One Piece Film: Red

One Piece Film: Red
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gorō Taniguchi
Screenplay by	Tsutomu Kuroiwa
Based on	One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Produced by	Eiichiro Oda
Starring	Mayumi Tanaka Shuichi Ikeda Kaori Nazuka Kazuya Nakai Akemi Okamura Kappei Yamaguchi Hiroaki Hirata Ikue Ohtani Yuriko Yamaguchi Kazuki Yao Chō Kenjiro Tsuda
Music by	Yasutaka Nakata
Production company	Toei Animation
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release dates	July 22, 2022 (2022-07-22) (Tokyo premiere) August 6, 2022 (2022-08-06) (Japan)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥12.95 billion (Japan) $105.4 million (Worldwide)

One Piece Film: Red is a 2022 Japanese animated 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 of the same name written and illustrated 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.

As of August 31, the film had grossed over ¥12.95 billion in Japan making it the highest-grossing film of the One Piece franchise now in the country, the second highest grossing Japanese film of 2022, the 21st highest-grossing film of all-time in Japan, and the 18th highest-grossing Japanese film worldwide.

Premise

Uta —the most beloved singer in the world. Renowned for concealing her own identity when performing, her voice has come to be described as “otherworldly.” Now, for the first time ever, Uta will reveal herself to the world at a live concert. As the venue fills with all kinds of Uta fans—excited pirates, the Navy watching closely, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance—the voice that the whole world has been waiting for is about to resound. The story begins with the shocking fact that she is Red-Haired Shanks' "daughter".

Voice cast

Character	Japanese
Monkey D. Luffy	Mayumi Tanaka
Red-Haired Shanks	Shūichi Ikeda
Uta	Kaori Nazuka Ado (Singing voice)
Roronoa Zoro	Kazuya Nakai
Nami	Akemi Okamura
Usopp	Kappei Yamaguchi
Sanji	Hiroaki Hirata
Tony Tony Chopper	Ikue Ōtani
Nico Robin	Yuriko Yamaguchi
Franky	Kazuki Yao
Brook	Chō
Jimbei	Katsuhisa Hōki
Gordon	Kenjiro Tsuda
Romy	Chise Niitsu
Yorueka	Yuki Kaji

Production

Development

Gorō Taniguchi has previously directed the 1998 OVA, One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak!, which was produced by Production I.G. It was the first animated adaptation of One Piece manga, released before the anime series broadcast 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 has never been seen before and that he will show it in One Piece Film: Red.

According to Shinji Shimizu, a staff of Toei Animation and producer of One Piece anime, One Piece Film: Red is the only One Piece film that Eiichiro Oda has actively participated the most. Oda is the executive producer, character designer, and also the script reviewer of the film. He also said that the film will be different from the previous One Piece films. He added that the film will be a combination of 2D and 3D CGI though the main animation will be in 2D but in some scenes will be in 3D CGI to make it more impactful.

The script for the film had been discussed by Oda, Taniguchi and Tsutomu Kuroiwa for over two years. After it finished, Oda praised the final script saying, "It’s fantastic!”. Tsutomu Kuroiwa, the screenwriter, assured that One Piece Film: Red will be a great movie that will touch many people's hearts.

Music

External videos
"New Genesis" The official music video of the main theme song by Ado and Yasutaka Nakata.

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 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 no Uta: 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, will be released on October 28, 2022.

Uta no Uta: One Piece Film Red track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Performer	Length
1.	"New Genesis" (新時代; Shin Jidai)	Yasutaka Nakata	Yasutaka Nakata	Ado	3:49
2.	"I'm Invincible" (私は最強; Watashi wa Saikyō)	Motoki Omori	Mrs. Green Apple	Ado	4:17
3.	"Backlight" (逆光; Gyakkō)	Vaundy	Vaundy	Ado	3:57
4.	"Fleeting Lullaby" (ウタカタララバイ; Utakata Rarabai)	Tophamhat-Kyo	Fake Type.	Ado	2:53
5.	"Tot Musica"	cAnON.	Hiroyuki Sawano	Ado	3:16
6.	"The World's Continuation" (世界のつづき; Sekai no Tsuzuki)	Yuta Orisaka	Yuta Orisaka	Ado	4:48
7.	"Where the Wind Blows" (風のゆくえ; Kaze no Yukue)	Motohiro Hata	Motohiro Hata	Ado	4:33
8.	"Binks' Sake" (ビンクスの酒; Binkusu no Sake)	Eiichiro Oda	Kohei Tanaka	Ado	3:27
Total length:					30:53

