@Chibi:
new trailer:
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why am I more excited with seeing shirtless luffy .-.
@Chibi:
new trailer:
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why am I more excited with seeing shirtless luffy .-.
Another note: What the fuck is up with Oda's obsession with scars? "OOOOH BETTER GIVE EM' A SCAR TO MAKE HIM LOOK COOLER".
Scars are used by many different authors, not just Oda, and not just in anime and manga. And yes, it does make them look five times cooler and that's the point. It's really nothing to wonder about.
On another note, was anyone else thinking they would show some of the Sabo/Ace stuff in here as well? I'm fine with getting reanimated Shanks flashback here, but I was hoping to see both flashbacks joined chronologically. I guess it could still happen since we haven't seen it yet.
This version of the first chapter looks to more spot on to the manga, then the fourth episode ever was. They are even showing how Luffy got his trademark scar on his check something the regular anime omitted for censorship reasons. Nothing I've seen from this really suggests they'll add original content to it.
However I hate the style, it doesn't really look like Oda's very much.
There will be original content. Aside from the Coby material present in the trailer the original announcement mentioned this'll be a special that just happens to feature a reanimation of the origin story of Luffy, but not entirely be about that.
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On another note, was anyone else thinking they would show some of the Sabo/Ace stuff in here as well? I'm fine with getting reanimated Shanks flashback here, but I was hoping to see both flashbacks joined chronologically. I guess it could still happen since we haven't seen it yet.
I don't think so. Maybe a tiny glimpse if anything and even that may be too much. I think doing so could take away the focus from Luffy's story with Shanks and also kinda take away from the idea of this being an actual faithful adaptation of Chapter 1. Shanks didn't really have any direct involvement in Luffy's adventures with Ace/Sabo so I wouldn't see the point personally.
I don't think so. Maybe a tiny glimpse if anything and even that may be too much. I think doing so could take away the focus from Luffy's story with Shanks and also kinda take away from the idea of this being an actual faithful adaptation of Chapter 1. Shanks didn't really have any direct involvement in Luffy's adventures with Ace/Sabo so I wouldn't see the point personally.
I guess I see what you mean, but when I see "Episode of Luffy", I automatically assume it's about Luffy's entire history. Up until now, that only meant Shanks, but now in the anime Sabo and Ace should be included in that. That's just my opinion anyway. And the Shanks story kind of fell in line with the stuff with Sabo, right after in fact, before Luffy went to travel to sea.
Maybe if the Luffy, Sabo, and Ace flashback was older they would do it, but I just can't see Toei reanimating something that's a little over a year old.
Oh, cool. Seeing Luffy stab himself will answer the question anime only people have probably had forever now.
I still wonder how both Coby and Helmeppo went from their first appearances to being such badasses. It seems impossible, but I'll just role with it.
You should've seen my face when I bought the first volume of One Piece after I had watched 500 episodes.
Another note: What the fuck is up with Oda's obsession with scars? "OOOOH BETTER GIVE EM' A SCAR TO MAKE HIM LOOK COOLER".
Aside from making them look cooler, it does makes them more… real. Marines n pirates are basically soldiers/fighters, and it does make sense for most (if not all) of them to have battle scars here n there.
COBY CALM DOWN THERE WITH THE GROWTH SPURTS
Coby has to be one of the characters with the most character development.
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http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201211/14/23/a0163623_23484926.jpg
http://hamayoshi.exblog.jp/16799214/
is… is that a marine clown?.... with a snake???????....with a hat????????
http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/201211/14/23/a0163623_23484926.jpg
http://hamayoshi.exblog.jp/16799214/
We have the Z fillers and now this.
The following weeks are going to be a blast. Thanks dude.
is… is that a marine clown?.... with a snake???????....with a hat????????
i hope it's more a guy like two-face and the snake his pet.
