A twelve-minute 3D ride through a theme park that commits to being exactly what it is: a fun distraction for One Piece fans, not a story that matters. The 3D animation looks like PS2-era character models on a carnival ride camera, but that cheap aesthetic somehow works when you're watching Kung Fu Dugongs punch obstacles. The real weak point is the camera framing, which moves like it's fighting the action instead of following it. Still, there's something honest about a short that knows it exists to kill time between roller coasters and doesn't pretend to be anything else. This is the kind of thing you find by accident on a streaming service and wonder why it exists, then realize: it was never made for you to find it. It was made for one afternoon in 2011 at a Japanese theme park, and that's all it needed to be.
Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates are still sailing toward his dream of becoming Pirate King when they run into Captain Trap, one of the sharpest minds in the Marines. Set on capturing Luffy, Trap assaults the Thousand Sunny with a series of traps of his own design, and his real goal is to recruit Luffy as his right-hand man. Toei Animation made this roughly 12-minute stereoscopic 3D short, which screened at event theaters starting in December 2011, including at the Lagunasia and Huis Ten Bosch theme parks. It mixes action and adventure with comedy.