Home Video Releases/Movies And Specials

Movies
The first four movies were released simultaneously on VHS and DVD, with rental VHS versions of Movies 6 and 7 also being released. Movies 10 onward were simultaneously released on DVD and Blu-ray, following the Blu-ray releases of the previous movies.

In 2010, Movies 1-8 were re-released on DVD with lower prices and 5.1 audio channel for a limited time (August 6 to October 29, 2010), coinciding with the release of Strong World. A similar re-release happened on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012 for Z. Movies 9, 10, 12 and 13 were released in two editions; the Limited Editions contain bonus products (such as figurines) and a bonus disc with extras such as voice actor’s interviews, in-theater guest appearances on the movie’s opening day, and movie trailers.

The blu-ray release of Straw Hat Chase contains both 2D and 3D versions. The 3D version of Gold is not available on home video in Japan, but was released on blu-ray 3D internationally.

TV Specials & Special Episodes
The TV specials, which were aired entirely out of continuity with the rest of the series, were given separate home video release on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray. Additionally, several out of continuity episode from the series were also released outside of the Season releases.

Eternal Log Collection
The Eternal Log Collections contain standard definition encodes of the episodes, utilizing the larger capacity of Blu-ray to reduce the overall number of discs needed compared to DVD. The episodes are cropped 16:9 versions. Each log also comes in a limited edition version with specialty goods that can contain include posters, box artwork, etc.