One Piece Film Red

TLDR: listen to the album and skip the movie. Full review: Great music (Ado is a talented singer), and animation for One Piece is, as always, good. This one is particularly colorful. Unfortunately, it was crippled by a plot that could've been a 14 year old girl's self-insert fanfiction: Shanks' daughter, Luffy's childhood friend, wanted by the World Government for insanely powerful abilities, and events designed to cause maximum angst for the Red-Hair Pirates and Luffy. I mean, really. Who wrote this and called it good?? The plot would've had significantly more impact if she'd been a stranger.

“Your Soul Is More Important Than Your Body, Isn’t It? In The New Age, Every Soul Will Live Forever.” Having Shanks show up in One Piece is always epic. He's so mysterious and we don't know a lot about him but I know I'm always hyped when he shows up and to have a movie where he's in, even if it is for a short amount of time is still hype. And for them to show us more about the crew and a tiny bit of Shanks's past is still epic. Again, the animation is solid like with most Shounen Anime movies and I always smile while watching the Straw Hat Crew. Throw in Koby, Fujitora, Katakuri, Blueno, Bepo, Bartolomeo, Trafalgar Law, Kizaru and Sakazuki, and you have some great characters showing up alongside the Straw Hats and the Red-Haired Pirates! If you have seen One Piece of read the manga you will enjoy this one! If you aren't familiar with the source material I wouldn't recommend Film Red.