One Piece: The Movie (2000)

There once was a pirate known as the Great Gold Pirate Woonan, who obtained almost 1/3 of the world's gold. Over the course of a few years, the pirate's existence faded, and a legend grew ... See full summary »

Director:

Atsuji Shimizu

Writers:

Eiichiro Oda (comic), Michiru Shimada

Stars:

Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuya Nakai

Cast

Cast overview:
Akemi Okamura	...	Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Usopp (voice)
Kazuya Nakai	...	Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kenji Utsumi	...	El Drago (voice)
Nachi Nozawa	...	Woonan (voice)
Takeshi Aono	...	Ganzo (voice)
Yuka Imai	...	Tobio (voice)
Osamu Ryutani	...	Pirate (voice)
Taiki Matsuno	...	Young Ganzo (voice)
Takeshi Kusao	...	Young Woonan (voice)
Yasuhiko Tokuyama	...	Pirate (voice)

Storyline

There once was a pirate known as the Great Gold Pirate Woonan, who obtained almost 1/3 of the world's gold. Over the course of a few years, the pirate's existence faded, and a legend grew that he disappeared with his gold to a remote island, an island pirates continue to search for. Aboard the Going Merry, Luffy and his crew, starved and reckless, are robbed of their treasure. In an attempt to get it back, they wreck the getaway ship, guided by a young boy named Tabio, who's a captured part of El Drago's pirate crew. El Drago's love for gold has driven him to look for Woonan's island, and thanks to Woonan's treasure map, he finds it. During this time, Luffy's crew have been split up, and despite their own circumstances, they must find a way to stop El Drago from obtaining Woonan's gold.

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Plot Keywords:

aztec indian | movie in title | based on tv show | based on manga | based on anime | 

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Taglines:

The Great Gold Pirate

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

4 March 2000 (Japan)

Also Known As:

One Piece

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

51 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first One Piece movie.

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Connections

Followed by One Piece Film: Z (2012)

User Reviews

Cool for the first movie of a great Anime.

In the first movie installment of One Piece, we're told of a tale of Great Gold Pirate Woonan. A pirate who obtain 1/3 of the world's gold. Over the years, Woonan's existence has faded away. And a legend grew on his gold located on a remote island he settled on.

Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Nami got involved in the hunt for Woonan's treasure after meeting Tabio(a kid who admires Woonan) and a group of pirates lead by El Drago. El Drago is a tall Aztec Indian like man who's mad about gold. And wants every piece of Woonan's treasure.

As the hunt begins on the island, the Straw Hat Pirates must stop El Drago from stealing the treasure. But El Drago's crave for gold makes him dangerous to go up against.

Takes place between episodes 18 and 19. This movie is well thought up for being the first for the ever popular One Piece series. The animation and style are the same. And 51 minutes running long makes it feel like a double episode special.

Never a dull moment with the action, comedy, and character development used throughout the movie. A must see for those who like the anime. Only available on fan sub. Which is as easy to find on the internet as %0