# One Piece Film: Strong World (ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD)
**One Piece Film: Strong World** (ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD, ワンピース フィルム ストロングワールド) is a 2009 Japanese animated film, the tenth theatrical feature based on [Eiichiro Oda](https://www.edgepedia.org/eiichiro-oda)'s manga *One Piece*, and the first in the series for which Oda wrote an original movie story while serving as executive producer.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968) • [2](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/movie/01movie/20090000_17_M00.html) It was released in Japan on December 12, 2009, runs 113 minutes, and was produced by [Toei Animation](https://www.edgepedia.org/toei-animation) with distribution by Toei.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | December 12, 2009, on 188 screens across Japan[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968) • [3](https://cinema.eiga.com/news/20091214/19/) |
| Running time | 113 minutes, color, 35mm[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968) |
| Director / screenplay | Sakai Munehisa (境宗久); screenplay by Kamisaka Hirohiko (上坂浩彦)[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968) |
| Oda's role | Original work, movie story, costume and creature design, executive producer[4](https://www.dlas.jp/works/one-piece-film-strong-world/) |
| Japan box office | 4.8 billion yen[5](https://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/press/press3119799701173086423.html) |
| Theme song | "fanfare" by Mr.Children; score by Kohei Tanaka[2](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/movie/01movie/20090000_17_M00.html) |
| Villain | Shiki, the "Golden Lion" (金獅子のシキ), voiced by Naoto Takenaka[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968) • [2](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/movie/01movie/20090000_17_M00.html) |
| U.S. theatrical debut | November 7 (English dub) and 9 (English sub), 2021, via Fathom Events[6](https://www.toei-animation-usa.com/press-releases/pressrelease-10-4-21.pdf) |
## Spoilers
### Story
News reaches the traveling Straw Hat Pirates that there is trouble in the peaceful waters of East Blue. As Luffy and the crew turn back, a mysterious pirate ship appears in the sky above them. Aboard the flying vessel is Shiki, a Devil Fruit user and a legendary pirate who once fought Gold Roger and escaped from the great undersea prison Impel Down, placing him alongside Roger and Whitebeard in the story's lore.[7](https://one-piece.com/movie/o10/index.html) • [8](https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/movie/onepiece2009/story/)
Shiki abducts the crew's navigator Nami and drops Luffy and the others from the sky onto a chain of flying islands, where ferocious animals that have undergone their own evolution fight for survival in a world of eat-or-be-eaten.[4](https://www.dlas.jp/works/one-piece-film-strong-world/) • [8](https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/movie/onepiece2009/story/) The scattered crew must reunite, uncover Shiki's ambitions, and confront him, with Nami's loyalty to her captain a central emotional thread.[8](https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/movie/onepiece2009/story/)
## Production
The film was the tenth *One Piece* theatrical feature, made while the manga had reached 55 collected volumes and cumulative circulation of about 170 million copies in Japan.[2](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/movie/01movie/20090000_17_M00.html) • [9](https://www.fjmovie.com/main/movie/2009/onepiece2009.html) Oda Eiichiro, the manga's creator, wrote a completely original story for the film and was credited with the costume and creature design and with executive production (製作総指揮), his first time in that role on a *One Piece* film.[4](https://www.dlas.jp/works/one-piece-film-strong-world/) • [10](https://iwate-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2000352/files/al-no114p19-49.pdf) Sakai Munehisa directed, with Masahiro Sato as character designer and animation director, Takeshi Waki as art director, and Kazuhiro Nishikawa as CG supervisor; DandeLion Animation Studio handled the CG portion of the production.[4](https://www.dlas.jp/works/one-piece-film-strong-world/)
The regular television cast reprised their roles: Mayumi Tanaka as Luffy, Kazuya Nakai as Zoro, Akemi Okamura as Nami, Kappei Yamaguchi as [Usopp](https://www.edgepedia.org/usopp), Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji, Inuko Inuyama as Chopper, Yuriko Yamaguchi as Robin, and [Kazuki Yao](https://www.edgepedia.org/kazuki-yao) as Franky.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968) • [11](https://filmarks.com/movies/32117) Guest voice roles went to the actor Naoto Takenaka as Shiki, the Olympic swimmer [Kosuke Kitajima](https://www.edgepedia.org/kosuke-kitajima), and the announcer Aiko Kaito.[2](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/movie/01movie/20090000_17_M00.html) • [11](https://filmarks.com/movies/32117) The theme song "fanfare" was performed by Mr.Children.[2](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/movie/01movie/20090000_17_M00.html)
## Box office
The film opened on December 12, 2009 on 188 screens and earned 1.038 billion yen in its first two days, exceeding the two-day opening of [Ponyo](https://www.edgepedia.org/ponyo) (1.025 billion yen the previous year). Theaters gave attendees a free copy of a special manga, *One Piece* Volume 0, written by Oda, which drew crowds large enough to cause lines and congestion at theaters nationwide.[3](https://cinema.eiga.com/news/20091214/19/)
