sure, the good guys always have to win in the end, but when the crew (excluding luffy) began to grow in a mutated mess from that flower and luffy himself got showered by a thousand arrows, i totally wasnt expecting it. the plot is well thought out and entertaining (not your average filler episode or movie, but it has its own original storyline), and is not completely predictable. Movie 6 has to be one of the best one piece movies there is. Running in at a mere 90 minutes, this is essential viewing for One Piece fans. The finale is an absolute tour-de-force of high budget Shonen Jump action - hand to hand combat, big open spaces, lightning quick movement, crazy special moves arrows cloud the sky, Luffy’s gomu-gomu attacks have never looked as good.
Given my love of Matsumoto’s art, it should go without saying that Movie 6 is jaw-droppingly beautiful. You know it’s bad when Luffy is writhing in agony. In another shocking scene, Luffy has arrows shot through his hands and feet, blood pours from the wounds.
Some of it borders on outright horror - during one especially grotesque moment, the Straw Hat pirates (excluding Luffy) are squished together and mutate into a kind of slimy, fleshy plant stalk that grows out of the deranged villain’s shoulder it looks disgusting. Movie 6 understands this, and what this results in is an almost heart-breaking tribute to Luffy’s loyalty to his nakama. I could sit through hours of One Piece fillers just to see the characters interact and mess about. It looks breathlessly stylish, is undeniably darker than the TV series and like the best of One Piece, shows real heart.įor all its action-packed gusto, One Piece’s greatest strength has always been the steely bond of comradery between the Straw Hats.
The Straw Hats come within whisker of dying, and in an outstandingly cool scene Luffy is almost crucified when impaled by dozens upon dozens of arrows. This was a great movie, the last 30 minutes of which were an explosion of post-apocalyptic scenery and nakama-love, Luffy style. So I sat down to this movie expecting great animation and hoping for a fun story, what I got far exceeded my expectations. For those who aren’t aware, Matsumoto is an amazing action animator capable of capturing some stunning movement - he was the guy behind those episodes (30, 133) of Naruto. Shonen Jump movies aren’t exactly known for their quality they usually amount to little more than 1.5 hours worth of fan-servicey filler, but when I discovered none other than Norio Matsumoto animated “One Piece Movie 6: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island”, I just had to check it out.
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