Did Oda really do that image on the wall or did he simply do it no differently than a colorspread and then they printed it out onto a wall? I'm gonna say the latter.
JUMP Festa 2008 (2007 for everyone but Shueisha)
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Who gives a shit? Really?
Well Gekito ninja taisen has a card game game I think too. So there's hope? I mean they have the character models now….
Yeah I doubt it.
So did the budokai's and NH series.
Thing is, their games came first.
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Number 5.
(1:30~ish AM) The doors open, and chaos ensues. The stage for the event looks nice, and Greg is pretty close.
Greg: "One Piece is effin popular. Event starts in 3." (1:37 AM)
The Event starts! (I might refer to the Voice Actors of the characters just as their character; sorry about that.)
The Theme of the Event is Remembering 10 Years of One Piece through Song.
Thriller Bark images are on the screen and lines are read from the arc. Then the cast of the show (sans Oda) all rose up in smoke, singing "ONE PIECE!"
Franky's VA is only in a speedo and a top. Again.
In Oda's place, a Trash Can came on stage and said "10 years. Not much eeeeeeh…" It then introduced itself as Sawajiri Erika.
The VAs for Chopper and Robin are not present, they're unfortunately busy.
Franky's VA asked for a close up. The Camera went for a wide shot instead.
They're talking about the last 10 years in review: Luffy and Zoro were pure and normal when they started.
Nami's VA is in a Light Blue dress, Luffy's in Deep Blue.
Early Merry had an odd face, Oda admitted to drawing it lazily at first.
The crowd goes nuts for a line by Sanji when he drew. (?). As expected, there will also be some discussions about Brooke during this event.
Evidently Franky was always around, but he put himself to sleep with one of Jango's moves.
Somewhere on the stage I presume, there is a button which activates an alarm if they're talking about something they shouldn't. Anyone has access to it.
Luffy has admitted to not reading Jump.
Usopp made Luffy read as the voice of Merry previous to the point where it dies in the anime. Chopper has appeared by video!
Next up, they show the full trailer for the movie; it's the same one that Greg caught earlier.
Following, they touch briefly upon Alabasta and then discuss Luffy's song from Skypiea. Oda says that it wasn't like he imagined it to be. Family is his favorite.
They're singing Jungle Fever (We figured it out).
The VAs are going nuts. Oda turns out to be chilling by himself in the background; Nami and Luffy try to drag him out onto the stage but he flees!
Oda: "No! Please! Don't!"
They move through Skypiea and onto Water 7. Oda says that all of Franky's opening roles are Hentai.
Usopp says that everyone on the cast wanted to die of embarassment doing the Obahan special! Live SG theme follows!
The music cuts out. Usopp's lovely voice can be heard singing over the silence...
Robin has also appeared in video! She apoligizes to everyone for having to take a leave of absence in the Anime.
Franky has his own song, Franky Guarantee, which he is singing for the first time now. It includes lines about the different channels on the Sunny and will go on sale next March. Oda has returned to resume chilling out.
Franky says that the Secret of Channel 4 is still secret in song! He manages to get Oda to sing the last part. Oda follows up by saying that Kuma is still around somewhere, but he doesn't want to say anything else to avoid something like the Incident from Jump Festa 2003.
Zoro says he'll try to learn to sing.
They're starting to wrap up…
Oda claims that there is some huge surprise in store for next year! The Mugiwara crew is singing Family now.
There's a rather excited exclimation from Greg reading "GOT MOVIE!!! WHO LOVES YOU?!!?!" but I don't know of what he means he has. In any event, the event has wrapped up and Greg is resuming his personal life!
There is always tomorrow folks for more interesting tidbits on this great piece of work, eeeeeh? At some point, I hope Greg returns and clarifies anything I got wrong or confused, and lets us in on a few more first hand details.
Glad I could be of service to everyone, and a huge Thank You to Greg of course!
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OH MY GOD… I'd LOVE to see a picture of him in a speedo ;_; GOD I wish I could've gone to this.. thank you SO MUCH Taiar for the pictures I'm so following them ;;
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F5, F5….5:16 am in here and I cannot go to sleep before knowing it all...
