One Piece hit number 2 spot this week. Just saying…
2 ワンピース フジテレビ '09/11/15(日) 9:30 - 30 11.9
One Piece hit number 2 spot this week. Just saying…
2 ワンピース フジテレビ '09/11/15(日) 9:30 - 30 11.9
It's too bad not many people like this opening because I think it's great.
I like the new opening…
I love the new opening…
Um, it's been pretty obvious for the past two years what Toei's overall goal is. I thought it was made clear enough when they had Tanaka voice Oars…They want to make the OP anime a show for kids aged 5-14.
See, all the people on this board who are saying that they like the new opening are either in that age range or they're pedophiles.
See, all the people on this board who are saying that they like the new opening are either in that age range or they're pedophiles.
You aren't helping the cause.
I thought it was made clear enough when they had Tanaka voice Oars…They want to make the OP anime a show for kids aged 5-14.
..is this serious!? 'Cause that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Every zombie shared the voice actor with the respective shadow's original owner, and Oars was supposed to act like Luffy anyway.
Shonen jump is aimed at small boys to begin, so what's your point?
One Piece hit number 2 spot this week. Just saying…
2 ワンピース フジテレビ '09/11/15(日) 9:30 - 30 11.9
Well the episode was hyped up as a movie advertisement and it has the entire crew in it so there's the manga watchers and the crew loving fans attracted right there.
See, all the people on this board who are saying that they like the new opening are either in that age range or they're pedophiles.
haha I'll say.
or Vivi fans
..is this serious!? 'Cause that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Every zombie shared the voice actor with the respective shadow's original owner, and Oars was supposed to act like Luffy anyway.
Tanaka is a girl. Oars is a big scary monster. Big scary monsters don't have girly voices…unless it's to make them less scary for five year olds.
Shonen jump is aimed at small boys to begin, so what's your point?
Sorry, I should have been more specific. I meant Toei is marketing the anime solely to kids aged 5-14. Or maybe more 5-12.
i love the first part of the op
the 2nd part with all the spoilers was just… dull!!!
and besides, nobody force you to watch the op, just skip it!!!!
Honestly, I think the song is fine and works as a One Piece opening in General, it was just drastically mismatched to this particular Arc/ Opening Video…
And of a (Semi unrelated) note, You know what woulda been cool? If Fanfare by Mr. Children were the opening for the 4 Movie eps! XD
No but seriously, if they want to use this song, fine, but... why for Impel Down and the War?...
I love the song and don't understand why eveyone rants about it. After a month or less no one will care about it anyway.
I can understand why some say that it doesn't fit the current theme. We're in the middle of ID and the upcoming war… I don't know why they decided to make it that "happy yay let's have fun" while the events going on are dramatic. Though i can see a balance!
On the other hand i don't care enough to rant about it. I've never really cared about openings :)
THE SONG SUCKS !
Do they understand that the current One Piece audience aint 5 year olds..
They should use song like this
THE SONG SUCKS !
and they should show Croc, Marco, Squardo, Doflamingo, Akainu, WB, Magellan, BB and every badass character. Cause I am tired with the adventure bullshit.
Do they understand that the current One Piece audience aint 5 year olds..
They should use song like this
OP audience varies from 5-granmpas/grandams
Here's one of the online news articles on the incident: http://topics.jp.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?articleid=177372
It says many Japanese bloggers demanded an explanation as to why this misfit song/singer was chosen. Toei's official response was, "At the moment, we don't see any need to explain ourselves."
And apparently a ton of bloggers feel like Toei is making fun of One Piece / treating it like garbage. Which is soooooo true. It's been true for so long now…
For those of you who don't understand why so many Japanese bloggers are THIS pissed, try to understand these two things:
1: It sucks to be Japanese. Japanese people live in an extremely repressive society, they don't have easy access to drugs like most of the world does, and illegal downloading of copyrighted material is much more difficult and less known there. So one of the main ways many Japanese have found to get free pleasure in life is through anime, and One Piece is the most popular one in the country. So they take it seriously. Duh.
2: Remember what Greg and other people knowledgeable in the Japanese language keep saying? This opening theme song is for toddlers. Teenagers and adult viewers feel like they, and One Piece, are being made fools of.
THE SONG SUCKS !
and they should show Croc, Marco, Squardo, Doflamingo, Akainu, WB, Magellan, BB and every badass character. Cause I am tired with the adventure bullshit.
Do they understand that the current One Piece audience aint 5 year olds..
They should use song like this
What a piece of crap, this song does not fit at all with One piece at all. It remind me all the On piece amv with metal music.
For all the ppl saying that toei does a bad job with OP, just listen all the awesome musics that are used in the anime, it fit very well with One piece ambiance.
