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One Piece Thread (redux)

So I guess, for all the other straw hats they are just on random islands in the Archipelago? I cant imagine, I cant imagine the Pacifista being able to fly them off "that" far away, if it was it that did it.
 

Griffith

Banned
Dedication Through Light said:
So I guess, for all the other straw hats they are just on random islands in the Archipelago? I cant imagine, I cant imagine the Pacifista being able to fly them off "that" far away, if it was it that did it.
Kuma teleported them all over the world. Nami to a sky island, Franky, Zoro Sanji, Usopp and Brook to different places in the Grand Line, Robin to East Blue and Chopper to South Blue.
 
Quicksilva said:
Wow I wonder how they will all get back together..

Dont they all still have that vivre paper from Rayleigh S? If they all have a piece then they could meet up together.

But I guess, ugh it seems like it would be a lenghty process to bring them back together.
 
Dedication Through Light said:
Dont they all still have that vivre paper from Rayleigh S? If they all have a piece then they could meet up together.

But I guess, ugh it seems like it would be a lenghty process to bring them back together.

Yeah especially for Robin and Chopper. I'm sure there will have to be something to teleport them back :/
 

Mikey Jr.

Member
Quicksilva said:
Yeah especially for Robin and Chopper. I'm sure there will have to be something to teleport them back :/

Robin is with the
Revolutionaries
, I'm sure they have a ship.

Chopper, I dunno about him.

But the Strawhats have a waypoint. Luffy said for everyone to meet back at the ship at Sabaody.
 
Mikey Jr. said:
Robin is with the
Revolutionaries
, I'm sure they have a ship.

Chopper, I dunno about him.

But the Strawhats have a waypoint. Luffy said for everyone to meet back at the ship at Sabaody.

Do you think they will throw in filler episodes for everyone else for their adventures in their respective places? Some reason, I just hope for them to meet together in one chapter, but that couldnt work for just one episode
 
Himuro said:
They kinda already have. The manga of course has cover pages that cover their adventures and where they are and what's happening. The anime animated these cover pages and gave us a sneak peak. Of course, the only good ones being Sanji's and especially Robin's.

Robin's looks fucking awesome.

Oh what episodes were their, if you remember their numbers?
 

Reknoc

Member
So I've been watching youtube clips of the (if it's anything like the episode ones that came out here) rather naff Wii game... I kinda hope funi don't use the same guy for Franky when they get to it in the DVDs. Dunno why, just something about him seems abit wrong.
 
Peff said:
There are four books that contain the color spreads and other special art, the ColorWalk series, named after animals. The fourth one was released recently, and they all contain neat extras which unfortunately require knowledge of Japanese :p For example, interviews with the VAs or Yoshitaka Amano. I have the third one, so I could snap a few pics if you want.

Oh wow, I was walking through my campus bookstore today and I actually saw the first one on display. lol

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I thought it was nice when I flipped through so I bought it. It came out in 2005 from VIZ, so I wonder and hope that they do get the other ones so even more recent characters can be seen.

I cant believe people are selling new ones online for $109 new, when I got it new for just 14.99 X_X
 
Reknoc said:
So I've been watching youtube clips of the (if it's anything like the episode ones that came out here) rather naff Wii game... I kinda hope funi don't use the same guy for Franky when they get to it in the DVDs. Dunno why, just something about him seems abit wrong.

Which Wii game are you talking about? Unlimited Cruise?

I have pt. 2 and its probably my favourite anime game (and ive played Budokai 3). Vs. is pretty meh but the adventure is the real draw and theres just so much to do. It doesnt make things too obvious so it requires alot of exploring etc.

I remember looking at videos and thinking this doesnt look that good but bought it when i saw it for £8. Hated it at first but it grew on me once i started to understand it. Like what happened with Demons Souls to me.

If your a fan of One Piece and can find it for cheap then id say go for it.
 

Reknoc

Member
ShutDown202 said:
Which Wii game are you talking about? Unlimited Cruise?

I have pt. 2 and its probably my favourite anime game (and ive played Budokai 3). Vs. is pretty meh but the adventure is the real draw and theres just so much to do. It doesnt make things too obvious so it requires alot of exploring etc.

I remember looking at videos and thinking this doesnt look that good but bought it when i saw it for £8. Hated it at first but it grew on me once i started to understand it. Like what happened with Demons Souls to me.

