In celebration of the the 1,000th episode of the One Piece anime aired on November 21, the franchise announced a new anime film One Piece Film Red together with a new poster and teaser trailer.
One Piece manga creator Eiichiro Oda himself is serving as executive producer of One Piece Film Red. Code Geass creator Goro Taniguchi will direct the film. Kingdom live-action movie script writer Tsutomu Kuroiwa will be providing the script. The film will open in Japan on August 6, 2022.
Oda also revealed a note commenting on the anime film project on the official Twitter. He also promised that the film is going to give fans surprises as the director Goro Taniguchi “is making something totally different from ONE PIECE.” Oda also drew the character design for the movie-original female character featured in the teaser visual.
Read One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda’s comment about the newly announced “ONE PIECE FILM RED”!!! ?
#OP_FILMRED #ONEPIECE1000LOGS #OnePiece pic.twitter.com/yWdhkd86R6— Toei Animation (@ToeiAnimation) November 21, 2021
The teaser trailer and title seems to imply that Red-Haired Shanks will be playing a pivotal role in the new movie, but the story of One Piece Film Red remains unclear at the moment.
▍One Piece 1,000 episode Special Video (EN)
▍One Piece 1,000th episode Opening Movie
▍One Piece Film Red Staff
Original Work & Executive Producer: Eiichiro Oda
Director: Goro Taniguchi
Script: Tsutomu Kuroiwa
Distribution: Toei
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