Since it's been a while, here's a reminder of the upcoming staff:
Ep. 930:
Episode director: Yusuke Suzuki (***)
Storyboard: Akitaro Daichi (***1/2)
Animation Supervisor: Masahiro Shimanuki (**1/2)
Ep. 931:
Episode director: Yutaka Nakashima (1/2)
Animation supervisors: Yuki Minagawa () and Yusuke Isouchi (***1/2)
Ep. 932:
Episode director: Masahiro Hosoda ()
Animation supervisor: Masayuki Takagi ()
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One Piece upcoming episodes' staff:
Ep. 933:
Episode director: Aya Komaki (*****)
Animation supervisors: Toshio Deguchi (**1/2) and Midori Matsuda (****)
Ep. 934:
Episode director: Tatsuya Nagamine (*****)
Animation supervisors: Midori Matsuda (*) and Keita Saito ()
Ep. 935:
Episode director: Ken'ichi Takeshita (new)
Storyboard: Yutaka Nakashima (***1/2)
Animation supervisor: Kenji Yokoyama (***1/2)
Ep. 936:
Episode director: Tasuku Shimaya (***)
Animation supervisor: Shigefumi Shingaki (*1/2)
Very strong and interesting staff list! 933 and 934 are gonna be clearly the episodes to look the most forward to because of firstly the content it'll cover and because they're directed by our 2 monstrously talented series directors, Aya Komaki and the big boss Tatsuya Nagamine himself!
Deguchi doesn't worry me the slightest because he can be pretty damn decent under a good director and an episode with a great schedule. For example episode 875 which was also directed by Komaki herself + we have our brilliant character designer Midori Matsuda co-supervising the episode so it's all gonna be great. Besides it's gonna be the key animators who're gonna make the episode shine.
I'm very happy to see that Keita Saito has remained on the One Piece team as an animation director because it's not unusual that you have directors, supervisors or animators who just show up as a favor but then leave on another project and never come back. That can be really frustrating but I'm glad that's seemingly not the case here. I'm really looking forward to have a better look at his corrections on a seemingly high profile episode paired with a fantastic director. His stuff on episode 920 looked pretty promising, but it's still too early to call atm.
Ken'ichi Takeshita is a director from Kitaro who's gonna direct his first episode of One Piece. I'm neither familiar with the guy nor am I aware of his skill so we'll see.
Credit to YonkouProductions for the staff list.
whistles Matsuda, Komaki, and even Nagamine himself with the promise of Tan Junwen and Takasshi Kojima popping off that's a seriously stacked pair of episodes. Also glad to see that Keita Saito is sticking around since the art in his debut episode was very crisp and we can always use more new blood in the animation direction department.
Also, I've been working my way through the movies over the past two weeks, most of them I'm rewatching for the first time in nearly a decade, and it's been an interesting journey following them since they're very much time capsules into what the state of the anime looked like way back when. Like Movie 1 is of course very limited with some janky early Hisada art and the staff's Dragon Ball pedigree really shines through, then for the most part the following movies stick to Koizumi's lanky East Blue-derived designs pretty faithfully outside of Movie 2 which was helmed by Inoue and is very apparent in that even back then (round faces and close-cropped hair), Movies 7 and 8 have Inoue's looser take on Oda's then-current Water 7/Enies Lobby art style, then with 10 Masayuki Sato is brought on board and the films never look back.
Movie 6 of course is the odd one out. While it's not a blockbuster action-packed animation showcase like Z and Stampede are the amount of elite industry talent that contributed to it is just incredible: just off the top of my head there was Norio Matsumoto, Chikashi Kubota, Sushio, Umakoshi, Kuroyanagi, Takeshi Honda, Keisuke Watabe, Ken Otsuka, Yoshiyuki Ito, Hisashi Mori, Yoh Yoshinari, Hiroyuki Imaishi (?!), and while there is precedence for some of those names attached to the film working one One Piece before and since we'll probably never see another line-up quite like that again unless Toei hires another director who's outside of the box so to speak.
Movies 2, 6, 9, and the Films are the ones to watch if you're looking for sakuga showcases IMO. Movie 4 is less flashy than I remember but it's got a good sense of grittiness to it and remains a fantastic introduction to the world for first-timers. Movie 8 is the next on my viewing list and I have to pose the question: Episode of Alabasta or Episode of Merry; which one came off worse (Episode of Merry has the dubious distinction of being the one piece of One Piece animation that I have both never watched and have zero interest in watching)?
