@1000sunny:
Gotta look on the bright side, now they have nearly absolute freedom to pace the War however they want..
lol
You really think adding 4 filler episiodes gives them the freedom to pace an episiode however the want?
Here are a few facts:
During the war Oda took a lot of breaks. I don't know how many but let's say 4(oh how many filler we got again 4?)
There were mostly 17 and a few 15 page chapters
A war chapter contains a lot of double spreads and a lot of action.
The war was very fast paced
My opinion on animation
Action is harder to animate than speaking chapters(which also means more expensive)
When there is a lot to animate(a lot going on, charakters fighting in the backround and doing stuff) the art AND animation usally suffer. What i mean animating 2 people who fight against each other(for example: Lucci, Luffy) good is much easier than a war where 100000 fight against 8000.
What I expect from the war:
1 episode per chapter pacing
A lot of still shots, staring battles, really long reaction shots, bad animation and bad art
20-30% cannon material and 70-80% filler, implied filler(best kind of filler) and streching(like above, staring battles etc.)
What I hope but don't expect:
A higher budget from Toei and 1 and 1/2 - 2chapter pacing what will destroy my expections.
By the way they didn't "sacrifice" the ID arc, they just didn't have any other choice and it was very good handled for 1 chapter per episiode episiodes