Like Dead Leaves, just with less sex.
Title: ''The Strongest Team is Formed - Shake Impel Down to the Core!''
Chapters Covered: rest of 540 to some point in 542
New Characters: None
Animation Director: Kenji Yokoyama (**)
Time: 8:30PM EST
Like Dead Leaves, just with less sex.
Title: ''The Strongest Team is Formed - Shake Impel Down to the Core!''
Chapters Covered: rest of 540 to some point in 542
New Characters: None
Animation Director: Kenji Yokoyama (**)
Time: 8:30PM EST
Cannot WAIT for this ep _ a whole week waiting was REALLY hard though x_x;
I just can't get excited over a Yokoyama episode. But then again, maybe that's a good thing.
This is one of the episodes I was waiting for. Finally (and hopefully) the action begins.
I'll try to endure KeyHole for this episode, but does anybody know another way of watching it?
I haven't been watching anime like this for some months and I'm on Mac now. KeyHole was all I could find…? :B
I just wait until Funimation uploads the new up to their site. I can wait a little bit for it, they're relatively fast! And why will this episode suck? Is Yokoyama bad or something?
Yokoyama is one of the weaker directors on the show (for reference, he did the first part of the Magellan fight), and his quality varies from fair to poor, though occasionally some of his art will look just like the manga. Judging from the preview for this episode though, it appears to be one of his better ones.
I just wait until Funimation uploads the new up to their site. I can wait a little bit for it, they're relatively fast! And why will this episode suck? Is Yokoyama bad or something?
Oh I can't watch with Funimation because of my location..
Even the site onepieceofficial.com directs to navarre.com/funimation
It's frustrating but I guess even if I watch a crappy episode with KeyHole, someone uploads it somewhere a few hours later.
I just want to see Croc tehehe
Edit- Aaand KeyHole crashes =A=
I'm sooo excited to see Croc I might just draw some fanart of his sexy self later __
This is one of the episodes I was waiting for. Finally (and hopefully) the action begins.
I'll try to endure KeyHole for this episode, but does anybody know another way of watching it?
I haven't been watching anime like this for some months and I'm on Mac now. KeyHole was all I could find…? :B
Oh thank you for this!
commercial break now.
I liked how Crocodile was animated, I guess I was expecting much worse x)
Nice episode. Ending at the Mr 1 and Crocodile meeting is somewhat unexpected for me.
Woo! Next episode seems exciting as well
Mr.1 is cool :)
That was better than Yokoyama's usual, i think..
Episode finished with Crocodile meeting Mr.1, pretty cool scene btw. But it skipped Buggy and 3 freeing all those LVL 2 prisoners.
Well, looks like Lafitte's wings are definitely sprouting out of his back.
I wish it wouldn't buffer for a minute every 5 seconds.
Meh, switching to freshverse in the middle of the episode was not a good idea.
It buffered all the time, like with you, Velguador.
I missed the explanation of Crocodile's ability, and what did they show from Ace there?
Meh I didn't like the way they ended the episode. Felt like the budget just ran out at the last minute. IDK I'll have to watch the whole thing again to give a better analysis.
Edit: Yeah it's just like I thought for the ending. Though I was very surprised at how much I liked the animation quality. Maybe Yokoyama-san is getting better…
@-Luffy-:
I missed the explanation of Crocodile's ability, and what did they show from Ace there?
Just his ship nearing the gates, it wasn't the "take a look at the sky" scene yet..
I wish it wouldn't buffer for a minute every 5 seconds.
You're right but as for quality and other things, I now prefer freshverse to KeyHole :/
Jimbei's attack was kinda weird and I'm still not used to his new vocie but I guess it can't be helped.
On the other hand I really think they did a good job on Crocodile. The staff working on scenes I waited for in the past were pretty bad, so I didn't want to get my hopes up for Crocodile. But thankfully it was better than what I thought.
For those who wonder about how he looked:
they sure screwed us over by showing a scene in the preview last week of which we all assumed was from page 1 of chapter 442
still a good episode though…
they sure screwed us over by showing a scene in the preview last week of which we all assumed was from page 1 of chapter 442
still a good episode though…
You mean 542?
Yeah, I even expected the talk over there and when it didn't come I thought they skipped it.
Damn i missed a long awaited ep >_<
guess i'll wait till morning…
damn whats taking funimaiton so long. its quarter to 9, and one piece airs at 6:30.
aren't they usually around and hour or at worst 2 hours.
Daylight savings time.
damn whats taking funimaiton so long. its quarter to 9, and one piece airs at 6:30.
aren't they usually around and hour or at worst 2 hours.
As Crossword mentioned, its now Daylight Saving Time in the US/Canada. Which means One Piece airs at 7:30 from our view point and thus Funimation will release the episode come 9:00. The amount of time Funimation takes to release the episode hasn't changed in the slightest
w00t, i've been waiting for this ep for so long!
ACTION BABY!
