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The One Piece Movies are theatrical films produced and released by Toei Animation. While generally made with the same cast and crew as the TV anime, they tend to boast much higher production values and animation quality.
The first three movies were released during the Spring Toei Anime Fair, a biannual anime film event, and were shown alongside various Digimon films. During 2002 Toei discontinued hosting it's Anime Fairs and all remaining movies were produced & released as standalone features (with the exception of the eleventh movie, released as a double feature alongside Toriko 3D Movie: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!! for Toei's 2011 'Jump Heroes' event).
Most movies are comprised of an original stand-alone plot within the general story of the One Piece world, with the exception of movies 8 and 9 being directly adapted storylines from the manga.
For the first nine movies, Eiichiro Oda held only minor roles in the development and story, while for movie 10 and all subsequent movies with the epithet of "One Piece Film", Oda would be more involved. Beginning with Stong World, Oda wrote the story and served as Executive Producer, while for Film: Z, Film: Gold, and Film: RED, he is credited as General Producer.
Three of these movies had shorts accompanying them: The Adventure on Clockwork Island with Jango's Dance Carnival, Chopper's Island of Strange Animals with Dream Soccer King, and The Curse of the Sacred Sword with Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King.
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