In November 2011,
Fuji Television announced that production on
One Piece Film: Z has begun.
[7] One month later,
Viz Media's
Shonen Jump and Hisashi Suzuki, deputy director of
Shueisha's Shonen manga group announced through their
Twitter accounts that
Eiichiro Oda would be the executive producer for the film.
[8] On January 30, 2012, Toei issued a press release announcing the film's plot
[9] and also announced the film's director
Tatsuya Nagamine and the film's release in December.
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