One Piece Film Red 2022

An almighty voice. With fiery red locks.

7.28 / 10   894 vote(s)
PG-13
Animation Adventure Action Fantasy Music

Uta — the most beloved singer in the world. Her voice, which she sings with while concealing her true identity, has been described as “otherworldly.” She will appear in public for the first time 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.

Homepage https://www.onepiece-filmred.com
Release Date 2022-08-06
Runtime 1h 55m
Directors Goro Taniguchi, Tu Yong-ce, Junichi Hayama, Shigefumi Shingaki, Masayuki Sato, Aya Komaki, Koji Kawasaki, Yuichi Tsuzuki, Wataru Matsumi, Tsunetaka Ema, Kentaro Kawasaki, Kan Murakami, Keitaro Nakajima, Maya Asakura, Nanami Michibata, Yumi Okayama, Chihiro Gotou, Izumi Hoki, Toshiaki Satou, Yumi Kobayashi
Producers Eiichiro Oda, Katsuhiro Takagi, Hidenobu Muramatsu, Yoshihisa Heishi, Keisuke Furusawa, Yasuo Miyakawa, Takahiro Noda, Mike Nakamura, Toru Ota, Kengo Nomura, Genta Ozaki, Mai Inuzuka
Writers Eiichiro Oda, Tsutomu Kuroiwa

Nope, sorry! Didn't get the memo. This is just a mess. "Uta" is a famous singer who believes she may have the power to use song to unite the largely dysfunctional world against some marauding pirates. The world government and it's navy tries hard, but it cannot quite combat these ruthless and quirky characters - amongst whom she must count her own father "Shanks". The thing is, though, that "Uta" and her slew of unremarkable power ballads strides two dimensions and gradually we begin to worry that she is perhaps not the altruist that it appears at the start. Perhaps she has evil aspirations of her own; or is being manipulated in some way? I am a big fan of Japanese animé usually, but this is all over the place. The story is weak and nigh-on impossible to follow with the characterisations shallow and almost non-existent. The supposedly cherubic voice of the young girl got right on my nerves from very early on, and the animations (except for, perhaps, at the end when the are lively and vivid) are almost comic book page-flicked in their delivery. Of course there is an inevitability about the ending, but in this case the journey to that conclusion is a maelstrom of confusion and un-engaging plot and personalities that left me cold. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood - but I just could not get into this.

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