We join our heroes as they sail to the dessert kingdom Alabasta to help Princess Vivi save her kingdom. The Rebel Army is going to try and overthrow the kingdom. The relabels think that King Nefertari Cobra is stealing water from the rest of the country, but it is the notorious Sir Crocodile, A.K.A. Mr. 0, who was doing all of it. Crocodile is the leader of Baroque Works, and their goal is to overthrow the government by causing a revelatory war and then striking when the war is over and both the rebels and the soldiers of Alabasta are too weak to fight. Baroque Works is ran by Crocodile and 13 other men with the code names of a number that is 1 though 13,  while women have code names taken from days of the week or holidays. Luffy and the straw hat pirates are going to do every thing they can to stop the war from happening and take down the leaders of Baroque Works while they're at it.

Highlights

One thing that makes One Piece so awesome are the epic battles, and this time even Nami gets a pice of the action. Even though Nami is one tough cookie she tends to do as little as possible unless there is money involved, but this time she fights Miss Doublefinger. Miss Doublefinger can turn her body into spikes but Nami uses the Clima-Tact, which is a staff that can control the weather. Usopp and Chopper fight Mr. 4, his gun dog and Miss Merry Christmas. Mr. 4’s gun dog can shoot exploding baseballs, that Mr. 4 then hits with a baseball bat. The gun dog is a gun that ate the Dog Dog fruit that allows it to turn in to a dog, but how a gun ate a fruit, much less anything else, is a question that never gets answered. Even though Zoro fights Mr. 1 and Sanji fights the extremely creepy Mr. 2 the best fight is between Luffy and Crocodile, A.K.A. Mr. 0.  Crocodile can turn into sand any time he wants so he can’t be hurt by any attacks, but there is one exception. If you are wet when you hit him he will be hurt. Luffy figures that out, but with no water around the only thing Luffy can use is his blood, and Crocodile still has a few trick up his sleeves.

Overall

One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta is like the last 7 or 8 episodes of the The Desert Princess and the Pirates saga squeezed into a one and half hour movie. Unfortunately, turning it into a movie ends up cutting out much of the action in the fights, like in the Usopp and Chopper battle against Mr. 4, to make room for the plot line. Although the plot line is what carries the movie, some of the basic story of the anime is left out. Even though some of the core plot was missing, it didn’t mess with the story itself and it was still very good. The fact that it is on Blu-ray does make up for some of the weakness, the picture is so much better than TV and standard DVD that it made the movie worth it. I also like the fact that the 4 Kids TV censorship isn’t there. The most obvious things that aren't censored is the fact that Sanji smokes instead of sucking on a red lollypop and that Luffy hits Crocodile with blood instead of sweat.

ComicsOnline gives One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta 4.5 out of 5 Straw Hat crew