One Piece Movie 8 Coming to American Theatres

[saiya-jin]

The 8th One Piece Movie(One Piece The Movie: Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (エピソードオブアラバスタ 砂漠の王女と海賊たち Episōdo obu Arabasuta Sabaku no Ōjo to Kaizoku-tachi)) will be released to select theatres under the American Title "One Piece The Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates' Adventure in Alabasta".
The movie will play in theatres Febuary 7th through Febuary 10th under the rating of PG-13

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ONE PIECE : THE DESERT PRINCESS AND THE PIRATES

Six pirates, may be all that stand between salvation and total destruction!

The Straw Hat Pirates are on a quest to save the desert kingdom of Alabasta. A civil war brews there among the sands, one started and stirred by the hand of none other than Crocodile and his corrupted Baroque Works gang. The stakes run ever higher as Princess Vivi’s homeland threatens to tear itself apart. More than lives are on the line…

Join Luffy and crew in The Desert Princess and The Pirates, Adventures in Alabasta, a One Piece Movie.

©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation.
©2007 One Piece Production Committee. All Rights Reserved.
DVD manufactured and distributed by FUNimation® Productions, Ltd.


The DVD release will be on February 19th.
Pre-Order (http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/rflCfj3imrITAArp2W/browse/item/76605/4/0/0)

[Dr. Hiluruk]

old news is old, but VERY welcome.

that said, now theaters around meh. im sad.

ALSO, uncut dvds released in may. >=3

[Shirker]

PG-13?????

:cry

oh holy one above, thank you for this gift, it will be an awesome and very welcome experience... okay bye.



EDIT*
Crap! Illinois gets no love. I geuss I'll just shell out for the DVD. Still great news.

[AlienMeg]

I just saw this last night. It was amazing. I was in a group of 3 people (my only friends who like One Piece) and there were about 10 other people in the theater besides us. We made friends with some of them and had fun showing off our One Piece merchandise and ring tones and stuff beforehand. I must say Funimation did a great job on this movie. All the voices were perfect. The only one that startled me at first was Mr. 2. He wasn't what I was expecting at all, but it fit him well. It's hard to describe what he sounded like, kinda British sounding or something... anyway it worked well. And it was a joy to hear Zoro in an english showing and see Sanji smoke and the blood. It was just fantastic to see it on the bigscreen. Overall, it was a great experience.

[Amane Misa]

:-( I wanna see it but they only have it in Japanese here.....booo. Understandable, but booooo

[marvin16]

Isnt the movie just a recap of the "Arabastar saga" using the same clips that was in the original anime?:notrust

Well in that case I could watch the whole Arabastar saga and get more One piece time than 1Hour30Minutes smthng...for the movie :D

[Gary]

nah not clips my friend said that they used noth animeations

[Kethool]

Yeah, it's a recap, but it doesn't use any of the old animation, there are some scenes that look completely like the TV version but it's still "new" animation.

[Dr. Hiluruk]

if you haven't seen teh movie, don't bash it.

seing gomu no storm redone with movie quality is werth buying the dvd alone. it looks FANTASTIC.

[jinjue]

I watched the English dub of this film Saturday afternoon and the cinema was totally dead. There were a total of four people who watched it, including myself and an uninterested looking mother who was probably dragged there by her kid. So as far as a cinema going experience goes, it wasn't nearly as good for me as it was for AlienMeg.

I'm not going to bother critiquing the film itself with any kind of depth because anyone who wants to see the original Japanese version of the film can do so already. For those of you who haven't seen it yet I will say this much: it was just a re-cap of the Alabasta arc, all new animation was used for the whole film, a lot of stuff was cut out so that they could cram only the most basic essentials into under ninety minutes, and overall it ranks as one of the lower One Piece films for me because it really wasn't that good.

