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One Piece; We are on a cruise!
Topic Started: Feb 18 2006, 02:10 AM (2,252 Views)
Daisuke_CP9
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Lets discuss the spoiler pics for ch 403.

When I first saw them, I was like O_O when I saw chibi Luffy :lol: .

What happened to him?

Plus, for Nami, she either hid to take a short break, escaped, or owned Kumadori. I hope its the owned part.

Finally, why the heck does Sanji look like he's made of glass and he's shaped weird?

This must be Califa's DF power :( . It worries me.

So, I guess it will be up to Nami to own the lady of CP9. Catfight coming!
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Magister Renji,Mar 8 2006
08:00 PM
Lets discuss the spoiler pics for ch 402.

When I first saw them, I was like O_O when I saw chibi Luffy :lol: .

What happened to him?

I guess he found the aging pills that Negi's been hoarding. :lol:

BTW, for those watching the anime version of One Piece (Japanese version): did any of you catch the Sogeking OP bit? That was definitely a hoot.
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TnAdct1,Mar 8 2006
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Magister Renji,Mar 8 2006
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Lets discuss the spoiler pics for ch 402.

When I first saw them, I was like O_O when I saw chibi Luffy  :lol: .

What happened to him?

I guess he found the aging pills that Negi's been hoarding. :lol:

BTW, for those watching the anime version of One Piece (Japanese version): did any of you catch the Sogeking OP bit? That was definitely a hoot.

Definetly. Sogeking's song was so awsome. Usopp's awsomness has gone off the charts as Sogeking.

Sogeking-sama all the way!
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I'm surprised at how well sogeking can sing it was unexpected when I saw that song when I saw my brother watching it I was so confused on why he thought that was the right time to start singing.
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Cochise,Mar 10 2006
03:34 PM
I'm surprised at how well sogeking can sing it was unexpected when I saw that song when I saw my brother watching it I was so confused on why he thought that was the right time to start singing.

Who can blame if your brother is mesmorized?

Sogeking never fails to amaze all!
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Sogeking....
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Paulie,Mar 10 2006
05:29 PM
Sogeking....

His song sounded way better and more awsome in the anime.

He sings so well with his song. He is truely a hero!

I cant imagine the horror when 4kids gets to Sogeking :( .

They'll ruin him... :(
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Magister Renji,Mar 10 2006
08:40 PM
I cant imagine the horror when 4kids gets to Sogeking :( .

They'll ruin him... :(

I know. I'm especially worried at what 4Kids may do to the Sogeking song.
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Would they even allow the name sogeking?

They can't change it to snipers because snipers = guns and they don't want guns in the show from what we've seen.

So they migt change his name entirely or do something thats so retarded it boggles the mind.
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Ahh... One Piece. Yeah, a good manga but not really my thing I think... ^^; I read abit of it. ( Maybe I needed to read more to get into it, I dunno ... But I don't like the art style much though, sorry. >_< ) Yeah, everyone knows how bad 4Kids brutalized One Piece... One episode of it was enough to make me gag. ): I hear they tried to capture Fullmetal Alchemist and Naruto too, but thank god they escaped such a terrible terrible fate. ( Even if FMA dubbed by Funimation! still makes me cry, it's FAR better then 4Kids. ) Do they really have their sights set on Bleach? Please say it isn't so!! Ugggh. ):< Bleach is so good ... I'll be seeing red if they corrupt it. Y'know, I once described the actions of 4Kids as taking a square ( Raw, undubbed anime ) hacking it in half into two seperate parts - good half and bad half - and shipping off the bad half to air, and leaving the good half to rot in the dirt. It's probably too true. Oh, and did you see what they did to Shaman King? That one really, really makes me sad ...

4Kids deserves to be gut and drained of blood, like of which they do to anime. They give all anime a terrible name.
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Dont worry. VIZ got the Bleach lisence.

Its official.
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Magister Renji,Mar 12 2006
04:14 AM
Dont worry. VIZ got the Bleach lisence.

Its official.

Thank god. T_T Now I can rest in peace.
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Bleach and Naruto are not 4Kids material; 4Kids would not and did not pursue those shows. Simply, 4Kids was a metaphor for poor localization and dubbing of shows in American markets.

In contrast, OP had many attractive elements, but those elements, like in Princess Mononoke, did not transfer well to American shores. The primary reason is that One Piece suffers from the "demographic dilemma"; one has a show that has many of the bearings of children's programming (goofy style, absurd powers, vibrant colours and bursts of action; think Digimon) but has a equal number of adult or mature literary elements (blood, murder, guns, beer, cigarettes, cursing, extreme drama, cultural differences). The cartoon series Tom & Jerry (which partially inspired One Piece) has many of the same elements as One Piece, but the demographic for when Tom & Jerry came out (1940's) was a general, more mature audience than now. The cartoon segment Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpson's parodies this "demographic dilemma".

Other shows that fall into the same category are Zatch Bell ("Konjiki no Gash Bell") and Rave Master, which have light-hearted (known in America as "childish") themes but uncharacteristic amounts of blood and violence. Heck, Zatch Bell is on par with Bleach in terms of blood and gore!

However, 4Kids' editing of One Piece was beyond excessive, far more unnecessary than addressing concerns of localization and the demographic dilemma; 4Kids attempted to turn a drama-themed show like OP and turn it into Kinnikuman II Sei ("Ultimate Muscle"). Ultimate Muscle was well done by 4Kids, but that's because the central theme was fighting and not "dramatic interaction and personal growth with a bunch of non related comerades whom combined their efforts to achieve the greatest treasure and the highest glory in their world".
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I once read a commercial on Viz's Shounen Jump that One Piece will be on DVD with Viz's license. I wonder if that company took over and redubbed the whole thing the same way as Naruto.
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Azureluck,Mar 13 2006
10:53 PM
I once read a commercial on Viz's Shounen Jump that One Piece will be on DVD with Viz's license. I wonder if that company took over and redubbed the whole thing the same way as Naruto.

One Piece DVDs will be distributed by Viz Entertainment, but they are edited dubbed only for Region I (United States & Canda). Simply using the Viz lablel isn't because Viz is associated with Shounen Jump; it's Toei's move to break ties with FUNimation, as FUNimation originally had the One Piece license (but had it taken away due to Toei's belief that 4Kids could market it more effectively) and FUNimation handles all of 4Kids DVD distributions with the exception of this particular property.
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