Sorry, I lost track of time and completely forgot about this episode tonight.
Sanjuan Wolf - Kenichi Ono
Avalo Pizarro - Kazunari Tanaka
Vasco Shot - Naoki Tatsuta
Catarina Devon - Kimiko Saito
Sorry, I lost track of time and completely forgot about this episode tonight.
Sanjuan Wolf - Kenichi Ono
Avalo Pizarro - Kazunari Tanaka
Vasco Shot - Naoki Tatsuta
Catarina Devon - Kimiko Saito
Oh, so Tate had a hand in this episode. Great.
What? No he didn't. That's a distance shot. Art's always a little wonky during such shots because they can't fit in as much detail.
Sanjuan Wolf - Kenichi Ono
Avalo Pizarro - Kazunari Tanaka
Vasco Shot - Naoki Tatsuta
Catarina Devon - Kimiko Saito
So that's Dalton/Gin, Talaran, Capone, and Marigold. One Piece's casting is starting to feel a little incestuous.
Why could they not at least let blood run over the left side of Whitebeard's face though .
@Geg:
Sorry, I lost track of time and completely forgot about this episode tonight.
Sanjuan Wolf - Kenichi Ono
Avalo Pizarro - Kazunari Tanaka
Vasco Shot - Naoki Tatsuta
Catarina Devon - Kimiko Saito
I take it Kimiko Saito is a woman right ?
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Feel the wrath of a God.
What? No he didn't. That's a distance shot. Art's always a little wonky during such shots because they can't fit in as much detail..
Heh, that is not a distance shot…
BUT ANYWAY, they didn't completely screw everythng up and the voices are perfect, so I am gonna go edit my signature and party all night long~
Y'know, I feel like making all the Black Podcast Signatures from this week's Anime Episode like I always do, but does anyone even care? I never get any feedback or notice so what's the point?
Here're the Blackbeard Pirates. Check it out:
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Pizarro's the only one who doesn't look quite like I imagined. Hair should've been white.
Why are they so poorly drawn.
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@Dr.:
Why are they so poorly drawn.
It's TOEI's favorite "take a manga doublespread, cut it and trace it with a pencil stuck up in your ass in 5 minutes before episode airs" TM.
I realy hate when they try to create motion in stil posing shots .
Looks almost as bad as BB entering ID. Good thing I don't watch the anime, so…
What? No he didn't. That's a distance shot. Art's always a little wonky during such shots because they can't fit in as much detail.
Yeah, I know. I was just taking a jab at the terrible art.
I forgot how short this chapter was while I was watching the episode. I guess that means they did a good job with the pacing, in this case.
I don't mind the Halfbeard compromise. Since I never expected to see it to begin with, I guess another (bigger) hole is acceptable, and honestly, it makes a bit more sense than a guy with half his brain gone carrying on like normal. That shot of Akainu after using Meigo was rather badass.
I approve of the music choices (playing ''I Will Surpass You!'' guarentees that what follows will be awesome), and the new voices are very fitting.
What I didn't like…having Ace's ''Pops'' from beyond the grave was kind of stupid.
Oh, and Marco's -__- face was one of the funniest things I've seen on this show for a while.
Loved the episode.
*Luffy's 8O face looks a lot more genuinely creepy in the anime than in the manga.
*Awesome pacing
*A+ on the music choices
*I like how they effectively "censored" a ripped-off face by replacing it with a hole in Whitebeard's stomach. Essentially, that's censoring "cunt" with "fuck," which is just a tad silly IMO.
*Blackbeard pirate crew ending spread looked kinda gross
*Blackbeard crew entrance was generally pretty good - nice tweaks vis-a-vis the manga
*AMAZING voices for the crew members. San Juan Wolf seemed perfect.
*Great voice for Vasco, but his top-top-top sounds worse than Whitebeard's early gura-gura-gura's. I've always imagined it sounding a bit more violent and phlegmish than what the voice actor is doing for him.
*I liked the "Ace-speaking-to-WB-from-the-grave" scene a lot - mainly because it foreshadows
! the big speech that WB gives about inherited will, and Ace living on in Luffy.
So that's Dalton/Gin, Talaran, Capone, and Marigold. One Piece's casting is starting to feel a little incestuous.
I take it you haven't seen Dragon Ball's cast list?
Epic episode was epic.
-Luffy's still crying his ass off.
-They added the young Luffy and Ace scene along with the "Gol D. Ace" Rouge scene. They sort of fit in well here.
-Luffy's mental breakdown is….freaky. Gave me a weird uncomfortable feeling....also lots of derp face.
-When Whitebeard towered over Akainu, I was like "You 'bout to get curbstomp, bitch!"
-They extended the fight which I liked, but it still seemed to drag on more than it should of. No half-face. But Akainu made Newgate a woman by giving him another hole. Ha!
-Akainu got fucked up.....badly. Ace fangirls are rejoicing.
-"How can you have so much power with your torso charred?" Siiiiiiiiiiiigh
-The art suddenly got a bit poor near the end. Typical Toei.
-"Oops, they found me."
-It's the Blackbeard Pirates! And they look horribly drawn in that wide shot! Also, Pizarro's color scheme looks..............meh.
-Did anyone else notice that Funi called BB "Teach" instead of the regular Viz "Teech"? Thank you, Funi, thank you!