Nice, but, can someone hook me up with the link to watch it? Moroccan ips are banned from funanimation's servers LOL. so, i am not able to watch OP-443 there ^^' I am so excited!
Thanks in advance!
Seeing one of the New Kama shining Crocodile's shoes reminds me of a fan comic I saw on Pixiv where he was having great difficulties getting dressed with only one hand, and had to submit himself to the indignity of having the New Kamas dressing him.
Pretty good Yokoyama episode. Liked the animation for Barchan, but Jimbei's was a bit too stretched out for me. Neat little effect for Crocodile's sand.
Kind of an odd place to stop, considering that Mr. 1 doesn't really do very much in the long run. Kinda funny to see that he'd lost his shirt since we last saw him. Pretty such he still had it at this point in the manga. Also a bit funny in that they ended this episode with the same BGM that they used to end last week's.
Okay folks, this covered up to One Piece Chapter 541 Page 16, but skipped most of Pages 14 & 15….
Okay folks, this covered up to One Piece Chapter 541 Page 16, but skipped most of Pages 14 & 15….
Yeah, I'm not quite understanding why they skipped those pages…
We should be seeing the introduction of a certain pirate and his crew next week. Anyone have the link to the preview handy?
Yeah, I'm not quite understanding why they skipped those pages…
We should be seeing the introduction of a certain pirate and his crew next week. Anyone have the link to the preview handy?
It will be in the next episode, they occasionally move things around for pacing.
Don't worry the last thing they will want too do is skip anything.
The preview shows that scene, actually.
preview link ?
episode..was EXCELLENT xD GAHHH!!!!! Everything was perfect, the animation was SWEET, everything everything everything was GREAT!!!!! GHNNN UNF gonna go draw some fanart now __ Crocodile made sure to go free his lover, er, I mean Mr.1.
also..preview link too please??
preview link ?
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/GPplayer/GPplayerLM.html?anime/onepiece/100328onepiece&type=flv
Here ya go.
Jimbei's attack was horribly drawn out. It felt like the people in charge of that scene forgot what they were doing in the middle. The rest of the episode was great, though.
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/GPplayer/GPplayerLM.html?anime/onepiece/100328onepiece&type=flv
Here ya go.
thank you
Pretty good episode.
Things I liked:
Ace looking up at the sky (was that in the manga)
Croc-boy being dressed by a candy
Ivankov injecting hormones into Bon Clay's balls
Jimbei in general
Things I didn't like-
The general slowness of it, in particular, Jimbei's FishMan Karate took forever.
Mr1 being made to seem like he actually has any importance coming up
Being reminded that Croc has a past! I had forgotten about it and am now really curious
thankyou for the preview link!!!! EEEEEEE SHITS GONNA HIT THE FAN XDDDD Sengoku is making his usual 'I just shit a brick' face xD PRICELESS
I love that Crocodile is back in the show, ah its like he never left.
That smug-bastard really does add a sense of style to the proceedings.
I thought it was great how they ended with Croc freeing Bones.
Croc : Hey Mr 1, wanna go wreck some shit up, just like the old days.
Mr 1 : Sure, I got nothing else planned.
Great stuff
Great episode I liked Jimbei and Croc stuff.. Good thing Croc is hyped so much:happy:
Loved the add-on of Buggy and Mr 3
Those 2 are something else
Loved the scene with them trying to shoot Croc. Poor guys didn't have a clue XD.
Barchan was great. Fishman Karate was a drag.
Pretty much everything Croc did in level 4 was handled well as a matter of fact.
I just loved this episode. Oh man. Croc just stole the show. That's right Croc, make those candies wait on you. XD
(loved watching him take that drag on his cigar too, oh my. Thank you thank you~)
Can't wait for the next episode. I can't wait to watch Shiryuu start to tear shit up.
Great episode for Croc fans. Again, only slow part was the karate. I really like how they semi-explained where he got his close from, and I really like that they clarified that Iva had a secret about his past. In the manga it just says "a secret" but that can mean a lot of things. But he sort of drove the point home about something really important in his past so that's cool at least to know.
Finally, Crocodile is out! He looks so freaking bad ass in his new outfit. And sexy.
And LOL at him being dressed up by someone. Such a pimp.
Edit: Also it seems to me that they realized that Crocodile's popularity has increased dramatically so they purposely added in more fanservice of him.
..I'm not complaining. XD
I can't wait to watch Shiryuu start to tear shit up.
Like this episode;
Shiryuu : Hey guards, you look like you could use some help, let me out I'm all mentally sound now.
Guards : Durrrr Ok
(Slice)
The animation/art work on Croc's sand was fantastic. I was impressed. All the unexpected crotch humor (Iva stabbing Bon, manticore licking himself) made me lol. I agree that Jinbei's move wasn't handled very well, but I'm pretty satisfied since it's my only real gripe with the episode.
Has anyone found the preview for 444 yet?
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/GPplayer/GPplayerLM.html?anime/onepiece/100328onepiece&type=flv
Here ya go.
It sometimes helps to read a thread.