Man, Brook doesn't even get a mention in the title. He feels sort of like the black sheep of the Straw Hats to me.
Title: ''Contact! The Great Swordsman Mihawk - Zoro's Struggle of Willpower''
Chapters Covered: Zoro and Brook's portions of 592
New Characters: None
Animation Director: Kenji Yokoyama (**1/2)
Time: 8:30PM EST
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screenshots from 2ch : http://dec.2chan.net/18/res/13626471.htm
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Oh, Perona~ Shut up. 
Hard to believe she has fans huh?
Preview shows Sanji, Chopper and Robin. So no more Strawhat adventures after next episode.
Also, some parts looks good considering it's Takagi.
Next week looks really good.
So next is Sanji, Chopper, and Robin, apparently.
I want to say the art is Takagi, but I'm far from sure.
EDIT: Oh, it is after all?
The art is Takagi for me.
Yeah, it's clearly Takagi. I'm glad that Tate is not doing the Robin part, cause that would be a waste of his talent. I hope he does chapter 597 or 598.
Also, next week seems to be the reactions chapter.
@Chibi:
screenshots from 2ch : http://dec.2chan.net/18/res/13626471.htm
More like the same-4-shots-already-seen-over-and-over-with-no-contribution.
I hate it when all these people post are trivial images just for the sake of a sideboob or an ass. Really? There was NOTHING important enough this whole episode for you to take a screenshot of? Just Perona? But whatever, it's not like I can fight back with them .. I'm at their mercy, after all.
C-Crossword….your legendary Piledriver avatar....g-gone...
nice episode, next week sanji/robin/chopper/luffy
and just to predict the next episodes (semi big spoilers) in no particular order.
don't click if you don't want spoilers..
there can be asmuch as 8 to 9 episodes more, it just sort of shows how much can still be stretched and we might still have around 2 and half months to go…
! - robin/sanji material of 593 is def. put together in one episode
nice episode, next week sanji/robin/chopper/luffy
and just to predict the next episodes (semi big spoilers) in no particular order.
don't click if you don't want spoilers..
there can be asmuch as 8 to 9 episodes more, it just sort of shows how much can still be stretched and we might still have around 2 and half months to go…! - robin/sanji material of 593 is def. put together in one episode
- an episode that only features the other rookies on their respective new world islands
- an episode entirely devoted to blackbeard doing you know what..
- an entire episode of luffy and gang doing something at some place in full form(instead of a flashback)
- an episode could have all the news parts from arabasta and crocodile etc.
- an episode of the other straw hats with the material from the news..
- an episode of kuma on sabaody and duval and the gang etc.
- someone requesting for something at a certain place to someone else along with the reaction of some old guys and some other people complaining and explaining an issue (in flashback form this time as shown in the manga)
- an episode covering the entirety of chapter 597
Just 6 more episodes to go, 598 will hopefully be covered around the 25th of September.
Yeah, it's clearly Takagi. I'm glad that Tate is not doing the Robin part, cause that would be a waste of his talent. I hope he does chapter 597 or 598.
Also, next week seems to be the reactions chapter.
I miss Tate's fully exposed Robin breasts while trying to give her just cleavage already :(.
wait… i thought chopper was finished? why are they going back to his story?
There is a part in the manga that wasn't show, in chapter 592.
Nah.
@!Volpe:
There is a part in the manga that wasn't show, in chapter 592.
… Chopper doesn't appear in chapter 592?...
He appers in chapter 592, and that part wasn't show in the anime yet…
Nah.
Middlin' episode, but that was a pretty nifty fiddle tune.
@Elektrik:
wait… i thought chopper was finished? why are they going back to his story?
There's a very short scene with Chopper that was skipped, they'll probably finish next week with that.
Toei finally reanimated the Mihawk vs Zoro scene?!
I must be dreaming…
okay episode, liked the reanimation of ep24.
i would rather hear the grunts of baboons for 10 minutes straight than hear the whines of Perona.
brook's part was great. speed picking up next episode slightly? hmm.
@!Volpe:
He appers in chapter 592, and that part wasn't show in the anime yet…
No, he doesn't.
I think you mean Chapter 591.
You're right. I meant 591.
I forget things too quickly 
Not a terrible ep. Followed the manga relatively closely, with little filler. Not sure I liked the end, did Luffy smile in the manga? I don't recall he did. And having him give away where he will return to was extra, but it will certainly bring viewers back, and that's what its there for.
Nope, Luffy never smiled when contemplating Rayleigh's suggestion. Everything at the end of this episode was only implied filler.
I liked it.
Perona hate. :wassat:
Nice. I can't wait for Robin's episode. I hope she is not drawn again by that shitty guy who ruined her in the prison storyline
Good episode!
And finally…
Robin story finally gets a normal art this time.
Can't wait for next week!
