I would probably put more cover stories in place of filler.
Having not read the manga I've missed out on a lot of them. =(
Dude beware. Anybody who admits they haven't read the manga usually gets cursed at by Karate D Frank.
I would probably put more cover stories in place of filler.
Having not read the manga I've missed out on a lot of them. =(
Dude beware. Anybody who admits they haven't read the manga usually gets cursed at by Karate D Frank.
More cover stories
keep the loguetown filler
(most likely) remove warship island arc and find another way to introduce the calm belt
Remove the Alabasta fillers…they were uselessly long
keep the post-alabasta fillers but not goat island and rainbow mist
KEEP G8!!!!
Make the davy back fight shorter
Keep the memory loss arc because I just loved the jokes in the last episode
Enies Lobby/Water 7 fillers would be removed as well ( especially the Enies Lobby ones... just worthless)
Keeping Ice Hunter but maybe making it a bit shorter
I don't really know about Spa island...
And the Strawhats whereabouts episodes would have been a bit more developped.
You mean other than not wanting to spend the time reading something you've already seen?
What did the little boy in Skypiea throw at Conis?
oh come on Greg, thats an obnoxious trivia question.
Damnit robby…
Why'd you go and do that?
I was waiting for the 'violence doesn't make the show any better and it's not like one rock is a big deal in 420+ episodes' before pulling that.
You just cock-blocked me AND stole the kill.
kicks dirt
Both of you guys stop. While Karate D Frank has been the laughing stock in my neighborhood recently, Charagon you're also overdoing it. not trying to act like admin but come on
Dude beware. Anybody who admits they haven't read the manga usually gets cursed at by Karate D Frank.
Who the hell are you?
On topic:
I'd remove Whiskey peek, its the birthplace of vivi's hatred. Oh and the captain kuro arc, it didn't achieve enough for the time it took.
I like Smudge's way best.
Though I'd like to keep Luffy punching Vivi.
And I'd drop Zoro's backstory.
Is boring.
Guh? Did they spend that much time on it? It was like what? 5-6 pages?
Guh? Did they spend that much time on it? It was like what? 5-6 pages?
He had an episode-long flashback right before they met Johnny and Yosaku. I seem to recall most of it involving him getting his butt kicked, with some expansion on him talking with Koshiro. I don't remember if he had that little proper flashback he had in the Captain Morgan arc though.
…did they ever give a reason as to why they don't bother with the cover stories anymore? I mean, each one is at least 1-2 episodes of filler that Oda's practically throwing at the anime staff. :/
But Greg, I merely pointed out that its an obnoxious trivia question. Nothing THAT bad.
You have a fair point tho, the anime does differ from the manga in some significant ways.
…did they ever give a reason as to why they don't bother with the cover stories anymore? I mean, each one is at least 1-2 episodes of filler that Oda's practically throwing at the anime staff. :/
I assume because the cover stories don't feature the strawhats, and they're afraid the audience won't be able to keep track if its suddenly a random villain from 50 episodes ago based episode, while early on in the series it was still short and they could safely assume the audience had probably seen the coverstory character in question. Show has been running nearly 10 years now, after all.
…did they ever give a reason as to why they don't bother with the cover stories anymore? I mean, each one is at least 1-2 episodes of filler that Oda's practically throwing at the anime staff. :/
From what I've seen the cover stories have been regulated to nothing more then easter eggs now.
@robbybevard:
I assume because the cover stories don't feature the strawhats, and they're afraid the audience won't be able to keep track if its suddenly a random villain from 50 episodes ago based episode, while early on in the series it was still short and they could safely assume the audience had probably seen the coverstory character in question. Show has been running nearly 10 years now, after all.
This.
Besides, the manga cover story is just a weekly shot with no dialogue that does not replace the actual chapter. The anime can't do that, they'd have to make at least a full episode for each said random villain adventure that most people wouldn't care about.
Both of you guys stop. While Karate D Frank has been the laughing stock in my neighborhood recently, Charagon you're also overdoing it. not trying to act like admin but come on
Dude beware. Anybody who admits they haven't read the manga usually gets cursed at by Karate D Frank.