I remember Movie #8 looking really bad outside of Tate's brief bit in the special edition. Imamura's directing just isn't as good as it was on his Digimon Adventure 02 film and it's a real shame. He and Ueda Yoshihiro are these directors at Toei who have these really weird careers because they both pulled out incredible auteur films and then instantly regress back into weak directors. Ueda's two Dragon Ball films and the 2008 special are his best work.
Anyway, I really should check out Movie #9 again. I haven't seen it in ten years but it's hard to forget how good Tate Naoki's designs and supervision was. Religiously sticking to Satou Masayuki has really made the films a bore. I was falling asleep when I saw Stampede in theaters.
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I finished Movie 8 just a little while ago and yeah, it's really bad. Even setting aside for a moment how poor a job it does condensing the original story it very, very rarely looks good outside of the odd corrected closeup. I think the longest stretch of consistency it has is Hironori Tanaka's Gum Gum Storm sequence; almost everything else looks like it needs another pass or two and the color composition and setting design is weak and leads to oddities like that rainfall at the end falling out of a pure blue sky. And lastly it's almost completely devoid of any interesting storyboarding or shot composition outside of what's copied directly from the manga or the original anime episodes.
I pretty much only watched it to check off the list to be honest.
I have a quick question I have very little info on. Back in 2006 there were rumours that the anime was close to being cancelled.
This was around the same time the timeslot changed. The episodes were catching up fast to the manga, ratings were an all time low, and there was a noticable decline in quality.
Is there any weight to this? I can't find much info online, but I do remember the K-F board discussing this.
I have a quick question I have very little info on. Back in 2006 there were rumours that the anime was close to being cancelled.
This was around the same time the timeslot changed. The episodes were catching up fast to the manga, ratings were an all time low, and there was a noticable decline in quality.
Is there any weight to this? I can't find much info online, but I do remember the K-F board discussing this.
Here's a written article related to this. Everything is explained in detail in there:
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I'm so hyped for Nagamine's episode. im not a big fan of him in general but when it comes to action he's great. I ofc expect it to look great but there is one specific thing i wanted to see for years in one piece, specifically from nagamine, and that is the use of 3rd background motion during action sequences. He uses them a lot in film z and broly. I know thats a big thing to expect from a weekly anime episode but even a very short cut would be enough to satisfy me
im not a big fan of him in general
But why? Nagamine has played (and still is) a central role into elevating the show's overall quality to a new standard. And besides, episode 892 was fantastic on every front.
Monkey D. D. Ragon! So beastly he got two D's in his name!
But why? Nagamine has played (and still is) a central role into elevating the show's overall quality to a new standard. And besides, episode 892 was fantastic on every front.
I know that from a production standpoint he's a monster but as a one piece director from a writing standpoint he doesnt stand out for me
I dont think he is a writer anyway but point taken. I was suspecting that you meant to say he's lacking when it comes to conveying emotion and drama or pathos, am I correct?
I dont think he is a writer anyway but point taken. I was suspecting that you meant to say he's lacking when it comes to conveying emotion and drama or pathos, am I correct?
Drama, emotion, comedy, even the action. I just dont feel like he fits one piece. When i think of exemplary one piece directors i think of Uda, Sakai, Hosoda, Shimizu, Miyamoto, Komaki, even Kaizawa (although he only directed 3 episodes). Maybe thats my problem. I have a very specific vision of the one piece anime and i cant escape from that bias
He oversees the different scripts but doesn't write them himself.
Considering how Nagamine directed episode 706 (Corazon's death) and how he was the Director of One Piece film Z, it would be disingenuous to say that he doesn't know how to pull off Drama, tension and emotional moments effectively. Comedy-wise it's more subjective I think.
Wasn't Nagamine the one who declined to include more comedy in Film Z, which was something Oda suggested or am I just misremembering? It wouldn't be surprising to me if that was the case because there's often too misplaced comedy in the franchise, so if directing drama is something Nagamine prefers based on the episode he directs I'm definitely not surprised.