Nice episode, except for Perona's whining which was a bit overused here. Brook's new song wasn't bad at all and next week we'll see the remaining Strawhats, I guess. Sanji's part looks hilarious, as expected.
Just one thing to say about this episode.
Brook's. Fucking. Song!
Loved it to bits. Well done.
Just one thing to say about this episode.
Brook's. Fucking. Song!
Loved it to bits. Well done.
How true, I'm surprised almost no one mentioned it here before.
It was a decent episode but it had too much Perona crying. I'd rather just see Zoro fight baboons thanks.
But yeah, the reanimation of 24 and Brook's song were definitely the highlights. Good stuff there, though I'm sort of surprised that Brook didn't have a name for it. Oh well. Toei's done a pretty good job at stretching the crew scenes out a bit without overdoing it and totally destroying the pacing. So I'm happy for that.
! I have a feeling that all the supernova scenes and such won't be stretched out as bad. Those pages will probably stick closer to the 1 chapter per episode pacing.
@I:
Not a terrible ep. Followed the manga relatively closely, with little filler. Not sure I liked the end, did Luffy smile in the manga? I don't recall he did. And having him give away where he will return to was extra, but it will certainly bring viewers back, and that's what its there for.
That scene never made it to the manga in the first place. Going back to Marineford itself was a total shocker reveal, but the anime just kinda blew their load early.
http://www.mangareader.net/103-55198-11/one-piece/chapter-591.html is the last page we got in the manga before we found out what they did.
That scene never made it to the manga in the first place. Going back to Marineford itself was a total shocker reveal, but the anime just kinda blew their load early.
http://www.mangareader.net/103-55198-11/one-piece/chapter-591.html is the last page we got in the manga before we found out what they did.
Oh I know. I meant that when I said it was "extra." It was a reveal that Oda waited on, but in this case, I think Toei did it to bring viewers back. I recall thinking, when I was reading the manga, that Luffy was just talking about the same thing he'd been all along, returning to SA. But to be honest, I didn't give his direction a whole lotta thought through the week as I waited for the next chapter, and as a result, and was very surprised by the reveal, because it was so much cooler, in the manga, later.
Here I was at first taken aback that they "ruined" that particular thing–in general I am totally against changes in the storyline/plot from one media to the other, and view them as rather arrogant on the part of the changers, but a friend once told me that translating things to different media can require changes for different reasons, and as I thought about it, I realized that for Toei, producing a TV series to which most people aren't as committed as they are for the manga (you actually have to make the effort to go out and buy the manga, so there's a certain amount of commitment built into your audience right there) they need something that will make people chose not to turn the channel next week. Coming off of the war, and Ace's death, and all the trauma, having a cliff hanger where he says he'll return to Marineford is, in and of itself, I would argue, rather titillating. People are now definitely wondering why Marineford of all places, especially after what happened, and why would Rayleigh suggest such a thing, and what on earth can he do there that will help him protect his friends, etc. I think for a TV series it was a great hook to bring people back. It will keep them wondering all week.
Eh just my 2 cents, lol.
And yeah, Perona took her capability to be annoying to a whole new level, and Brook's song was outstanding.
Going to Marineford won't be as much of a shocker, but I think Toei felt they had to give SOMETHING to this filler. We're dancing on 279-283 territory with these Luffy scenes.
The first thing I thought when I heard Brook's new song was that villain with the violin from the 3rd movie. I don't even remember whether or not that guy played that song.
I was glad they made the Marineford part clear. Always thought the timeline of the manga got a bit confusing around this point, especially once they get the next newspapers.
! After all, I think the real twist about Luffy's trip to Marineford isn't that he went there, it's what it means.
Great episode this week! The animation seemed really good, but I wish Toei would give in and let FUNimation have 1080 p streams or at least 720p. This 480p nonsense is really annoying.
You should just be happy we have the simulcast at all to begin with.
What makes you think I am not happy? Hopefully when FUNimation.com's subscription fee start's they will have options to watch One Piece in HD.
I know in this ep we have Perona crying about Moriah being killed, but did we ever see the scene where Dofla is taking him out in the anime?
I know in this ep we have Perona crying about Moriah being killed, but did we ever see the scene where Dofla is taking him out in the anime?
That scene happens just after the supernovas part in new world. we have to wait a bunch of chapters more.
What? That happened in the anime a long time ago. 490, 491 maybe.
He's attacked him in the anime, but not the second part.
EEEEEE, New music from Brook! I wish he'd compose like everything for the show now - I'm still hoping that he gets a full Soul King CD release eventually!
They have bagels in Japan?
Hell, I just want to hear a full version of
! his future hit single, "New World".
Correct me if I'm wrong, but all that's left should be robin and sanji right?
I would've liked Brook's song better if it was new. Truth be told, I was really disappointed when I heard it. Come on, would it really be that hard to have them just write an original song? Crap.
Hang in there, Kierkegaard.
