we don't see aokiji-kizaru-akainu visually representing bird, monkey or dog.
Remember that time when Sakazuki launched a lava dog and Aokiji an ice bird?
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Can't wait for Kizaru to do the monkey dance light show.
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Remember that time when Sakazuki launched a lava dog and Aokiji an ice bird?
In Gigant Battle series, Kizaru creates a Giant Monkey-faced beam. I think the name of the attack was Ama no Iwato.
Kill it with fire!!!
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In Gigant Battle series, Kizaru creates a Giant Monkey-faced beam. I think the name of the attack was Ama no Iwato.
That is kinda non-canon.
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Yah, barelly visible and nothing more than a beam, I'd wait for the manga.
How it bothers me when games use the anime artwork instead of the manga's or their own, it looks so out of place and aged.
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That is kinda non-canon.
Yeah… But that game introduced Numa Numa no Gatling and Gigant Jet Gatling Gun (similar to Elephant Gatling Gun)
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That's just the progression of Luffy's attacks, after we went from regular gatling, to jet gatling, to giant gatling, to giant jet gatling, to armament gatling, to arm.. you know the drill.
If the next game had Gear 4th Gatling, and then Oda does it, it means nothing, it's just how Luffy's attacks work.
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That's just the progression of Luffy's attacks, after we went from regular gatling, to jet gatling, to giant gatling, to giant jet gatling, to armament gatling, to arm.. you know the drill.
If the next game had Gear 4th Gatling, and then Oda does it, it means nothing, it's just how Luffy's attacks work.
We've already seen that with Kong Organ Gun.
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I should go back to reading the chapters twice, I completely missed that one.
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sometimes he take the symbolic cues, like aokiji-kizaru-akainu and momotaro's companion or don quixote's commanders and suits of card.
All of which are symbolized by names and sometimes visuals.
Whereas nothing suggests Prometheus the fiery cartoon sun is symbolic of a Japanese wind god.In fact, when did one piece ever use both representations at the same time on its character?
Momotaro.
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We've already seen that with Kong Organ Gun.
I didn't say it in the moment of release, but Luffy has awoken Ashura. Zoro still wins by 3 arms, though.
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I finished a drawing of Anna Wintour as practice, and I realized she looked uncannily similar to Miss Bakkin.
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Coincidence or intentional? No idea, but there's no denying there are some similarities. Especially that nose, it's the exact same shape. But I find it hard to believe that Oda would be taking inspiration from a fashion figure.
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It's not too farfetched, Mrs. Valentine is pretty much Twiggy and Paulie's look is taken from a random Hugo Boss model.
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I wonder if Pudding was inspired from Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
Appear innocent and nice when looking at "normal" photos
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But proceeds to make stupid faces / able to act and show different emotions and personalities
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And Kyary's style is perfect for Big Mom's theme.
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I wonder if Pudding was inspired from Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
Appear innocent and nice when looking at "normal" photos
! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bf/53/a6/bf53a66f2a5c7441fb8978513032b9b3.jpg
http://onepiecepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/erin-pudding.pngBut proceeds to make stupid faces / able to act and show different emotions and personalities
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http://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/sites/sbs.com.au.popasia/files/styles/full/public/Kyary_Pamyu_pamyu_funny_face_BEST.jpg?itok=Pbwl5cGl&mtime=1397722617
https://i1.wp.com/www.onepiecelovers.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tumblr_oiyrf5Negy1vp5bq5o1_1280.jpg?fit=790%2C332And Kyary's style is perfect for Big Mom's theme.
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http://68.media.tumblr.com/61b64e0fa90ff2117223aa963c2d21f8/tumblr_mojpl5u7Cz1qg3b1wo1_500.png
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/df/b6/07/dfb607589925858a0369ba97428ddbd7.jpgAlso Pigtails
How lomg has she been famous because we saw pudding in Late FI which was 2011-2012
Chapter 437 Discussion after franky decides to join the Strawhats:
So who think Usopp is inside that duffelbag?
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@Long:
How lomg has she been famous because we saw pudding in Late FI which was 2011-2012
From her Wikipedia page it appears Kyary started 2011, and then gained popularity 2011-2015. Pudding debuted January 2012. So it's not impossible, but I don't know how famous Kyary was in Japan at that point.
But characters change over time so it's not impossible that Oda took some inspiration after Pudding's reveal.
