One Piece (film)

One Piece
Japanese DVD release cover
Directed byJunji Shimizu
Screenplay byMichiru Shimada
Based onOne Piece
by Eiichiro Oda
StarringMayumi Tanaka
Kazuya Nakai
Akemi Okamura
Kappei Yamaguchi
Ikue Otani
Kenji Utsumi
Takeshi Aono
Yuka Imai
CinematographyToshiharu Takei
Edited byShinichi Fukumitsu
Kōichi Katagiri
Music byKōhei Tanaka
Production
companies
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • March 4, 2000 (2000-03-04) (Japan)
Running time
51 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥2.16 billion (Japan)

One Piece (also referred to as One Piece: The Movie) is a 2000 anime film released by Toei Company. It is the first film based on the manga series of the same name, and the only film in the series to use cel animation. It was originally released on March 4, 2000 as part of the Spring 2000 Toei Anime Fair, alongside Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!. The events of the film take place during the first season of One Piece as the first story arcs, "East Blue Saga".