One Piece Special - Episode of Nami: A Navigator's Tears and the Bonds of Fellowship

Crossword

I figure I might as well make the thread now before I go to bed, as there's no guarantee that I'll be awake when this airs.

Anyway, in around six hours from now a new anime special will air, being a remake of the Arlong arc, the arc that for many was the first one to show that One Piece could truly pack the emotional and storytelling punches that it's known for today. It's been twelve years since the original airing, and thirteen since it came out in print.
Title: Episode of Nami: A Navigator's Tears and the Bonds of Fellowships
Chapters Covered: 69-95
New Characters: None I would imagine
Animation Director: Yukiko Nakatani (****)
Time: 8:00AM EST

Kingdomkey

Unbelievably hyped for this, hopefully won't disappoint. Will be the best thing OP Anime related this year besides perhaps Film Z.

AkumaMiltos

Hopefully a fan sub version will be online shortly after the airing,like the normal episodes,because I really can't wait for this!

ntk

How long will that special be when it covers so many chapters? If it's gonna be anything like that recap movie of the Alabasta arc, it's gonna suck big time.

Enzeru

It's a two-hour special and can't be compared to an Alabasta recap movie since the Arlong arc was significantly shorter.

Kizuchan

It's going to be 2 hours long and compared Alabasta's 63 chapters, the Arlong arc is only 27, so I think it will work fairly well. Drum was 25 chapters and that made a pretty good movie. Plus there are some dragging parts, like Luffy being stuck, which can be made shorter. Really looking forward to this!

Kingdomkey

Is it confirmed for 2 hours (120 minutes) of running time, or just a 2 hour time slot? Because if there's ads throughout the 2 hour time slot, it may well be only 90 minutes in actual running time.

BroBro

what time is it gonna be when it airs in california?

Kingdomkey

@Mark:

what time is it gonna be when it airs in california?

5:00AM 25th of August

BroBro

Thanks! 16 characters

Kingdomkey

@AkumaMiltos:

Hopefully a fan sub version will be online shortly after the airing,like the normal episodes,because I really can't wait for this!

Its highly unlikely that we will get a subbed version soon after it airs but probably not too long after. The good thing about it being fan subbed is that we'll get to see it in HD too, unlike Funimation's low def simul casts

redon

Now in Fuji TV there´s a special TV program with special episode "Making of" and information about One Piece Film Z.

Joy Boy

Is there a streaming?

Kizuchan

Stream?

http://www.justin.tv/sf2736#/w/3672921328

Kingdomkey

@Kizuchan:

Stream?

http://www.justin.tv/sf2736#/w/3672921328

footage of Oda drawing!!! Holy smokes

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Just saw footage of Luffy's fight with Arlong him using Gatling looks nice

Joy Boy

The new footage for Z was awesome.

zachri

OH SWEET I didn't miss it, right?

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[/stares at the stream]
Holy shit I don't know why I've never done this before other than my lack of being able to understand Japanese without subtitles XD
but these ads… mygod

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Just asking now - what time will it air in UK time?

Galaxy 9000

http://www.justin.tv/pekinnnnn#/w/3672888752 This should be the stream for the special. Other one changed the channel.

Kingdomkey

@zachri:

OH SWEET I didn't miss it, right?

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[/stares at the stream]
Holy shit I don't know why I've never done this before other than my lack of being able to understand Japanese without subtitles XD
but these ads… mygod

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Just asking now - what time will it air in UK time?

At 1:00PM UK Time

Kizuchan

It's in an hour, let's hope one of the streams will switch to it then.

Galaxy 9000

@Kizuchan:

It's in an hour, let's hope one of the streams will switch to it then.

The stream I linked is on fujitv. Just another program is on at the moment.

jackskellinghog

@Kingdomkey:

At 1:00PM UK Time

I have to leave at 1:30, drat. Still a perfect time if I knew Japanese to get a sneaky little look, (I know a bit and the whole story arc so It shouldn't be that hard to figure out).

Devil G.

I haven't got an high interest in the special, but it doesn't hurt to take a look

FelRes

I plan to watch the stream as I'm expecting the special to be really good and I don't feel like waiting for fansubs to see how well it's done.

But I'm sitting here with the stream on (the second one posted) watching some show that's on before OP and my god Japanese TV is weird.

t1213121

It's my first time watching OP via a livestream. It's so weird for me to watch OP in the evening. I think the current show is ending.