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About two or three weeks ago i found something in Wikipedia, an article that instantly reminded me of the Kozuki Family.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mori_clan_(Genji)
Is it or isn't one of the references Oda borrowed for Kozuki Family?
The crest feature a crane, and named Circle of the Crane. Same shape, same bird, and the name corresponding to Moonlight Family.
In the Japanese culture the crane symbolize happiness, good luck, longevity (live to thousand years) and fidelity. Which is exactly the meaning of Moonlight Family for it to began before the Void Century & still survive, and fidelity of those who swore to protect it, for truth about history must be safe and told by rightful ones.
Poor Ohara, but i guess a genocide on larger scale just like what happens in Hiroshima, was in One Piece history.
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About two or three weeks ago i found something in Wikipedia, an article that instantly reminded me of the Kozuki Family.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mori_clan_(Genji)
Is it or isn't one of the references Oda borrowed for Kozuki Family?
The crests look pretty similar, but otherwise there doesn't seem to be any similarity to make between the families at all.
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The crests look pretty similar, but otherwise there doesn't seem to be any similarity to make between the families at all.
Look for the rest of my post. I am not saying there is a direct connection between the clans, but the meaning behind it - the meaning of the crest itself.
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Posted this on this week's chapter thread but I guess it's worth posting it here too.
The three swords serving as tombstones in Elbaf are probably based on a real life monument.
That's Sverd i fjell (Swords in rock), in Norway.
It's very possible that will later find out that that's how the giants, or at least the warrior portion of them, marks their graves and that we'll see more of them but the fact that we're first presented to 3 swords like in the monument and Oda's known love for vikings makes me bet this was a direct reference.
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Oh my… Gum Awakening incoming!!! Bubble gum style.
Luffy as HisokaI can't take off credits for Oda at this, it's from Tezuka after all, everyone must tries its hardest to read everything from him.
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After seeing Perospero so much this chapter I finally realized he reminded me of the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang disguised as a Candy Man.
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After seeing Perospero so much this chapter I finally realized he reminded me of the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang disguised as a Candy Man.
It was shown in Japan as well, so very possible.
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I always thought perospero was based off this guy from Candy Land
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@FolhaS:Posted this on this week's chapter thread but I guess it's worth posting it here too.
The three swords serving as tombstones in Elbaf are probably based on a real life monument.
http://h.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/TBD-868.0/compressed/s004.jpg?token=a62a8fe6b4fcf6ddf342b004a5770227&ttl=1497279600
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/24/ef/91/24ef91bc2caa6b7a2034e7cb77437e43.jpgThat's Sverd i fjell (Swords in rock), in Norway.
It's very possible that will later find out that that's how the giants, or at least the warrior portion of them, marks their graves and that we'll see more of them but the fact that we're first presented to 3 swords like in the monument and Oda's known love for vikings makes me bet this was a direct reference.
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It’s possible that Oda created the character of Yamato with Rose of Versailles in mind:
“I finished reading Glass Mask, so now I’m reading Rose of Versailles. Oscar was a woman?!” - https://www.viz.com/blog/posts/mangaka-musings-06-09-19
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I think that Oda might have take inspiration form Giovani Piranesi's Imaginary Prisions drawings to shape Impel Down
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Other media Oda is familiar with which may or may not have served as inspirations:
! “To Asami-sensei and your staff members, thank you for the flowers celebrating the start of my series. Wild Half is drawn by such a nice person.” - August 4, 1997