If your a fan of One Piece and can find it for cheap then id say go for it.

Yea I've got both episodes of Unlimited Cruise. The idea sounded pretty awesome, a One Piece adventure game with collecting elements and some cool boss fights. But the collecting ends up just being a massive grind and the boss fights are completely cheap as they just spam their most powerful moves (Wapol is a massive asshole). All in all I think I prefered the Power Stone clones.

Edit: That said I can play as Brook so it gains points for that, and Enies Lobby outfits and Sogeking apparently.
 
Just finished watching my first ever One Piece episode, that was Episode 466, I guess.

Does the opening only cater to manga readers, lol? I mean, lol.

Anyway, I hope the episodes dont all use like single frame images to show stuff, halfway through the episode it seemed to show 5 back to back single frames of other people fighting in Impel Down. It was decent, I liked seeing Hannybal as well as BlackBeard.
 

grandjedi6

Master of the Google Search
Dedication Through Light said:
Does the opening only cater to manga readers, lol? I mean, lol.
Yes. I mean this is true for most shonen series, but its especially true here due to One Piece's insane popularity in Japan. Pretty much the only people who watch the anime and don't read the manga are too young to care otherwise. And this has been true throughout One Piece's run, hence the infamous blatant "Robin" spoiler in the 3rd opening.
 

Anth0ny

Member
Firestorm said:
I like the newest opening better than Rainbow Star. Rainbow Star is hands down the worst opening =/

My order:

1. We Are/Straw Hats Version (basically the same song)
2. Hikari E
3. Kokoro no Chizu
4. Believe
5. Brand New World
6. Share the World
7. Crazy Rainbow
8. THERE YOU ARE MY LOVE LYING IN FRONT OF ME
9. Jungle P
10. New We Are (ugh)

OP12 has grown on me a little. I like the song, and if they just ended the god damn opening video before all the Whitebeard War stuff started, it would be perfect. But seeing Whitebeard, Luffy and Ace while that song plays is just fucking horrible :lol

They really need to change the OP soon. Hopefully we get a hot blooded rock song for Marineford or something :lol
 

LaneDS

Member
grandjedi6 said:
Yes. I mean this is true for most shonen series, but its especially true here due to One Piece's insane popularity in Japan. Pretty much the only people who watch the anime and don't read the manga are too young to care otherwise. And this has been true throughout One Piece's run, hence the infamous blatant "Robin" spoiler in the 3rd opening.

Never knew that was the reason why they ruined Robin's joining, but it makes all sorts of sense.
 

Steroyd

Member
Plywood said:
What was the bullshit reason we won't be getting separate chapters for the Straw-hat Crew, (which translates into episodes for me and the other anime-only watchers)?

Because they're cover stories of the manga, usually tells it's own story without dragging the manga on with extra chapters, it also gives the anime a legitimate reason to make "filler" that stays true to the manga without catching up to the manga.
 
Reknoc said:
Yea I've got both episodes of Unlimited Cruise. The idea sounded pretty awesome, a One Piece adventure game with collecting elements and some cool boss fights. But the collecting ends up just being a massive grind and the boss fights are completely cheap as they just spam their most powerful moves (Wapol is a massive asshole). All in all I think I prefered the Power Stone clones.

Edit: That said I can play as Brook so it gains points for that, and Enies Lobby outfits and Sogeking apparently.

lol nice. Im not too far in so i cant wait for ES outfits. Are there any other One Piece games coming out in the near future.

And i thnk the new opening is one of the bests. It goes 1,5,3,6,12,10........and i dont really care about the others. And i faintly remember the endings but my favourite was watashi ga iru yo/ Run!
 

Reknoc

Member
^^ You're now my favourite person, ending 3 is definitly the best ending.

grandjedi6 said:
Yes. I mean this is true for most shonen series, but its especially true here due to One Piece's insane popularity in Japan. Pretty much the only people who watch the anime and don't read the manga are too young to care otherwise. And this has been true throughout One Piece's run, hence the infamous blatant "Robin" spoiler in the 3rd opening.

Makes sense. My mum watches One Piece but doesn't read it and was pretty annoyed about showing Robin in the OP.

Do many of the newer openings do this aswell? I know the one during Water 7/Enies Lobby shows Gear 2nd and Chopper. Then changes to some terrible song about rainbows before that even happens.
 