Here's one of the online news articles on the incident: http://topics.jp.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?articleid=177372
It says many Japanese bloggers demanded an explanation as to why this misfit song/singer was chosen. Toei's official response was, "At the moment, we don't see any need to explain ourselves."
And apparently a ton of bloggers feel like Toei is making fun of One Piece / treating it like garbage. Which is soooooo true. It's been true for so long now…
For those of you who don't understand why so many Japanese bloggers are THIS pissed, try to understand these two things:
1: It sucks to be Japanese. Japanese people live in an extremely repressive society, they don't have easy access to drugs like most of the world does, and illegal downloading of copyrighted material is much more difficult and less known there. So one of the main ways many Japanese have found to get free pleasure in life is through anime, and One Piece is the most popular one in the country. So they take it seriously. Duh.
2: Remember what Greg and other people knowledgeable in the Japanese language keep saying? This opening theme song is for toddlers. Teenagers and adult viewers feel like they, and One Piece, are being made fools of.
Reactions like yours makes it all worth it:)
I agree. The whole OP was basically Oda's 2 page color spreads slightly expounded upon. They've done a lot of openings that "felt" like that at least. Oda doesn't do a whole lot of really dark and heavy color spreads with the crew. It fits the theme of Oda's color spreads.
I don't know, it's not much of a song, but then again, it's been awhile…as in, a really, really frikkin long time, since OP has had a really good OP song. And if this intro runs like the last one based upon the teasers, it's only going to run until halfway through "the really big fight" anyway. That shouldn't take an entire year...I'd hope. Maybe several months. They're already past the start of one of the arcs this should cover, and barring unforeseen filler, it should only get a little way into the next big arc.
Jungle P was fucking awesome. You're a bit off your rocker. Oh and also by the time Impel down is over there will probably be a new opening so everyone should really chill out. Of you all really hate the opening so much write letters to teoi and then stop watching untill they change it… Instead of bi***ing
it's a good song ! nothing wrong with it !
I couldn't give a shit about it's feel and how it's unsuited to the current arc, different animes do this all the time. If it bothers you too much just skip it.
My problem is that it's a really really really bad song. Utterly awful. Made me cry a bit inside. It's unbearably bland and generic and it requires almost no talent to create.
i like the song, if it was being used for shabondy or something a little less grave than marineford i think we would be having far fewer people speaking out against it, that being said, making it the new crazy rainbow star is going a little too far and i dont think it will happen. The opening only covers up to an early point in the war so i think once they get past that point they'll change it up, 6 months tops i say
For those of you who don't understand why so many Japanese bloggers are THIS pissed, try to understand these two things:
1: It sucks to be Japanese. Japanese people live in an extremely repressive society, they don't have easy access to drugs like most of the world does, and illegal downloading of copyrighted material is much more difficult and less known there. So one of the main ways many Japanese have found to get free pleasure in life is through anime, and One Piece is the most popular one in the country. So they take it seriously. Duh.
Good to know that the japanese become otakus because of the strict society. Is it really like that?
They don't have easy access to drugs that's why they care so much about an opening? I don't understand this statement.
2: Remember what Greg and other people knowledgeable in the Japanese language keep saying? This opening theme song is for toddlers. Teenagers and adult viewers feel like they, and One Piece, are being made fools of.
If they are really adult viewers wouldn't they just ignore the opening and complain about the show itself cause that's what matters?
I like the song too but when it gets to the part of ID i don't think it's the best.
It's just too happy, when a person is about to die oO
the truth is after i got the episode 3 days ago, i was shocked about the new opening… it seems a change for one piece openings.. so that time, i was one of the guys who bitch about the song.. i think it's because i really like the previous one "share the world" on why i had reacted that way.
but now, i like the song... i listen it in my office while i work about 5x.. atleast the song is not about war or torture like hell in impel down...
and one piece is not known for rock type of songs like naruto and bleach... so it's just natural that i've felt this way... (but i really do like to have one, maybe jam project will do because i really like their songs)
it's just too bad for the one who watch the anime and don't read the manga because of the spoilers in the 2nd part but even naruto shippuden's new opening "sign" has also some spoiler of jiraiya will battle pain and dies right?
so im just happy that i can still watch one piece in anime form even im already satisfied with the manga..
Here's one of the online news articles on the incident: http://topics.jp.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?articleid=177372
It says many Japanese bloggers demanded an explanation as to why this misfit song/singer was chosen. Toei's official response was, "At the moment, we don't see any need to explain ourselves."
