Funny thing is, OP tv ratings are owning Doraemon lately.
In no small part because OP's production values are approaching those of the year 2002, and that the action involving the main character is actually drawing in some noses.
I won't expect the "drama" OP everyone seems to think is hot stuff in the ESW will continue to earn those numbers.
Mind my asking, anyone know when this movie will come out on DVD/internet download?
The DVD is coming out on July 21'st.
Is storm animated good in this movie?
you can get some info about the DVD here:
http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-videos/pid-1004817436/
fps_anth posted this in the raw discussion topic:
http://www.nyaatorrents.org./?page=torrentinfo&tid=2169
it's a sample DVD R this it has SAMPLE written in the left hand corner throughout the movie.
HOLY COW this movie is bad O_O
I was looking to skip to Gomu Gomu no Storm, and I came to when Pell went boom (which was very well animated) and I went forward a little bit and then I was at the part with the rain o.o
then I tried to find Luffy's first fight with Crocodile and I found a spot around it, went forward like 3 minutes and somehow jumped ahead 16 episodes. The characters even TALK fast. I've only watched a few clips though, maybe it's better if I watch the whole thing
what I did really like about Storm was how it was pretty much perfect with it's manga counterpart. I mean Luffy's expression looks just like it did here:
http://groups.msn.com/OnePieceManga/onepiecechapter209.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=4061
and this one too:
http://groups.msn.com/OnePieceManga/onepiecechapter210.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=4067
I'm kinda glad to see that but at the same time, I can't figure out why they made that big tall building fall down… weird
for thos who want to see though, I did upload gomu gomu no Storm to youtube:
*From a very pissed off Quexinos that Toei used the same music there as they did in Lucci's defeat
_For with a closing door, another surely opens
Just you wait and see,
And when you look back on where we've been together
Wherever you may be
I hope that you remember me_
ZOMG I am only 17 minutes in the movie and wow…Everything you said Greg was right, in fact I think that what you said was too easy on the movie. It is soooooooooo~ rushed so far. Like any impact in the original is lost through fast talking and skipped scenes. This is more cut than 4kids version of Alabasta so far. I will post my whole opinion once I am done with the movie but so far...yeah.
This movie screams 4Kids to me. With the scene skipping and rushing and generally crappy pacing.
Oh well, at least storm looked pretty good.
Omfg….I just watched the storm clip. I had fucking shivers.....shivers.....my god.
I'll wait for the sub on the actual movie.
It's great to see that the raw is finally out. Also Quexinos, thanks for uploading that clip of the movie's Gomu Gomu no Storm.
Personally I'm torn.. I want to watch the movie to see just what the fuss is all about, but at the same time I honestly have to wonder if it really will be just as bad as everyone else is claiming.. If so, I don't think I'll be able to retain my sanity while trying to sit through the whole thing.
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Might as well just watch it so that if it really IS that bad I have every right to make fun of it later; sanity be damned. 
My god, strom was just…ugh. It just felt more epic in the anime then the movie. So much better. Even the punching the hell out of crocodile felt gave me more of a "holy shit awesome!!" vibe.
for thos who want to see though, I did upload gomu gomu no Storm to youtube:
Personally, I don't mind the music, because one: It was made for that scene, Lucchi's defeat was just a reuse, and two: it's an awesome theme. But man, that CAN'T have been the same VA for Crocodile. He just sounded so… bad. Animation wasn't really that good either, it just went TOO fast.
Wow… if Gomu Gomu no Storm was the highlight of this film then it must be one of the most atrocious movies ever. Also Crocodile's voice is just terrible and sounds like a whiny villain who cackles insanely.
I didn't notice anything wrong with Croc's voice. Personally, I felt he was putting more emotion into it, I got the "I'm at the end of my ropes" voice from him and loved it.
PLEASE DON'T HURT ME.
It was rushed. But looking at the brighter side, I understand that they had to pick out what was most essential to tell the story and squeeze together into 1.5 hours. They might've been able to lengthen some scenes or add some little parts to help explain things, but to include other scenes like the time in Rainbase, I can't imagine how long the movie could've been. Then it would've been well over 2 hours long. I felt that the main goal in the whole movie was to stop the rebellion and to stop Crocodile, so I think that deviating from that path would've been bad. Even if someone says that it was a bad move for them to make a movie on this, well… it was done. Surely they put a lot of thought into it prior to putting it into production.