@ Reknoc The third ending was when One Piece all clicked for me. I mean i really liked it before then but i remember watching the ending and thinking, this is now my favourite anime of the forever. Awesome song and the video showed the tight bond the straw-hats had formed.

On another note, does anyone know where i can download RAW One Piece episodes? If not then a way to remove subs? thanks in advance!
 

Plywood

NeoGAF's smiling token!
Steroyd said:
Because they're cover stories of the manga, usually tells it's own story without dragging the manga on with extra chapters, it also gives the anime a legitimate reason to make "filler" that stays true to the manga without catching up to the manga.
Well I hope they get back to them again, at least one more episode.
 
I feel a bit late but just watched Episode 447. (I like how large the warships are in the opening)

Anyway, it is pretty nice putting voices to all the characters, and hearing how Sadi speaks. Her screams were particularly interesting. Hopefully next episode actually has some fighting.
 

Reknoc

Member
Dedication Through Light said:
I feel a bit late but just watched Episode 447. (I like how large the warships are in the opening)

Anyway, it is pretty nice putting voices to all the characters, and hearing how Sadi speaks. Her screams were particularly interesting. Hopefully next episode actually has some fighting.

It's not always nice as Enies Lobby has taught me. Oh god Fukuro and Kumadori are so annoying. Kuuuuumadooooori iiiiiin paaaaartiiiiiiicular~ yoyoiii.
 
Organization Question!

The marines is set up with

Unknown Admiral or something being in the top (I dont think Ive ever recalled seing em)
The Three Vice Admirals
The 8 Sichibukai?
Then people of Smoker(smokey?) level captains?

Is that right?
 

Steroyd

Member
Fleet Admiral - Pigeon head
Admiral - Kizaru, Aokiji, whatshisname
Vice Admiral - Garp
Normal Marines - Smoker

Shichibukai - 3rd party.

Plywood said:
Well I hope they get back to them again, at least one more episode.

There are more cover stories that give more insight to what's currently happening to the SH's after they landed on their respective islands. It would be the perfect opportunity to create and milk those "filler" episodes right after this arc ends, because this kind of pacing the anime was on in the last few episodes won't fly in the next arc.
 

Reknoc

Member
Dedication Through Light said:
Organization Question!

The marines is set up with

Unknown Admiral or something being in the top (I dont think Ive ever recalled seing em)
The Three Vice Admirals
The 8 Sichibukai?
Then people of Smoker(smokey?) level captains?

Is that right?

Sort of this shows how ranks work. The Warlords aren't really members of the marines, they're more like the pirates with letters of marque.
 

grandjedi6

Master of the Google Search
Dedication Through Light said:
Organization Question!

The marines is set up with

Unknown Admiral or something being in the top (I dont think Ive ever recalled seing em)
The Three Vice Admirals
The 8 Sichibukai?
Then people of Smoker(smokey?) level captains?

Is that right?
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So basically it goes:
Supreme/Fleet Admiral (Sengoku) [the guy in the top right hand corner up there]
|
|
v
Admirals (Kizaru, Akainu & Aokiji)
|
|
v
Vice-Admirals (Garp, Buster Call V-As, etc.)
|
|
v
Rear Admirals (formerly the supernova Drake)
|
|
v
Commodore (Smoker)​

and so on.




The Shichibukai are completely outside this heirarchy though. While they work with the marines at times, they really only take commands directly from the World Government. Their actual place in the story is as one of the "3 Great Powers" alongside the Marines and 4 Emperors/Yonkou. They're meant to help keep the world in balance against the Yonkou.
 

Entropia

No One Remembers
Dedication Through Light said:
Organization Question!

The marines is set up with

Unknown Admiral or something being in the top (I dont think Ive ever recalled seing em)
The Three Vice Admirals
The 8 Sichibukai?
Then people of Smoker(smokey?) level captains?

Is that right?

The schihibukai are kind of their own entity, they're not technically ranked in the marines.


http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Marines

Edit: Fuck beaten 3x :(
 
Reknoc said:
It's not always nice as Enies Lobby has taught me. Oh god Fukuro and Kumadori are so annoying. Kuuuuumadooooori iiiiiin paaaaartiiiiiiicular~ yoyoiii.

Thats the Chapapa gossiper right?

He was my favourite CP9 lol. One of my favourite scenes is when he starts twirling and singing about wether the key he has is the right one, with Franky dancing in the background.
 