And apparently a ton of bloggers feel like Toei is making fun of One Piece / treating it like garbage. Which is soooooo true. It's been true for so long now…
For those of you who don't understand why so many Japanese bloggers are THIS pissed, try to understand these two things:
1: It sucks to be Japanese. Japanese people live in an extremely repressive society, they don't have easy access to drugs like most of the world does, and illegal downloading of copyrighted material is much more difficult and less known there. So one of the main ways many Japanese have found to get free pleasure in life is through anime, and One Piece is the most popular one in the country. So they take it seriously. Duh.
2: Remember what Greg and other people knowledgeable in the Japanese language keep saying? This opening theme song is for toddlers. Teenagers and adult viewers feel like they, and One Piece, are being made fools of.
just curious what the evidence is that toei treats one piece like garbage, from what i can tell they put a lot of time and effort into one piece promoting through movies, television, nation wide events, etc. They go out of their way to get varied animators to keep the styles fresh and get some of the best voice actors around for key characters in the show. One Piece is a well respected show in Japan, obviously, and i just dont see how Toei is treating it as anything less than that, but please, if i am wrong then i would love to see evidence of it
Ohhh, I can't help but feel sorry for the band! A lot of Japanese fans will probably hate the shit out of them now.
And it wasn't even their fault…
For me personally, the opening music is bad, no talking around that. But it's not THAT terrible compared to the other bad openings before.
Just look at opening 11, it's just as guilty of using lame music to an actionpacked part of the story.
But it's probably because Opening are not much of a big deal to me, watch them once, if I disapprove I just skip over them and never see them ever again.
Should One Piece be renamed to Z or Shippuden in order to make the Toei retards understand that its not for kids.
Should One Piece be renamed to Z or Shippuden in order to make the Toei retards understand that its not for kids.
No. Because it IS for kids. Granted, not for five-year-olds, like this song apparently indicates, (though I don't care, I still like it) but it's still a children's show.
Should One Piece be renamed to Z or Shippuden in order to make the Toei retards understand that its not for kids.
NO. One Piece is targeted at an audience of 5-15 basically. While yes, many older people enjoy One Piece, a LOT of older people, It is targeted at younger people. It is a SHONEN series, tarted at young boys.
While Oda does have some mature things in One Piece, this is the age targeted, 5-15.
One Piece.
serious business
by the amount of bitching over an opening, it does indeed show that this show is watched by a bunch of immature kids.
and please all of you that think this opening has spoilers, quit talking about them or mentioning anything regarding spoilers. If you haven't read the manga you don't see spoilers. THis happens all the time, anime only watcher dont' get spoiled by an opening htey get spoiled by YOU GUYS saying "this and that" are spoilers in teh opening.
@mdmartin101:
NO. One Piece is targeted at an audience of 5-15 basically. While yes, many older people enjoy One Piece, a LOT of older people, It is targeted at younger people. It is a SHONEN series, tarted at young boys.
While Oda does have some mature things in One Piece, this is the age targeted, 5-15.
Naruto is also a SHONEN but its" last opening was much better.
Same goes for Death Note and Bleach.
One Piece is played for more than 10 years..so those idiots should have thought that the audience is a bit older !!!!
According to a japanese survey for manga a couple of months backs, One Piece is on top 5 for almost all demographics.
Naruto is also a SHONEN but its" last opening was much better.
Same goes for Death Note and Bleach.One Piece is played for more than 10 years..so those idiots should have thought that the audience is a bit older !!!!
@Sir:
According to a japanese survey for manga a couple of months backs, One Piece is on top 5 for almost all demographics.
that right there if your target audience is everybody you make sure to grab the young ones. the older ones will still watch, and they always bitch so don't lose any hair over tring to please them all, its not possible, get the young ones addicted and they grow up watching and keep watching. they just turn into the immature whining guys like you all.
God, I love this. ''One Piece being geared towards the shonen demographic of preteenagers?! What the hell is this?! They have no idea what they're doing!! Get the women and children out of the room, One Piece always has and always will be a manly man's show!!''
I really hope you guys aren't taking this as seriously in real life as you seem to be online.
I think I start like new opening song now on…
I hope this opening runs for a thousand years.
its a good song…lacks intensity and doesnt match this part of the story dats the problem...the video is meh
I hope this opening runs for a thousand years.
Just imagine the decedents of the decedents of the decedents of butthurt nerds will be raging from their space pods on one of Jupiter's moons.
"WHAT THE BLIZBARG IS THIS FINGFONG TOEI?"
by the amount of bitching over an opening, it does indeed show that this show is watched by a bunch of immature kids.
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nobody?
Okay I might as well then.
zdfhjWBLVzg
"Guys, you all need to calm down, if you don't like it just ignore it."
