One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom in the Strange Animal Island

"Tony T. Chopper, the new Animal King!"

2002 0h 56m JA

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★6.7TMDB · 238★6.2IMDB · 2,813

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Synopsis

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As the Straw Hat Pirates sail through the Grand Line, a sudden eruption of geysers beneath the Going Merry sends the crew flying over a nearby island. In the chaos, Chopper falls overboard and becomes separated from his friends. While Luffy and the others land on the far side of the island, Chopper finds himself hailed as the new king by the local animals. However, danger looms as a group of human “horn hunters” arrives. Their leader, Count Butler, is a violin-playing man who consumes horns to gain strength, and he seeks to devour the island’s greatest treasure to inherit immense power. Can Luffy and the crew stop Count Butler’s scheme and save the island? And will they be able to show Momambi that not all pirates are the villains he believes them to be?

“Tony T. Chopper, the new Animal King!”

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Cast

Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Usopp (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Sanji (voice)
Ikue Otani
Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
Ai Orikasa
Mobambi (voice)
Toshiko Fujita
Karasuke (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Junji Shimizu
Writers: Hiroshi Hashimoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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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 Junji Shimizu, shot by Yumiko Kajiwara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Tony T. Chopper, the new Animal King!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0997084 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Junji Shimizu directs. Yumiko Kajiwara behind the camera. Shinichi Fukumitsu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Part of the "One Piece Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Junji Shimizu, shot by Yumiko Kajiwara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Shinichi Fukumitsu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mayumi Tanaka and Kazuya Nakai and Akemi Okamura carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Tony T. Chopper, the new Animal King!".
8IMDB entry: tt0997084 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Released under 28 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yumiko Kajiwara
Editing: Shinichi Fukumitsu
Runtime: 56 min · 0h 56m
Status: Released
Box office: $13,107,237
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom in the Strange Animal Island (2002)
IMDB rating: 6.2/10 · 2,813 votes

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.