A newOne Piecefilm project is in the works, according to the Shonen Jump News Unofficial Twitter account.
The account’s claims werelater verifiedwhen the officialOne PieceTwitter account announced the film on Saturday. The project will be titledOne Piece Film: Redand is set to release on August 6th, 2022.
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The information leaked from a note written by seriescreator Eiichiro Oda, who is set to supervise the project himself. The movie will be directed by industry veteran Goro Taniguchi, while Kuroiwa Tsutomu will return as scriptwriter.
Taniguchi directed the 1998 OVA,One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzackand is most known for hiswork on theGundamfranchiseas well asCode Geass.Oda claims that Taniguchi was “the first person to ever animate Luffy,” in his note. This will be Taniguchi’s first project in the franchise after an over twenty-year absence.
Tsutomu has worked on the screenplay for 2016sOne Piece Film: Goldand theHeart of GoldTV special tie-in. He has also worked on Gantz: O and the 2014 live-actionBlack Butlerfilm. Tsutomu has also worked extensively on various TV dramas and has penned a handful of feature-length films.
Though nothing has been confirmed, rumor has it that Shanks will take on a lead role in the upcoming project. Fans have pointed to the scratch markings on the film’s teaser title card as a nod to Shanks’ trademark facial scars. The seldom-seem leader ofthe Red Hair Piratesis one of the series’ most recognizable characters but has played a supporting role over the course of the narrative so far.
Eiichiro Oda’sOne Piecemanga seriesdebuted in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997. The story of Monkey D. Luffy and co’s quest to find the eponymous One Piece has inspired a myriad of related media, including games, films, and an equally long-running anime adaptation.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English, while the anime is streamed on Funimation and Crunchyroll. Netflixrecently revealed the castfor their upcoming live-action adaptation of the series, which does not yet have a release date set.