By its eighth day the gross had passed 2.25 billion yen with more than 1.8 million admissions, the fastest a Toei-distributed film had reached that figure, surpassing the ten days the Aibou theatrical film needed to reach 2 billion yen, and the film held first place in the weekend rankings for two consecutive weeks.[12](https://cinema.eiga.com/news/20091221/21/) After 24 days it had passed 3.01 million admissions and 3.75 billion yen, and Toei reported audience satisfaction of 98.9 percent in its own survey.[13](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0021642) Its final Japanese total was 4.8 billion yen.[5](https://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/press/press3119799701173086423.html) [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo) lists a total of $48,192,309 for the film in Japan.[14](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/month/december/2009/?area=JP&grossesOption=calendarGrosses)
## Canon status and related works
Like the other *One Piece* theatrical films, Strong World is not part of the main manga storyline, but it occupies a distinctive position: its villain Shiki exists in the wider *One Piece* world and has been involved in its backstory, while the present-day events of the film do not fit into the anime's narrative.[15](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-shows/how-to-watch-one-piece-in-order-anime-movies/) A companion piece, *One Piece Film Strong World Episode: 0*, was also produced in 2009.[16](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/pdf/340172) Viewing guides commonly place the film after episode 381 of the anime.[17](https://as.com/meristation/manga-y-anime/relleno-de-one-piece-y-orden-cronologico-como-ver-la-serie-y-peliculas-en-orden-n/)
The film received its first-ever U.S. theatrical release on November 7 and 9, 2021, in a two-night Fathom Events screening (English dub and English subtitled versions) held to celebrate the [One Piece](https://www.edgepedia.org/one-piece) anime's 1,000th episode, paired with the U.S. premiere of the *One Piece: Mugiwara Chase* featurette.[6](https://www.toei-animation-usa.com/press-releases/pressrelease-10-4-21.pdf) It has since been available on streaming services including Netflix and Disney+.[18](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_piece_movie_10_strong_world) • [19](https://www.disneyplus.com/ja-jp/browse/entity-cf4f99dd-13ac-4421-96a2-7c78d0ebf1f7)
## Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an 89 percent Tomatometer from two critic reviews; Brian Costello of Common Sense Media rated it 3/5, noting that viewers need not know the series to follow the plot, and Brittany Vincent of IGN rated it 8/10, praising its humor and animated fight scenes.[18](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_piece_movie_10_strong_world) On the Japanese review aggregator Filmarks it averages 3.7 out of 5 from more than 60,000 user reviews.[11](https://filmarks.com/movies/32117)
## References
1. [ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD, Japan Film Database (JFDB)](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1968)
2. [劇場版ワンピース第10弾！ONE PIECE FILM Strong World, Fuji Television](https://www.fujitv.co.jp/movie/01movie/20090000_17_M00.html)
3. [「ONE PIECE」興収10億到達、「ポニョ」越えの出足, Eiga.com News (2009)](https://cinema.eiga.com/news/20091214/19/)
4. [ONE PIECE FILM Strong World, DandeLion Animation Studio](https://www.dlas.jp/works/one-piece-film-strong-world/)
5. [Long-awaited release of the latest movie!! "ONE PIECE FILM", Toei Animation press release](https://corp.toei-anim.co.jp/en/press/press3119799701173086423.html)
6. [Toei Animation USA press release, October 4, 2021 (Fathom Events U.S. theatrical release)](https://www.toei-animation-usa.com/press-releases/pressrelease-10-4-21.pdf)
7. [ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD, ONE PIECE.com](https://one-piece.com/movie/o10/index.html)
8. [ストーリー - 劇場版ワンピース第10弾, Toei Animation](https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/movie/onepiece2009/story/)
9. [ONE PIECE film STRONG WORLD 作品情報, fjmovie.com](https://www.fjmovie.com/main/movie/2009/onepiece2009.html)
10. [尾田栄一郎のマンガ「ONE PIECE」に関する研究論文, 岩手大学リポジトリ](https://iwate-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/2000352/files/al-no114p19-49.pdf)
11. [ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD, Filmarks](https://filmarks.com/movies/32117)
12. [「ONE PIECE」22億突破、「のだめ」抑え興行ランキング首位, Eiga.com News (2009)](https://cinema.eiga.com/news/20091221/21/)
13. [映画『ワンピース』公開24日目で観客動員300万人突破, Cinema Today (2010)](https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0021642)
14. [Japanese Box Office For December 2009, Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/month/december/2009/?area=JP&grossesOption=calendarGrosses)
15. [How to watch One Piece in order, GamesRadar](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-shows/how-to-watch-one-piece-in-order-anime-movies/)
16. [ONE PIECE FILM ワンピースフィルム STRONG WORLD EPISODE:0, allcinema](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/pdf/340172)
17. ['One Piece': relleno y orden cronológico, MeriStation (AS.com)](https://as.com/meristation/manga-y-anime/relleno-de-one-piece-y-orden-cronologico-como-ver-la-serie-y-peliculas-en-orden-n/)
18. [One Piece Film: Strong World, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_piece_movie_10_strong_world)
19. [ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/ja-jp/browse/entity-cf4f99dd-13ac-4421-96a2-7c78d0ebf1f7)
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