Reknoc

Member
ShutDown202 said:
Thats the Chapapa gossiper right?

He was my favourite CP9 lol. One of my favourite scenes is when he starts twirling and singing about wether the key he has is the right one, with Franky dancing in the background.

Yea that was a funny scene but he has a little kid voice and it creeps me out.

I've also been reading through the volumes I own (1-27) and got up to the Kuro part, man I always forget how ugly Ussop was when he first appeared. Pretty good picture here showing the changes, Ussop and Chopper being probably the biggest since their first appearance.
 

grandjedi6

Master of the Google Search
Reknoc said:
Do many of the newer openings do this aswell?
More so than before, but many One Piece opening don't feature anything relevant to the covered story let alone spoilers. However all the openings with any sort of spoilers are:

Opening 1 -- Technically it showed off every character from East Blue but since it was the series introduction it really doesn't count.
Opening 2 -- n/a
Opening 3 -- Robin joins the crew
Opening 4 -- n/a
Opening 5 -- character reel of everyone from Water 7/Davy Back Fight, Aokiji freezing Luffy, Ussop vs Luffy
Opening 6 -- Strawhats vs various CP9 members, Monster Chopper, the Strawhats facing Robin ontop of the courthouse
Opening 7 -- n/a
Opening 8 -- showed Brook
Opening 9 -- Luffy facing down Oars with gear 2
Opening 10 -- Character reel of everyone even remotely shown for the next few arcs, Luffy & Sanji & Zoro vs Kumabot, Jimbei's existance, Luffy going 'somewhere' to try and save Ace
Opening 11 -- Impel down character/location reel, Luffy going to Marineford

I feel only the 3rd and latest openings are truely "spoiler-y" though. Openings 5, 6 and 10 also had new stuff but I feel that they found a good balance between spoilers and forshadowing.
 

Plywood

NeoGAF's smiling token!
Himuro said:
I hate that guy.
Sounds like you can't stand how awesome funny he was.
Steroyd said:
There are more cover stories that give more insight to what's currently happening to the SH's after they landed on their respective islands. It would be the perfect opportunity to create and milk those "filler" episodes right after this arc ends, because this kind of pacing the anime was on in the last few episodes won't fly in the next arc.
Sounds good. :D
 
So the marines is the military power that the world government uses? Did I miss where they said who the leaders of the world gov't are? (I feel as if there was only one manga chapter that had a picture of the insides of the world government but it was buried deep down)

Also, I didnt realize that old lady (Tsuru) was a Vice Admiral. Shes so olde.
 

LaneDS

Member
Entropia said:
They need to ditch the post-OP bit as well. :\ I mean the crew isn't even together right now! :lol

But then they'd have to actually stretch that animation budget even thinner and create more content per episode! And we all know that isn't going to happen.
 

BobLoblaw

Banned
Also, the Gorousei are above the Marines and rule the entire world.

Gorousei.jpg


Don't be surprised if these guys have some insane DF powers. Chances are they'll have to die before the World Government goes away (presumably when OP ends).
 
Okay I think I got it now. I remember that panel from one of the manga chapters but it was like just one and wait was that where they decided who would replace Crocodile? I think thats the only time I ever remember seeing that group of people.
 
Reknoc said:
Yea that was a funny scene but he has a little kid voice and it creeps me out.

I've also been reading through the volumes I own (1-27) and got up to the Kuro part, man I always forget how ugly Ussop was when he first appeared. Pretty good picture here showing the changes, Ussop and Chopper being probably the biggest since their first appearance.

Oh man, what the hell have they done to chopper??????

looks like he's 10 years younger and has lost 100lbs (im guessing he was hit with a strong does of kawaii).

lol Usopp did look pretty ugly way back. He also looks alot older now.
 

Anth0ny

Member
Dedication Through Light said:
His hat looks more round. Robin, Sanji, and Zoro seemed to have stayed consistent.
Nami has definitely aged somewhat.

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Hmm... yes, her design appears to have changed. It's quite subtle.
 

Reknoc

Member
Dedication Through Light said:
Oh how old is Luffy supposed to be? For some reason I put him in his early twenties (as well as the other straw hats)

17 same as Usopp. Nami is 18, Zoro and Sanji are 19 I believe. Can't remember the rest but Robin is 28.

For completions sake: Franky is 34, Chopper is 15 and Brook is 88.
 
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