Great to see more origin stories being re-animated. It's cool to see that this one has a bit of an original piece to go with it as well. I read the Coby is now a Captain so that is pretty awesome (Wait for Helmeppo to be Captain…like father like son!).
The two-face Clown Marine looks pretty neat. (I hate clowns...)
Oh my god the marines hired Malekith the Accursed from Marvel Comics to be a Marine o.o!.
they start to give a special episode for each strawhats that would be totally awesome!
i'm looking forward that special x3
I'm looking forward for Brook then!!
Eh? So each Strawhat orgin is getting a special or what?This is looking good. We haven't had stuff like this for a while, guess we need time to fill in before the next arc
! We aren't even done with it in the manga so I understand
Eh? So each Strawhat orgin is getting a special or what?This is looking good. We haven't had stuff like this for a while, guess we need time to fill in before the next arc
! We aren't even done with it in the manga so I understand
Only ones that we know of so far are Episode of Nami (already aired), and this one. These don't help to buffer the difference between the manga and anime either, because they're aired the night before the new anime episode.
@Galaxy:
Only ones that we know of so far are Episode of Nami (already aired), and this one. These don't help to buffer the difference between the manga and anime either, because they're aired the night before the new anime episode.
You forget, they also did the Episode of Chopper.
You forget, they also did the Episode of Chopper.
Well Chopper was a movie with an alternative spin on it. The episode of Nami was done because Fishman Island was going on at the time and Arlong Park is relevant(as well as a very popular arc) and Episode of Luffy…well it's Luffy. And we're finally seeing stuff that was cut from the anime like Luffy scarring himself.
but… what is this "Hand Island" however?
an island. I assume it's shaped like a hand
You forget, they also did the Episode of Chopper.
Don't really count that as a "remake" per say, but I guess so.
Here's the cleaner version of the cover for anyone who cares.
omg that's fucking stelly!
Holy shit you're right…!
my god
!!!!!!
no wonder he look so femilier!!!
Wait…! STELLY is the main villain for this special?
O _ O
I barely remember Stelly other than the fact that he was a douche.
I'm sure the similarity is just a coincidence. Sabo's parents were filthy rich, so he's probably still living in the Goa kingdom, kicking puppies and looking down his nose at the destitute people of the Grey Terminal…
It might just be a coincidence, but they look an awful lot alike…
! So someone challenges Yarisugi in "The Biggest Marine Ass"? Hmph…
I wonder who the animation director for this special is, because it's clearly not one of the regular staff, and I know that the normal directors aren't. Luffy's design model looks reminiscent of the Production IG OVA from the 90s.
Hmm. I think 0:10 looks like Hiromi Ishigami when Luffy uses Gear 3rd in Marine Ford against the giant.
lol, the snake isn't real apparently, it's a puppet, look closely his right arm in his middle picture with his hand enter in the head of the snake
so it looks like the 2-face guy is a puppet master or a schizophrenic with personality disorder who talk to his own hand (it reminds me the beaver with mel gibson)
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mugiwara crew outfits :
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love franky jacket (how he can put it on him ? that's the question), facepalm for chopper pajama, nami your skirt is too long <_<
new character outfits:
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That zoro outfits… I love it!!
and this one? fake or real?
Well it does look pretty real to me. And I totally love the Zoro outfit. Too bad these outfits aren't in the manga.
and this one? fake or real?
the only two marines currently showed on the official site are coby and helmeppo, so i don't know, i assume it's a fake until it appear on it or on the special during the airing.
it's 70% real and not fake. we already known of his ice leg and this probably is related to Kuzan's bath scene in the film
"we already known of his ice leg? sorry but i don0t know, can you link me the news?thanks
Those outfits are like something straight out of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. XD
Nice cardigan, Usopp…
The filler arc outfits are waaay better than these ones.
"we already known of his ice leg? sorry but i don0t know, can you link me the news?thanks
it was confirmed in the film Z topic some time ago from sandeman which seen the movie
so the picture is related to the movie Z, not this ep special, ok.