Tu Yong-ce
Key Animation
Uta — the most beloved singer in the world. Her voice, which she sings with while concealing her true identity, has been described as “otherworldly.” She will appear in public for the first time at a live concert. As the venue fills with all kinds of Uta fans — excited pirates, the Navy watching closely, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance — the voice that the whole world has been waiting for is about to resound.
Tu Yong-ce
Key Animation
Junichi Hayama
Key Animation
Shigefumi Shingaki
Animation Director
Mamoru Yokota
Key Animation
Henry Thurlow
Key Animation
Naotoshi Shida
Key Animation
Ado
Theme Song Performance
Hiroshi Kato
Art Direction
Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Shuichi Ikeda
Shanks (voice)
Kaori Nazuka
Uta (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Usopp (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Sanji (voice)
Ikue Otani
Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Nico Robin (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Franky (voice)
Cho
Brook (voice)
Katsuhisa Houki
Jimbei (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Gordon (voice)
Yuki Yamada
Eboshi (voice)
Soshina
Hanagasa (voice)
Seiya
Kaginote (voice)
Chise Niitsu
Romy (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Yorueka (voice)
CinemaSerf
11/6/2022
Nope, sorry! Didn't get the memo. This is just a mess. "Uta" is a famous singer who believes she may have the power to use song to unite the largely dysfunctional world against some marauding pirates. The world government and it's navy tries hard, but it cannot quite combat these ruthless and quirky characters - amongst whom she must count her own father "Shanks". The thing is, though, that "Uta" and her slew of unremarkable power ballads strides two dimensions and gradually we begin to worry that she is perhaps not the altruist that it appears at the start. Perhaps she has evil aspirations of her own; or is being manipulated in some way? I am a big fan of Japanese animé usually, but this is all over the place. The story is weak and nigh-on impossible to follow with the characterisations shallow and almost non-existent. The supposedly cherubic voice of the young girl got right on my nerves from very early on, and the animations (except for, perhaps, at the end when the are lively and vivid) are almost comic book page-flicked in their delivery. Of course there is an inevitability about the ending, but in this case the journey to that conclusion is a maelstrom of confusion and un-engaging plot and personalities that left me cold. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood - but I just could not get into this.