I thought of something positive to say about the fast pacing and fast dialogue, but I'm too scared to post it. I also thought the pacing/dialogue was too fast in a sense, but I believe that looking past that and thinking about the possible reasons to support why they made those choices makes the movie a bit more enjoyable.
So, putting that all aside, I enjoyed it. . .
puts up shield
This was suicidal to post…
One part I believe that wasn't in anime but was in manga and movie, was the way Luffy gets hit with the poison hook.
Wow, people are so biased that even Crocodile's awesome VA is being bashed?
Anyway, just finished watching and it wasn't nearly half as bad as some people made it seem. It's rushed, yes, but that's to be expected. Same to be said about the "emotion" factor, reducing 40 episodes of build up to 90 minutes isn't an easy task. I guess a viewer not familiar with the original would enjoy it way more. And that was their goal anyway, present an old adventure to younger fans.
The animation.. it's just ok, but i liked the art style, kinda similar to episode 311.
Cinder, don't be scared! It's far from be the worst OP movie and even the 5th one(!!) has its fans:whistling:
It's rushed, yes, but that's to be expected. Same to be said about the "emotion" factor, reducing 40 episodes of build up to 90 minutes isn't an easy task.
which is why they shouldn't be doing it 
heh it's just funny how fast they talk
like when Sanji says "Oi look! up there!" or whatever… i mean compare it to the original XD
He's like "OMGLOOKATTHATLOL!"
I don't know why people don't like how storm turned out... IM not sure if I like it better than the original, it seemed shorter this time, but I did think it was animated better. I just don't like how they had that huge tall building or whatever that was.
Wow… if Gomu Gomu no Storm was the highlight of this film then it must be one of the most atrocious movies ever. Also Crocodile's voice is just terrible and sounds like a whiny villain who cackles insanely.
That was the only redeeming part of the film… that and the fart joke
_For with a closing door, another surely opens
Just you wait and see,
And when you look back on where we've been together
Wherever you may be
I hope that you remember me_
Storm just didn't feel the same without the epic music allegro con fuoco.
Does anyone know the name of the song they used here (also used in the end of the Lucci fight).
I think the point of the movie is to add fans. Some people feel that Op is to long to get into a movie like this would/should help generate fans. Like other have sad they condensed an arc into a movie. I hope they do this with more arcs because it good to be able to see this stuff again and not have to see all the episodes.
Wow the DVD has already been realaesed! Awesome I can't wait to watch it!!
Storm just didn't feel the same without the epic music allegro con fuoco.
as for your second question, check the music thread, I JUST asked that and got an answer ^_^
_For with a closing door, another surely opens
Just you wait and see,
And when you look back on where we've been together
Wherever you may be
I hope that you remember me_
which is why they shouldn't be doing it
Hehe yeah, the idea was much better than the realization. But i can understand why they tried it anyway.
Ah, i forgot to talk about the low point imo: the fights, except for Luffy vs Crocodile. Dunno, i thought they tried to follow the original way too much, instead of take some liberties and make, say, an incredibly awesome Zoro vs Mr.1 in movie quality. Lazy.
Well, just finished watching the movie, and…
...Yeah. It was rushed. Very rushed. I guess it's to be expected considering the Alabasta arc is so long. I can't say I DIDN'T enjoy it, 'cause I did, at some parts.
But, yeah, it was pretty weak overall.
This movie managed to make Gomu gomu no Storm suck…
Wow the DVD has already been realaesed!
No it has not, the source for this raw is a sample DVD, which is not public. I assume it's for press people etc. The real DVD will release 7/21.
I did just watch it btw. and I must say that I really enjoyed it. Yeah everything was very compressed, but it can't be done in another way for a 1.5 h long movie. Animation was super great and I think the movie can keep up with the arabasta arc in the anime.
Hopefully the torrent will continue like this (help seeding people 
) and the tracker doesn't get down.. I don't want to up this again. Btw. thx to zkx from VP for helping to seed. 
