The Straw Hat Pirates are on a quest to save the desert kingdom of Alabasta. A civil war brews among the sands, one started and stirred by the hand of none other than Crocodile and his corrupted Baroque Works gang. The stakes run ever higher as Princess Vivi's homeland threatens to tear itself apart. More than lives are on the line.
Acting
Misa Watanabe's Vivi carries the emotional weight effortlessly
Direction
Imamura compresses 40 episodes without losing the arc's soul
Practical Effects
Sand manipulation animation still slaps harder than most 2024 CGI
Director
Takahiro Imamura
Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Usopp / Lashes (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Sanji / Karoo (voice)
Ikue Otani
Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
Misa Watanabe
Nefertari Vivi (voice)
Ryuuzaburou Ootomo
Sir Crocodile (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Nico Robin / Miss All Sunday (voice)
Takeshi Kusao
Kohza / Jaguar D. Saul (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
Nefertari Cobra (voice)
Kenji Nojima
Pell (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Mr. 2 Bon Clay (voice)
Tetsu Inada
Mr. 1 (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film condenses roughly 38 anime episodes, cutting entire Baroque Works officer backstories. Mr. 2 Bon Clay fans were DEVASTATED.
Alabasta's design pulls heavily from Egypt and the Middle East—Toei faced criticism for the 'Arabasta' romanization change that stuck in dubs.
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