One Piece Fan Letter

Fan letter, more like a love letter to One Piece fans all over the world.

Our beloved director Megumi Ishitani created yet another masterpiece along character designer and animation director Masami Mori with the helps of incredibly talented animators we have come to known over the years. Every department of the production displayed their full potential such as sound direction, composting, storyboarding, even voice acting.

Imagery shown through impeccably creative storyboards with ton of little details like cover story references and power-scaling debates are only testaments to how capable Ishitani is while having a full grasp of One Piece as a whole. Plus, Mori's soft design and lively character acting animation/supervision only complements to such artistic direction.

Storytelling is also masterful in this generational special. Showing the perspectives of relatively ordinary people in this universe which leads to them being inspired by the Strawhats and set sail to their journeys is very touching as we, the viewers feel the same every time we sat on to watch One Piece. We, no matter how unimportant we may seem in the grand scheme of things, can pursue our dreams and achieve many great things in this journey called life.

Let's set sail to the New World and continue to experience amazing adventures. Thank you One Piece...

To put it simple; It's a love letter for long time One Piece fans as myself, the Art, direction, story board, writing and animation is beautiful. The brothers' part mirroring Luffy and Ace (somehow) during Marineford was eaasily my favorite. The mood shifting when this came on left me shook to my core. Plus that monologue with it? Perfect!

And seeing Marineford from the perspective of a normal marine/person was genuinely the best part. It really puts you into perspective just how monsterous characters like Mihawk, Crocodile and the main characters are here. Like they're fighting surrounded by ants, these soldiers are fighting just to stay alive while Mihawk and Crocodile are not worried about dying in the slightest.

Master Piece.

This episode not only showed parallels between side characters and the straw hat crew, but also had an incredible impact on how we and the one piece world views the crew. The characters in this ep are almost sort of metaphors for the viewer, because some individuals have been able to watch one piece and relate the fundamentals of the dynamics into their own lives. It's great to see a Marine love chopper and Luffy for loving hi brother, and a 15 year old girl look up to Nami because of how the world works, because as the viewers we think the same. I think this episode was phenomenal for almost all good reasons: incredible pacing, sound, and animation. This episode encapsulates the viewing experience as well as provides a different perspective on what one piece is truly about.

I loved this new ep it was refreshing I also love that we got to see a small remake of the war at marineford. The episode was really refreshing because it shows the many views each character had during the war seeing friends and powerful foes fighting to save/execute ace. There's also the nice moments we all go to witness with the marines debating who's the strongest and the top 3 strongest straw hats were mentioned. Although I was biased against majority of marines because they mostly have the wrong meaning of justice and acts sorely on thier beliefs. I also really loved when the marine was about to run to leave behind his brother but he saw how hard luffy was pushing to save his and immediately turned around to help it was a truly touching moment and I absolutely loved it.

This episode was exceptionally well-written, and the way it brings the civilians to life in just one installment is remarkable. It's a fantastic way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of One Piece. This episode encapsulates what One Piece is truly about: the characters represent ordinary people who work for those in power, often getting caught in the crossfire of their battles and being used as weapons themselves.

One Piece is incredible; it reflects real-life struggles through its animated storytelling. Who would have thought that a seemingly insignificant character in the series could experience such profound moments during a war? This episode illustrates the harsh realities of conflict, not just from the perspective of the powerful, but also from those with mere courage to stand up.

This is peak storytelling.