This thread right now is a prime example of why I don't post much on here anymore
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I didnt intent to melt people's brain cells i swear XD. I dont doubt his skill at all. He's a solid director who is great at adding polish in every aspect of the production, i get that completely. But i think its something beyond skill. After some thought i think the core of my problem is the comedy. Not just the obvious comedy but the comedy in every aspect of the story. Granted we havent seen much of him so he could prove me completely wrong. I hope he does
He's barely directed on his own….Film Z was also a thing
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Even then, if he is different directorally then what's even the issue with that? For over a decade the One Piece anime dealt with the same type of direction for years and years and it became stale, same with the compositing. When directors like Komaki and Kureta really held their own in WCI and brought newer, more modern direction to the table, it was pretty clear where the anime should go and Nagamine does that excellently. Uda, Sakai and Miyamoto may have been great directors, but they weren't the best series directors. As someone who just rewatched practically the entirety of the anime before Whole Cake Island recently, I'm just happy we've had change. Plus as far as comedy is concerned in Wano so far, that falls more on the individual episode directors than it does Nagamine.
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Will always remember that despite working on One Piece with nearly every series director Ueda Yoshihiro's best directing since 1994 was
l. Or the extremely bland Yama'uchi Shigeyasu episodes I can't even recall.She/Her
Or the extremely bland Yama'uchi Shigeyasu episodes I can't even recall.
Okay dude that's it!
Your girl is dying of thirst from a lack of a new Yama'uchi episode. Casshern Sins was so damned good.
He's barely directed on his own….Film Z was also a thing
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Even then, if he is different directorally then what's even the issue with that? For over a decade the One Piece anime dealt with the same type of direction for years and years and it became stale, same with the compositing. When directors like Komaki and Kureta really held their own in WCI and brought newer, more modern direction to the table, it was pretty clear where the anime should go and Nagamine does that excellently. Uda, Sakai and Miyamoto may have been great directors, but they weren't the best series directors. As someone who just rewatched practically the entirety of the anime before Whole Cake Island recently, I'm just happy we've had change. Plus as far as comedy is concerned in Wano so far, that falls more on the individual episode directors than it does Nagamine.
I dont exactly get what you mean with the film z part. I'm not arguing about the compositing, its obviously far better now. I dont think i agree with Nagamine being the best series director tho. In any case, i realize that it was unfair to blame Nagamine for the writing and the potrayal of the characters.
I dont exactly get what you mean with the film z part. I didnt find film z that appealing tonally speaking. Character portrayal wise it was fine tho.
Im not arguing about the compositing, its obviously far better now. I dont think i agree with Nagamine being the best series director tho. In any case, i realize that it was unfair to blame Nagamine for the writing and the potrayal of the characters. Though its pretty obvious that there is a general shift in priorities when it comes to adapting the manga
I just don't understand? Even action wise he's spectacular, better than anything the series has seen before. As good as Uda, Sakai and Miyamoto were, they never did nearly as much as Nagamine - and as far as sakuga goes it was mostly the production managers. Nagamine corrects the boards so both character animation and action is nothing like it was before, has seemingly opened up the gates for the hardworking production managers like Akahori to bring talent like Bahi JD and other webgens/freelancers within Japan and worldwide to participate and has brought upon a new level of aesthetic and direction to the anime that feels refreshed despite sometimes falling on the same shortcomings as previously which unfortunately can't be helped. He's brought such a unique visual identity to the series that not even Toshinori Fukasawa brought to it despite actively making the series better than anyone before him. I just don't see the reason why he's suddenly not good at all despite being extremely skilled in his craft, allowing him to do so much for the anime and reigniting interest in it. Sure there's the DBZ esque auras that some people aren't a fan of, but that hardly makes everything else that he's done lacking in any way. The issues you have are more so constants that permeated throughout the series in practically every series director's run, as you said Nagamine isn't at fault. Young talent is being actively promoted and given the chance to prove themselves, staff morale is at an all time high because of him according to episode directors like Yutaka Nakashima and there's big episodes at least every 10 weeks that use a ton of sheets because of how ambitious the staff and production is now.
Objectively speaking, he's the best and I feel like you're downplaying his achievements in favor of clearly weaker work.