! “Whoa! I went to see Mononoke Hime!! It's so good!! And so cool!! Things are compellingly 'Mera' at the office.” - August 25, 1997
! “Volume 2 of Butsu Zone by Hiroyuki Takei-sensei, a personal and neighborhood friend, was released. Bought it. Just like I thought, it's right up my alley.“ - October 27, 1997
! “In my childhood I read a book called Elmer and the Dragon and it gave me culture shock. I don't think there's any other imaginary creature as beloved as dragons. Who the heck thought them up? That person was awesome!!” - November 10, 1997
! “It's so funny!! I've been watching Masaru-san on TV and it's crazy that a TV cartoon can make me laugh this hard.” - February 2, 1998
! “I was shocked when I saw the May 17th episode of Sazae-san!! Katsuo's voice actor changed!! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED…!!” - June 8, 1998
! “I watched Tenten-kun. That song in it is so funny. I'm sure it's gonna be a hit. This is the start of a really great anime!!” - October 26, 1998
! “Was shocked by the new Gundam. Turn A Gundam. As someone who has been a fan of the first Gundam series since elementary school I never thought it would evolve into…that! So it's come to this!!” - March 8, 1999
! “I WENT TO SEE STAR WARS EPISODE 1!!! Oh MAN, I was in seventh heaven. Good job!!! STAR WARS!!!” - June 28, 1999
! “How about [they make] this, Kita no Kuni Kara Episode 1: Kunie's Younger Years. Is it hot in here or is it just me.” - August 30, 1999
! “Smack in the middle of constructing the snow country arc I coincidentally received a The Snowman CD from a reader. It allowed for a really good atmosphere which helped speed up the creation process. Thank you.” - April 24, 2000
! “When I'm struggling to come up with a decent story or sketch I simply put things in perspective. I simply remind myself that [it's okay] because after all, WE LIVE IN THE MATRIX!!! …oh, I uh, went to see it the other day.” - May 15, 2000
! “I wanna watch some Japanese movies. On DVD. Some Kurosawa or even the Honor & Humanity series, I hope they come out.” - June 5, 2000
! “I'm late with this but Oguri-san, congratulations for all your hard work on the Tenten-kun serial. Please get plenty of R&R.” - July 10, 2000
! “Dragon Quest 7, I got it but[…]. Final Fantasy 9, I got it but[…]. If I start 'em I won't be able to hit the brakes on either so they remain unopened. I got 'em but[…]” - September 18, 2000
! “Can't believe I was asked to write an advocative message in the back of Kochi Kame Vol. 122. 122 volumes. That's, astonishing” - October 30, 2000
! “It shows just how behind I am but I finally saw the Buena Vista Social Club movie. Sweeeet, super sweeeet” - November 6, 2000
! “Watched the Shaman King anime. When I saw 'Original Creator Hiroyuki Takei' I got all emotional. That man I, I know him!!” - July 23, 2001
! “Thanks for last week. I'm sorry for taking a break. I'm in the middle of watching The Godfather. I hate being controlled by others. So just call me 'Don'.” - February 18, 2002
! “I watched the DVD of Rainbowman. So an evil army, the 'Die Die Group', makes fake yen bills in order to give Japanese currency the flu!! …the hell kinda kid's show is this.” - July 22, 2002
! “Playing Fighter Maker 2 now. Pretty nifty. Oh the fun of actually making movements.” - October 28, 2002
! “When I'm just standing around waiting or something while I'm outdoors I go right to Tetris on my cell phone without even thinking about it. Be nice if they put Puyo Puyo in there next. Oh and Tekken and 'JSR'.” - April 21, 2003
! “I'm now watching 'Oshin' on DVD. I'm so not completely and totally addicted. "No ya... Puhlease, ya' just cain't send that thar child away ta be a servant!" OSHIII~~~~N!!!”. - April 28, 2003
! “Kyoshiro 2030's serialization has come to an end in Super JUMP. Master Tokuhiro-sensei, here's to all your work on a seven-year series. I haven't seen you in long time.” - August 23, 2004
! “Saw the Ichigo 100% anime with my assistants. That's some really special background music. Very nice stuff.” - May 9, 2005
! “I saw Sanji's voice actor Mr. Hirata in a stage version of Flowers for Algernon and was deeply moved. It was a remarkable performance.” - July 16, 2005
! “Saw Final Fantasy's Advent Children and was moved by the evolution of the CG age. Its beauty is blinding.” - October 8, 2005
! “Since last year I've been inching my way through Animal Crossing on the DS. I wanna reel in a shark, I need the shark.” - March 6, 2006
! “'Shinyappo' Suzuki!! Here's to your hard work on Mr. Fullswing. Quite a long serialization. Get some rest, okay.” - May 22, 2006
! “Watching bits and pieces of Stephen Chow films recently. What a remarkable dumbass. I strive to be an adult that focuses intensely on creating such stupidity.” - June 19, 2006