Marketing

File:One Piece Film RED Logo.png

Logo of One Piece Film: Red

Ado will perform 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 will release video song on YouTube for the movie promotions, these song will also be featured in the movie as 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 print in millions of copies and were giveaways for most of the weekends since release. The One Piece anime's regular episodes release 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

World map showing regions where the film theatrical release has been announced (red)

The film had its world premiere in Nippon Budokan, Tokyo on July 22, 2022, and 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 announced that they will distribute the film in Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia and India, it had a limited premiered released on September 2 to 4, 2022 at ODEX Film Festival at Cathay Cineplex Downtown and scheduled to release on September 10, 2022 in Singapore, in Malaysia, limited premiere screening has started from September 3 to 11, 2022 at ODEX Film Festival at Paradigm Mall, Petaling Jaya and scheduled to release on September 22, 2022, In Netherlands, the film scheduled to release on September 8, 2022 and Fan screenings on September 17 and 18, 2022 and release on September 24, 2022 in Philippines. In Indonesia, CBI Pictures announced limited premiere release on September 16 to 18, 2022. In India, the film is scheduled to release on October 7, 2022, by Odex and PVR Pictures. In Germany, the film is scheduled to premiere on October 11, 2022, at Berlin and will be released on October 13, 2022, in Germany and Austria by Crunchyroll. In Romania on October 14, 2022, in Romanian sub and dub. In Kuwait on November 3, 2022, by Front Row Filmed Entertainment, In Spain on November 4, 2022, will be released subbed and dubbed in Spanish and Catalan by SelectaVisión, In U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, it is scheduled to release in fall 2022 by Crunchyroll. In U.K and Ireland, the film will be released in fall 2022 by Anime Limited. In Italy the movie will have its premiére at Lucca Comics and Games 2022, and will be release 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.

Reception

Box office

Japan

The film was released in weekend and became a box office hit in the country. In its opening day, the film had a box office revenues and admissions of ¥1,232,095,230 and 869,407 respectively. It is the biggest opening for a One Piece film ever, the third film in Japanese history to make over 1 billion yen on opening day, the best Saturday opening ever for IMAX, and also the second biggest opening day of all the time in Japan. In its second day, it had ¥1,022,141,800 and 710,145 box office revenue and admissions respectively, totaling to ¥2,254,237,030 and 1,579,552 in the weekend. This makes the film the best opening weekend for August in Japan, the biggest weekend box office of 2022 so far, the highest ever opening weekend for distributor Toei Company, the second-biggest two-day opening weekend for a film in Japanese history, and also the second ever film in Japan to gross more than 1 billion yen two days in a row. In 8 days, the film has already surpassed 5 billion yen on 3.6 million admissions, making it the second fastest film to reach that box office record of all the time in Japan. In 10 days, the film became the highest-grossing film in the One Piece franchise after it earned more than 7.06 billion yen (US$52.97 million) with over 5 million tickets sold in 502 screens and overtook One Piece Film: Z total box office revenue in Japan. In 13 days, the film had grossed more than 8 billion yen ($60.31 million) with over 5.7 million admissions. It is the second-fastest film in Japanese box office history to reach 8 billion yen after Demon Slayer: Mugen Train. As of its third weekend, the film grossed ¥9,281,365,450 ($67.59 million) with over 6.65 million admissions. It surpassed Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween and Studio Ghibli's Arrietty. In 20 days, the film grossed over ¥10 billion with over 7.2 million admissions. The film became the second-fastest film in Japan to reach the 10 billion yen milestone surpassing the mark 5 days ahead of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, and the 41st film in Japan to ever pass this mark. As of its fourth weekend, the film ranked first place and grossed ¥11.454 billion (US$83.32 million) with over 8.2 million admissions. In 26 days, the film grossed over ¥12 billion (US$87.26 million) with over 8.6 million tickets sold. The film is the second fastest film ever to reach ¥12 billion and it overtook Top Gun: Maverick as the second-highest grossing film in 2022 in Japan which Japanese box offices track as December 2021 to November 2022. As of its fifth weekend, the film has been 2022 box office number-one film in Japan for five consecutive weeks, the film had grossed ¥12.953 billion (US$94.04 million) with over 9,298,000 admissions, making it the highest grossing film of 2022 (calendar days) and ninth highest grossing anime film in Japan.