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F5, F5….5:16 am in here and I cannot go to sleep before knowing it all...
Join the club, man. Join the club. Jump Festa is awesome like that. Just have to keep refreshing multiple websites. Heh.
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Dammit! I need to get up in 8 and a half hours, but I can't go away like this!
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Holy shit, the photos are awesome beyond words. Awesome to hear that the DB game looks awesome :D
Play some Brawl, guys :P (God damn I wish I was there)
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Franky singing is surely made of untold amounts of win. I must hear this.
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Greg sure is a hero, doing this live for us….
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I am bookmarking this for later info.
Thanks for the Info! Very much Appriciated!
Love to hear franky sing.
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I wanna know if they'll show any Thriller Bark stuffs like an anime preview and OMG Forgive me if they already did and I missed it somehow that someone said they did ^^; I'm sorry I really did read everything so far >>; hides
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Thanks for the info Taiar and Greg. Hah, We Gotta Power? Sounds like Greg is having an awesome time.
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Looks like Greg got a movie from the event for us, even with the guys with binoculars…
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"Huge surprise", that's cruelty, Oda.
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I'll make a new post about this so it can catch some attention as well.
Greg is asking if there are any questions! Well…You heard the man. Anything to ask? I'm gonna post the answers here instead of making a million new posts for his answers as they come.
Toshiya: Yes, the game was playable and it looked nothing short of remarkable. The battlegrounds are huge. And the Franky song sounded "…like a Franky song. Cheesey electric guitar, etc."
Return of the Toshiya!: He didn't see a release date, but he'll check again tomorrow as well as try and play it.
Redon: He saw something about Saint Seiya but he didn't go to check it up close.
King Calamari: There wasn't anything on Unlimited Cruise as far as he could tell.
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Ask him about The DBZ game if it was playable :O and How was the song that Franky sang?
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Excellent photographs and info. I have a question no One Piece.
Anyone can see something about Saint Seiya Elysion Hen?. One of my friends tell me in Jump Festa Toei show a trailer of this.
Thanks and sorry for my english XD.
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There's a rather excited exclimation from Greg reading "GOT MOVIE!!! WHO LOVES YOU?!!?!" but I don't know of what he means he has.
He's got video footage of the event, knowing him.
I wanna know more about that OP "card battle" game. Namely, what console is it for??
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Was there anything about One Piece Unlimited Cruise?
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Finally, we are getting our Franky song. We all knew it was coming, he did a song for Jango (1, 2, Jango!) and Bon Kurei (Oh Come My Way!), so it only makes sense we are getting a Franky one. And Zoro's voice actor does terrific singing, I love Spirit of Zoro.
Thanks, Greg! You know we love you too bab-eehh~!
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Yes thanks greg haha was there any release date on it? Damn hearing that makes me pump on getting the game haha. Thanks Greg :3
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Was there anything about a new Jump! ____ Stars game for the DS, by chance? >_>;
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Hi guys, again, avoiding reading the thread to avoid spoilers for myself. Sorry for the inconvenience. Big thanks to Taiar for help in Day 1. Also big thanks to The Dude who was my super awesome backup guy.
I dunno what's in the thread but I'll just review everything.
Arrived fairly late. About noonish. Weather held out long enough for us to get there w/o getting wet. Ichigo and Naruto giant blow-up figures greeted guests. First hall (of three as usual) we basically blew through. Took some pics of new Death Note movie stuff that I believe I sent along.
Nintendo booth had a flippin' HUGOR Smash Bros for Wii game taking place. Had a VERY big crowd. Some guy with an afro was dancing. That was it for the first area, we wanted to get to OP stuff.
In between hall 1 and 2 was the cosplay place as usual which is always awkward because cosplayers have this kind of rythm and flow that I just don't understand. I try to find a few cool people, take some pics, and move on without pissing anyone off which always seems to happen. The OP ones I met were all very cool and very nice. I believe you saw the pics. They all loved my 'Pirate King Liquor' T-shirt heehee.
2nd hall was the shit. Just pure and true.
