One Piece: The Movie

As the first cinematic adventure of One Piece, the 2000 film serves as a nostalgic yet simplistic addition to the franchise. Directed by Junji Shimizu, the film captures the early spirit of Eiichiro Oda's beloved series, yet its brief runtime only 51 minutes limits its depth and emotional impact.

The story follows the Straw Hat Pirates as they encounter Eldoraggo, a greedy and arrogant villain in search of Captain Woonan's legendary gold treasure. The premise is classic One Piece-a treasure hunt with over-the-top action and humor-but it lacks the narrative complexity that later films in the franchise would develop. The villain, while serviceable, feels one-dimensional, lacking the charisma or depth of iconic One Piece antagonists.

Visually, the film maintains the charm of the early anime, though the animation quality is more in line with a standard TV episode rather than a theatrical experience. While the action sequences are entertaining, they don't stand out as particularly innovative or visually stunning.

Where the movie does shine is in its character interactions. Luffy's boundless energy, Zoro's stoicism, and Nami's cunning bring the classic One Piece dynamic to life. However, due to the film's short length, character development is minimal, and emotional stakes never quite reach the heights the series is known for.

Overall, One Piece: The Movie is an enjoyable but forgettable entry in the franchise. It serves as a fun throwback for die-hard fans but lacks the grand storytelling and visual spectacle that later One Piece films, like Strong World or Film Z, would master. For newcomers, it's a decent introduction to the series' early tone, but it pales in comparison to the anime's best arcs.

Rating: 7.5/10.

After reading through the entire manga, I decided to watch it all in anime form (music and voice acting does a lot for me). I got up to Episode 19 and watched this film.

Knowing where the story goes, this doesn't really contradict the lore like I feared it would. The film acts as a two episode filler with higher production value. Fortunately the characters are very consistent with the manga/rest of the show and the themes present here are pretty fun.

The villain was a major let down, his attack was cool but he definitely felt like something more belonging to Dragon Ball.

Still, I'm impressed. It was better than I expected and I wonder what a full feature length adventure will be like.

As the first "One Piece Film" it clocks in at 51 minutes. It is a glorified 3 part episode, and has the early series entertaining charm. The small cast (before the series expanded greatly) really helps the pacing of this, letting the narrative work around the Straw Hat crew. While there's no real stakes and the villain is a one-note joke, the film is fine. Not great, not bad, but just fine.

I didn't watch any animation movie, but this movie is the best movie i saw, If you have less interest about animation movie I will give advice, because I was don't like animation movie but you should see this movie. One piece movie give you real feeling about the story and it's same a relastic story and what a beautiful ending it's really amazing. I disappointed because I didn't interest about animation movie, but know i want to increase my interest to animation movie. In the final I would say anyone he doesn't care about animation movie he isn't see the real dramatic action, it was fantastic movie.

One Piece movie 1 is a Fun Adventure form the more simple One piece Days.

Movie 1 feels like one of the more fun filler episodes of the show, where we have clean and strong fights, fun slapstick.

And it hits on the normal themes of the show, like dreams and bad pirates being greedy bastard.

But it's done well, so it's not annoying.

But where anime shines in the animation, it looks good, It has some smooth fighting, it has that nice cell animation looks, and you can truly feel it is the Dragon Ball movie team that is animating the fights.

One of the joys about watching the one piece movies and the Dragon Ball movies, is you get to see the characters in certain power levels, just have fun Adventures that they didn't get to in the main series, and this movie you get that feeling, and that's why I will recommend it.