Anime fans can’t ignore this mega hit – 8 (!) months after its theatrical release, it’s finally available for home theater

In many cases, it now takes less than two months for major feature films to make their way to local home theaters. Movies like “Air – The Big Throw”, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”, “Cocaine Bear” or “Evil Dead Rise” can already be streamed – although they only made their way to the screens in April. Anime fans, on the other hand, often have to be patient for much longer. In the case of “One Piece: Red”, the wait is now over:

“One Piece: Red” will finally be released for home theater on June 16, 2023 – a proud eight months after its October 2022 theatrical release. And the wait was more than worth it for fans of the legendary manga and anime universe, because Crunchyroll has several noble, sometimes even strictly limited editions in store – especially of course the Limited Collector’s Edition including DVD and Blu-ray, Posters, songbooks , art cards, displays and more:

On the other hand, if you have a soft spot for more exotic or minimalist cover designs or just have a soft spot for tin packaging, you can also pick up the Collector’s Edition Steel Book, which comes as both a Blu ray* like DVD* gives. If you only care about the movie itself and can miss all the boxing stuff, then the Standard Edition is for you DVD* or. Blu ray* best of.

“One Piece: Red”: Not just any anime

“One Piece: Red” is the latest addition to one of the most popular sagas the world of manga and anime has ever produced – and for that reason alone, it holds a very special meaning. This is backed up by the film’s success at the box office, with the recent big screen adventure One Piece grossing a whopping $246.5 million worldwide. In Japan, it not only topped the annual cinema charts in 2022, but also became the eighth highest-grossing film of all time!

The biggest blockbuster of the “One Piece” franchise is also something special, because directed by an old acquaintance: Gorô Taniguchi already wrote “Match him in 1998! Nieder mit Pirat Ganzack” in the scene and now back in the director’s chair almost a quarter of a century later for an adventure of the legendary straw hat gang – and how! 94 percent of the critics and even 95 percent of the audience rated the film positively.

That’s what “One Piece: Red” is about

Singer Uta gives her first live concert on the music island of Elegia and no one wants to miss this unique event – be it a naval officer or a pirate captain. Luffy also wants to experience Uta’s famous voice. What he doesn’t know, however, is that Uta is the daughter of Luffy’s great role model, Red Shanks.

And not only that: there seems to be a great mystery behind the princess song about “a new era in which everyone is happy”. And the Straw Hat Pirates are eager to find out what’s behind it all…