One Piece Film: Red
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One Piece Film: Red
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this movie.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that One Piece Film: Red is part of a long-running anime series based on a popular manga. Available both dubbed (in English, for the purposes of this review) and the original Japanese, it's exciting and funny and even has several catchy musical numbers. Expect lots of animated fantasy fighting, with characters using various weapons (guns, blades, etc.), super-powers, and more. There are bloody wounds, monsters and demons, scenes of suffering and hunger, and arguing. Language varies a bit depending on whether you're reading subtitles or listening to a dub, but words heard in the English-language version include "a--hole," "damn," "crap," "bastard," "frickin," "jerk," "hell," etc. Busty female characters wear revealing outfits, and a male character tries to sneak a peak under someone's skirt. There's some background drinking (wine) and cigar smoking, and "booze" is mentioned. Although this is the 15th movie in the One Piece franchise, it has a more or less self-contained story that's centered around a new character, so it's good for both newcomers and seasoned fans.
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What's the Story?
In ONE PIECE FILM: RED, the people of the world are hungry and suffering. Beloved pop singer Uta (voiced by Kaori Nazuka in the Japanese original and Amanda Lee in the English dub) announces a never-ending concert and promises a new world, New Genesis, in which there's no more starvation, there's peace, and everyone has everything that they could ever want. Luffy (Mayumi Tanaka/Colleen Clinkenbeard) and his Straw Hat pirates attend the show, and Luffy soon realizes that Uta is actually his childhood friend. Uta spies Luffy's prized straw hat and recognizes it as once belonging to pirate king Red-Haired Shanks (Shuichi Ikeda/Brandon Potter), Luffy's hero. She warns him that Shanks isn't as heroic as he may seem, telling a painful story of her past. Then Luffy learns the true nature of the concert -- and that it could cause far more harm than good.
Is It Any Good?
It certainly helps to be a One Piece fan, but even newcomers will find much to enjoy about this 15th feature in the long-running series. One Piece Film: Red is gorgeous, funny, exciting, and even has great songs. Uta is a new character, and this story is more or less self-contained, so it's not hard to get a handle on things. It's crisply told, with various surprises tucked away, and even though it seems as if there's a lot going on, it all clicks into place. The animation is also top-notch, with a consistently dazzling use of colors and space, especially during Uta's cute, super-catchy songs and during the spectacular final battle.
One Piece Film: Red does a fine job of balancing its exposition with plenty of playful, funny dialogue. The characters interact like family members, constantly ribbing each other, and it feels organic. The movie does objectify many of its supporting/background female characters, depicting them as busty and wearing skimpy outfits. But otherwise, there's great teamwork on display among characters of all shapes, sizes, and colors. The Japanese version with subtitles is arguably slightly tamer than the English dub, with fewer four-letter words. But the songs are presented in their original Japanese -- and performed by J-pop star Ado -- in both versions (the dub includes subtitles for the lyrics).
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about One Piece Film: Red's violence. How did it make you feel? Was it exciting? Shocking? What did the movie show or not show to achieve this effect? Why is that important?
Do you prefer watching international movies dubbed or in their original language or with subtitles? Why?
What does it mean to objectify women? Does this movie do that? What female characters are not objectified?
How does the movie demonstrate teamwork?
What do you think makes the One Piece manga and anime so enduringly popular?
Movie Details
- In theaters: November 4, 2022
- Cast: Kaori Nazuka, Amanda Lee, Mayumi Tanaka, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Shuichi Ikeda, Brandon Potter
- Director: Goro Taniguchi
- Studios: Toei Animation, Crunchyroll
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy, Music and Sing-Along, Pirates
- Character Strengths: Teamwork
- Run time: 115 minutes
- MPAA rating: PG-13
- MPAA explanation: violence, suggestive material and language
- Last updated: November 1, 2022
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