With that said, I do think that Funimation did a good job with this film. The Strawhats' voice actors are really settling into their roles well, though I do think that Brina Palencia as Chopper is just a tad too high pitched. He sounds too much like a little girl to me, not a young boy. Vivi's voice was great and I think that Caitlin Glass did a phenomenal job; she easily delivered one of the best performances in the entire film, in my opinion. I cannot wait to hear her dubbing over the full Alabasta arc from the anime. Todd Haberhorn as Khoza was alright, not nearly as good as Caitlin, but good enough, and I honestly preferred Kevin Connolly as Pell over his original seiyuu. John Swasey as Crocodile was good as well; he really excelled at sounding condescending and delivering his attack lines. For the most part the voices were all very good, so kudos to the English voice actors.

The only voice I didn't care for was Mr. 2 Bon Clay's. I think it would have been better if Barry Yandell dropped the faux English accent and just stuck with an exaggerated tone and cadence for his voice instead. It wasn't terrible, but I personally didn't care for it and thought that it could have been handled a lot better.

Eric Vale's script was very good, in my opinion. The dialogue sounded natural and it wasn't toned down for television like the current episodes are, so I think it was a good indication of what the uncut episodes may sound like. They even translated "okama" into "cross-dresser" instead of the more benign "ballerina". There are a few things that I didn't care for, but. First of all, I don't understand why they decided to pull an R-L switch with Vivi's surname, Nefertari. The few times I heard it said on screen it sounded like Nefeltari, not Nefertari, and that makes no sense to me given that the original name with the R was clearly done on purpose for a reason. Second, I also thought that Pell's manner of speech was a little too informal; Pell in the Japanese has a very formal, polite way of speaking and I always saw that as an aspect of his regal character, but in the English version he's a lot more casual.

I don't know if this was a script thing or a performance thing, but Miss Father's Day also lost her distinctive laugh, as did Jaguar D. Saul. Instead, Miss Father's Day had a typical "oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!" laugh interspersed with a few ribbits and Saul's "dereshishishi" laugh was cut out entirely. Also, in case anyone was wondering, they did keep Kawashima Ai's rendition of "Compass" instead of dubbing it over in English.

Overall the Funimation dub was very good and in and of itself worthwhile, as was taking the time to see the film on the big screen. It was just too bad that they picked movie eight. I understand the logic behind that choice, but it really isn't one of the better One Piece films. Movie four would have been a much better choice, in my opinion, for a variety of reasons.

[Davit]

ive seen it...

[jinjue]

ive seen it...
And...?

Simply saying that you've seen it doesn't really add anything to the discussion, you know.

['REDHAIRED' SHANKS]

^ your overly long posts dont either ..... lol
I loved your critique btw


I'd seen teh subs a few months back .....

I enjoyed it but I guess it felt a bit rushed. I would have loved to have more build up the the fight scenes. I was a bit dissatisfied by Zoro Vs Mr.1 because it remains one of the most poignant fights of the series for me. I felt that they concentrated only on Luff's fight .....

But all in all, it was probably worth the watch :)

[jinjue]

^ your overly long posts dont either ..... lol
I loved your critique btw
Ho-kay... :headscrat

I enjoyed it but I guess it felt a bit rushed. I would have loved to have more build up the the fight scenes. I was a bit dissatisfied by Zoro Vs Mr.1 because it remains one of the most poignant fights of the series for me. I felt that they concentrated only on Luff's fight .....
I think that it was rushed as well, but that really was to be expected because the original arc was hugely epic. I can see why a lot would get left out; it would have to be in order to compress the entire original arc into just under ninety minutes, you know? But I think that even what they did decide to keep could have been handled better, to a degree. The overuse of still shots in particular irritated me, as I felt that all of that could have been time better spent on actual animation. A couple of stills would have been fine, such as when Luffy punches Crocodile in the face in their big fight, but after the first few I was getting very tired of seeing them.

I also think that Zoro got gypped in his fight, as out of all of the Baroque Works fights I felt that his was the most important next to Luffy's. Zoro learning the secret behind cutting steel was far more important in terms of character progression than anything that happened to the rest of the crew in their fights. Although I'm not surprised that a good chunk of the film was spent on Luffy's fight, simply because the fight between Luffy and Crocodile was the big boss battle and was therefore the most important one from a plot perspective. I do wonder why they didn't – or couldn't, if that was the case – use the same music during that fight as the television episodes did, though. Antonín Dvořák's Symphony no. 9's Allegro con Fuoco really added a sense of power and intensity to the television version, I think, so I really missed not getting to hear it in the film. Oh well.

