One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzak!
1998 28m movie Film Japan

One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzak!

ワンピース 倒せ!海賊ギャンザック

Synopsis

ワンピース 倒せ!海賊ギャンザック

While Luffy and his crew of Zoro and Nami are starving on their small boat, they are attacked by a large monster. Nami is taken away, while Luffy and Zoro wash up on shore. There they meet a young girl, Medaka, and learn of the sad history of the island. The evil Pirate Ganzack has taken away all the men in the village and enslaved them, including Medaka's father. Now Luffy, Zoro, and Medaka must infiltrate Ganzack's base in order to rescue the villagers and Nami.

The 1997–1999 Japan Window

162 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzak! sits at position #122.

  1. Hunter × Hunter Pilot
    #1

    Hunter × Hunter Pilot

    ★ 9.0 · 1998

  2. Sasuke
    #2

    Sasuke

    ★ 8.8 · 1997

  3. One Piece
    #3

    One Piece

    ★ 8.7 · 1999

  4. Cardcaptor Sakura
    #4

    Cardcaptor Sakura

    ★ 8.6 · 1998

  5. Zoids: Chaotic Century
    #5

    Zoids: Chaotic Century

    ★ 8.6 · 1999

  6. Revolutionary Girl Utena
    #6

    Revolutionary Girl Utena

    ★ 8.6 · 1997

  7. Cowboy Bebop
    #7

    Cowboy Bebop

    ★ 8.5 · 1998

  8. Berserk
    #8

    Berserk

    ★ 8.5 · 1997

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzak! premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
40
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,591 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.7 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,401 of 1,714 (top 82%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Production I.G
Runtime 28m
Release Date July 26, 1998
IMDb tt1012788

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