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I just don't understand? Even action wise he's spectacular, better than anything the series has seen before. As good as Uda, Sakai and Miyamoto were, they never did nearly as much as Nagamine - and as far as sakuga goes it was mostly the production managers. Nagamine corrects the boards so both character animation and action is nothing like it was before, has seemingly opened up the gates for the hardworking production managers like Akahori to bring talent like Bahi JD and other webgens/freelancers within Japan and worldwide to participate and has brought upon a new level of aesthetic and direction to the anime that feels refreshed despite sometimes falling on the same shortcomings as previously which unfortunately can't be helped. He's brought such a unique visual identity to the series that not even Toshinori Fukasawa brought to it despite actively making the series better than anyone before him. I just don't see the reason why he's suddenly not good at all despite being extremely skilled in his craft, allowing him to do so much for the anime and reigniting interest in it. Sure there's the DBZ esque auras that some people aren't a fan of, but that hardly makes everything else that he's done lacking in any way. The issues you have are more so constants that permeated throughout the series in practically every series director's run, as you said Nagamine isn't at fault. Young talent is being actively promoted and given the chance to prove themselves, staff morale is at an all time high because of him according to episode directors like Yutaka Nakashima and there's big episodes at least every 10 weeks that use a ton of sheets because of how ambitious the staff and production is now.
Objectively speaking, he's the best and I feel like you're downplaying his achievements in favor of clearly weaker work.
I dont downplay him. I already said that he's a powerhouse when it comes to production, he's a sakuga magnet and his action is great, probably the best along with Kureta. Animation wise one piece is without a doubt at its best right now. Tu Yong-ce alone pushes the animation standard to a ridiculous level. You make very good points as to why Nagamine is a superior series director production wise but i just hold other aspects in higher regard. In terms of understanding the characters and their relationships, as well as capturing the tone, especally comedy and drama, Uda and Sakai are simply better to me. Miyamoto is not on the same level but he's still very solid.
So to sum things up, from a production standpoint Nagamine is the strongest series director, but from a narrative standpoint i prefer Uda and Sakai (mainly Uda). From a action directing/storyboarding standpoint, Nagamine is perfect for the more high-tier action and the others are better for the more comedic, over-the-top, low-tier action.
I dont downplay him. I already said that he's a powerhouse when it comes to production, he's a sakuga magnet and his action is great, probably the best along with Kureta. Animation wise one piece is without a doubt at its best right now. Tu Yong-ce alone pushes the animation standard to a ridiculous level. You make very good points as to why Nagamine is a superior series director production wise but i just hold other aspects in higher regard. In terms of understanding the characters and their relationships, as well as capturing the tone, especally comedy and drama, Uda and Sakai are simply better to me. Miyamoto is not on the same level but he's still very solid.
So to sum things up, from a production standpoint Nagamine is the strongest series director, but from a narrative standpoint i prefer Uda and Sakai (mainly Uda). From a action directing/storyboarding standpoint, Nagamine is perfect for the more high-tier action and the others are better for the more comedic, over-the-top, low-tier action.
Nagamine himself said that he puts emphasis on character interactions but whatever, to each their own - I feel like there's been a lot of flip-flopping but I'll stop here.
I figure this would be the place to ask this question but would you guys happen to know who the animators were on the Fujitora vs Zoro fight in Stampede and the meteor cut in One Piece Stampede?
I figure this would be the place to ask this question but would you guys happen to know who the animators were on the Fujitora vs Zoro fight in Stampede and the meteor cut in One Piece Stampede?
That was all done by Yuya Takahashi: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/114981
Hey everyone, just a quick question: Are there any differences between TV broadcast episodes and Japanese Blu ray releases (starting with episode 579)?? I know some studios would correct some animation and artwork mistakes/flubs in home video releases. Is this the case for One Piece as well? There is a video that compares two episodes (where some scenes from broadcast version are censored):
. So are there more examples of this?Hey everyone, just a quick question: Are there any differences between TV broadcast episodes and Japanese Blu ray releases (starting with episode 579)?? I know some studios would correct some animation and artwork mistakes/flubs in home video releases. Is this the case for One Piece as well? There is a video that compares two episodes (where some scenes from broadcast version are censored):
. So are there more examples of this?
Hey Twitch, I made those original videos. Instances of differences between the broadcast and home release are quite rare. Some examples:
Corrected animation such as Shanks having two arms and two models of Zoro on the same screen.
Cleaning animation in opening sequences.
Censorship such as Sanji being stabbed and Doffy being decapitated, along with general violence around those episodes of Dressrosa.
Episode of specials where the staff were the animation was heavily rushed.
