Anime Restricted introduced in a press launch that One Piece Movie Pink has earned over £500,000 on the primary weekend of its launch in UK and Eire.

The movie opened on Friday November 4, in each English dubbed and subtitled codecs, and venues and ticket hyperlinks can be found at https://onepiece.purple/.

The movie was promoted by a reproduction of Monkey D. Luffy’s straw hat exterior London King’s Cross Station from November 4 to six (pictured left). One Piece Movie Pink additionally had a premiere occasion at London’s Leicester Sq., attended by the director Goro Taniguchi, Chief Animation Director Masayuki Sato, and producer Hiroaki Shibata.

The movie centres on a brand new character named Uta, Shanks’ daughter. Kaori Nazuka is the talking voice of Uta, whereas Ado is the character’s singing voice. Ado additionally performs the movie’s theme track “Shinjidai” (“New Genesis”).

Crunchyroll has described the movie’s story:

Uta —essentially the most beloved singer on this planet. Famend for concealing her personal identification when performing, her voice has come to be described as “otherworldly.” Now, for the primary time ever, Uta will herself to the world at a reside live performance. Because the venue fills with all types of Uta followers —excited pirates, the Navy watching intently, and the Straw Hats led by Luffy who merely got here to take pleasure in her sonorous efficiency —the voice that the entire world has been ready for is about to resound. The story begins with the stunning proven fact that she is Shanks’ daughter.

The movie opened in Japan on August 6, and ranked #1 within the Japanese field workplace in its opening weekend. The movie offered 1.58 million tickets and earned 2.254 billion yen (about US$16.7 million) in its first two days. The movie earned 78% extra in its first two days than the earlier movie One Piece Stampede did in its first three days (One Piece Stampede opened on a Friday, versus One Piece Movie Pink‘s Saturday opening).

As of the start of November, the movie has earned a cumulative whole of 17,743,631,490 yen (about US$119 million).

Photographs ©Eichiro Oda/2022 “One Piece” manufacturing committee