I don't think you get it. You continuously act like you're a One Piece fanatic and expert but you've never read the manga. You praise Oda but you don't read his work. While a bit hypocritical, that's totally cool; I don't know why you don't, but you don't have to or anything. But you don't have to respond to everything, you know. Sometimes you win by not playing.
If I could redo the One Piece anime, I'd make fillers about the cover stories like everyone else. I don't know beyond that.
anime .
Right. That's why I'm asking whether or not they spent that much time on something that's only like 5-6 pages in the comic.
But Greg, I merely pointed out that its an obnoxious trivia question. Nothing THAT bad.
robby, usually you can read my game signs but this time you missed it big time buddy.
Greg: Obscure question about anime/manga difference.
Prey: What does it matter?
Greg: Explains obscure point.
Prey: Oh come on, that's lame. Who cares. It's just a little scene.
Greg: Ah by the way: mini-arcs etc. delivering a flawless victory with Fatality.
Prey: wanders off as in a daze
robby, you and me, we're through man. No more crazy nights on the town. Don't make this harder than it already is.
@Karate:
You burn people like a four year old.
Flame you? I'm not here to flame you. I haven't even been trying to flame you. You're not worth the effort.
You may think of this as some epic war of words, but I'm just poking you to watch you spaz out like a Tickle-Me-Elmo with turrets.
@Karate:
Your argument is some terrible "I CANT WATCH ANYTHING TWICE BECAUSE IM AN OLD FART" schlock.
My argument is "I don't have the inclination to follow One Piece in two different formats just to catch the trivial differences between the two".
The time/benefit ratio simply isn't high enough to make that worth it. If I had all the free time in the world, sure, then it wouldn't matter. But I don't. Those trivial details are not so important to me that I'm going to go so far out of my way to hunt them down.
I don't know why this offends you, and I don't particularly care. You're nothing but a forum troll anyway. If it's not one thing, it'd be another.
@Karate:
It's going to take an act of Mod to end this, so yeah, you better.
Ahhh, okay.
Flame you? I'm not here to flame you. I haven't even been trying to flame you. You're not worth the effort.
How old are you that you don't even know what "burn" refers to.
Jesus christ grampa.
You may think of this as some epic war of words, but I'm just poking you to watch you spaz out like a Tickle-Me-Elmo with turrets.
No this is relatively dull and small, but you need a good bitchslap so I'll keep it up.
My argument is "I don't have the inclination to follow One Piece in two different formats just to catch the trivial differences between the two".
"Actual Original Work" is such a trivial difference, not to mention the art difference.
The time/benefit ratio simply isn't high enough to make that worth it. If I had all the free time in the world, sure, then it wouldn't matter. But I don't. Those trivial details are not so important to me that I'm going to go so far out of my way to hunt them down.
Why would anyone, picking a version in the start, go with the anime first.
I don't know why this offends you, and I don't particularly care. You're nothing but a forum troll anyway. If it's not one thing, it'd be another.
"I don't particularly care."
gets caught up in pages long back and forth
…did they ever give a reason as to why they don't bother with the cover stories anymore? I mean, each one is at least 1-2 episodes of filler that Oda's practically throwing at the anime staff. :/
I heard it was that the two they did had poor ratings, but robby's theory likely explains the ratings. Although I wasn't a big fan of the Coby one, the Buggy one was pretty awesome.
Also, Jango's was partially done as an animation short in front of Movie 2.
I would adapt the other cover stories, especially once it became obvious they have a tendency to appear in canon. Buggy, Coby, Jango, Hachi, and Baroque Works all came back into the main story. Wapo, Enel, and CP9 are the only ones that have not (and I'm fully expecting the Straw Hat cover stories to come back to the main story line), but who's to say they won't?
As for adding removing, Rainbow Mist and Goat Island needs to go, as do most of the post Arabasta fillers (though Zoro's is more than welcome to stay). I haven't seen them yet but based on the Chopper's Rumble Ball thing the Davy Back Extensions need to go as well, or at least be changed.
