The upcomingOne Pieceanime movie,One Piece Film Red, just published a new story teaser and implied we’ll learn more about Luffy and Shanks' iconic straw hat.
One Piece Film Redis still in production, and fans are eagerly waiting for an international release. The movie’s Japanese official Twitter account has been sharingseveral teasers of the film’s storyboards,and the latest tweet is an iconic shot of Luffy and his straw hat.
One Piece Film Red new storyboard teaser hints at straw hat lore reveal
TheOne Piece Film Redmovie shared its storyboard teaser volume 2, which was curiously titled “the straw hat”, featuring a character wearing the iconic symbol. While some fans have been discussing whether this is supposed to be Shanks or Luffy, the tweet specifically states it’s Luffy and mentions: “Who or what is Luffy up against?”. The same text is written on the storyboard image itself, which you’re able to check out below.
Even those who aren’t keeping up withOne Pieceanymore obviously know Luffy’s straw hat used to belong to Shanks, so it’s not surprising we’ll get to learn more about it here. After all, this new movie is the “Shanks movie” fans have been waiting for.
We aren’t certain yet whether the movie’s events will be canon or not. However, we will definitely learn some new canon lore through it, with details on Shanks' past. Especially seeingOne Piece Film Redis one of the rareOne Piecemovies directly supervised by Eiichiro Oda. And as a reminder, the movie’s director is Goro Taniguchi,coming back to the franchise after 20 years.
What do you think could be revealed about the straw hat? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below!
One Piece Film Redwill be launching in Japanese theaters on June 03, 2025. An international release date was not confirmed yet. Note that the featured image above is fromOne Piece Stampede.