Edit: jaken23 at K-F forums says it's a Screener
Wow, people are so biased that even Crocodile's awesome VA is being bashed?
Cinder, don't be scared! It's far from be the worst OP movie and even the 5th one(!!) has its fans:whistling:
First of all, even though I haven't seen the movie, and completely ignored all the "IT SUCKS!!!!!1"-comments, I still think Crocodile sounded awful here. Try to compare it to the original Storm-scene, and I'd say that the difference becomes EXTREMELY obvious.
EVEN movie 5? But that one was awesome, what do people have against it?
I thought people concidered the seventh one the worst
I haven't seen either the seventh or the fifth though
I thought it was the best One Piece movie ever. Sure the pacing was off, but it was still amazing. All One Piece movies should be recaps.
I'll post more on this later.
for thos who want to see though, I did upload gomu gomu no Storm to youtube:
*From a very pissed off Quexinos that Toei used the same music there as they did in Lucci's defeat
Meh, its just not the same without Dvorak….
On another note, did Crocodile have the same voice actor from the anime in this movie?
Ok, finished watching it, so now I can post my full opinion.
It got a bit better toward the end, however I still believe that it was rushed a ton. Really, for every of the mugiwara fights besides Luffy, they show about 30 seconds tops for each of them. I do understand that they had almost 40 episodes to condense, and I know there is NO possible way to make a movie span all of that in 90 minutes, unless you make it into a 2 part movie but that might be a waste of money. Anyway the animation was beautiful. I wish every episode of One Piece looked like that, but then Toei would be spending millions each episode. But the really rushed lines and the extremely heavily condensed story take away the very essence that was Alabasta's epicness. If you did not see the original episodes, even with the super special awesome animation, the jumpy story might detract you away from the series.
But, like I said before this is the best that is possible and they managed to keep the most important parts and made them look beautiful. This is a good AMV movie because it has great looking scenes and the most important ones. Not to mention that AMVs generally do not include voices so the rushed lines won't be a problem. In any case, I give this movie a 5/10.
P.S.-Yes, Crocodile did have the same voice actor in this movie TakinawaTonfa.
Dang, I gotta see this…
@Vegard:
First of all, even though I haven't seen the movie, and completely ignored all the "IT SUCKS!!!!!1"-comments, I still think Crocodile sounded awful here. Try to compare it to the original Storm-scene, and I'd say that the difference becomes EXTREMELY obvious.
EVEN movie 5? But that one was awesome, what do people have against it?
Well, 5 is generally considered the worst, but to each one his own, of course. Personally i thought that movie was a total travesty.
Anyway, you should watch the whole thing to judge Crocodile's voice, at that point he's gone nuts already. For instance, i think his "Desert La Spada!!", sounded better in the movie, more desperate.
I found 3 the worst.
Also Dvarok made the scene better, but it just looked weirder. I still perfer the original one in the anime.
edit:
See? It's so much better. Crocodile reacts to getting punched. Luffy doesn't have an overexaggerated face and stuff.
I think I also prefer the original anime version. You can tell they spent more time with it. The movie one seems very rushed. Now don't get it wrong, i Love it, it's bad ass and second only to Pell's death, but a few things bug me about it.
1. Luffy isn't spinning during storm. That's the main difference between storm and gattlig gun:
see? no spin, it just looks like gattling. Actually I guess his fists are spinning but it looks dumb that Luffy isn't. They didn't even spin the background like int he original.
2. Croc's knife is yellow there
see here it's the right color.
3. 
Im surprised they let this go through, Luffy's MISSING for crying out loud XD
4. The building… I liked it better when it rose the whole ground and not just one building.
So yes the anime version still wins for sure.
