Glorious Island

Announced as a NOTTV prologue, the short was split into two segments aired days apart in December 2012, then assembled into a full version and later bundled with the home release of Film Z. Oda wrote it himself, keeping the tone breezy and character-driven rather than plot-heavy.

Across both halves the piece simply lingers on the Straw Hats relaxing at sea, using the downtime to play their personalities off one another before the darker stakes of the feature film arrive.

On a calm, sunny day the crew lazes around the Thousand Sunny, with Brook drifting in the pool, Sanji cooking, and Usopp tinkering. A giant sea creature shaped like a horse suddenly surfaces and charges, prompting Luffy to launch it skyward with a Gear 2 strike, accidentally sending their would-be meal flying off. The crew gives chase so Sanji can turn the beast into a meal.

The second part drifts into daydreams as Franky insists a great party needs nothing but imagination, coaxing the others into picturing mountains of food, waterfalls of booze, and clouds of cotton candy. Once Sanji's cooking is finally ready, Franky dons a pink costume and showers the deck with flower petals so the crew can feast under a rain of cherry blossoms.

The short closes by flashing battle-ready portraits of each Straw Hat, then twisting the Marine emblem into the Film Z logo to bridge directly into the movie.

As a freely distributed mobile exclusive, the special functioned mainly as promotion, building anticipation for Film Z while showcasing the crew's comedic chemistry.

Its preview of the Straw Hats in their Film Z outfits during the final shot doubled as a teaser for the costume designs that would feature throughout the larger production.