'One Piece Film Gold' news: 13th 'One Piece' movie to make history, will open in 743 Japanese theaters
"One Piece Film Gold," the 13th "One Piece" movie installment, is out to set a new record. Slated to be shown in 743 theaters in Japan, "One Piece Film Gold" is poised to achieve the biggest opening the Japanese movie industry will have ever seen, outperforming the 653-theater premiere showing of "Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'" back in 2015.
The upcoming large theatrical opening of "One Piece Film Gold" was reported by Crunchy Roll with the link to the news originally told in Japanese. Aside from the movie's simultaneous debut in 743 theaters, "One Piece Film Gold" will also be available to be viewed on all 2D, 3D, 4DX and MX4D screenings.
With the 4DX and MX4D systems, audiences will get to experience the movie scenes in a whole different level. They will be seated in motion seats which move in a synchronized manner with the progression of action sequences in the movie. Moviegoers will actually even be able to feel the winds as they drift in the movie scenes and smell particular scents as they are whiffed in the film's setting.
The voices that will give life to the animated characters include Kazuhiro Yamaji (Gild Tesoro), Hikari Mitsushima (Carina), Gaku Hamada (Mr. Tanaka), Nanao (Baccarat), Kinya Kitaouji (Reizu Max), Kendo Kobayashi (Dice), Arata Furuta (Kent Beef Jr. and Pork), Korokke (Jimmy Myers and the Red Eyed Owls) and Nadaru (Morkin). These talents will be joining Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy), Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro), Akemi Okamura (Nami), Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp), Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji), Ikue Otani (Chopper), Yuriko Yamaguchi (Nico Robin), Kazuki Yao (Franky) and Cho (Brook).
"One Piece Film Gold" is under the direction of Hiroaki Miyamoto and developed according to the screenplay by Tsutomu Kuroiwa. "One Piece" manga series creator Eiichiro Oda serves as the executive producer.
Little is known yet of the story arc of "One Piece Film Gold" which will hit the 743 Japanese big screens on July 23.