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Next staff batch:
872: Ueda/Kitazaki
873: Ito/Yokoyama (likely Fukumoto too as per recent precedent)
874: Ueda/Takagi
875: Komaki/Deguchi
Komaki on episode 875/chapter 900 is a big "Yay!" because Deguchi on that one would be a big "Yikes!" otherwise. I wonder who the staff would be for 877, the arc finale? I would personally love Fukazawa and Ichikawa closing the arc out themselves.
10/02 872 「絶体絶命 鉄壁のルフィ包囲網!」
A Desperate Situation - The Ironclad Trap of Luffy !
17/02 873 「起死回生 最強の援軍ジェルマ!」
Resuscitation - The Strongest Reinforcement Germa !
24/02 874 「最後の砦 タイヨウの海賊団現る」
The last Stand - The Sun Pirates appears
03/03 875 「魅惑の味 幸せのサンジのケーキ」
A Fascinating Taste - The Sanji's Wedding Cake
One Piece Concept - French Fansubbing
http://onepiececoncept.free.fr - #OP-Concept@irc.fansub-irc.eu
Thank you for translating the titles, Chibi.
Koudai Watanabe (#870, 3D2Y, Film Gold) is a fan of Ishizuka: https://twitter.com/hanabushi_/status/1101544868684300288
One Piece anime upcoming staff list:
Ep. 876: Hosoda ()/Shuuichi Itou (*)
Ep. 877: Fukazawa (****1/2)/Isouchi (***1/2)
Ep. 878: Nakashima (**1/2)/Hirotaka Itou (1/2) & Inoue ()
Ep. 879: Ueda (**1/2)/Shingaki (**1/2)
One Piece anime upcoming staff list:
Ep. 880: Sato (**1/2)/Kitazaki (1/2)
Ep. 881: Suzuki (**1/2)/Hisada (1/2)
Ep. 882: Satoshi Ito (1/2)/Deguchi ()
Ep. 883: Tokoro ()/Shuuichi Ito ()
Episode 880's gonna be the best episode :3
One Piece anime upcoming staff list:
Ep. 884: Nakashima (1/2)/Hirotaka Ito (1/2) & Inoue ()
Ep. 885: Ueda (1/2)/Shimanuki ()
Ep. 886: Hosoda (*)/Yokoyama (***1/2)
Ep. 887: Nakashima (***1/2)/Kitazaki (***1/2)
I'm concerned for episode 885 tbh.
Translated titles here:
One Piece anime upcoming staff list:
Ep. 888: Tokoro (****)/Shingaki (**)
Ep. 889: Ueda (1/2)/Deguchi ()
Ep. 890: Suzuki (**1/2)/Yokoyama (***1/2)
Ep. 891: Fukazawa (****1/2)/Hisada (***1/2)
Ep. 892: Nagamine (1/2)/Matsuda ()
891 will be Fukazawa's last episode as the series director and Hisada's last episode as the show's character designer
892 will be Nagamine's first episode as the show's new series director and Matsuda's first episode as the show's new character designer.
What a way to pass on the torch.
Thread of highlights from Nagamine's interview in One Piece Magazine Vol. 6 from Yonkou: https://twitter.com/YonkouProd/status/1139521472240553984
Animation wise, the new character designer Midori Matsuda is in her twenties, her favorite character is Zoro, Nagamine praises her linework in her character designs and how they're similar yet different to the original designs
I wonder what Hisada is going to do now that he's no longer the character designer? It seems to defeat the purpose of changing character designers if he sticks around to be an animation supervisor or key animator.
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I wonder what Hisada is going to do now that he's no longer the character designer? It seems to defeat the purpose of changing character designers if he sticks around to be an animation supervisor or key animator.