One Piece upcoming episodes' staff:
Ep. 937:
Episode director: Satoshi Ito (1/2)
Animation supervisor: Kazuya Hisada ()
Ep. 938:
Episode director: Yasunori Koyama (***)
Storyboard: Akitaro Daichi (1/2)
Animation supervisor: Shuichi Ito ()
Ep. 939:
Episode director: Yusuke Suzuki ()
Storyboard: Shigeyasu Yamauchi (guest) (**)
Animation supervisor: Masahiro Shimanuki (**1/2)
Ep. 940:
Episode director: Yutaka Nakashima (1/2)
Animation supervisors: Hirotaka Ito (*) and Eisaku Inoue (***1/2)
Okay, Shigeyasu Yamauchi? WTF!
Wow. Wano arc is truly blessed.
Seeing Yama'uchi is really surprising since his out-put isn't nearly what it used to be but I am just glad to see him working again. He's not the episode director for his own board, though, which is a shame, but I wonder if that is a new policy for Toei Animation? Only in-house episode directors? Well, whatever. It's a shame he isn't paired with a better animation supervisor, though.
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We got Yamauchi again, who's next? Kaizawa?
Shimanuki has really led a charmed life on One Piece since returning from Super, working on episodes with incredible staff and animators despite his own ability waning as time goes on. Yamauchi's more artsy-fartsy side seen in stuff like Casshern SINS and Dreameater Merry probably won't be very prominent here, but it'd be cool if he can still slip some more fantastical imagery in there.
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Yamauchi's more artsy-fartsy side seen in stuff like Casshern SINS and Dreameater Merry probably won't be very prominent here, but it'd be cool if he can still slip some more fantastical imagery in there.
I still hope that we can get an episode packed to the brim with interesting colors like your average Yamauchi episode. However, Yusuke Suzuki would have to pretty much outdo himself in order to achieve that, which is feasible imo, but considering how inconsistent of an ED he is I'd rather keep my expectations in check. His 865 and 922 stuff were quite nice, but it still pales in comparison to what Yamauchi can do.
There's the possibility that Tatsuya Nagamine's gonna closely monitor the episode since Yamauchi is his former sensei.
Seeing Yama'uchi is really surprising since his out-put isn't nearly what it used to be but I am just glad to see him working again.
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He was an Assistant Director on Transformers: The Movie in 1986??? Woooow. That hits me right in the feels.
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He was an Assistant Director on Transformers: The Movie in 1986??? Woooow. That hits me right in the feels.
Yup! I don't know how the set-up worked with the credits and all that, so I'm not sure if he was an enshutsu, joenshutsu, jokantoku or what. Interestingly enough, Morishita Kouzou was also on that film as some sort of director (not THE director, though, that was Nelson Shin). Apparently the amount of drawings allowed on the film was so high that when Morishita moved over to be series director of Saint Seiya he got in trouble for using too many drawings and detailing the backgrounds too much. O.o
Henry Thurlow who worked on last episode did an interview with Crunchyroll where he talks about the animation of some scenes in One Piece
One Piece upcoming episodes' staff:
Ep. 941:
Episode director: Katsumi Tokoro (*)
Animation supervisor: Masayuki Takagi ()
Ep. 942:
Episode director: Kouhei Kureta (***)
Animation supervisors: Toshio Deguchi (1/2) and Keita Saito ()
Ep. 943:
Episode director: Tasuku Shimaya (1/2)
Storyboard: Aya Komaki (**)
Animation supervisor: Shigefumi Shingaki (*1/2)
Ep. 944:
Episode director: Masahiro Hosoda (***)
Animation supervisors: Kenji Yokoyama (***1/2)
Here's a question. If we get a remake, would you prefer a consistent artstyle for every episode (basically a loyal adaptation of Oda's style) or a hodgepodge of different styles for every few episodes. For example kagenashi for one episode, kanada-school or Imaishi/trigger style for another, webgen etc?
Here's a question. If we get a remake, would you prefer a consistent artstyle for every episode (basically a loyal adaptation of Oda's style) or a hodgepodge of different styles for every few episodes. For example kagenashi for one episode, kanada-school or Imaishi/trigger style for another, webgen etc?
Consistent animation style for remake, different animation for specials/movies (something like movie 6).
P.S. some say that pacing is more important for the ongoing anime, but I think, art and animation is just as important, since with One Pace you can trim all the unnecessary filler, but you can not redraw and/or correct animation mistakes and flubs.
I know im late on this but what exactly happened to Animator's corner? Are there any alternative sites for listing staff, besides ANN and MAL?
Could really feel Komaki's storyboarding this episode. Pretty lively stuff, though Kojima definitely stole the show with his KA.
