The film will be directed by the creator of "Code Geass".

With the arrival of the 1000th episode of the series, One Piece revealed that it is making a new feature film called One Piece. Now, Toei Animation has released a trailer for the upcoming movie, allowing fans to see the role of Shanks.

The 40-second trailer posted on the official Toei Animation YouTube channel depicts a blank sheet of music with a line falling off the page. As it flies through space, a sketch of an unknown female character, dubbed and translated as "Her voice will bring eternal happiness...or endless imprisonment?" The trailer ends with another sketch, even though the character is Fans have been eager to see more characters: Shanks. Shanks is the leader of the Redhead Pirates and one of the four emperors of the sea. He is the fan's favorite character and is of great significance to the long story. Perhaps most importantly, Shanks gave Luffy a lucky straw hat, and his crew was named after it.

The last issue of Shanks was episode 907 "The Empty Throne" in June 2018. It has been more than three years since Shanks appeared in the comics. As for the animation, the chapter was adapted as Chapter 887 "Explosion Situation-Two Emperors Pursuing Luffy" originally aired in June 2019. At the time of writing this article, the manga is now in issue 1033, and the animation has reached 1001. Set. With such a big gap from seeing this highly influential character, this new movie will bring the long-awaited Shanks back to fans.

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One Piece started his life as a manga by Eiichiro Oda in 1997, and he will be the producer of the upcoming movie. This enduring iconic series tells the world journey of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat gang in search of the legendary treasure "One Piece" of former One Piece King Gore D. Roger. The animated adaptation of the series debuted in 1999 and recently passed the 1,000th episode milestone. Together with Oda as the producer, the director of the Code Geass series Goro Taniguchi will direct the feature film. This is a suitable director choice, because Taniguchi was also the director of OVA One Piece in 1998: Defeating the Pirate Strong Zach. This animation predates the animation itself. According to Oda, Taniguchi became the first person in the world to make an animation for Luffy. .

"One Piece" is scheduled to be released in Japan on August 6, 2022, and the global release date will be announced later. You can watch new trailers for upcoming movies below.

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Matt Villei is a freelance writer currently working at Gaming News in Collider. Matt really appreciates the games, movies and books he experienced while growing up, and he wants to understand the internal workings of how these media are produced. He graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in film studies and a minor in creative writing, hoping to one day make a game that is the same as the one he played since childhood. When not writing, he will play some games, watch some professional wrestling, and spend time with his two golden retrievers.