DBZ Burst is un-fucking real. It's like I predicted in the thread, just like you controlling the animation. All this in HUGE flowing environments. Words fail to describe, it's unlike anything you've ever seen outside of rendered cutscenes. I will try to play it tomorrow since I'll be arriving much earlier. I saw Yamucha, Vegeta, Tenshinhan and Goku available. Scheduled for release in Spring.
The new OP game OnePy (Wanpi is the nickname of the series here) Battle looks REALLY cute. It's played via Carddass cards that you insert into a reader. It's like a more advanced Mushi King style game. It's designed for munchkins but the graphics are sweet and it includes villains as recent as Moria. Also seen was Leopard Lucci, Ao Kiji and one other I can't recall. Will try to get a movie tomorrow. Graphics are all Grand Battle style.
Also in the same booth was a 600mm tall Chopper doll that will go on sale in March (along with the film I imagine) for 19800 yen or ROUGHLY $200. It's cute. Seems to come with a mushroom I dunno, I was still orgasming from OnePy. Will check tomorrow.
No Unlimited Cruise.
Then was the holy shit moment when I heard something that sounded like Goku speaking on stage when I realized, IT WAS GOKU SPEAKING ON STAGE!!!!!!
Nozawa herself was there promoting new DB goods along with the vocalist for all DB songs. I'm sure Saiyajedi knows. She did a freaking Genki Dama folks. I shit myself. And then, before my very eyes. I'll never forget it. She did a Kame Hame Ha.
It was like watching God.
She told an anecdote about a friend who studied Japanese through Dragonball comics and my girlfriend and I laughed our asses off which caught their attention and when they saw I was foreign the vocalist gave a wave. She said farewell in all three voices at once, Goku, Gohan and Goten in a full sentence. It was amazing to see a veteran at work.
Then the vocalist friggin' sang a live We Gotta Power! right there. Have a vid of the whole thing.
After I recovered we watched the trailer for the next OP film which was brand new, long AND featured tons of film animation. In fact, it was just about 98% animation right from the film and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!! They made a big shit about not filming so I held off but I went back later and filmed it (at which time Luffy's VA showed up but we had to go line up for the OP event)
Behind that was the section for original prints from various manga. IT WAS HUGE! I never saw a display this big for it and OP's was the biggest of all. They were very very very strict about filming and pics but I managed to get some quick passing video footage. They included some remarkable pieces. You'll get to see the sizes yourself. I was surprise how small some of the color cover pieces are compared to the manga originals which are pretty large, bigger than JUMP's pages. And for the record, Volume 47's cover looks fuckin' sick without the disgusting black and white BG slapped on it. Just and amazing collection of major scenes including Odz and victory poses from TB.
Behind that was the huge SD Luffy balloon again. Behind THAT was Sunny from the summer. They changed the entrance side. On the left of it was graffiti art on a wall done by Oda of Luffy celebrating 10 years that you could take pictures with. The deck of Sunny gave an awesome view of the place which I have video of.
On the right of Sunny was the redesigned boat race. They had Laboon, Smoker's ship, Red Force, Moby Dick, etc. Redesigned locations as well including TB and W7.
Anyway, went to line up which was a wave of pure chaos of Noah proportions. Pure insanity. Hundreds of people were lining up for OP while Bleach was going on and no one knew where the fuck they would open gates from so people were squirming to get to the front and looking over and around running back and forth when the Bleach people left. Amidst forum attendants screaming not to run barriers just went the fuck down and we ran to reach a spot near the front guarded from the eyes of the video tower by the camera crew.
Began with flashes of famous TB scenes and the crew's famous lines from each respective battle/scene. Franky's mic fucked up so he got this awkward reaction which he later joked about. But other than that it went fine. People were openly weeping when Zoro spoke.
The VA's rose from smoke and started singing right away the original theme and I thought everyone was there between texting like a madman and taking in the experience which is always epic but Robin and Chopper weren't….AGAIN. Although they're on the official list for tomorrow. They all made a big deal about Oda entering, he always has some strange unique entrance, and the stage went dark and smoke rose from the center and as a form emerged we saw that it was a "Non-Combustibles" trash can and when everyone went to inspect on the second level of the stage, Oda just kinda walked on from stage left on the first level. It was funny shit lemme tell you.
