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Crunchyroll Adds 3 More One Piece Anime Films
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One Piece: Episode of Alabasta (One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta) is the eighth film in the One Piece anime franchise and it premiered in March 2007. The film is a retelling of the Alabasta Arc from the One Piece series.
One Piece: Strong World is the 10th film in the One Piece franchise, and it opened in Japan in December 2009. Funimation released the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2013. Original manga creator Eiichiro Oda personally oversaw this film's production. The film features the Straw Hat pirates traveling back to East Blue and battling the legendary pirate Shiki after he kidnaps Nami.
One Piece Film Z opened in Japan in December 2012. Funimation released the film in 2014, and it described the story:
Said to be comparable to the Ancient Weapons of old, the Marines' trump card, the “Dyna Stones,” have suddenly been stolen by a group of renegade vigilantes. The terrifyingly powerful man responsible, former Marine Admiral “Z”, now stands in the path of Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates. Can the Straw Hats defeat “Z” and his crew, or will the New World meet its end at the hands of this mad man?
Crunchyroll began streaming the 2016 film One Piece Film Gold, the 2019 film One Piece Stampede, and the 2022 film One Piece Film Red in July 2023.
The ongoing anime adaptation of Oda's One Piece manga premiered in 1999.
Source: Crunchyroll (Joseph Luster)
