One Piece Film-Red

In the wake of the protests from the Chinese against the government’s draconian ‘zero Covid’ policy, China has begun easing restrictions like mass testing and unilateral lockdowns. However, AP reports that a resurgence of the virus in some areas of China was reported yesterday.

An anime Japanese movie, One Piece Film: Red, dominated the Italian theatrical box office for the week ending November 6, 2022.   Italian La stranezza (Strangeness) by Roberto Andó, top film the previous week, had to bow to animation and step down to the second place.

One Piece Film – Red is the new number 1 in France. Directed by Goro Taniguchi with Stephane Excoffier, Mayumi Tanaka, and Marie Braam, this animated movie is about Luffy and his crew  - they are about to attend an eagerly awaited music festival in which the daughter of the legendary pirate Shanks Le Roux will reveal her exceptional voice power, capable of changing the world.