Schadenfreude
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Man, any way you slice it, that's a lotta One Piece. Oh well. With a little careful planning it can be done.
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KuwabaraTheMan
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And throughout.
Seriously, way to continue the horrid mismanagement of the franchise in the US. I can't believe they're doing something this dumb.
slightconfuse
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yea i have been read one peance maga to catch up
Schadenfreude
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Decided to get a head start right now. Why is Edward Elric singing a song about friendship?
They got Vic to sing the opening back when they actually dubbed them.
Surprisingly, Vic doesn't have a big role in the show proper.
Yet.
Davy Back is going to be such a slog, and I imagine it will turn many off at first.
Should've started at 229 or whenever Water 7 actually starts, but I'm glad to see it on TV either way. Hope it doesn't bomb for them.
And I'm happy to see more people getting into One Piece.
Actually they should have started at 227 when
Aokiji is introduced
I counted the weeks it will take to get to that point. 21. It's going to be a loooong 5 months.
Yeah. Vic has already stated who he wants to play in the show. We'll see if it happens.
Schadenfreude
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Maybe time and nostalgia have warped my memory, but I don't remember Luffy being this much of a dick.
Heh. Sounds so unnatural.
mightynine
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Found this while googling for skippable eps, up to the point OP will start on Toonami.
Good guidance?
Crash Station
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One Piece starting at 207?
This is an AWFUL move and will very likely turn people off the series. Goddammit, I guess the damage 4kids done is never going to be fixed
This is an AWFUL move and will very likely turn people off the series. Goddammit, I guess the damage 4kids done is never going to be fixed
Except for 61, yeah. The first half of that episode is filler, but the second half is not only canon but an extremely major event (
the ascent up Reverse Mountain to enter the Grand Line
grandjedi6
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eh, Davy Back Fight isn't a bad place to start. Short silly arc that can help reintroduce the characters. And while the anime stupidly doubles the arc's length with filler, its still only 3 extra episodes to get through. And if we're really really really lucky, they'll skip Ocean's Dream after that.
One Piece starting at 207?
This is an AWFUL move and will very likely turn people off the series. Goddammit, I guess the damage 4kids done is never going to be fixed
Are they really starting from there? So much awesome things people will miss out on.
They won't skip jack shit. Stupid motherfuckers.
Unspeakable Evil
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I think the 4 kids dub made him more Polite than he actually was.
Doctor Decimate
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i still maintain the Pirate Rap is better than We Are.
Strange it starts right after Collection 8 (last one to come out) of the DVD.
Schadenfreude
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Eh, it's a no-win situation. Starting at the beginning would be absolutely silly and would probably end the project before it started. The beginning episodes of One Piece are pretty shitty, IMO.
Beelzeboss
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Naruto wins again.
god damn it.
god damn it.
lazybones18
Banned
Believe it
Considering it's about to go into one of it's best arcs that isn't going to change any time soon.
Titan gets no love...
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
One Piece starting at 207?
This is an AWFUL move and will very likely turn people off the series. Goddammit, I guess the damage 4kids done is never going to be fixed
Yeah, it's sad.
They finally had a chance to get One Piece right in America, and they fucked it up. Toonami and FUNimation have no one but themselves to blame when it doesn't do well. Just sheer idiocy all around.
It's the kind of story that constantly builds on what came before. Something that happens early on can and will become an important plot point in the future. Sure you get flashbacks reminding you of what happened, but you still missed out on it and it doesn't hit you as hard.
EDIT: For example I could give you a summary of Naruto up to Shippuden and hit all the important points in a couple of hundred words. Bleach I could do in less. One Piece would take a few pages to catch you up on.
Doctor Decimate
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207 is the start of a terrible filler arc that lasts for 6 months that gives a terrible impression on what the rest of the show is actually like. 6 MONTHS.
They should have started at 227. I really hope they can change this before airtime but they probably won't.
everyday math
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Someone wanna give me a summary of important events before the part where they decided to start One Piece?
I'd appreciate it.
....if its even possible.
I'd appreciate it.
....if its even possible.
Well, the arc is canon but it was basically filler to give Oda a break between Skypeia and Water 7.
But then the anime decided to add more filler to an already filler arc and then adds I think 3 little filler arcs after that. In Toonami time, 6 months worth of filler.
Woohoo.
Apparently Funi is giving Toonami some sort of recap material to get people up to speed. Hopefully that'll be enough, but who knows? Most of what you need to know is who the crew are and what they want. The specifics of the events aren't really super important. The stuff that becomes important you can kind of just figure out as it goes along.
mightynine
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I just watched the first episode. Like the music.
Doctor Decimate
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrHO6DtFJ-Y
am i the only one who thinks this is a better version of We Are?
am i the only one who thinks this is a better version of We Are?
Crash Station
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It's a no-win scenario if they planned on sticking to 1 episode a week regardless. The series doesn't hit its first stride until the 30s, which would take more than half a year to get to if it started at 1. On the other hand, the closest amazing arc to 207 is much closer (I think it's 224 or something), but it's still a terrible starting place for newcomers, which I assume will be many people.
The thing about One Piece is it is in no way episodic. It's a gigantic world with always expanding lore which gets referenced all the time. Something from episode 20 might become important in episode 500. That's the kind of series OP is.
Not so much the middle, just a single arc that's like 19 episodes. It's also essentially the ONLY canon filler arc in that it really isn't important at all in the grand scheme of things like every other arc.
Gucci Messiah
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I'm glad they're starting at 207, that's around when I stopped watching a few years back
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