Probably taking a long break before working on anything else I imagine, since he's been involved since Episode 1 and just finished his 10th year as character designer in January
Nagamine mentioned in his latest interviews that Wano will have a new composite studio. Does new studio mean new equipment/software but same inside staff or a collaboration with an independent department that specialize in compositing? (In similar fashion to how background art studios function for example)
Nagamine mentioned in his latest interviews that Wano will have a new composite studio. Does new studio mean new equipment/software but same inside staff or a collaboration with an independent department that specialize in compositing? (In similar fashion to how background art studios function for example)
The old guard is still around on the animation supervisor and episode director front. Its just a technological upgrade with a change in the photography department(which is technically a staff change)…
One Piece upcoming anime staff
Ep. 893: Kouhei Kureta ()/Shuichi Ito ()
Ep. 894: Aya Komaki (*****)/Yusuke Isochi (***1/2)
Ep. 895: Yutaka Nakashima (***1/2)/Masahiro Kitazaki (***1/2) (Filler episode)
This thread is quite dead but yeah Fukazawa, Nagamine, Kureta, Komaki, all the heavyweight directors one after another. The Wano arc is bound to a really strong start.
didn't notice aya komaki got upgraded to 5 star nice to see that, going to be interesting seeing her under the new composition studio.
893, 894 & 895 line up is looking super strong.
didn't notice aya komaki got upgraded to 5 star nice to see that, going to be interesting seeing her under the new composition studio.
893, 894 & 895 line up is looking super strong.
Lol Crossword and me have slightly different ratings still. Those are how I rate the directors.
But yeah great great stuff to come for the anime.
So if the opening isn't lying, while Nagamine's nominally the series director, Kureta and Komaki are sharing that position too. Welp.
Lol Crossword and me have slightly different ratings still. Those are how I rate the directors.
But yeah great great stuff to come for the anime.
lol i use to get at him regarding that 
So if the opening isn't lying, while Nagamine's nominally the series director, Kureta and Komaki are sharing that position too. Welp
I imagine this means at some point one of kureta or komaki is going to take over from Nagamine which is usually what happens when there two series directors credited at toei.
lol i use to get at him regarding that
I imagine this means at some point one of kureta or komaki is going to take over from Nagamine which is usually what happens when there two series directors credited at toei.
I think it's far too soon to be saying that - Kureta and Komaki are probably just assisting Nagamine
One thing I've noticed that antialiasing is pretty bad with the newly rendered animation. I think someone said that One Piece has always been animated in 720p but is upscaled, I'm not sure how true that is, but whatever way the latest episode is upscaled you can see jagged lines are pretty noticeable on a monitor in 1080p, zoom in to the outlines:
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One thing I've noticed that antialiasing is pretty bad with the newly rendered animation. I think someone said that One Piece has always been animated in 720p but is upscaled, I'm not sure how true that is, but whatever way the latest episode is upscaled you can see jagged lines are pretty noticeable on a monitor in 1080p, zoom in to the outlines:
Dunno if you're talking about the variable line weight which is more accentuated due to the line filter or not, but if that's the case I'd much much rather have this over the stale line art and compositing we had for 2 decades now.
Monkey D. D. Ragon! So beastly he got two D's in his name!
Dunno if you're talking about the variable line weight which is more accentuated due to the line filter or not, but if that's the case I'd much much rather have this over the stale line art and compositing we had for 2 decades now.
No it's nothing to do with the new style which is a fantastic, but it's rendered in a way in which is loses quality, look at the jagged edges at 1080p
Dunno if you're talking about the variable line weight which is more accentuated due to the line filter or not, but if that's the case I'd much much rather have this over the stale line art and compositing we had for 2 decades now.
They saying that when upscaled out of its natural 720 render, the resulting effects are noticeable. They are basically pointing out how the picture looks worse when viewed in a way it’s not supposed to be viewed.
Staff for the 2nd filler episode:
896: Hiroyuki Sato (*1/2)/Shigefumi Shingaki ()
My wish came true! LOL.
I can't wait for all the concern trolling that's going to come out if/when these episodes' quality takes a hit.
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I can't wait for all the concern trolling that's going to come out if/when these episodes' quality takes a hit.
