@Zkaiser:
I can assure you
I'm not possessed.
And my above posts
Were not made in jest.
The truth is tough
That much is known.
But I truly believe
4kids should dub this show.
With all of what you just said in mind, I would like to ask you a few questions.
1. What is Miss Goldenweek's ability?
2. Who is Laboon?
3. Who/what are Dorry and Broggy?
4. Where is Warship Island?
5. What is Little Garden?
Note that no one who watched the 4Kids dub could possibly answer a single one of those questions without prior knowledge from the manga or the JP version.
You kids these days with your lack of blood, your transracial modifications, your congested brooklynites, your old-lady cheerleading gophers, your 'Zolo's, your lollipops, your water pistols, your overly elaborate anvil mechanisms, your bug juice, your off-screen child abuse, your unnecessary funerals right after said child abuse, your death innuendoes…
Need I go on?
There is a reason we protested to get rid of 4Kids, there was a reason Japan stepped in to assign the voice actors themselves, there is currently a reason why FUNimation is not doing well with One Piece, there is a reason for why FUNimation is releasing DVDs of the series, there is a reason Zolo was renamed Zoro, there is a reason Trace was renamed Ace, there is a reason Warship Island and Little Garden will now be shown, there is a reason the fans care, and that reason is that we asked for- no... we DEMANDED a level of quality and you know what? In my opinion, we got it. If you want to watch 4Kids One Piece, go ahead and watch the reruns. I see it as nothing more than a poor attempt at an abridged series anyway.
But you need to understand that, and I am not screwing around with this, One Piece actually IS, IN FACT, SERIOUS BUSINESS. Thank you.