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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