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Also, going by the preview, unless Toei's performing some Victor Frankenstein-level surgery on the upcoming content, next week's episode should be covering more than one chapter?!

The whole episode's outsourced, as a matter of fact. Maybe Takeuchi ends up being very good, Iunno?

Basically Megumi Ishitani is one of the absolute best directors at Toei right now and is an incredibly strong storyboarder. Vincent Chansard, the animator responsible for that fantastic Warlord...

The Hero of the Navy's secret revealed! You won't read this in the failing World Economic Journal!

Title: ''The Legendary Battle! Garp and Roger''
Chapters Covered: 957
Episode Director: Hikaru...

...and when he's not on screen everyone should be asking "Where's Sabo?"

Title: "Big News! An Incident Concerning the Seven Warlords of the Sea"
Chapters Covered: 956
Episode Director: Megumi...

2020 was a pretty awful year overall but it ended up being a very, very good year for the anime. As usual there will be a break over New Year's and by this time next year the anime too will be part...

Friendship ended with Joker.

Title: ''A New Alliance?! The Kaido Army Gathers''
Chapters Covered: 954
Episode Director: Tasuku Shimaya (***)
Animation Director: Kenji Yokoyama (***)
Time:...

Yes, the "sword" that Hiyori wants from Zoro is the metal one, totally.

Title: ''Its Name is Enma! Oden's Famous Sword!''
Chapters Covered: 953
Episode Director: Kohei Kureta (****)
Animation...

Next round of staff is:

954: Kohei Kureta/Kazuya Hisada
955: Tasuku Shimaya/Kenji Yokoyama
956: Nanami Michibata/Midori Matsuda + Toshio Deguchi w. Nagamine storyboard
957: Megumi...

Tomita handled the scenes with Gyuukimaru towards the episode's very end and seeing him draw/animate something that doesn't have his characters look like they were dipped in glaze looks quite...

Well well, looking at the credits, not only did Tomita return for the first time since that lame-o Stampede "hype" filler, but another one of our own members made the jump to working on One Piece...

I think the first time I'd ever heard of a kappa was from an episode of the PBS show Arthur.

Title: ''Hiyori's Confession! Reunion at Bandit Bridge''
Chapters Covered: rest of 952
Episode...

Some thoughts of mine:

Since Square-Enix missed the boat on the 3DS it was inevitable that the battle system would have to be significantly revamped for a sequel (which is of course justified by...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bUU_58xrtc

It only took twelve years!

Does it count as Pirates vs. Ninja when the pirate in question is like a samurai?

Title: ''Orochi's Pursuers! The Ninja Army vs. Zoro''
Chapters Covered: rest of 950-951
Episode Director:...

Phemonenal episode, probably Koyama's best. He's always been a very strong storyboarder and he really outdid himself this time making excellent use of color, mood, and negative space. Even if you...

Because it bears repeating: Don't be like Luffy! Maintain proper social distance!

Title: "A Warrior's Dream - Luffy Gains Control of Udon"
Chapters Covered: 950
Episode Director: Yasunori Koyama...

Oh absolutely. I have to work with the public already as it is so I've been taking great care to avoid crowds and whenever I'm outside these days it's almost always the quiet side streets and roads...

Man, what a week. I wasn't quite old enough back then to fully "appreciate" the paradigm shift that 9/11 would bring so November 4, 2016 was one of the most depressing, unprecedented days I've lived...

Don't be like Luffy in this episode and remember to keep proper social distance.

Title: "We're Here to Win! Luffy's Desperate Cry''
Chapters Covered: rest of 950
Episode Director: Kenichi...

So I wrapped up Silver Snow during the board's latest downtime. That final map, which I hear is the toughest of the four, was something else. I didn't manage to pull off a no-death attempt until I...

The "Hyo's dead" joke was dragged out a little too long (what else is new?) but aside from that, whew. For his animation director debut Tu didn't just knock it out of the park, he hit a grand slam....

Title: ''Stop the Empress! Queen's Gambit''
Chapters Covered: 947
Episode Director: Yutaka Nakashima (***1/2)
Animation Director: Yong-ce Tu (debut!)
Time: 8:30PM EST
Watch It:...

I guess now we get to experience the same kind of pain that the Dragon Ball Z fandom has been experiencing since time in memorium.

But as a silver lining, if they continue to release Eternal Logs...

See Toei? You can cover a full chapter in a single episode!

Yeah, big improvement over last week, especially in the second half. Hearing Big Mom demanding oshiruko over and over and over again got...

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Take a sip every time an episode title includes the phrase "desperate situation".

Title: ''Oshiruko Grudge - Luffy's In a Desperate Situation''
Chapters Covered: 946
Episode Director: Yusuke...

It feels like Tu is trying to become the Masaaki Iwane of One Piece.

Hah, this was directed by Rie Matsumoto and is fairly similar to another music video she directed for the same band two years ago called Baby I Love You.

...

The biggest of memes.

Title: "The Storm Arrives! The Great Rampaging Big Mom!"
Chapters Covered: rest of 945
Episode Director: Masahiro Hosoda (***)
Animation Director: Kenji Yokoyama (***)...