It's also a running gag that he introduce himself as some random person. This year he introduced himself as Sawajiri Erika the biggest bitch on the planet as far as I'm concerned who basically took a giant shit on her career when she acted like a complete stuck-up ASS at a press event for a film she starred in. Youtube that shit, it's unreal. So funny he would choose her at a big event like this. He was also a lot more confident in himself. He's grown a lot since 2003.
So the main theme was "Reviewing 10 Year's With Song". I personally hate the OP VA songs shenanigans but whatever. I'll give you an overview then go back and touch on the detailed stuff. They basically talked about each arc and who showed up in order. When a crew member came up, the character performed a famous line. Sanji got the biggest reaction. Chopper and Robin spoke via video message about themselves when they showed up in the talk. They stopped about....I believe 4 times to sing. The songs I recall are:
Jungle Fever, Franky Garauntee & Family at the end. At one point Mayumi sang the Luffy song from Skypiea when that came up but it was more a joke. More on that later. Before Jungle Fever they sang some OP song I'd never even heard of. Sorry, comes from my lack of experience with the animation and total apathy for the songs. Sue me.
Oh! My girlfriend reminded me of the chorus, Kaizoku ni yoru kaizoku no kaizoku no tame no something something something something bullshit.
So here are the juicy bits in no particular order, simply as I recall them.
As many of us know, the original Merry looked a lot different. He originally put a lot of effort into it but as time went by the head got bigger and bigger while the neck go shorter so he didn't need to put as much effort into it.
In talking about recording stories, they brought out a buzzer that any character could hit if something was about to be said that someone didn't want said. Only Oda could stop the buzzer by throwing a lever. Two stories of merit were: Mayumi changed Nami's script which she left unguarded to go the bathroom once. For Tornado Tempo she x'd out 'tempo' and wrote 'chinpo' or 'wee-wee'. Since she couldn't say 'chinpo' they buzzed her when she said it.
Another was that Mayumi doesn't read JUMP she only knows the animation. One time Yamaguchi (WHO THEY MUST HAVE HAD ON AN INVISIBLE LEASH TODAY) told her to read the scene where Merry perished from Oda's comic and it was right before doing a happy scene in the show and she got all depressed and pissed and it was hard to do the scene.
Actors think up the melodies to the songs in the show that Oda writes in the comic. That's pretty neat. Mayumi asked if her rendition of the 'island song' sung by Luffy in Skypiea sounded like he imagined. He deadpanned, "No, not one bit." My hero.
Shoulda seen this coming. Maybe some fans already pointed this out. I didn't realize it until just fucking today: origin of heso, or bellybutton. Man I feel stupid...I'm sure many of you reading already heard this from a source but if you didn't, hope you're as pleasantly surprised as me.
There's a belief that when you hear LIGHTNING in Japan, children should cover up their bellybuttons or else the LIGHTNING GOD will come down, steal your bellybutton and take it back up to heaven to make bellybutton manjuu. This is an old part of Japanese culture and I should have seen it but just didn't make the connection.
Oda wrote Franky with his VA's voice in mind because of his hentai character which he says all three of his characters in OP have been.
During each song Oda quitely slunk to the back of the first stage level and propped himself against stairs. He did not want fucking part in it. Truth be told, me fuckin' neither. I totally feel him on that. the VA's bounce around and shit, but it's their job. Nami and Mayumi tried to get him to go during
When Franky sang 'Franky Gaurantee' (which is literally Furanki- Gyarantei-) he wrapped his arm around Oda and brought him up front and Oda was having a shit but smiled and sang the last phrase of the song which was the name. Oh man I laughed my ass off when he actually sang, "But Channel 4 is still a secret!" It was funny as FUCK! He even said it again in the end of the presentation.
Oda again mentioned that yes, the connection to Brook was in his mind 8 years ago. He actually went into more detail in the interview I translated.
Oda was hesistant to talk about future plans, "Because you guys will get angry at me again.", referencing that famous incident. HOWEVER, he did say everyone there watching (who unlike you guys hasn't read 483) said that while Moria was defeated, we shouldn't forget about another Shichibukai who was on the island and everyone gasped. I'm guessing you guys already know this.