The biggest thing that I would go back and change are the plot holes, like Zoro cutting steel. This can easily be fixed by just running the scripts by Oda and having him yay or nay things. Granted, Oda might end up changing his mind or realizing "Whoops, plothole!" later on but something like the Rumble Ball thing is probably planned well in advance. Oda probably knew something bad would happen if Chopper started popping Rumble Balls one after another, otherwise he would have done it in other arcs.
Additionally, if you keep the premise simple enough, there are probably some decent ideas for original fillers to be added, but trying to pitch anything here is a probably not a very good idea.
@Dixxy:
Wapo, Enel, and CP9 are the only ones that have not
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i would remove that shiddy scorching don arch filller. i was facpalming myself thruout the whole thing
@Dixxy:
I heard it was that the two they did had poor ratings, but robby's theory likely explains the ratings.
Crossbones over at the K-F board pretty much debunked that.
Crossbones over at the K-F board pretty much debunked that.
Do you just run around telling people what some dingus over at KF thinks about any given issue?
i would remove that shiddy scorching don arch filller. i was facpalming myself thruout the whole thing
That was my 2nd or 3rd favorite filler, haha. But it did get a little mediocre when they first started fighting the Atchino Family before they got captured.
I never liked the filler arc with Apiz (??) and the dragon … and those filler episodes of Logue Town and W7
@Dixxy:
Also, Jango's was partially done as an animation short in front of Movie 2.
More like not at all. :getlost:
Jango just dancing at Mirrorball Island is maybe like 2 cover pages. The rest deals with his escape and how he joined the Marines. The Dance Carnival short is really only there to fill theater time and give Folder 5 some more publicity.
But I guess since they already kind of demoted Fullbody in the anime, they couldn't demote him at Jango's trial. No excuse for not animating the cover story though.
it's horseshit, blablabla.
Anyway, I would replace a bunch of fillers with cover stories.
I never liked the filler arc with Apiz (??) and the dragon … and those filler episodes of Logue Town and W7
I think I heard that at least the Daddy The Father one is cannon. Oda had to get rid of it though for some reason. It explains where Usopp got his new goggles from.
I don't think you get it. You continuously act like you're a One Piece fanatic and expert but you've never read the manga. You praise Oda but you don't read his work. While a bit hypocritical, that's totally cool; I don't know why you don't, but you don't have to or anything. But you don't have to respond to everything, you know. Sometimes you win by not playing.
If I could redo the One Piece anime, I'd make fillers about the cover stories like everyone else. I don't know beyond that.
Yeah I'm a hypocrite.
Well, like everyone else, I would definitely incorporate the cover stories into the anime. Though, I wouldn't do them as simple stand-alone episodes. For example, I was always hoping that they would do Hatchi's cover story as a flashback, maybe while him, Caimie, Pappagu, and the crew were at Shakki's bar so we could actually see the connection between them. The same could've been done w/ Buggy and Coby's stories. I'm still hoping that the Baroque Works one will be done though. Personally, even though I'm biased about Enel's story and wouldn't mind a whole episode dedicated to him, it would serve better to be told if he were to come back into the story…same for Wapol, Gedatsu, CP9, etc.
Now as for what's in the anime already...I'd keep:
I'd remove:
@Karate:
No this is relatively dull and small, but you need a good bitchslap so I'll keep it up.
I think we're seeing a Perfectionist in action. For heaven's sake, let it go, man. If people want to watch the anime instead of reading the manga, that's their decision. Why do you care how Joe Q enjoys One Piece? Are you getting royalties for every manga page viewed?
Chill out. Seriously.
I think we're seeing a Perfectionist in action. For heaven's sake, let it go, man. If people want to watch the anime instead of reading the manga, that's their decision. Why do you care how Joe Q enjoys One Piece? Are you getting royalties for every manga page viewed?
Chill out. Seriously.
Why do you care how I attack people you moronical hypocrite.
@Karate:
Why do you care how I attack people you moronical hypocrite.
Because you're annoying the forum users with your pissy attitude.
For all the griping about the filler arcs, they are at least, new stories with new villains and threats. Mostly I'd trim back the padded out drawn out material. Like Water 7/Enies Lobby being 150 episodes long, when it should have been 40 or 50. To me thats a lot more painful than a random NEW story.
