Shame on you then! Missing out on best Franky.I only watch One Piece with Funimation voices. I will never watch the Japanese version.
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One Piece Thread (redux)
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LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
I only watch One Piece with Funimation voices. I will never watch the Japanese version.
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It's your loss.
The English voices are the voices I'm used to. When I hear the Japanese voices, they don't fit the characters to me.
Honestly, I don't see what's wrong with preferring the English voices. All the voice actors do a great job and sound like they are having a blast doing it.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Of course there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that A) the Japanese voices are definitely better and B) you're so far behind. But yeah, it's your loss and it's of course totally up to you if you prefer to watch the English dub. You'd get into the Japanese voices quickly though, so don't worry about the voices not fitting the characters. Won't be more than ten episodes until you change your mind.
1. That's subjective. I don't think the Japanese voices are better. I think both performances are good, but I prefer the English voices.
2. Does that really matter though? In the end, we are all in this for the long haul. How many years until One Piece is actually finished? Being a couple years behind on the English version doesn't really matter much.
I wouldn't claim that the Japanese voices are definitively better, it's just something your more used to. Hell, I liked the 4Kids voices one time because it's what I was used to. I still wouldn't mind them if they caught up.
Though I don't watch the anime anymore, not because of the voices but because of the terrible pacing.
BassForever
Member
One Piece Romance Dawn for 3DS is getting a US release!
Where's the news for the dancing game?
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Isn't that the awful one? I really hope they localize Unlimited World Red. A shame the west never got One Piece: Gigant Battle 2.
BassForever
Member
Where's the news for the dancing game?
That's not news that's just pain and jiggle
Apparently it's not very good but I dunno anyone who's played it
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
GAF has played the PSP version, and GAF hated it. I saw some gameplay on Youtube and it looks pretty bad. The trailer is pretty great, though perhaps that's because there's so little gameplay in it.
Best pretty much everything and most importantly, those laughs.
BassForever
Member
Well either way still going to buy it to support more us released op games especially in this era where everything is region locked
Seriously. I watched English OP with my friend, and saw Crocodile.. He sounded alright until he started laughing.. You poor souls. The laugh just isn't the same.
It's like you're not getting the "true" Crocodile if you watch the English version.
Also, I hate Luffy's scratchy voice.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
If by "this era" you mean Nintendo platforms then yeah. Sony and Microsoft are 100% region free next-gen unless some policies have changed again.
BassForever
Member
Yes I know, and the 3DS is getting a lot of One Piece games that up to this point have never gotten released in the US but have been released in Europe.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
What? The only one I know of is Unlimited Cruise SP. What games are you talking about?
Heres a link to the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwgo25aMmI&feature=
It actually looks pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwgo25aMmI&feature=
It actually looks pretty good.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
We need more One Piece fighting games. I played the hell out of the one for the Gamecube.
BassForever
Member
I thought the Gigant battle games came out in Europe I guess I was mistaken
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Well, the first one did, but it's not a 3DS game. And even if it was, "a lot" is one hell of an exaggeration when it's only two games.
BassForever
Member
Going from the wiki, OP games release in EU and not in the US
One Piece Grand Battle for the Playstation
One Piece Unlimited Cruise 1 & 2 for the Wii
One Piece Unlimited Cruise Sp 1 & 2 for 3DS
One Piece Gigant Battle for DS
Of course Unlimited Cruise 1 & 2 = SP 1&2 so it's really 3 games. Felt like a lot more but I guess it was the that Unlimited Cruise was separated into two games made it seem like more then it was.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
None of those are 3DS games though.
EDIT: Well, apart from UC SP of course which I already mentioned.
EDIT: Well, apart from UC SP of course which I already mentioned.
BassForever
Member
Wii isn't region free either unless you mod the system. Don't think the original playstation was either
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
What are you talking about, Bass? Your comment was:
Why are you talking about the Wii and Playstation all of a sudden?
I'm confused. I don't think you even know what you're saying.
BassForever
Member
I thought there were more on the 3ds and I was wrong. For my own sake I decided to look up all the games that were released in eu and not in the us. I was under the impression eu had gotten most of the op games released in that last 5 years and that most over the past two years have been on 3ds. Turns out op games have been more or less everywhere and Europe has gotten more then the us but not as many as I thought.
VGChampion
Member
Ohh, forgot about the laughs. Yeah, those are my only problems with English. The laughs and Luffy's voice. Wish Funimation came up with a new idea for Luffy instead of sticking with a scratchy voice like 4Kids had.
They couldn't, Toei contract specifically said that Luffy had to be played like a woman. Toei's contracts are stupid as hell.
Dedication Through Light
Member
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Decided to give it another go. It had its moments like when Luffy v Monet, and Luffy v Caesar, but otherwise some stuff felt too long (they really needed ten minutes to fight a green dragon? Luffy in the hole for three episodes now?!)...Kind of ready for this arc to end.
Decided to give it another go. It had its moments like when Luffy v Monet, and Luffy v Caesar, but otherwise some stuff felt too long (they really needed ten minutes to fight a green dragon? Luffy in the hole for three episodes now?!)...Kind of ready for this arc to end.
I remember reading that Funimation wanted Eric Vale to do the voice of Luffy, but Toei told them "No men! It needs to be a woman!" It's really stupid.
In fact, I think the same happened with 4Kids. As awful as that was, I think they also wanted a man to play Luffy, but Toei shot that down as well.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
He was letting her fight. And/or wanted the coolest entrance possible lol.
Zoro ain't sexist. He just has that whole Japanese samurai code of honor. Tends to get him in trouble more often than not.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Speaking of sexism, has anyone read the Wanpiss Comics? They're the ones who did all the One Piece comic redraws but now they seem to have started their own parody comic:
lmao. It's OK, Zoro messed him up later.
LOL amazing!
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
haha, that is so Zoro. it sums up why I love him. My favourite Zoro moment is his training in the cold on Drum island and whenever he is asked to guard the ship and falls asleep. Such a great clown.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Actually Zoro is pretty intelligent in a lot of scenes, by One Piece standards anyway. It's just that he has no sense of direction whatsoever. And him falling asleep on guard doesn't matter as he always keeps his guard. Notice that when someone enters the ship while he's asleep he always wakes up.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
I know he is intelligent when it matters, but his comic relief comes from his foolishness at times. After all he did eat Sanji's food that had razor blades in it.
I do love it when he does wake up, supremely confident in his own abilities to wipe everyone out.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Oh sure. But just about every character in One Piece has that comic relief and foolishness. Or as Oda said in SBS: they're all stupid
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
Oh sure. But just about every character in One Piece has that comic relief and foolishness. Or as Oda said in SBS: they're all stupid
lol, true although it seems except the girls. Nami always has her wits about it and her comic relief only comes from her loss of treasure. Nico is just always perfect. She has never really shown much of a flaw, except with her annoyance with the rest of the crew's stupidity.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Well, Nami keep hitting Luffy and Usopp and do other various minor typical-goofy-manga things, and while Nico Robin is perhaps the most serious character in the entire universe, even she does some silly things, like grabbing Franky's testicles for instance. And I don't think she's usually annoyed by the crew's stupidity to be honest. She always just seem to be smiling since Enies Lobby.
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
There have been a few times when Nico has shouted at Luffy. The last one I remembered was in volume 67, but i cant seem to find it in my apartment.
seeing as a Zoro stands guard on my One Piece mangas I am very disappointed with his shoddy guard work right now
Sadly yes. One of the worst movies as well.
Also I am really upset one of One Piece's best openings isn't being aired stateside. I am sick of We Go! and Hands Up! is so good.