BUT! At the very end, his last words were, "Within one year I have a massive surprise planned. But I could be wrong (about timing) and might regret it so I won't say anymore."
Gonna post some stuff on Youtube. Just the best stuff. Don't have much time. have other little things but will put them on later.
I'll update when they're all up!
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Hey Greg thanks for all the info about JUMP Festa. I'm not really that active on these forums, so I don't really know what THAT incident at the other JUMP Festa was. Could anyone enlighten me on this?
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As promised some amazing vids. Will take more tomorrow. The originals are HUGE files but they're crystal clear. Maybe I can send them to someone who wants to host next week but you guys know the current state of affairs I'm in. Chances are VERY good I will not be able to post any movies I take tomorrow until Monday (your time) next week. Sorry guys. I also have more videos than this, just no time. I have a feeling these will be suffice.
Ladies and gentlemen, the people we listen to and the man whose words we read.
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You saw it here first. Movie 9 Full Trailer. Get your 'Holy-Shit Boots' on.
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Masako Nozawa performs live-freaking Kame Hame Ha!!!!!!! * *ms over everything ever
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Here's an overall tour of the OP area!!! You'll see a lot of my pics and descriptions come to life. Note the people in blue suits I tape from behind. They're the very people who were supposed to be preventing taping. They were so busy looking inside they didn't notice my ninja stealth Back Attack. hee hee
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Shakey vid as I try to get video of original color pieces without getting caught. Also included, One Piece's international corner.
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Thanks Greg!
It's really interesting that Oda wrote Franky with Kazuki Yao's voice in mind. That's probably why he and Mayumi Tanaka are the only voice actors in the anime that I really love (aside from maybe Chopper's).
The movie 9 trailer looks pretty slick. I'm a little disappointed that it doesn't look as influenced by 6's animation style as the early posters seemed to suggest, but I'm still really excited for it.
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Evidently I'm a dirty shitty liar that should be killed forever.
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No but Unlimited Cruise was there. A vid has surfaced on YT. Dunno where it was UNLESS what I THOUGHT was an Unlimited Adventure booth at a glance was actually a UC booth. Either way tomorrow I'll be on it.
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Can't thank you enough, Greg. I too love the bit about Franky's VA's correlation to the actual character of Franky.
At the very end, his last words were, "Within one year I have a massive surprise planned. But I could be wrong (about timing) and might regret it so I won't say anymore."
What an amazing bastard.
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Hey Greg thanks for all the info about JUMP Festa. I'm not really that active on these forums, so I don't really know what THAT incident at the other JUMP Festa was. Could anyone enlighten me on this?
http://apforums.net/showpost.php?p=745186&postcount=114
During the 2002 JUMP Festa, apparently right before leaving the stage, Oda said a crewmember would die. The manga was in Skypeia at the time and obviously, that event didn't happen until just recently, so at the following year's Festa (2003) Oda had to apologize because he hadn't gotten to it yet.
Also, Oda is an evil tease for that "something MASSIVE WILL HAPPEN but I won't say what LOL" line. T_T
ETA: Oh, and thanks Greg and Taiar for all the info!
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Then was the holy shit moment when I heard something that sounded like Goku speaking on stage when I realized, IT WAS GOKU SPEAKING ON STAGE!!!!!!
Nozawa herself was there promoting new DB goods along with the vocalist for all DB songs. I'm sure Saiyajedi knows. She did a freaking Genki Dama folks. I shit myself. And then, before my very eyes. I'll never forget it. She did a Kame Hame Ha.
It was like watching God.
She told an anecdote about a friend who studied Japanese through Dragonball comics and my girlfriend and I laughed our asses off which caught their attention and when they saw I was foreign the vocalist gave a wave. She said farewell in all three voices at once, Goku, Gohan and Goten in a full sentence. It was amazing to see a veteran at work.
Then the vocalist friggin' sang a live We Gotta Power! right there. Have a vid of the whole thing.
Godly. Fucking Godly. Thank you for the video! Was it Kageyama singing We Gotta Power?
