Megumi Ishitani Wants To Direct A One Piece Movie Next

One Piece fans have been waiting for the release of a new movie for quite some time now, especially since the incredible success of the latest one, One Piece: Film Red. Since the series usually drops a new movie every 3 years, fans are adamant that they’ll get some news about one soon enough.

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Megumi Ishitani, a legendary anime director who has worked on One Piece a few times in recent years, shares her thoughts about potentially joining in on a One Piece film production, and fans are incredibly excited by her vision.

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She Reveals She Wants To Work On A One Piece Movie

Megumi Ishitani is a very well-known director who worked on a few One Piece episodes, starting with 957. Fans know that whenever she works on an episode, chances are that it is going to be the anime episode of the year.

So far, she has only worked on the anime episodes of One Piece, for the most part, but based on what she mentioned recently in a new interview, she wants to work on a One Piece movie. Here’s what she had to say when she was asked about her future developments and goals regarding One Piece:

“I don’t think about the future, but I always treat my work now as my legacy. However, if there is still an opportunity for me, I am very interested in working on a movie version. Although I have always been fascinated by participating in the work for a movie version, I have never had the opportunity to yet. I want to try to make a full-length work.” — Megumi Ishitani

Will Fans Get a New One Piece Movie?

The last One Piece movie, One Piece Film Red, was released back in 2022. One Piece: Film Red was a huge success at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing Japanese movies of all time. With how popular One Piece has especially been right now worldwide, dropping a movie would only make sense.

It took around 3 years for a new movie to be released following Film Gold, and also Stampede. So, based on that, now is the time for a new One Piece movie.

If and when a new One Piece movie is announced, Ishitani could probably be one at the helm and direct as well as storyboard it. It would be even more incredible if Masami Mori, also known as Soty, was working with her as the chief animation director. Their expertise and talent would elevate any One Piece production.

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Release Date

October 20, 1999

Creator

Eiichiro Oda

Number of Episodes

1122