So in all, I didn't much care for movie eight. As a stand alone it's shite and I truly do think that it's not worth watching without seeing the entire Alabasta arc beforehand. If I were to rank it against all of the others it would be fifth down the list, just behind movie seven and above movie three.

['REDHAIRED' SHANKS]

I compeltely agree that they Zoro learnt a lot in the fight with Mr.1

It remains my favorite fight in OP so far where Zoro has featured ....

They should have tried the Drum Island first ... instead of the other way round.

I am never a fan of books being made into movies because the time scales (lol it is surprising how jargon seeps in unnoticed) in which we experience them are different ....

This movie probably stands out as another example of why we shouldnt make a movie out of every damn book ... reading manga is like reading a novel IMO .. that is the reason i brought it up

[Mullet_Power]

I think the only arc that would make a good movie in One Piece would be the Arlong arc, all the others are either too long or aren't self sustaining.

['REDHAIRED' SHANKS]

I think OP movie 9 is featuring the Drum island arc .... I think justice can be done to that arc in such a short duration ... but there are not too many fights in that right ....

[jinjue]

I compeltely agree that they Zoro learnt a lot in the fight with Mr.1

It remains my favorite fight in OP so far where Zoro has featured ....
For Zoro's one on one fights, I'd say that his fight with Daz Bones was probably my favourite as well, followed by his fight with Kaku. It was just a really good fight and it had a real sense of danger there, despite the fact that we should all know by now that the Strawhats are all immortal. :lmao

Seriously though, I think that Zoro transcended something in his Baroque Works fight. I also think that he gained his first hard earned powerup there, unlike Luffy or Sanji who didn't get one until Enies Lobby. That's the reason why I think that his fight against Daz Bones was so important; it wasn't just another hard fight, it was a fight that was so hard that it pushed him far enough to reach an almost Zen-like state. All of his other single combat fights, save the one against Kaku, just didn't have that edge of danger or intensity, in my opinion.

I am never a fan of books being made into movies because the time scales (lol it is surprising how jargon seeps in unnoticed) in which we experience them are different ....
Eah, I think that film adaptations of books can be done and done fairly well. Some come out pretty good and a few, such as The Four Feathers, are even better than the source material, in my opinion. A lot of good films have been book adaptations, but so have a lot of bad films so it all balances out in the end, as far as I see it. However, I do agree that time should be an important thing to keep in mind when making an adaptation. As such, I think that cramming all of the Alabasta arc into under ninety minutes was a decidedly less than sterling idea, just as it would be to try and cram all of "The Brothers Karamazov" or "Shogun" or some other huge novel like that into under ninety minutes. So much would end up getting cut out that I'd hardly see the worth in even bothering to try.

I think the only arc that would make a good movie in One Piece would be the Arlong arc, all the others are either too long or aren't self sustaining.
I'd watch a film adaptation of Arlong Park, assuming that they followed the original set up. I think that Logue Town could be decently adapted as well, to a degree, though not nearly as well as Arlong Park. I agree that most of the other arcs are just too long, though, or don't work well on their own. Skypiea and Enies Lobby really come to mind as arcs that really wouldn't work well as films because of that.

I think OP movie 9 is featuring the Drum island arc .... I think justice can be done to that arc in such a short duration ... but there are not too many fights in that right ....
It is, but it looks like it'll be terrible. It's going to be like some kind of Drum Island: Redux with a George Lucas style "special edition" treatment or some shit. Franky and Robin both appear to be in the film, along with Luffy's Gears. Seriously, what's the point? Why even bother adapting a previous arc if all they're going to do is muck it up with new stuff from the more recent arcs? Toei should just come up with an original idea if they want a movie with all of the post-Enies Lobby crew and powerups, like they did for the first seven films. Sure some of their ideas are less than good, like movies three and five, but sometimes they're golden, like with movies four and six. Either way, it'd be better than just taking an old arc and fiddling with it to the point where it's all but completely AU.

