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One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

Animation · Adventure · Action · 2006

The Straw Hats visits an island, known as Mecha Island, where a fisherman sings an old folk song about a Golden Crown. Searching for that mysterious treasure, they find a hidden entrance into the island. The island's leader, Ratchet, impressed with the find and in search of the Golden Crown himself, invites the crew to join him in his search and the crew along with Ratchet and his henchmen enter the cave. As it turns out, the islands true form, is that of a giant turtle. Ratchet, who had known this all along, uses his mechanical castle to take control of the turtle, in order to use it, to take over the world. Now the Straw Hats have to stop not only Ratchet, but also the helpless turtle, from crashing into a nearby island.

Movie details

One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

2006 Animation · Adventure · Action 1h 34m

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6.9 / 10

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The Straw Hats visits an island, known as Mecha Island, where a fisherman sings an old folk song about a Golden Crown. Searching for that mysterious treasure, they find a hidden entrance into the island. The island's leader, Ratchet, impressed with the find and in search of the Golden Crown himself, invites the crew to join him in his search and the crew along with Ratchet and his henchmen enter the cave. As it turns out, the islands true form, is that of a giant turtle. Ratchet, who had known this all along, uses his mechanical castle to take control of the turtle, in order to use it, to take over the world. Now the Straw Hats have to stop not only Ratchet, but also the helpless turtle, from crashing into a nearby island.

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Directed by

Konosuke Uda

Written by

Masahiro Ito

Mayumi Tanaka

Mayumi Tanaka

Monkey D. Luffy (voice)

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Roronoa Zoro (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

Nami (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Kappei Yamaguchi

Usopp (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata

Hiroaki Hirata

Sanji (voice)

Kazue Ikura

Kazue Ikura

Tony Tony Chopper (voice)

Yuriko Yamaguchi

Yuriko Yamaguchi

Nico Robin (voice)

Court is in session

Put One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.