This event looks like heaven on earth.
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Good shit greg.
Was silently hoping for some new grand battle announcement with that game and all, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
About the movie…......what the hell is it? A whole new plot based around the drum island or what?
Looks like it may be the first movie I'll have enjoyed since movie 4 though.
and I hate their gay little songs as well. Glad Oda has our backs on that one.
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tony-kun, Movie 9: Episode of Chopper is a edited retelling of the Drum Island arc, with the removal of Vivi and the addition of Robin and Franky. Also introducing a character made by Oda for the movie, Wapol's brother. Also including the Thousands Sunny instead of the Going Merry.
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Thanks for the info and summary of your day Greg, it was a fantastic read.
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tony-kun, Movie 9: Episode of Chopper is a edited retelling of the Drum Island arc, with the removal of Vivi and the addition of Robin and Franky. Also introducing a character made by Oda for the movie, Wapol's brother. Also including the Thousands Sunny instead of the Going Merry.
That pretty much sums it up.
You really have to see a trailer to see what all the hype is about, though.
7hj0_1ECzYwNothing could've braced me for fucking MUSHROOM POWERS.
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I hope we get some info about if that really was Odz in the trailer.
Hmm… something massive? I'm sure it's not them getting into the New World, or a new crewmate. It's gotta be something huge, like the meaning of the D., or the destruction of one of the powers. Or maybe the Oda will finally show off the admirals. I can't wait for freaking Akainu.
Thanks for the info Greg.
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Arg, just hearing Oda talk about a huge surprise later got me really excited again. Though I knowing Oda it probably won't be as soon as he wants it to be.
Thanks a lot, Greg.
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And it seems that Luffy is using Gear 2nd in Movie 9 as well
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That pretty much sums it up.
You really have to see a trailer to see what all the hype is about, though.
7hj0_1ECzYwNothing could've braced me for fucking MUSHROOM POWERS.
Did Luffy do fucking Gear 2 in that trailer?
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It sure looks like that Kitsune.
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Thanks, Greg. Some cool info. I'm kind of excited Franky's finally getting an image song.
Why would Kageyama sing We Gotta Power? That's like the worst of the DB dongs he sang
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"Within one year I have a massive surprise planned. But I could be wrong (about timing) and might regret it so I won't say anymore."
Massive surprise coming 2010, confirmed! Apology will be issued JF '09 for delay of said surprise.
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The movie seems kinda like a REALLY stupid idea…Franky, Robin, Luffy needing to use Gear for Wapol (Wapol=Lucci? ROTFLMAO!)
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That looks like it was awesome. I wish I was there. Thanks Greg and Taiar for the info.
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tony-kun, Movie 9: Episode of Chopper is a edited retelling of the Drum Island arc, with the removal of Vivi and the addition of Robin and Franky. Also introducing a character made by Oda for the movie, Wapol's brother. Also including the Thousands Sunny instead of the Going Merry.
That's what I thought.
It's not a summary like alabasta, but a different story in the same setting.
Which is the best way to do it, if you're going to re-use arcs as movie plots.
Oda designing wapol's brother has me excited as well(wasn't the last time he did character designs for the movies in movie 4 with Shuraiya and Gasparde?)
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My hopes were gotten up about OnePy, I guess. I nearly crapped myself in anticipation of a new GB…
And haha, that vid of Nozawa is fantastic.
Awesome info. Can't wait to hear about the rest.
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That was kinda neat that they had all those various versions of Volume 2's cover from different countries. Oh and that Franky costume has huge fricken hands.
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Okay just waking up. Gettin ready for Day 2. Remember, may not be able to do impressions but they will be up with more movies next week. Don't forget to check Page 4 for a shitload of movies!
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I belive that you aren't checking this page, but if it is possible Mr. Greg could you take a picture of the character and stage select screen of the smash bros demo?, there is a rumor that I would like to confirm, thanks for the other videos btw..
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The movie seems kinda like a REALLY stupid idea…Franky, Robin, Luffy needing to use Gear for Wapol (Wapol=Lucci? ROTFLMAO!)
Movies with no effect on the actual canon is serious shit, folks.