirky characters, hilarious moments, and of course, exciting action sequences. After all, those are the DNA of every One Piece story, be it the original manga, anime, or even the films.
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That being said, One Piece is not one to stay away from heavy subjects, particularly in its films. For example, there's the threat of terrorism in One Piece Film: Z, or the gruesome slavery underneath the glitz in One Piece Film: Gold. But out of the fourteen One Piece films that have been released thus far, one particular movie stands out from the rest as one of the darkest movies ever made for the series. It's called Baron Omatsuri and The Secret Island.
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Baron Omatsuri and The Secret Island was released in 2005, and it is the sixth One Piece film. This film was directed by Mamoru Hosoda, the man behind anime movies such as Wolf Children, Summer Wars, the Academy Award nominated movie Mirai, the 2021 fantasy flick Belle, and so many other iconic anime movies.
Even more so than other directors that had the chance to helm a One Piece movie, Mamoru Hosoda was extremely hands-on with this project. His signature style appeared all
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