CATDOLL: The new movie version of "One Piece" is released, and the audience's evaluation is very polarized

After three years, the latest theatrical version of One Piece was finally released in Japan on July 23. This animated film featuring the "golden element" earned more than 1.1 billion yen in box office in just two days, and its future is immeasurable.

Since 2000, One Piece has released 13 theatrical versions, with the highest box office being Z released in 2012. This theatrical version about the former admiral Zephyr conquered many audiences with its exciting battle scenes and thrilling storyline, and the final box office reached 6.8 billion yen, which is a rare achievement in the industry. With the shining halo of predecessors and the original author Eiichiro Oda personally serving as the general producer, the discussion about GOLD has not stopped since the moment the production was decided.

Three years later, the eagerly anticipated "GOLD" finally hit the screens, and the weekend schedule also made it catch the perfect opportunity. According to reports, the new "One Piece" theatrical version set a new short-term box office record, attracting more than 820,000 viewers to watch it in just two days after its release, and the box office revenue exceeded 1.1 billion yen, ranking first in the box office rankings last week. With the strong momentum, the industry, media and audiences are looking forward to whether the new work can surpass "Z" and become a new generation of light.

Promotional video of One Piece Movie 13: GOLD:

It can be said that the official One Piece has put a lot of effort into promoting its own theatrical version this time. Since the relevant information was announced in August last year, new information has been exposed every once in a while, and the frequency is more frequent than before, which has always whetted the appetite of the audience. Especially when the official announced that the background of the new theatrical version is set in the "world's largest entertainment city" and introduced the relevant members, it made people think of the "10 billion girl" plot in "Yakuza". It is also a money game for the local tyrants. After the members of the Straw Hat Pirates join, the events will develop more unusually.

One Piece new movie peripherals: the same sunglasses worn by Luffy

Seemingly influenced by the price of gold, the sales of related peripherals for the new One Piece movie are also in full swing. In addition to the daily necessities we are familiar with, the official even made a big investment this time, inviting a well-established gold shop to carefully create a 24K pure gold Luffy statue. According to the price, the small pure gold statue is as high as 650,000 yen (about 41,000 yuan), and the large one is as high as 20 million yen (about 1.28 million yuan). It turns out that a "tycoon" movie must be accompanied by a tycoon's toys to be more perfect...

The new movie version of the sky-high price peripheral - 24K pure gold Luffy statue

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However, with praise comes criticism. After watching the new movie, some Japanese netizens also expressed doubts. The main reason is that many people compared the miracle-working "Z" with the new "GOLD" and believed that the fighting scenes in "GOLD" were not as good as "Z" - "The plot is more interesting, but in terms of fighting, "Z" is better", "Luffy's fight scenes with the villain Golden Emperor are relatively few, and the fight ends before they are serious", "The description of the Golden Emperor's past is also very little, a bit perfunctory."

In addition, the ending song of "GOLD" has also been criticized: "The ending song does not have dynamic images like "Z", but is just a static portrait", "The ending song seems a bit mediocre and there is nothing bright about it."

Audience reviews are also at two extremes

Is it that the audience's standards have become higher or the quality of the new theatrical version is indeed slightly inferior? However, for the audience who likes to watch fighting, the passion of "Z" has not been surpassed so far. Of course, if you focus on the plot and adventure, "GOLD" seems to be better... It seems that a deeper feeling will have to wait until "GOLD" is released in China in the second half of the year to experience it.

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