#if you're fan of the director absolutely watch it you'll find many characteristics of his movies

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I watched today One Piece movie 6 aka One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island and, guys, it's a definite must-watch! The director is Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, Mirai, Belle and so on) so you kinda expect some things, besides the art and animation style (which is one of my favourites ever), but it still managed to blow me away! Probably because it's One Piece and you think looney tunes shenanigans and such AND YOU'RE NOT WRONG THIS IS ONE PIECE but then you are reminded that it's also many more-emotional and heavy- things and Mamoru and the rest succeeded on this!

You don't even have to know much of the One Piece lore besides the basic and these are more or less showcased in the beginning of the film! So you have the classic Strawhat Pirates dynamics and shenanigans:

You won't stop laughing in the first half:

And then you have Luffy getting from this:

To this:

There are many things you can talk about this movie and its themes (like grief) and imagery (THE FLOWER!!!) and the animation (like how the low budget was used cleverly and in an interesting way without making it feel dragging or lacking anything) but I think it's worth to see these by yourself and make your own conclusions. Because the only sure thing is that this movie will make you think, will get your attention from the first scene and, before you realize it, you're immersed in it and you want to find out wtf is wrong with this island and what will happen with the characters (besides the Strawhats as there are a more characters that are fascinating- actually all the characters win you over). It's a comedy but mostly a mystery and a thriller and everything pays off in the end when you see Luffy's smile return to his face.