[1] To appeal to both new and existing kabuki audiences alike, the dialogue was performed in modern Japanese, but traditional techniques were used for keren special effects, including chūnori and honmizu.

[21] In early 2017, Shonen Jump confirmed the play would be staged again that year by releasing a colored print featuring Luffy in a samurai kabuki outfit.

[28] The play is an adaptation of the Paramount War saga,[a][21] which depicts the battle between one of the Four Pirate Emperors, Edward Newgate (Whitebeard), joined by Luffy, against the World Government's Navy, supported by the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Following a battle with the Navy on Sabaody Archipelago, the Straw Hat Pirates are scattered by Warlord "Tyrant" Bartholomew Kuma; Luffy ends up on the all-woman island Amazon Lily.

[31][32][33][34][35][36][37] The film also was presented by the Japan Foundation as a one-day release with free admission at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on November 27, 2016.