The website for the One Piece Film Red anime film announced that the One Piece TV anime is airing a special prologue episode tie-in to the film. The prologue is set to debut on August 14, and August 21 in Japan, and goes as far back as 10 years before the events of the film, featuring a young Luffy with Shanks, alongside young versions of the Straw Hat crew.
The episode will cap off with the Straw Hat crew making their way to Elegia, the Island of Music the film takes place in.
One Piece Film Red debuts in Japan on August 6
▍One Piece Film Red Trailer 2
▍About One Piece Film Red
One Piece Film Red is the fourth movie of the One Piece Film series for which the original creator, Eiichiro Oda, supervises as the general producer. The film will be directed by Goro Taniguchi, known for his work in the Code Geass series, and written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa, who also wrote the screenplay for One Piece Film Gold.
Set on an island where the world-famous diva Uta will perform for the first time in front of the public. Uta’s singing voice, which is transmitted while hiding her identity, is said to be too wonderful that it is “another dimension.” Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates counterpart, who came to the island to enjoy her angelic voice, learned that Uta was Shanks’ daughter while fans all over the world filled the venue. The story of Shanks, who is still a mysterious person, Uta, and Luffy are unfolded.
▍One Piece Film Red Staff and Production
Original creator: Eiichiro Oda
Director: Goro Taniguchi
Screenplay: Tsutomu Kuroiwa
Music: Yasutaka Nakata
Character Design: Masayuki Sato
Art Director: Hiroshi Katō
Chief Animation Director: Masayuki Sato
Cgi Director: Kentaro Kawasaki
Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema
Art Setting: Hiroshi Katō
Color design: Sayoko Yokoyama
General Producer: Eiichiro Oda
Production manager: Tomoya Yoshida
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Theme Song Performance: Ado
▍One Piece Film Red Cast
■ Monkey D. Luffy – CV: Mayumi Tanaka
■ Roronoa Zoro – CV: Kazuya Nakai
■ Nami – CV: Akemi Okamura
■ Usopp – CV: Kappei Yamaguchi
■ Sanji – CV: Hiroaki Hirata
■ Tony Tony Chopper – CV: Ikue Ōtani
■ Nico Robin – CV: Yuriko Yamaguchi
■ Franky – CV: Kazuki Yao
■ Brook – CV: Chō
■ Jinbe – CV: Katsuhisa Hōki
■ Shanks – CV: Shuichi Ikeda
■ Uta – CV: Kaori Nazuka, Ado (Singing Voice)
■ Gordon – CV: Kenjiro Tsuda
■ Eboshi – CV: Yuki Yamada