(SImilarly, for all the flak Dragonball GT gets and how stupid it was, due to it being all filler, there was NO yime filling filler, and all the stories and sagas moved at a pretty decent clip, 7 or 8 eps per saga, instead of 80. If they'd been not stupid, that pacing woulda been great.)
robby, usually you can read my game signs but this time you missed it big time buddy.
but… i got rid of the evidence not more than an hour later, so that your trap was reset and baited! Assuming the prey hadn't come in during that hour, you still had your shot! I fixed it once I realized I had done wrong!
robby, you and me, we're through man. No more crazy nights on the town. Don't make this harder than it already is.
Tell you what, we coulda had a good life together! ****** real good life! Had us a place of our own. But you didn't want it, Greg! So what we got now is Brokeback Mountain! Everything's built on that! That's all we got, boy, ****** all. So I hope you know that, even if you don't never know the rest! You count the damn few times we have been together in nearly twenty years and you measure the short ****ing leash you keep me on - and then you ask me about Mexico and tell me you'll kill me for needing somethin' I don't hardly never get. You have no idea how bad it gets! I'm not you…
I wish I knew how to quit you!
don't lie, bobby, it's not nice
@dirt:
don't lie, bobby, it's not nice
Its not lying so much as quoting….
gotcha .
Because you're annoying the forum users with your pissy attitude.
I'm in the top five posters on this site. The people getting annoyed are terrible white noise who no one cares about.
Like yourself.
@Karate:
I'm in the top five posters on this site. The people getting annoyed are terrible white noise who no one cares about.
Like yourself.
Where is the ranking system that shows the top posters? I can't seem to find it on the tabs above.
Where is the ranking system that shows the top posters? I can't seem to find it on the tabs above.
Don't worry, you're not in it.
@Karate:
Don't worry, you're not in it.
I would think so, there have been users posting here years before me. You joined a month ago, so it's hard for me to believe you're in it . Out of curiosity, I'd like to see it. You can just post the link in your next post and we'll be good to go. I will go as far as assume that you didn't make this so called "Top 5 Users" list up and be brash enough to include yourself in it. But that would be silly if I thought that, wouldn't it?
Zephos has been a member since 2004.
Zephos has been a member since 2004.
I bet that guy is on the list! Can't say the same about Karate D. Frank, though. It's a crying shame that he was banned. What a pity, I wonder if he has an alt. account somewhere…
I would think so, there have been users posting here years before me. You joined a month ago, so it's hard for me to believe you're in it . Out of curiosity, I'd like to see it. You can just post the link in your next post and we'll be good to go. I will go as far as assume that you didn't make this so called "Top 5 Users" list up and be brash enough to include yourself in it. But that would be silly if I thought that, wouldn't it?
I bet that guy is on the list! Can't say the same about Karate D. Frank, though. It's a crying shame that he was banned. What a pity, I wonder if he has an alt. account somewhere…
Assume the position.
Assume the position.
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Maybe you should take a look at that sarcasm detector of yours, champ. It seems to be on the fritz.
Maybe you should take a look at that sarcasm detector of yours, champ. It seems to be on the fritz.
Hence.
This is definately a joke.
Schmuck.
Hence.
Schmuck.
Sorry I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
By the way, if you wouldn't mind telling me how to do that multiple quote feature, that would be swell.
By the way, if you wouldn't mind telling my how to do that multiple quote feature, that would be swell.
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have
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idea
Sorry I couldn't be of help. .
Sorry I couldn't be of help. .
Damn, what a vexing predicament. Looks like I won't be able to sleep tonight.
I will go as far as assume that you didn't make this so called "Top 5 Users" list up and be brash enough to include yourself in it. But that would be silly if I thought that, wouldn't it?
Zephos definatley belongs, we can always tell its him even after he changes usernames. Its actually gotten amusing how often he gets banned.
As far as being in the top 5, if you have to ask, then no, you aren't on the list.
I happen to know where both Zephos and I sit in the rankings, and I'm pretty satisfied with it.