★★★★ Welcome to the possibility of watching Japanese animated movies on the big screen. Because -we have said it more than once and each title confirms it- in this field there is enormous creativity both in the stories and in the form: they have been assumed as perfect and fantastic pop devices and this film based on a very popular manga ( although lateral to its history) is almost a declaration of principles. The greatest singer in the world of One Piece (this is the name of the cartoon and also the related anime series) has a strange power and a past that links her to the king of pirates (in a universe where there are pirates, half-animal beings, mermaids , gangs of criminals, hidden treasures, and much more) and that triggers what is always in the background of Japanese fiction: the especially family melodrama, especially of abandoned children or lost parents. But the costume of the story combines action, humor at times satirical, unlimited creativity of design with a large number of songs and music, a true sensory bombardment that implies the “a little bit of everything” of these films. And yet, motley and full of things, everything is understood: above all, in this case, a narrative prodigy.
