One Piece: Z (2012)

A former Marine stands in the way of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Director:

Tatsuya Nagamine

Writers:

Eiichiro Oda (manga), Osamu Suzuki (screenplay)

Stars:

Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai	...	Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Akemi Okamura	...	Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Usopp (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata	...	Sanji (voice)
Ikue Ôtani	...	Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Nico Robin (voice)
Kazuki Yao	...	Franky (voice)
Chô	...	Brook (voice) (as Yûichi Nagashima)
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Zephyr (voice)
Teruyuki Kagawa	...	Binz (voice)
Ryôko Shinohara	...	Ainz (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Kizaru (voice)
Fumihiko Tachiki	...	Akainu (voice)
Mika Doi	...	Coby (voice)

Storyline

A former Marine stands in the way of the Straw Hat Pirates.

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Plot Keywords:

twelfth part | based on manga | volcano eruption | fight to the death | train | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film marked Takko Ishimori`s final performance as Sengoku before his death on June 5, 2013.

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Connections

Follows One Piece TV Special: Adventure in the Ocean's Navel (2000)

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Soundtracks

How You Remind Me
Written by Chad Kroeger
Performed by Avril Lavigne

User Reviews

Simply Perfect

If something is popular enough, you'll inevitably find a movie version or spin off of it. More often than not, it's because some executive is trying to make a quick buck by using the name value to bring people in to see whatever movie they're selling. While every now and then you'll find a diamond in the rough or a true gem, most of the time the movies feel forced, rushed, or unfaithful to the original material and the quality tends to suffer as a consequence. If a manga is popular enough, you can almost be sure there'll be an animated or live action movie of it. Or two. Or three…

So I went to the theater with a pretty skeptical mind; I'd been somewhat burned with the one of previous movies, One Piece Film: Strong World. I was skeptical, but at the same time, I hoped that the movie would be good. Something that was, at the very least, not a pile of dung. What I got was something I totally was not expecting.

Overall, One Piece Film: Z was immensely satisfying. It wasn't a prefect movie, but as Shonen Jump anime films go, it was the best one I've ever seen. While most other movies have a tendency to buckle under the limitations of being a stand-alone movie, (i.e. they have to end exactly how they started) Z seemed to make the most such limitations and genuinely feels like it is part of the main series. Full size Personally, I feel what they had was good enough that they could have taken what was a single dense stand-alone movie and made it into a two- part masterpiece to further develop other characters and satisfying tie everything up. Personal ideas aside, the movie is definitely well worth seeing for any fan of the series.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 December 2012 (Japan)

Also Known As:

ONE PIECE FILM Z

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$74,223,861

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fuji Television Network, Toei Animation, Toei Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1