_For with a closing door, another surely opens
Just you wait and see,
And when you look back on where we've been together
Wherever you may be
I hope that you remember me_
I'm french here and I don't understand what's going on. If the DVD comes out on july, how can we have the movie right now ? There's a good reason, but I don't get it…
a screener DVD is given out to some people like reviewers and critics ahead of time. So.. that's what happened XD
Just saw the movie on dailymotion and I must say, even though it was rushed, I still enjoyed it! ^_^
Especially when they put fill in scenes that wasn't in the original, but you would of guessed they'd happen anyway like…
! Robin making her way to the ship (loved how she thought about her past)
! Crocodile making himself the 'hero' by presenting to Kobra the criminals he defeats
! Nami unwrapping her weapon off Miss. Doublefinger, etc.
also, (sorry if these have been posted before) here's the dailymotion links for anyone who hasn't seen it yet or can't download it:
Part 1: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2b9w0_one-piece-movie-08-raw-film-p-01 Part 2: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2b9xq_one-piece-movie-08-raw-film-p-02
Part 3: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2b9z6_one-piece-movie-08-raw-film-p-03
Part 4: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ba17_one-piece-movie-08-raw-film-p-04
Part 5: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ba2k_one-piece-movie-08-raw-film-p-05-fi
! Robin making her way to the ship (loved how she thought about her past)
! Crocodile making himself the 'hero' by presenting to Kobra the criminals he defeats
! Nami unwrapping her weapon off Miss. Doublefinger, etc.
the last one of those is 100% fan service
i like fan service ^_^
1. Luffy isn't spinning during storm. That's the main difference between storm and gattlig gun:
see? no spin, it just looks like gattling. Actually I guess his fists are spinning but it looks dumb that Luffy isn't. They didn't even spin the background like int he original.
Wait, Luffy IS spinning. Pay closer attention to this scene in a higher quality and you'll see it.The wind lines circling around him over the following scenes are very visible.
The difference is that they made the background spinning in the original, but here, it's Luffy.
3. Im surprised they let this go through, Luffy's MISSING for crying out loud XD
That happens because Crocodile is going out of his reach at this point, crashing the roof.
okay he IS spinning, yes but he's also like not XD The spinning is implied but I wish they had made him spin by… actually spinning and not just wind lines.. it that make sence
EDIT:
ever go back and look at a post you made and think "WTF"
yeah Im not sure what i meant by "it that make sence" but I think I meant it would make more sense
as for the other thing… meh I dunno, it still looks bad, it looks like he's flying to the right really. I liked it when he used one last punch to hit him through the roof before
EDIT 2:
Okay I think I kinda see what you mean... it just doesn't look... right... I think I got confused and thought the wind lines were the ceiling at first. Oh well that part could have still been better
oh, one thing I missed out, when Luffy first punches Croc in gomu gomu no storm, Croc looks just like that bad guy (can't remember his name) from movie 6 when he got punched!
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I quickly made a Croc vs. Luffy AMV, please comment on it!
They skipped the bath scene? :sad:
Well, they skipped alot of things… 
@Skull:
They skipped the bath scene? :sad:
They do sort of make up for that when Mr.2 (as Nami) takes off most of his/her clothes in front of the guys! lol
Pacing sucked. A lot of the animation looked like crap, very low cel count. However, Zoro vs. Mr.1 was pretty damn awesome, and Gomu Gomu no Storm was indeed badass - I liked him going through the spire. Oh and the explosion with Pell was great - that bomb really would have decimated Alubarna.
I was a bit tickled pink at the inclusion of the Mr.7 Pair, considering the rest of the stuff they skipped.
Oh god. I've read what people have written and… I really don't want to see this movie. The gomu gomu no storm etc. looked good (Why was Zoro fighting without swords in that sample clip. He just pushed enemies away from him like a little girl o_O) but that was all. I liked Alabasta in manga and in anime... But no movies thanks.
I watch my dear movie 6 and wait for movie 9... When it comes... Someday.
Yeah everything was very compressed, but it can't be done in another way for a 1.5 h long movie.
Um, yes it could. They could have changed the story. Like the DB 10th Anniversary film. That had no pacing issues, was a recap and managed to be made of pure win.
Given Oda's comments at Jump FESTA that it would be an original story with new animation, this seemed to be the case.
While the animation was 'new' it sucked and the story was technically original by picking pieces out and making it essentially awful.
That is true… that DBZ anniversary special and also the three Gundam recap movies were really well done.
Things just aren't the same anymore. 
This is just a sample right?
It seemed like there was more to a lot of scenes that may have been cut out for the sample thing…Maybe the actual DVD has more to it?
(If something along those lines has already been posted,disreguard this.)
Original Bonney Coloring; FAILED