Luffy's very first smile
Production I.G., 1998 · Defeat the Pirate Ganzack OVA, Luffy reference A27
- Cel
- One Piece
© Production I.G. Source : Bonhams
On July 26, 1998, two years before Toei launched the long-running series, the Jump Super Anime Tour screened Defeat the Pirate Ganzack, a thirty-minute OVA produced by Production I.G. under the direction of Goro Taniguchi. Eiichiro Oda personally designed the characters created for the OVA, Ganzack first among them, along with the marine creature. The designs of Luffy, Zoro and Nami, already established in the manga, were adapted for cel animation by character designer Hisashi Kagawa. It was on that day that Monkey D. Luffy first moved on cel.
Subject - (80 / 100)
Luffy is the title character of one of the most widely broadcast shonen series in the world. This cel does not capture him in a narrative climax, but in his signature gesture: open smile, arms spread in welcome. Production I.G. was the first studio to animate the character, and that precedence found its continuation in 2024 when WIT Studio, a subsidiary of IG Port, was awarded The One Piece, the series reboot.
Image - (76 / 100)
Waist shot, Luffy facing front, his head high in the frame. The straw hat is pushed back and the face stays entirely uncovered. The eyes are wide open, grey-blue irises ringed in black, the pupil lifted by a highlight, the gaze raised and carried off-frame to the left. Under the left eye, the two-stroke scar, the character's identifying mark; a small nick on the bridge of the nose. The mouth opens wide on four painted tones: upper teeth, garnet interior, pink tongue, lower teeth. The hat is the only element worked as a material, hatched with straws across the whole crown and brim. The proportions of the face and body bear the signature of character designer Hisashi Kagawa: a more tapered head, more articulated limbs than in Oda's manga, ears set higher. The arms spread, elbows up and forearms falling on either side, and frame the head: the composition is built as a frontal emblem, and everything in it converges on the laughing face.
Setup - (35 / 100)
Cel in acrylic paint on celluloid, dimensions 229 by 267 mm. Handwritten annotations upper right: the character layer reference A27, then the shot reference C-124 followed by the numbers 126 and 129. Presented on a printed colour reproduction background. JAMAC Certificate of Registration issued on September 10, 2021.
Cel Society score
69
/100
The Cs Score exists only on this page. Any mention without this link is not valid.
Subject : 80
Image : 76
Setup : 35
Physical condition (source: Bonhams: The World of Anime, Lot #13 - 2 février 2022)
Au 2 February 2022
Condition not specified in the Bonhams catalogue.
Sheet
Film - Serie
One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack
Year
1998
Studio
Production I.G.
Reference
A27
Price & Estimate
Price including buyer's premium
3 825 $
Cel Society score
69
/100
The Cs Score exists only on this page. Any mention without this link is not valid.
Subject : 80
Image : 76
Setup : 35
© Production I.G. Source : Bonhams
Physical condition (source: Bonhams: The World of Anime, Lot #13 - 2 février 2022)
Au 2 February 2022
Condition not specified in the Bonhams catalogue.
Sheet
Film - Serie
One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack
Year
1998
Studio
Production I.G.
Reference
A27
Price & Estimate
Price including buyer's premium
3 825 $
On July 26, 1998, two years before Toei launched the long-running series, the Jump Super Anime Tour screened Defeat the Pirate Ganzack, a thirty-minute OVA produced by Production I.G. under the direction of Goro Taniguchi. Eiichiro Oda personally designed the characters created for the OVA, Ganzack first among them, along with the marine creature. The designs of Luffy, Zoro and Nami, already established in the manga, were adapted for cel animation by character designer Hisashi Kagawa. It was on that day that Monkey D. Luffy first moved on cel.
Subject - (80 / 100)
Luffy is the title character of one of the most widely broadcast shonen series in the world. This cel does not capture him in a narrative climax, but in his signature gesture: open smile, arms spread in welcome. Production I.G. was the first studio to animate the character, and that precedence found its continuation in 2024 when WIT Studio, a subsidiary of IG Port, was awarded The One Piece, the series reboot.
Image - (76 / 100)
Waist shot, Luffy facing front, his head high in the frame. The straw hat is pushed back and the face stays entirely uncovered. The eyes are wide open, grey-blue irises ringed in black, the pupil lifted by a highlight, the gaze raised and carried off-frame to the left. Under the left eye, the two-stroke scar, the character's identifying mark; a small nick on the bridge of the nose. The mouth opens wide on four painted tones: upper teeth, garnet interior, pink tongue, lower teeth. The hat is the only element worked as a material, hatched with straws across the whole crown and brim. The proportions of the face and body bear the signature of character designer Hisashi Kagawa: a more tapered head, more articulated limbs than in Oda's manga, ears set higher. The arms spread, elbows up and forearms falling on either side, and frame the head: the composition is built as a frontal emblem, and everything in it converges on the laughing face.
Setup - (35 / 100)
Cel in acrylic paint on celluloid, dimensions 229 by 267 mm. Handwritten annotations upper right: the character layer reference A27, then the shot reference C-124 followed by the numbers 126 and 129. Presented on a printed colour reproduction background. JAMAC Certificate of Registration issued on September 10, 2021.
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