So a pirate, a swordsman, samurai, cook, cyborg, and blind man walk into a bar…
Title: ''Adventure! Dressrosa, the Country of Love and Passion''
Chapters Covered: 701
New Characters: Issho
Animation Director: Takeo Ide (***1/2)
Time: 7:30PM EST
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Preview:
And of course: http://www.onepieceofficial.com/ to watch it
@Red:
Preview:
And of course: http://www.onepieceofficial.com/ to watch it
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Remind me, who's the animation director for this episode?
That new soundtrack! 
This actually feels like a real anime again! Looks like they really want to step up their game for this arc.
It's looking really good so far. The art, animation, and pacing is just great
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Remind me, who's the animation director for this episode?
lol at the cliffhanger.
Lol at stairs filler.
Haha, that was amusing. Glad to finally see a real man wearing purple though. XP Also yay for new music!
I was extremely disappointed that ending scene wasn't in this episode =/
The first half was great, nice new OST. The second half devolved into stupid padding - Fujitora and the stairs and the gambling. The cliffhanger was really odd, especially since they had a perfect one to end on from said chapter.
Overall, this was a good episode, but ending at the roulette was just stupid.
It's like I'm watching a real anime
Shit cliffhanger though
Zatoichi best boy
this was a good episode in terms of animation but it was only half a chapter
what's the point in ending at the roulette instead of the normal chapter ending?
@dead:
this was a good episode in terms of animation but it was only half a chapter
Much more than half. Only 4 pages were missing.
They probably need the extra pages for next week, since it's 4 pages shorter than the usual 19 (14 pages of adaptable content).
Issho's seiyuu is doing a great job so far.
All things considered though, it was actually a good episode. No glaring QUALITY either.
The end was awkward, but damn everything else made up for it.
I loved the art, especially the well-drawn backgrounds.
did anyone expect fujitora to have deep voice?
@dead:
did anyone expected fujitora to have deep voice?
16charactersof Yes
Its pretty strange an anime being in the same arc of the manga.
Its pretty strange an anime being in the same arc of the manga.
It's happened plenty of times in the past (with Fishman Island and Punk Hazard being the most recent examples, and Skypiea being one of the oldest.)
Cliffhnger of the year!!!! :getlost:
Me fail English? That's unpossible!
anybody gotta link to the 2chan thread
Ending with the Doula goons entering the room would've been a much better cliffhanger.
Ending with the Doula goons entering the room would've been a much better cliffhanger.
I don't know who first said 'Doula Mongo' but I would like to give them a hug for inspiring you to always call him that.
Did they cut short on the episode? Manga go longer than that.
Did they cut short on the episode? Manga go longer than that.
Yes: The chapter goes for 2-3 more pages at least, and ends with
! a fuckin' crater in the floor.
Good episode. I wish the filler was invested in something more interesting than "blind man hobbles along with stick for 30 seconds." I know plenty of blind people who move twice as fast as that, and they're not
! god-damned admirals with the ability to send meteors down to Earth.
Spoiler:
How can you say no to that beautiful face?! Vote for Elder Nyon in the 2011 AP Tournament!!!
awesome episode and lol at the tense stairs scene… zoro vs fuji confirmed 
lets see
animation 10
pacing 8
art 10
enjoyability 10
epic one Toei a clean 9.5/10
it left me saying "OH SHIT THEN WHAT?" forgetting that ive already read the manga. the stairs padding was meh but nothing too stupid… and i really hope they keep this art and animation quality up for the whole arc.... this is just plain georgous to look at... add in a new sound track and for a good second forgot i was watching One Piece, and instead watching something with an insane budget.
Dressrosa is looking up... I believe in toei, lets hope i didn't jinx it.
then again come to think of it the latter half of PH was pretty good bar a few dumb episodes.
Why doesn't good old
! Issho say the m's? Does he have an accent?
@Galaxy:
What should I have to do in order to watch the episode on this page? There isn´t any video to play
Let's see… pacing wasn't the best, but it wasn't really bad either.
I love VA for the purple guy. I admit I was expecting something different, but it was awesome nonetheless.
I now wonder how will the certain line sound in the anime. Manga readers know what I'm refering too.
Filler scenes were suprisingly good. I liked that the guy was shown winning, which wasn't in the manga. Altough one has to wonder he does he ever gets anywhere while walking this slow.
Plus, a new piece of music, which is nice.
Cliffhanger was pretty stupid though.
That art was amazing and and I like the scene between Zoro and Fuji but that ending.
I was extremely disappointed that ending scene wasn't in this episode =/
Same if they were going to extend the gambling scene they should have finished it.
Wow…didnt notice this reading the manga, but it was evident from this week's episode...Fujitora sounds EXACTYLY like Zatoichi voiced by Shintaro Katsu. His voice is a bit deeper, but the manner he speaks in, everything from his dialect to the choice of words he uses, to his demeanor while speaking.
AWESOME!
Yes: The chapter goes for 2-3 more pages at least, and ends with
! a fuckin' crater in the floor.
Good episode. I wish the filler was invested in something more interesting than "blind man hobbles along with stick for 30 seconds." I know plenty of blind people who move twice as fast as that, and they're not
! god-damned admirals with the ability to send meteors down to Earth.
Thanks for making me laugh with that.
I haven't watched the episode yet, but I think less than a chapter for an episode will be just unbearable. One chapter per episode is already too low.
Anyways, with Oda's wicked fast pacing in the beginning of this arc, there should be plenty of room for expansion if they treat it right.
…
What do you mean m's?
I mean that for example, instead of saying 'masen' at the end of stuff for politeness, he just says 'asen'
This episode was pretty well done. Imo, the very beginning part at the ship was well handled, but the art and animation was a little hit-and-miss for me. But as soon as we're officially introduced to Dressrosa….so much better! And yeah, that stairs filler stupid. Like, the overly drawn out Oars resurrection scene in TB stupid. Maybe works okay on a first time view, but on DVD, it's FFW material. Other than that really, it's a solid start and introduction to the DR arc. ^^
What should I have to do in order to watch the episode on this page? There isn´t any video to play
That's just a site that shows screencaps from the episodes.
Use Onepieceofficial or Crunchyroll to watch the episode.
So excited for the rest of Dressrosa.
But dat ending lol.
Is it just me, or does the video on onepieceofficial not have the voices synced with the subtitles after around 9 minutes or so when they start talking about the map and the plan?
I accept Jesus Burgess as my Lord and Savior 
@Medical:
Is it just me, or does the video on onepieceofficial not have the voices synced with the subtitles after around 9 minutes or so when they start talking about the map and the plan?
Yeah, I noticed it as well (as well as a loud, static noise + pixelated video for ~2 seconds at around that time stamp as well).
Well, we can already tell by this episode that Dressrosa is gonna get dragged out and probably padded with filler. However, the way Oda set up this arc, there's plenty of room for the anime team to innovate and connect that Oda had glossed over. Anyways, I hope the animation quality continues like this; the first 2 episodes of Dressrosa have been great and I hope this is a sign the animators will be stepping up their game for this arc. The last 2 arcs have been decent, at best.
@Galaxy:
Yeah, I noticed it as well (as well as a loud, static noise + pixelated video for ~2 seconds at around that time stamp as well).
oh I thought that was just me. Has this ever happened before?
