@Gold:
Fame is relative, it shouldn't be assumed that people worldwide would
Take a piece of humble pie, because we're not the main audience and never will be.
this is a privately observered trait to entertain the reader/viewer by giving real world recognization,
No this is like using Clint Eastwood's face nearly verbatim in an American comic.
but this extra entertainment doesn't apply to all demographic of fans, it is not a FACT in the one piece world(as far as we know our world doesn't exist to them), and should not be used as a gold seal of approval to post a spoiler.
1. Sorry, but the forum's aren't "privately observed". When these people showed up in the manga, and when Green Bull eventually does, word quickly got around and that's that. I'm not Japanese or a Japanese film buff, aside from Toshiro Mifune I'm not familiar with any of these people. But hearing someone say "hey that's that dude" was it.
2. It's not a fucking spoiler in the original. Congratulations! Lucky you. Because of people who know some shit on the forums, you can experience the series a little closer to how it was originally intended. Because most people in Japan would recognize those actors instantly and instantly know what that means. You should be blessing your lucky stars rather than bitching and simultaneously talking shit about the actors in question.
Same goes for the "B-but it's in da opener" insane logic, the opener ONLY exist in our world,
It exists in every single episode.