THE NAME OF THIS EPISODE IS WHITEBEARD!!! If you don't like him after this and next week's episode, you need to get quaked in the face.
9/10
Also, imagine if Toei was this gruesome...
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I haven't watch this ep, but the half-beard thing seems pretty hilarious once you think about.
Best part of the episode was the scene in my avatar.
When Whitebeard grabbed Akainu, I was hoping for an earthquake headbutt, but it was not to be.
And gord lord, was that some shoddy artwork at the end.
What an absolutely fucking amazing episode.
Sakonosolo has the best avatar in this whole damn thread. Win, good sir.
Words cannot describe this episode.
If you didn't like this episode, get the F*CK out of the One Piece fandom.
Seriously.
I expected Wolf to have a much deeper, booming voice. He is the largest thing alive, after all.
@Devil:
I expected Wolf to have a much deeper, booming voice. He is the largest thing alive, after all.
Yeah, but he is a simpleton, and that's a good simpleton voice.
@S.C.:
When Whitebeard grabbed Akainu, I was hoping for an earthquake headbutt, but it was not to be.
And gord lord, was that some shoddy artwork at the end.
Considering how great the rest of the episode was, we can let it slide.
I don't mind the Halfbeard compromise. Since I never expected to see it to begin with, I guess another (bigger) hole is exceptable, and honestly, it makes a bit more sense than a guy with half his brain gone carrying on like normal.
Yea, I guess its an acceptable substitute, but man it would have made it that much better if they could have given us true halfbeard
Oh, and Marco's -__- face was one of the funniest things I've seen on this show for a while.
Seriously, I almost died laughing cause he looked like a tired bullfrog in that shot
All in all great episode though, the music was excellent
I am surprised it even got through the editor with the manga. It doesn't seem like something they'd be allowed to show in a "kids comic."
Did any of you really expect them to have WB's face get burned off in the anime? Granted it makes him even more badass in the manga, but I think they did a good job compromising by giving him a second hole.
And the new BB's are fugly as fuck anyway, so they don't look much worse with bad art.
Akainu was probably the best thing during the anime version of Marineford.
He is always badass no matter what happens.
I am surprised it even got through the editor with the manga. It doesn't seem like something they'd be allowed to show in a "kids comic."
Yeah, it's the kind of gruesome scene they'd show in Berserk. Though in Berserk it would be a lot more detailed.
What the?!
Gear 2nd Whitebeard?!!!
I can't believe they didn't find a way to stick Buggy in their.
That was one of the darkest One Piece episodes I've ever seen. Definitely one of the best this arc. The next one is gonna be great too.
What the?!
Gear 2nd Whitebeard?!!!
He's just steaming mad.
I can't believe they didn't find a way to stick Buggy in their.
THAT's what made this episode so great. I couldn't put my finger on it.
Maybe the anime team received a complaint letter from Oda himself.
Buggy was the most ruined thing during Impel Down and Marineford.
Holy shit WB vs Akainu made me shit piss and puke myself, fuckingg what the hell. SICK!
The fight was surprisingly awesome, Kenji Kuroyanagi owned the episode. Now I know why his work in 481 was underwhelming.
The episode's flow was good, didn't give the very dragged feeling. I'm still having second thoughts on the censorship. So other than the censorship it was a great episode.
WTF is up with next week
Nobody saw it coming? I did. Gear2 Whitebeard makes perfect sense!
I'm surprised no one has posted a link to the Next Episode P****review: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/GPplayer/e/GPplayerJMe.html?anime/onepiece/110130_onepiece&type=flv
I really enjoyed the fight in this episode. WB PAWNCH was really cool. And Whitebeard is totally pissed he lost half his stache. And uh oh, BB pirates on the scene here.
Can't wait for gear2 Whitebeard! :)
I kind of wanted more hi-def episode to represent the epicness of this episode.
Just watched the episode again. Love it. So unexpected, so impactful. Luffy and everybody (including the viewer if they didn't read the manga) just can't believe he's actually dead.
It's so refreshing to break away from the cliché rescue. It's nice when they succeed, but I'm always like, "wouldn't it be cool if the writer had the balls to just troll all the fans?" And Oda did it!
It was quite an episode, especially for one based off a 10 page chapter. I did get annoyed with the constant "pops" and crying, but it wasn't that bad. I didn't see why using that old film affect was necessary either.
The whole half beard thing isn't that bad. Neither scene made much sense. You either go around missing half of your face and brains, or having 2 large holes through your torso.
The Akainu fight was amazing though. When Whitebeard first showed up behind Akainu, it was amazing. It was the ultimate "oh crap" moment.
Beard…..Second!
Second That!!!!!
Next we'll see Whitebeard bite into his stache and own BB with Gear 3rd: Giant Quake Moustache.
Wait. Hold on people.
Next episode.
The greatest moment of the war.
Is that next episode, Cyan? Awesome. Can't wait.
While many people were complaining about Luffy not being dead silent at the end of last episode, I actually prefer what they did here.
Instead of Luffy breaking, his crying became harsher. He was without a doubt broken, and while in the manga he just fell apart and once, here he last all reasoning, simply crying, than screaming, and than just silent.
Is that next episode, Cyan? Awesome. Can't wait.
Yeah man, I can't wait for it.
! I can't wait to see Buggy solo the Blackbeard pirates.