General Discussion

[Neversoft]

No, thats just some guy who happens to have the same account as me on MAL and the same avatar I have on here. In all seriousness - that's my comment back when there was a rumour Gintama would be ending after the director left and when Gintama itself decided to troll viewers. Good times. Brings up the current rumour actually. The finale will simply HAVE to involve Takasugi, and it would need quite a build up. There is also a lot of unfinished material out there and the potential for a lot more. As the anime and manga both currently stand - I can't see them ending any time soon.

[Southe,]

lol anyway.

got a dreaded red slip from the postman telling me i need to pay £12 for my Black cat box set. might just let them send it back.

Also going to buy the claymore box set, Comes with a fancy booklet and its £30 so.. think that works out better than the MANGA singles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysrYj...er_profilepage
package video shows you the box and covers and the booklet

Also finished the NHK dub. was qite funny. Moving onto Outlaw star now.

[Southe,]

Thats Naruto dropped. Until a certain point comes up then depending on what happens in the manga i may rewatch but atm manga is really dull =/

spoke to a random at my friends uni dorm and he agrees about naruto getting dull told me he's recently started reading OP and is enjoying to so that made me happy ^^ lol.

[Southe,]

couldnt sleep so was browsing and came across this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZEyGRHU7mg

o.o my expectations for this movie are over 9000! lol. Looks so damn good T.T

[Axel]

Ryuzaki, tell me why One Piece is good please. I'm considering watching it, but the fact it has 400 episodes+ (I thought Bleach had a lot with 243) makes it look a bit off putting.

[Southe,]

How to explain it. Essay

Characters: Are all likeable/Loveable unlike other series where you tend to hate someone. Oda puts lot more effort into backstorys etc when they come up. Even the bad guys your like awesome.

Story: The story does seem a bit =/ at the start if you jump right into the anime, The Arlong arc which is about.. late 30's is when it pics up a bit and begins to get more awesome. At the animation change over thats when they really get awesome tho everything before is good and still awesome but you see the diffrence with the newer eps. I dont cry or anything but OP has made me go like awww quite a few times because of the backstorys and the way stuff is handled.

The twists are very good and unexpected. you may think like ah i might know who he is and then it turns out to be something you didnt expect which makes it more intresting unlike certain other series that are becoming boring and predictable (naruto), Things that didnt seem important at the very begining turn up later which is intresting since oda likes to plan things out ahead of time.

Animation: Is good started in 1997 so the begining looks Oldish not like current series. The animation improves over the episodes but OP obviously became very popular so they got more budget and were able to push the animation up so at about 200. the episodes went to HD and Numerous animaters started doing episodes. for example Tate seems to do fight scenes more often. the animation looks the same but you can tell its done by diffrent teams.

Music: Awesome. fits series perfectaly and they reuse music from movie osts so theres 100's of bgm's

Best selling manga of all time 177 million last time it was announced and db was like 155. Naruto and bleach dont even come close. and im expecting the Viz manga speed up is going to draw alot more people to one piece.

I would suggest watching it and giving it a chance. tho you could watch a few of the movies. which would give you some idea of what the shows are like but the actual anime is 10x better. movies 1-7 since 8-9 are movie versions of arc's and you dont wanna be spoilt.

Sub > Funi Dub > > > > > 4kids Dub.

lol quite alot ^^;; did you watch the trailer? what did you think from seeing that and not seeing the show before?

[PaulMacC]

One Piece's early animation put me off, it looked so old and kiddish.

[Southe,]

old seeing as it was made in 1997 what where you expecting ^^;; and the dvd quality is good all these streaming sites have old qualtity eps. and its certainly not kiddish for example the current arc is awesome and the animeation gets better through the eps. and the movie trailer i posted animation in that looks awesome. with a bit go GL style at the end lol.

[Neversoft]

What puts me off One Piece is the length. I just don't think I could dedicate myself to such a long series, and knowing it does have bad parts along the way also pushes it down that little bit on my to watch list. I don't think I'll ever watch the anime, but I do think I'll pick up the manga at some point.

[Southe,]

I can understand the length puts people off it put me off at the begining think it was at the 270ish region when i started. but i watched it got sucked in and was watching few episodes each day. But on the Plus side of things. you have lots of eps so you don't have to wait a week for a new ep unless you catch up which should take some time.

Well for someone like you that actually reads manga then you should give the manga a try 1st. ive started re-reading it and awesomeness pluss you have the speed up starting next year so by june next year 53 volumes should be out (need more shelf space D: )

Also i would suggest watching some of the movies. Since they tend to cut out flashbacks and standing around and what not just gets straight to the point with the action and humour.

And i know ive said before it gets good around XX point. well i was hooked within ten eps. tho to some might take longer. the first 50 episodes are known as the East Blue Arc. Which is mainly 5-6 smaller arcs piled together to help introduce the members. then you have other arcs afterwards that have more episodes such as skypia had around 80 i think. But they wont matter because the later eps just become entertaining because all the characters are likeable.

Really cant understand why OP isnt as popular as naruto. I know alot of the naruto fanbase comes from america and such but OP is constantly on the top 10 ratings where as naruto and bleach arent. thats why im hoping these speed ups boost One Piece popularity. You wont see anyone who puts as much effort into One Piece >.>
Awesome manga arc atm with lots ot details and double spreads, Recently had a child, and producing and directing the next OP movie.

Edit: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/0...hic-breakdown/
found this on google, Seen this and its recent. But how can OP be so high but i can hardly find anyone who likes it =/