@RomanGod:
Skull Kid… Let's not try to fool ourselves here anymore. It's gotten to that point.
Stop beating around the bush.
We all know when the day comes with FUNi's release on One Piece, you'll be the FIRST one to complain and such about FUNi and their handleship on One Piece.
Fansubs, fansubs, fansubs... That's all you seem to be worried about. I mean, you might as well forget FUNi even has the lisence. I know you'll be the first one to make a stink about it, so what the darn point to keep up with them, anyways?
You'll be mad with how they handle it and proceed to calling the people who will enjoy it "non-fans" and whatnot. I can see it now.
Seriously. It doesn't take a psychic to know EXACTLY how this will unfold with you. Watch. Wait until the day comes. :getlost:
Actually if they have a good enough grasp of the series and actually do everything theyre saying in the interviews, it could turn out to be a pretty good dub. I wouldn't like it more than the original, but anything to get something resembling the original One Piece popular outside of Japan I'm happy with. I've wanted a new dub ever since I saw the subs after watching 4Kids.
However, there are plenty of things that are far less than ideal about the situation. Toeis involvement, wanting to use a kid VA for Luffy that could outgrow his voice, dub terms, not wanting to keep the subtitle track totally accurate with the original, etc. Theres also the huge posibility that these DVDs will end long before the series is finished, and that the first half of episodes wont even be caught up to Skypiea by then. Forgive me but I care more about preventing something that could eventually translate into no more One Piece than being overly optimistic and "just taking what I'm given" by Funi just because its "the right thing to do".
I understand not wanting to be negative all the time and being glad someone other than 4Kids has it, and I do tend to sound a lot more negative than I intend to a lot of times. But being open minded to opinions that aren't exactly the same as yours can be pretty important. I do do this, even if it doesn't seem like it. I hope this dub is awesome and that everyone, not just dub only fans, can be happy. I'd give a lot to see this happen. But that doesn't mean it necesarily will, especially given Funis previous track record. That said, people saying they don't care if the fansubs are shut down or not just to spite me is incredibly stupid. I hope you guys feel great when the only source of watching translated One Piece that exists are a bunch of incomplete Funi DVDs that end long before the show is finished, and the only thing you got in return was a failed attempt to piss off some guy you don't even know over the Internet.