Other territories

In France, the film premiered in Le Grand Rex, Paris for more than 2,700 audience and other cinemas on August 6, 2022. With 119,311 total admissions, the film became One Piece franchise's biggest hit in French cinemas and the best premiere of all-time for a Japanese animated film in France. Also, the film set another box office record with having the highest number of first-day ticket sales in the country for an anime film ever. It surpassed the previous opening day record of Pokémon: The Movie 2000 after having total admissions (including premiere) of 267,631. In 5 days, the film ranked first place in its opening weekend box office and sold 488,631 tickets (including premiere) exceeding the result at the same stage of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (293,331 tickets), My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (118,525 tickets) and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (330,000 tickets). In 7 days, the film had sold 575,182 tickets and became the second best 7-days box office admission for a Japanese animated film in France behind Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (807,806 tickets). As of August 28, the film had sold 855,100 tickets (US$6,067,077) and had exceeded the total admission of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (727,889 tickets) and is nearing 1 million admission in France.

In China, the film became the fastest selling film in 12th Beijing International Film Festival. In Hong Kong, the film earned HK$3.45 million (US$440,000) in its opening weekend.

In Taiwan, the film ranked first place and grossed NT$57.793 million in its opening weekend. It surpassed Jujutsu Kaisen 0 opening weekend box office revenue (NT$55.83 million) and the total box office revenue of One Piece: Stampede (NT$54.2M) in Taiwan. As of its 3rd weekend, the film grossed over NT$139 million (US$4.54 million) and still remained first place for 3 consecutive weeks in box office rankings in Taiwan.

In Thailand, the film became the highest grossing opening day and opening weekend of all-time for a Japanese Animated film in Thailand after it earned 17.8 million baht and 71.70 million baht respectively. In the first week, it became the fastest anime film to gross 100 million bhat.

As of August 31, the film has grossed more than US$105.4 million worldwide.

Music Chart

The film's main theme song "New Genesis" by Ado, topped Apple Music's Global Top 100 charts, making it the first for a Japanese song, and the number one song in the world, beating out songs from Beyoncé and DJ Khaled.

In August 31, Oricon reported that for the first time ever in Oricon’s history, Ado has all three of the tracker’s digital rankings for three weeks and is also the first artist in Oricon’s history ever to have five songs in the "Top 5 Streaming Chart" doing so for the past two weeks. These five songs from the film ("New Genesis", "I'm Invincible", "Backlight", "Fleeting Lullaby", and "Tot Musica") had been dominating the top five "Weekly Streaming Chart" in two weeks and also the first time that each song in the top five had reached over 10 million plays over the last week. Furthermore, the album Uta no Uta: One Piece Film Red came in first for the "Weekly Digital Album Ranking" for the past three weeks. "New Genesis" has topped the "Weekly Digital Single (Single Song) Ranking" over the past four weeks and marks the second time a solo female artist has topped the charts for a month after LiSA’s "Homura" did so for 13 weeks back in late 2020 / early 2021. This is its 12th week at number one (106,916,252 plays) and is the 4th fastest song in Japanese history to reach 100 million plays. On September 7, 2022, Oricon reported that for the first time ever in Oricon’s history, Ado has all three of the tracker’s digital rankings for four weeks.

See also

• List of One Piece films
• List of One Piece media

External links

• Official website (in English)
• One Piece Film: Red on Twitter