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Funimation Will Stream One Piece Stampede and Arrow of the Orion on June 25

Funimation UK has announced that it will release two films on its online platform in the UK and Ireland on June 25 - One Piece Stampede and Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion.

Funimation describes One Piece Stampede's story:

"Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat pirate crew are invited to a massive Pirate Festival that brings many of the most iconic characters from throughout the franchise to participate in competition with the Straw Hats to find Roger's treasure. It also pits the Straw Hats against a new enemy named Bullet, a former member of Roger's crew."

One Piece Stampede marked the 20th anniversary of the anime inspired by Eiichiro Oda's One Piece pirate manga.

The film ranked at #1 in its opening weekend at the box office in Japan. The movie sold 356,052 tickets on 429 screens in 352 cinemas on its opening day, the largest first-day attendance record at the Japanese box office up to that point in 2019.

Sentai Filmworks described Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion:

"Far from the dungeon beneath Oraria rises a new threat, one the beautiful goddess Artemis has sworn to destroy with the help of her chosen warrior. But this fighter isn't the renowned Ais Wallenstein or another storied hero of Orario legend. Instead the fate of Artemis' quest falls upon the shoulders of Bell Cranell, who must partner with the goddess and stand against the menace lurking in the remains of a distant, ancient city. Although Bell is the ordained champion of Artemis and a member of the goddess Hestia's familia, their adventure will test every skill and take every ounce of courage that Bell has — and perhaps, along the way, turn him into the hero he has always aspired to be."

Katsushi Sakurabi (Flying Witch, Heaven's Memo Pad, Lostorage incited WIXOSS), an episode director on the television anime, directed the film at J.C. Staff instead of the television anime's series director Yoshiki Yamakawa. Fujino Ōmori, the author of the original light novel series, wrote the screenplay instead of the television anime's staff writers. Shigeki Kimoto adapted Suzuhito Yasuda's original character designs for animation. Keiji Inai composed the music as he did for the television anime.