is a 2022 Japanese animated musical fantasy action-adventure film directed by Gorō Taniguchi and produced by Toei Animation. It is the fifteenth feature film of the One Piece film series, based on the manga series of the same name by Eiichiro Oda.
It was first announced on November 21, 2021, in commemoration of the One Piece anime episode 1000's release and following the broadcast of the episode, a teaser trailer and poster was released on November 21, 2021. Its world premiere was in Nippon Budokan, Tokyo on July 22, 2022, for the celebration of 25th anniversary of One Piece manga and released theatrically on August 6, 2022, in Japan.
One Piece Film: Red received praise for its animation style, fight sequences and musical numbers. The film grossed over ¥20.33 billion in Japan making it the highest-grossing film of One Piece, the highest-grossing film of Toei Animation, the highest-grossing film of 2022 in Japan, the 4th highest-grossing Japanese film of all time in Japan, and the 6th highest-grossing film of all time in Japan. The film has been number one in box office ranking in Japan for eleven consecutive weeks, a feat achieved by only three Japanese films in history. As of January 29, 2023, the film grossed over US$246.5 million worldwide, making it the 7th highest-grossing Japanese film of all time.
Plot
The Straw Hat Pirates arrive at Elegia to attend a concert by Uta, and Luffy greets her during the show because she is the daughter of "Red-Haired" Shanks. Displaying the unusual ability to conjure anything she wishes and trap anyone opposed to her, Uta implores Luffy to quit piracy and stay in her concert forever. The Straw Hats resist, and Uta traps all of them except Luffy, who is rescued by Trafalgar Law and Bartolomeo.
The Five Elders ruling the World Government deem Uta's power a great threat to the world, and Marine Fleet Admiral Akainu orders a convoy of battleships led by Admirals Kizaru and Fujitora to go to Elegia and subdue her. Luffy's group meets Uta's guardian Gordon, who explains that Uta hates pirates after learning about the suffering they have inflicted on her fans. Uta then confronts Gordon, and shows that she plans to use the song "Tot Musica" as a trump card in case her plan meets resistance, despite Gordon's pleas.
Luffy's group comes across Koby, Helmeppo, and Blueno, who explain Uta's power: she has eaten the Sing-Sing Fruit, and everyone who heard the concert is trapped in a dream dimension known as the Sing-Sing World. While this dimension normally ceases once Uta falls asleep, she is keeping herself awake and hastening her death by consuming a poisonous fungal called wake-shrooms; if she dies, the Sing-Sing World will be cut off from the real world forever. In the real world, the Marine fleet arrives at Elegia to find the concertgoers all sleeping, and Uta controls her victims' bodies to remove the Marines' hearing blockers. The Five Elders know that Uta has no more than two hours left to live, and 70% of the world's population will be trapped if she dies.
Koby's group helps the trapped pirates free themselves, and the Straw Hats head towards the castle to find a weakness in Uta's power. In the library, Nico Robin discovers that there is a way to make the worlds converge if a demonic being known as Tot Musica is summoned and then defeated in both worlds. Uta resumes her concert in the Sing-Sing World, but her audience begins to resist the idea of living in her world forever. Growing more unstable, Uta transforms all of them into inanimate objects. Luffy goes to confront Uta, and she claims that Shanks abandoned her on Elegia after destroying and plundering it. Uta decides to kill Luffy in the real world, but is stopped by Shanks and his crew.
Shanks tries to help Uta, but Akainu orders for the Marines to fire on her without regard for the concertgoers, forcing the Red-Haired Pirates to go on the defensive. A despairing Uta summons Tot Musica and continues attacking Luffy, but Gordon intercepts the blow and reveals that it was Tot Musica that destroyed Elegia in the past. Shanks had taken the blame for it, and left Uta behind so she could pursue her dream without being associated with a wanted criminal.
Usopp is able to attain a mental link with his father Yasopp via Observation Haki, and this allows the two of them to coordinate simultaneous attacks against Tot Musica in both worlds. After a long battle, Luffy and Shanks strike the finishing blows to defeat Tot Musica. However, since it has already consumed the Sing-Sing World, the souls trapped there do not return to the real world. Uta rejects a medicine from Shanks to cure the effects of the wake-shrooms in order to sing a song that will bring back everyone. Once she does this, the Marine forces move to seize her, but Shanks repels them with his Conqueror's Haki. As the Marines retreat, Shanks and Uta reconcile as father and daughter.
Luffy wakes up on the Thousand Sunny after his crew has already departed Elegia, and witnesses the Red-Haired Pirates' ship sailing away.
Voice cast Character Japanese English Monkey D. Luffy Mayumi Tanaka Colleen Clinkenbeard Shanks Shūichi Ikeda Brandon Potter Uta Amanda Lee Roronoa Zoro Kazuya Nakai Christopher Sabat Nami Akemi Okamura Luci Christian Usopp Kappei Yamaguchi Sonny Strait Sanji Hiroaki Hirata Eric Vale Tony Tony Chopper Ikue Ōtani Brina Palencia Nico Robin Yuriko Yamaguchi Stephanie Young Franky Kazuki Yao Patrick Seitz Brook Chō Ian Sinclair Jimbei Katsuhisa Hōki Daniel Baugh Charlotte Oven Masafumi Kimura Jason Marnocha Eboshi Yuki Yamada Orion Pitts Gordon Kenjiro Tsuda Jim Foronda Sunny-Kun Houko Kuwashima Lisa Ortiz Romy Chise Niitsu Megan Shipman
Production Development Gorō Taniguchi previously directed the 1998 OVA, One Piece: Take Down! The Pirate Ganzak!, at Production I.G when he was employed at the studio. It was the first animated adaptation of the One Piece manga, released before the broadcast of Toei Animation's anime series and had limited screenings in Japanese theaters. Oda stated that Taniguchi was "the first person to ever animate Luffy". After the first announcement of the film in November 2021, Taniguchi said that he wanted to express a One Piece that had never been seen before and that he would show it in One Piece Film: Red.
