The localization wheels for One Piece Film: Gold are officially on the move!

GSC Movies, a Malaysian distributor, lists One Piece Film: Gold for a theatrical release on August 18. According to their official website, One Piece Film: Gold will be released in Malaysian theaters with the Japanese audio track and the English subtitles. The full list of theaters is to be unveiled later.

Prior to Malaysia, it was prematurely announced by Nürnberg’s Cinecittà multiplex that One Piece Film: Gold will be heading to Germany and Austria in late July. However, the announcement was immediately pulled after the news broke, and Kazé did not confirm the release. Regardless, it looks like the international companies are gradually wrapping up their preparations for the localization of the movie overseas. Let’s hope that the next distribution company to announce the movie’s acquisition is none other than FUNimation.

One Piece Film: Gold is set to release in Japan on July 23. The movie seems to mostly be set in the One Piece world’s biggest golden “entertainment city,” the Gran Tesoro. The Gran Tesoro, a giant entertainment city run by Gild Tesoro and his other Tesoro crew members, is also known as an independent state recognized by the World Government.

Support One Piece by purchasing its official releases. One Piece episodes are simulcast in a number of countries, and is currently available on the official websites for Crunchyroll,FUNimation, and One Piece Official. Anime fans can start by purchasing thebigboxsets that were recently released by FUNimation, containing episodes 1-299. Following that, fans can purchase the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th installments of the One Piece collection sets. Last but not least, the remaining One Piece episodes, including episodes 397-480, are available in the voyage sets with both the English as well as Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles. If you are a manga fan, VIZ Manga is now selling two box sets: One Piece Box Set: East Blue and Baroque Works (volumes 1-23) and One Piece Box Set 2: Skypiea and Water Seven (volumes 24-46) on Amazon at a great price. The newly announced One Piece Box Set 3: Thriller Bark to New World (volumes 47-70) will be available for purchase from October 4.

Thanks to le crystal for the news tip.

SOURCE: GSC Movies