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One Piece's Ace Stars in 3rd Stop-Motion 'Cry heart' Short
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Banpresto began streaming a stop-motion animated video for its "One Piece Cry heart ~children's dream~” line of crane game prize figures on Monday. The short recreates the famous scene of [Highlight white text to read spoilers] Ace's death from Eiichiro Oda's manga and anime:
Unlike most figures, Banpresto's "Cry heart" figures is deliberately designed to encourage people to create their own stop-motion shorts. The figures come with multiple faces and flexible joints, and fans can use them to create animation with smartphone apps or other means. Banpresto will release the set featuring Ace on May 14, while the set featuring Luffy and Whitebeard is slated for May 21.
The first "Cry heart" short featuring Chopper premiered in January last year, while the second short featuring Luffy, Ace, and Sabo premiered in May last year.