Nolus

@FelRes:

I plan to watch the stream as I'm expecting the special to be really good and I don't feel like waiting for fansubs to see how well it's done.

But I'm sitting here with the stream on (the second one posted) watching some show that's on before OP and my god Japanese TV is weird.

It's pretty interesting in my opinion. Weird, but interesting. Better than anything I've seen on TV over here…

It's in 20 minutes approximately, right?

Galaxy 9000

@Nolus:

It's pretty interesting in my opinion. Weird, but interesting. Better than anything I've seen on TV over here…

It's in 20 minutes approximately, right?

It airs in 6 minutes.

FelRes

@Nolus:

It's pretty interesting in my opinion. Weird, but interesting. Better than anything I've seen on TV over here…

It's in 20 minutes approximately, right?

Yeah, it tends to be two brands of weird.

lol that's weird, I wish we had this kinda stuff on TV here sometimes
this is weird and I feel alienated, wtf do these people smoke all day, do the TV viewers there even like this

It should start in 5ish minutes if the special starts right at 5AM Pacific Time (adjust to your time zone). inb4rolling blackouts in Japan

Enzeru

Alright I'm ready. Let's get this thing started.

Japanese commercials still rock.

Galaxy 9000

http://zh-tw.justin.tv/yujitw#/w/3672872416/2 Better quality stream.

BroBro

wow so far its looks amazing. they changed some minor stuff but its ok

Nolus

@Galaxy:

http://zh-tw.justin.tv/yujitw#/w/3672872416/2 Better quality stream.

Thanks!

Eh, it feels a bit rushed. Although the animation is pretty great.

Galaxy 9000

@Nolus:

Eh, it feels a bit rushed. Although the animation is pretty great.

Ehhhhh. No need to drag on the beginning. As long as the later parts aren't rushed, it'll be fine.

o-chan

I'm currently looking at this and I keep thinking "Nami honey, your breasts were NOT that big when the original arc aired!" It's just weird seeing her in those pre-Arlong clips with her modern day proportions.

O-chan

danilomaster87

Coco Village is wonderful _
Fuckin' great animation!

Devil G.

I wasn't able to watch the beggining, but this looks great

zachri

1PM?
Sw-
[/looks at the time]
BUTTERFUCKSONSOFTBUTTCHEEKS.
I'll just wait for the subbed version then :I

Galaxy 9000

4 episodes covered in the first 30 minutes.

Nolus

It did get better pace wise..,
And now, here comes Nezumi, chichichi~

hiper05

I'm a big fan of the original art style, the one that looks like its been hand drawn. I kind of don't like this computer rendered version because it tends to lack on emphasis on emotions that a character feels.

Second is the pacing is real fast and is flying through the content without hold long enough on particular scenes to make us the audience feel connected to the story.

I hope my opinion changes when I re-watch this latter with subs but right now I'm not all that impressed. This is one of my favourite arcs, so I can't wait to watch luffy vs arlong fight.

Devil G.

If only weekly episodes were like this…

LUFFY1fan

Hopefully a Eng. sub release comes online soon…man it is odd to say that! Usually in the US I have legal streams!

OPF

Okay, my stream was so bad that I didn´t see it clearly… So was it a headshot like in the manga or just like in the anime, a shot through her chest?

Galaxy 9000

@OPF:

Okay, my stream was so bad that I didn´t see it clearly… So was it a headshot like in the manga or just like in the anime, a shot through her chest?

It was through the chest.

hiper05

Bellemare's death was well emotional. She died bloody and beaten.

eliman12

The blood the emotions the animation the art, FUCK I want it every episode it should be like that.

Devil G.

@eliman12:

The blood the emotions the animation the art, FUCK I want it every episode it should be like that.

Yeah, i'm looking forward to see the hat scene, it will be awesome

OPF

Really well done untill now, I tried to hold back my tears but I just couldn´t stop them during Bellemere´s death and Nami´s run to Arlong^^

akagami7

I've arrived Just on time for the march to arlong park

Lord Starfish

…Aaaand then they cut to commercials. I repeat what I said earlier though: If the march isn't kept, heads will roll.
Other than that, it's pretty fantastic so far.

EDIT: Okay, it was there… But honestly, it wasn't anywhere near as epic as it was in the TV-series...