Trivia / One Piece Film: Strong World

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• Celebrity Voice Actor: In the Japanese version:
  • Shiki is voiced by veteran actor Naoto Takenaka.
  • Kitajima, a fishman allied with Shiki, is played by swimmer Kosuke Kitajima.
  • Ever, Xiao's older sister, is voiced by newscaster and tarento Aiko Kaitou.
• Cross-Regional Voice Acting: Big Bad Shiki is voiced in the English dub by Scott McNeil, in one of the few roles he's done outside of Canada.
• The Danza: Kosuke Kitajima plays a character of the same name.
• Marth Debuted in "Smash Bros.": For those only following the Funimation English dub, this movie marks the first appearance of Brook (voiced by Ian Sinclair).
• Milestone Celebration: Was made in honor of the series' ten-year anniversary. It was also why Eiichiro Oda personally wrote the script.
• No Export for You:
  • The film's ending theme, "Fanfare" by Mr. Children, is not present in foreign releases, presumably because of the difficulties involved in securing the rights to a song by such a popular band. The North American release replaces it with an instrumental piece from the film's soundtrack, while the Russian one is just completely silent.
  • Likewise the Episode 0 anime adaptation as that was a promotional special funded by a food company. Thus Toei Animation doesn't have the rights to allow it to be dubbed.
• The Other Darrin: See here.
• Schedule Slip: The original intent was for the film to be released Spring 2009, but disagreements with the script and a rewrite forced the movie to be pushed back to winter of that year instead.
• Screwed by the Lawyers: The ending theme "Fanfare" by Mr. Children is not used in foreign releases thanks to possible difficulties in securing the requisite rights from Toy's Factory.
• Self-Adaptation: Eiichiro Oda, the creator of the One Piece manga, wrote the script for this film.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Whitebeard was intended to be in the film (though he does appear in the promotional prologue) and the film was centered to be around something called the "Crystal Ship Log".
  • The initial plot for the movie was going to dig into the secrets of Nami's birth. Oda rewrote it when he realized the plot turned out too emotional for a younger audience.
• You Sound Familiar:
  • In his final One Piece film appearance, Takeshi Aono has a minor role as a pirate.
  • Xiao's mother is voiced by Mika Doi, who previously played Koby in the TV series.
  • Banjo Ginga, Scarlet's voice actor, previously voiced "Axe-Hand" Morgan in the TV series.

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