Yea that will certainly be fun…
I can't wait for all the concern trolling that's going to come out if/when these episodes' quality takes a hit.
I mean will they?
Because we've seen how overwhelmingly well recieved episode 892 was because of the update of the photography department.
Episode 892, while it had some really great animation here and there from peeps like Kojima and Tsuyuki, is clearly not the best and most animated OP episode out there.
Most ppl of the OP community can't really tell what animation really is and said that 892 had new animation, even though it was just art, compositing, the line filter in effect and no movement at all.
And the line filter certainly won't be removed for the 2 filler episodes. As well as the photography, it won't revert back just because it's filler.
Yukiko Nakatani seems to making a return on the TV series as an animation supervisor since the beginning of the Dressrosa arc. I'm posting this here because I know a lot of people here are very fond of her. If she's gonna become a regular supervisor again or if it's just a one time thing is yet unknown. https://twitter.com/isoniku/status/1152457433362550784
Yukiko Nakatani seems to making a return on the TV series as an animation supervisor since the beginning of the Dressrosa arc. I'm posting this here because I know a lot of people here are very fond of her. If she's gonna become a regular supervisor again or if it's just a one time thing is yet unknown. https://twitter.com/isoniku/status/1152457433362550784
She will attend the Precure movie of this year as part AD tho.
One Piece upcoming episodes' staff:
Ep. 897: Satoshi Ito (***1/2)/Hirotaka Ito (**1/2) and Eisaku Inoue (1/2)
Ep. 898: Yasunori Koyama (1/2)/Masahiro Shimanuki ()
Ep. 899: Yusuke Suzuki (1/2)/Toshio Deguchi ()
Ep. 900: Aya Komaki ()/ Kenji Yokoyama (***1/2)
Ep. 901: Satoshi Ito (***1/2)/Masahiro Kitazaki (***1/2) Kazuya Hisada (***1/2)
Very interesting staff list.
3 surprises:
It would appear that episode 899 might be our first stinker of the Wano arc, but with the better schedule, who knows.
Thanks to Skippy for the staff list.
Monkey D. D. Ragon! So beastly he got two D's in his name!
Glad to see no sign of Ueda still. I'm kinda doubtful that he's permanently gone (see Shimanuki, Hosoda, and now Koyama) but his continued absence is appreciated nonetheless 
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Glad to see no sign of Ueda still. I'm kinda doubtful that he's permanently gone (see Shimanuki, Hosoda, and now Koyama) but his continued absence is appreciated nonetheless
Well, according to many ppl who follow the production, he's gone for good.
Either way, whether Ueda was bad or not, he was a good asset for the schedule since he got episodes done very quickly. And Suzuki seems to be the new weakest link of the staff. 
But it doesn't really matter since Nagamine is without a doubt gonna correct the storyboards of the weaker episode directors.
One Piece Episode 898 - Image Preview
Just noticed the guy on the left is from Hawkins' crew, while the two on the right seem to be a Beast pirate and a Samurai. I wonder where the cat mink Faust is?
This is a Chinese One Piece mobile game opening would be so sakuga! Tu Yong-Ce, Tomita, Mitsui and Kitazaki all participated in this opening for One Piece: Sailing King and it's pretty nutty. Thanks Skippy for information about sakuga.
One Piece: Sailing King Opening - Mobile Game
Looks like previously they just recycled the Romance Dawn game opening:
Does anyone recognise what scene this comes from? This drawing doesn't seem to match Kaido's appearance in 779
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Those look like uncorrected pieces of Genga from a studio Guts animator.
One Piece upcoming episodes' staff:
Ep. 902: Katsumi Tokoro ()/Masahiro Kitazaki (1/2)
Ep. 903: Yutaka Nakashima (SB)(1/2) & Yusuke Suzuki (ED)(**1/2)/Shuichi Ito ()
Ep. 904: Masahiro Hosoda ()/Masayuki Takagi ()
Ep. 905: Tasuku Shimaya (*)/Masahiro Shimanuki () /!\
/!\ = There's something weird about this staff list. It's almost impossible that Kitazaki is supervising 2 episodes in a row, therefore there must be an error from the magazines on either episodes 901 or 902. Second weird thing is that Tasuku Shimaya, the episode director who made his debut on episode 900, seems to be boarding his own episode so soon. Normally new episode directors who've just started don't get to board their own episodes so early on.
