One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta

"Six pirates may be all that stand between salvation and total destruction!"

2007 1h 30m JA

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Synopsis

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The Straw Hat Pirates are on a quest to save the desert kingdom of Alabasta. A civil war brews among the sands, one started and stirred by the hand of none other than Crocodile and his corrupted Baroque Works gang. The stakes run ever higher as Princess Vivi's homeland threatens to tear itself apart. More than lives are on the line.

“Six pirates may be all that stand between salvation and total destruction!”

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Cast

Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Usopp / Lashes (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Sanji / Karoo (voice)
Ikue Otani
Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
Misa Watanabe
Nefertari Vivi (voice)
Ryuuzaburou Ootomo
Sir Crocodile (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takahiro Imamura
Writers: Hirohiko Uesaka, Ken Ootsuka, Kenji Yokoyama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "One Piece Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takahiro Imamura, shot by Takumi Wakao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kohei Tanaka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Masahiro Goto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Mayumi Tanaka and Kazuya Nakai and Akemi Okamura carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Six pirates may be all that stand between salvation and total destruction!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takahiro Imamura directs. Takumi Wakao behind the camera. Kohei Tanaka scores. Masahiro Goto cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Part of the "One Piece Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Takahiro Imamura, shot by Takumi Wakao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Kohei Tanaka. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Masahiro Goto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Mayumi Tanaka and Kazuya Nakai and Akemi Okamura carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Six pirates may be all that stand between salvation and total destruction!".
9IMDB entry: tt1037116 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 34 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Takumi Wakao
Original score: Kohei Tanaka
Editing: Masahiro Goto
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Box office: $7,090,891
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta (2007)
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 2,609 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Part of

One Piece Collection

Collection of all the One Piece films, movie productions based on the famous manga and anime created by Eiichiro Oda. They expand the universe of the series and usually feature original stories that are not part of the main plot of the anime, although some are indirectly connected.

Also by

Takahiro Imamura

Trailers & featurettes

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Production companies

Who made it

Toei Animation
JP

Key crew

Key AnimationRem Valencia
Key AnimationYuki Hayashi
Key AnimationFrancis Caneda
Key AnimationTakenori Tsukuma
Key AnimationHideo Amemiya
Key AnimationAlice Nario
Key AnimationHironori Tanaka
Key AnimationHitoshi Kamata
Key AnimationYoshinobu Aohachi
Key AnimationTakao Yamazaki
Key AnimationYuuji Ikeda
Key AnimationYang Byung-gil
Key AnimationAsao Takahashi
Key AnimationYumenosuke Tokuda
Key AnimationMasahiro Shimanuki
Key AnimationNobuhiro Masuda
Storyboard ArtistKen Ootsuka
Storyboard ArtistKenji Yokoyama
Key AnimationSatoru Iriyoshi
Key AnimationAkihiro Izumi
Key AnimationNaoaki Hojo
Key AnimationShin'ichirou Fukushima
Key AnimationYasue Ohno
Key AnimationMasayuki Takagi

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

princess
conspiracy
pirate
based on manga
desert
shounen
anime

Release history · US

When it landed

Premiere2007-12-31PG-13

Also known as

International titles

One Piece - 8. Film: Abenteuer in Alabasta - Die WüstenprinzessinDE
One Piece Movie 8GB
航海王阿拉巴斯坦戰記：沙漠王女與海賊們TW
One Piece - Movie 8 - The Desert Princess and the Pirates Adventures In AlabastaBE
One Piece Movie 8 - Un'amicizia oltre i confini del mareIT
One Piece: Episode of Alabaster - Sabaku no Ojō to Kaizoku TachiJP
One Piece - Episodio de ArabastaES
One Piece: Episode of Arabasta - Sabaku no Oujo to Kaizoku-tachiJP
ONE PIECE エピソードオブアラバスタJP
원피스 8기-사막의 공주와 해적들KR
The Desert Princess and the PiratesUS
One Piece Movie 08 The Desert Princess and the PiratesUS
วันพีซ ตอน เจ้าหญิงแห่งทะเลทรายและโจรสลัดTH
One Piece - Abenteuer in Alabasta - Die WüstenprinzessinCH
원피스 극장판 8기KR