['REDHAIRED' SHANKS]

Eah, I think that film adaptations of books can be done and done fairly well. Some come out pretty good and a few, such as The Four Feathers, are even better than the source material, in my opinion. A lot of good films have been book adaptations, but so have a lot of bad films so it all balances out in the end, as far as I see it. However, I do agree that time should be an important thing to keep in mind when making an adaptation. As such, I think that cramming all of the Alabasta arc into under ninety minutes was a decidedly less than sterling idea, just as it would be to try and cram all of "The Brothers Karamazov" or "Shogun" or some other huge novel like that into under ninety minutes. So much would end up getting cut out that I'd hardly see the worth in even bothering to try.



Well, I am a fan of reading 1000 paged tomes of Fantasy Fiction (I dont really know why i dont feel like reading long posts when it comes to NF :() and these cannot be justified by a movie done in 2 hours.



It is, but it looks like it'll be terrible. It's going to be like some kind of Drum Island: Redux with a George Lucas style "special edition" treatment or some shit. Franky and Robin both appear to be in the film, along with Luffy's Gears. Seriously, what's the point? Why even bother adapting a previous arc if all they're going to do is muck it up with new stuff from the more recent arcs? Toei should just come up with an original idea if they want a movie with all of the post-Enies Lobby crew and powerups, like they did for the first seven films. Sure some of their ideas are less than good, like movies three and five, but sometimes they're golden, like with movies four and six. Either way, it'd be better than just taking an old arc and fiddling with it to the point where it's all but completely AU.[/COLOR]


OMG ... that would be terrible :mad
They are gonna fuck up Drum Island completely ..... Thats not at all acceptable .... I loved the Drum Island arc and this movie will definitely leave a bad taste in my mouth :notrust

I agree that they should probably come up with original ideas if they want to do another movie. I didnt mind some of the DBZ movies ...
They could do some side stories involving the characters .... I wouldnt mind seeing stuff done on Shanks or WB .... they would need Oda's approval first though ......

[Jetstorm]

Didn't even know it was going to be in theaters. :lmao

I never watched the Japansese subs so I may watch the dub.

[jinjue]

They are gonna fuck up Drum Island completely
Pretty much, yeah. If the trailers are any indication, anyway.

They could do some side stories involving the characters .... I wouldnt mind seeing stuff done on Shanks or WB
Eah, I don't think that any One Piece movie will ever be made that doesn't focus first and foremost on the Strawhats. Making a film that focuses on the side characters, even ones as popular as Shanks, just wouldn't have the same kind of broad appeal as a film about the main characters so I strongly doubt that Toei would even bother with such ideas. If the side characters just get put in at random along with the Strawhats they would either have to interact in some way with the main plot of the film, which could pose complications to Oda's story, or they would just be there for no apparent reason, which could also pose complications to Oda's story in addition to being a waste of the film's time.

I never watched the Japansese subs so I may watch the dub.
The English dub is nearly as good as the Japanese version, in my opinion, though be warned that the movie isn't exactly good in and of itself. It's pretty much just an extremely abridged version of the Alabasta arc with most of the story cut out, some plot changes and even an Enies Lobby spoiler.

['REDHAIRED' SHANKS]

Eah, I don't think that any One Piece movie will ever be made that doesn't focus first and foremost on the Strawhats. Making a film that focuses on the side characters, even ones as popular as Shanks, just wouldn't have the same kind of broad appeal as a film about the main characters so I strongly doubt that Toei would even bother with such ideas. If the side characters just get put in at random along with the Strawhats they would either have to interact in some way with the main plot of the film, which could pose complications to Oda's story, or they would just be there for no apparent reason, which could also pose complications to Oda's story in addition to being a waste of the film's time.

Well, when I wrote that, I had one of the DBZ/specials movies featuring Goku's father ...
It deals with Frieza's destruction of the planet Vegeta(Its been a long time since I've seen DBZ so forgive me if I get some details wrong).
I doubt if it was from the manga had a detailed version of the story ... I enjoyed the movie nevertheless

There are a lot of things they can choose to make the movie on .... they can feature Shank's duels and relationship with Mihawk

They can show Garp's duels with Gol D Roger etc ....

But yeah I can see the point as to it wont be commercially successful. God no one bothers to do anything unless it fills their coffers :notrust