Interesting theory. I agree with it myself, but does everyone here?
Here are 10931 examples of that practice being pissed all over.
http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=2401&highlight=4Kids&page=547
"But it was the actual show! Not just an opening!"
Yeah…and...fansubbers were around then. You didn't HAVE to watch the English version, certainly not to pick up the latest episodes.
Just food for thought. Interesting that people had fun slinging mud at a foreign company when they made awful choices with respect to the preoperty but God forbid anyone criticize a Japanese company when they make shit choices.
As much as some people might not understand their being upset over it, who in the fuck does that make you to criticize what they're saying? They're not fucking flying planes into Toei. They're sending messages saying, "Yo, this shit blows, show us something good."
The nerve of them Japs. They should just shut up and go back to making sushi and playing shamisen and watching anime and climbing Mt. Fuji.
Ulrilra,
Woah! It's reached MSN now!? Thank you for that!
I love this opening. Yes, the song is awful. Yes, it doesn't fit the tone of the arcs at all. But I laugh my ass off every time the Impel Down folks do their Nazi-esque salute, and the song goes "YAY!" For that reason alone, it is awesome. Because it's funny as shit.
YAY NAZIS!
YAY NAZIS!
….and after the awkward silence had stung the ears of those on both sides who only moments before were gnashing their teeth in the bloody hell known as battle, the two sides dropped their swords and joined forces against their true enemy.
What enemy?! Nazi are fun fun bubblegum happy!
….
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nobody?
Okay I might as well then.
zdfhjWBLVzg"Guys, you all need to calm down, if you don't like it just ignore it."
Interesting theory. I agree with it myself, but does everyone here?
Here are 10931 examples of that practice being pissed all over.
http://apforums.net/showthread.php?t=2401&highlight=4Kids&page=547
"But it was the actual show! Not just an opening!"
Yeah…and...fansubbers were around then. You didn't HAVE to watch the English version, certainly not to pick up the latest episodes.
Just food for thought. Interesting that people had fun slinging mud at a foreign company when they made awful choices with respect to the preoperty but God forbid anyone criticize a Japanese company when they make shit choices.
As much as some people might not understand their being upset over it, who in the fuck does that make you to criticize what they're saying? They're not fucking flying planes into Toei. They're sending messages saying, "Yo, this shit blows, show us something good."
The nerve of them Japs. They should just shut up and go back to making sushi and playing shamisen and watching anime and climbing Mt. Fuji.
Ulrilra,
Woah! It's reached MSN now!? Thank you for that!
i'm sorry? are you trying to prove me wrong that you guys are all being immature babies for crying over a perfectly fine opening by showing another company taking and changing the original. this is about TOE and this new opening.
Which first of all this huge response is super disrespectful to the singer of this opening. i feel bad for her.
but throwing 4kids at me is just retarded. hell why not throw some fandubs at me too, they hold just as much credibitily as 4kids does to this TOE opening.
so if you guys want your rock/metal or whatver and badass characters all over and so on. go be hardcore and watch NINJA ASSASSIN. that shoudl cater to your tastes. Seems like a movie that was made by a 5 year old. THe matrix guys were probably listening to some kids at recess in elementary school talkiing about how ninjas are cool and so are assassins. and then the matrix guys lightbulb went off and their like lets makea ninja movie or an assassin movie. "oh no wait lets make a NINJA ASSASSIN movie" oh yea we are hardcore. look at my clean shaven chest and gelled hair. yea i'm a manly man. lol
I like the new opening, and my opinion is all that matters to me, so I'm adding nothing to the topic.
Hinscher, while some posters have valid points that I agree with, this whole time you've basically just been posting MY OPINION COUNTS FOR EVERYTHING AND ANYONE WHO DISAGREES FOR ANY REASON IS WHINING vomit or in this case IGNORE THOSE FACTS OVER THERE LOOK AT THIS. And now that I've called you on it, you've pulled a temper tantrum. I might consider responding again when you can properly spell the name of the company you're attempting to defend.
And let me just say, your effort at trying to pull the discussion away from facts you consider to be unimportant to focus like a laser on the topic, only to delve into a stark-raving mad rant about some randomass movie is bar none funniest thing I've read online this week.
Fuck Nazist and Racists…
I watched american history x last night..cant be helped.
and please all of you that think this opening has spoilers, quit talking about them or mentioning anything regarding spoilers. If you haven't read the manga you don't see spoilers. THis happens all the time, anime only watcher dont' get spoiled by an opening htey get spoiled by YOU GUYS saying "this and that" are spoilers in teh opening.
Uh, no.
Friend of mine is an anime only watcher and he did got spoiled by the opening.