According to Shinji Shimizu, a producer of the One Piece anime at Toei Animation, One Piece Film: Red is the One Piece film that Eiichiro Oda most actively participated in the development of. Oda is the executive producer, character designer, and also script reviewer of the film. He also said that the film will be different from the previous One Piece films, saying its animation will primarily be in 2D but in some scenes will be in 3D CGI to make it more impactful.
The script for the film was developed by Oda, Taniguchi, and Tsutomu Kuroiwa for over two years. After finishing, Oda praised the final script saying, "It's fantastic!" Tsutomu Kuroiwa, the screenwriter, assured that One Piece Film: Red would be a great movie that would touch many hearts.
Music
The film score was composed by Yasutaka Nakata, and the theme song for the film is "New Genesis" performed by Ado and produced by Nakata. Ado also performed six more songs as insert songs featuring Mrs. Green Apple, Vaundy, Fake Type., Hiroyuki Sawano, Yuta Orisaka, and Motohiro Hata in each and Toei Animation and Ado released their respective music videos on YouTube. The album Uta's Songs: One Piece Film Red, containing all the vocal songs from the film was released on August 10, 2022, while the score album published by Avex, containing 47 tracks, was released on October 28, 2022.
Marketing
Ado performed seven songs featuring Yasutaka Nakata, Mrs. Green Apple, Vaundy, Fake Type., Hiroyuki Sawano, Yuta Orisaka, and Motohiro Hata in each, and Toei Animation and Ado released video songs on YouTube for the movie's promotions; these songs are also featured in the movie as the singing voice for character Uta. Since the theatrical release of the film in Japan, there have been multiple giveaways to the theater audience, including different manga and databook by Eiichiro Oda which were printed in millions of copies and were giveaways for most of the weekends since the release. The One Piece anime's regular episodes' releases were put on hold for three weeks and the film's three tie-in episodes were broadcast after the film's release in Japan.
Release
The film had its world premiere in Nippon Budokan, Tokyo on July 22, 2022, and was released theatrically on 495 screens in Japan on August 6, 2022, by its distributor Toei Company. It had its IMAX screenings in Japan in 27 theaters, which is the first time for a One Piece film. It is also available in MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Atmos.
Pathé Films released the film in French speaking regions, subbed and dubbed in French, In France, the film premiered in Le Grand Rex, Paris and 481 screens on August 6, 2022 and was released on August 10, 2022, in 631 screens. In Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland (French-speaking region) and Swiss German regions it will be released on October 13, 2022. On August 10, 2022, it was also released in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritius and Mali. In Djibouti, the film was released on August 11, 2022 and on August 12, 2022, the film was released in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, Togo and Madagascar.
In Taiwan, the film was released on August 19, 2022. In China, the film premiered at Beijing International Film Festival on August 21, 2022. In Hong Kong and Macau, it was released in Cantonese, subbed and dubbed on August 25, 2022. In Thailand, the film had fan screening from August 16 to 21 and was widely released on August 25 by distributor Japan Anime Movie (JAM) Thailand.
Odex distributed the film in Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and India. In Singapore, the film was released on September 29, 2022. In Malaysia, the film released on September 22, 2022. In the Netherlands, the film released on September 8, 2022. In Philippines, fan screenings on September 17 and 18, 2022 and was released on September 28, 2022. In Indonesia, CBI Pictures announced limited premiere release on September 16 to 18, 2022. In India, the film was released on October 7, 2022, by Odex and PVR Pictures. In Germany, the film was premiered on October 11, 2022, at Berlin and was released on October 13, 2022, in Germany and Austria by Crunchyroll. In Romania on October 14, 2022, in Romanian sub and dub.
In select MENA countries, Front Row Filmed Entertainment released the film on November 3, 2022, with English and Arabic subtitles. In Spain on November 4, 2022, was released subbed and dubbed in Spanish and Catalan by SelectaVisión, In U.S. and Canada, it was released on November 4, 2022, and in Australia and New Zealand, it was released on November 3, 2022, by Crunchyroll. Film Red became the first One Piece film to be distributed under the Crunchyroll brand after Sony Pictures acquired Crunchyroll in 2021 and merged it with Funimation in 2022.
In U.K and Ireland, the film was released on the 4th of November 2022 by Anime Limited. CGV released the movie in Vietnam on November 25, 2022, by Tagger with a teaser announced before the release in their local YouTube channel. In Italy the movie had its premiére at Lucca Comics and Games 2022 and was released in theaters by Koch Media's Anime Factory brand in autumn. Diamond Films has been teasing a release of One Piece media in Latin America. In Pakistan, the film was released on October 7. In Israel, the film was released on December 1. In Portuguese-speaking countries, the film was shown in Brazil on November 2 by Diamond Films, and in Portugal on November 3 by NOS Audiovisuais.
Reception Box office Japan