For these reasons and because the magazines sometimes make mistakes, I would take this data with a grain of salt. I'll update this staff list if necessary.
Edit: The Kitazaki case has been solved
Let me tell you the story of XEBEC's old adaptation of the Megaman Battle Network games from the early 00s where the AD rotation looked like this at one point:
This was a weekly, full-length multi-year anime by the way. I have no idea how some of these peoples' hands didn't fall off and they're still working in the industry. Takahashi's actually served as character designer for some of Toei's magical girl shows like Pretty Cure and the Sailor Moon revivals, coincidentally enough.
It is definitely insane and proves the fact that AD's can handle multiple episodes in a row.
However, I still don't really believe Kitazaki's tackling 2 episodes back to back, that's too unusual for OP. Unless it already happened and I don't remember.
Monkey D. D. Ragon! So beastly he got two D's in his name!
I just watched a Wanokuni episode, and it is the first One Piece anime I have watched in a long time. At some point, I lost interest in the waning quality and over use of still frames, and dragging out scenes. I have to say, this looks amazing! The art looks much crisper and more colorful, and there seemed to be less "time-waste". What's changed in the last few years?
I just watched a Wanokuni episode, and it is the first One Piece anime I have watched in a long time. At some point, I lost interest in the waning quality and over use of still frames, and dragging out scenes. I have to say, this looks amazing! The art looks much crisper and more colorful, and there seemed to be less "time-waste". What's changed in the last few years?
Well, for Wano?
We got new series directors, one of which is known for "modernizing" the long running shows he becomes series director for(ala DBS during the tournament of power arc and DBS Broly). The head series director, Tatsuya Nagamine who did all this, was also the director for film Z. The biggest notable change under them is the change in composite(we also changed photography departments, with the implementation of a line filter, which gives the lines some nice variation and thickness, and the new photography department has also emphasized the use of gradients in shading and has generally resulted in a warmer colour palette for Wano.
The other two series directors are experience episode directors in their own right, with them being responsible for some of the biggest episodes of the anime.
We got a new character designer this arc as well, which is noteworthy because we haven't had a new character designer in 10 years(the new character designer is Midori Matsuda). The character designer is also serving as a chief animation director beside the one we got in WCI, Keiichi Ichikawa, meaning that both of them tend to handle the important close up shots to provide a level of visual consistency between episodes of the show. They also tidy up the artwork of certain animation supervisors for consistencies sake.
In other words, a lot of shit.
One Piece upcoming episodes' staff:
Ep. 906:
Episode director: Yasunori Koyama (***1/2)
Storyboard: Toshinori Fukazawa (****1/2)
Animation supervisor: Shigefumi Shingaki (**1/2)
Ep. 907 (Romance Dawn special episode):
Episode director: Kouhei Kureta (****)
Animation supervisors: Hirotaka Ito (*1/2) and Eisaku Inoue (1/2)
Character designer & Chief animation supervisor: Keiichi Ichikawa ()
Ep. 908:
Episode director: Yutaka Nakashima (***1/2)
Animation supervisor: Toshio Deguchi (**1/2)
Ep. 909:
Episode director: Aya Komaki (*****)
Animation supervisor: Kenji Yokoyama (***1/2)
My man Fukazawa the goat of the WCI arc is back, but he's only doing the storyboard sadly. Wanted to get a full on Fukazawa episode after all this time, but Koyama's a solid ED too.
Bahi JD tweeted a picture of a key frame he's been working on, 2 hours ago. And guess what series it is. Someone smack me cause i think i'm dreaming. He has deleted the tweet because it started getting attention.
Here's the Twitter post for whoever's interested.
This does put a smile on my face 