! “The staff is fixated on Monster Hunter. Seems their total playtime is 800 hours and it would appear they're still going.” - July 10, 2006
! “Mr. Shoushou Kurihara, author of the comic upon which the [new] TV drama Uramiya Honpo was based on, has been a friend of mine for a long time. It's really intriguing.” - July 24, 2006
! “I thoroughly enjoyed reading the final chapter of Boobobo. Sawai-kun, that's 6 years of hard work. So how about a break?” - July 14, 2007
! “The one-shot Toriko from last week was exciting. I wanna read it in serialization puh-leeeze!!” - December 3, 2007
! “So, Prince of Tennis finally came to an end. A long-term serialization that stretched over 9 years, Konomi-san, congratulations on a job well done.” - March 10, 2008
! “Yoshitaka Amano-san's Vegetable Fairies on NHK is reaaa~lly classy.” - June 9, 2008
! “Manga author hopefuls must have a blast reading Hettapi Manga Studio. If you read that you can learn to be a pro!! Murata-kun, do your best!” - June 16, 2008
! “Ponyo, Ponyo, Ponyo tiny little fish, She's a little fish from the deep blue sea, Ponyo, Pon-” - September 1, 2008
! “Naruto's 10th Anniversary!! Whew, you've got a load of work heading your way Kishimoto-sensei so good luck and congratulations!” - February 9, 2009
! “I went to the world premiere of Dragon Ball [Evolution]. It was very 'Hollywood'!!” - March 23, 2009
! “Inagaki-san, Murata-kun, great job on your 7-year serialization [Eyeshield 21]. You've done a splendid job pioneering a whole new genre of sports comics.” - June 29, 2009
! “Master Kaitani-sensei's Liar Game is gonna be a movie!! Congratulations!! I had an interview with Kaitani-sensei by the way.” - November 2, 2009
! “I'm looking forward to seeing The Borrower Arrietty as a family. Can't wait.” - August 2, 2010
! “I met Ping-Pong and Tekkin's [author] Taiyo Matsumoto-san. It surprised the heck out of me that he's a really composed fellow because I always thought he'd be a really wild guy.” - November 15, 2010
! “I started watching GeGeGe's Wife. Could it be my age? I'm not sure why but I can't stop crying.” - November 29, 2010
! “I was allowed to draw the DVD jacket for a movie I love, Jirocho Sankokushi. Please watch it!!” - October 31, 2011
! “Bakuman. It's over. Obata-sensei and Ohba-sensei, here's to all your hard work. It was really entertaining.” - May 14, 2012
! “In the middle of reading Kingdom, on Volume 11 now. My editor Hattori spoiled a huge upcoming event [in the story]. YOU IIIIIIDIOT!!!” - June 11, 2012
! “The Wind Rises was amazing! I can't even describe it. The movie touched my heart!” - September 14, 2013
! “I once had the honor of meeting Takashi Yanase (creator of Anpanman). I aspire to be like him when I am older. May he rest in peace.” - November 2, 2013
! “I don't think many people know of it, but I started watching a show called Amachan. As they say on the show: "Jejeje!"” - November 25, 2013
! “I finally got to see the new Ghibli movie Kaguyahime no Monogatari. What beautiful animation. Japanese people are amazing!” - January 27, 2014
! “Because of Ryo Nakama (creator of The Story of Isobe Isobee manga), I keep wanting to use samurai dialogue. Darn you, Ryo Nakama…” - May 26, 2014
! “I went to Hayao Miyazaki's Nutcracker and the Mouse King exhibit. I was so happy to see new art and be taken into a new world.” - July 7, 2014
! “Taiyo Matsumoto's Sunny volume 5 is a masterpiece! It's brimming with artistry! It can't be imitated.” - August 25, 2014
! “After watching a boring movie, I start thinking that I should have watched three episodes of The Walking Dead instead.” - March 9, 2015
! “I watched the much-talked-about movie Love Exposure. It really moved me. The director Sion Sono and the actors were amazing!” - April 27, 2015
! “I went to Kanda Myojin Shrine and ended up doing a collabo with Love Live! School Idol Project. How did this happen?!” - August 10, 2015
! “I finally saw Star Wars! It was really good. I'm no longer afraid of spoilers.” - February 15, 2016
! “Matsui-kun, congratulations on concluding Assassination Classroom after four years! Let's be serialized together again soon!"”. - April 25, 2016
! “Kubo-san, congratulations on 15 years of hard work on Bleach! Get some good rest.” - August 22, 2016
! “Gatten Anime is so crazy I can't hide my excitement. Gatten Gatten Gattenten!” - June 12, 2017
! “When I was 19, helped with chapter 1 of Gataro Sensei's Manyuki. I'm so grateful for the Chin Piece parody manga from last week.” - September 25, 2017
! “Congratulations on the conclusion of the Isobe serialization, Nakama-kun! I'm not going down, but I'm looking forward to your next work.” - November 6, 2017
! “I started reading a manga called Hibiki and I can't stop. What a unique main character.” - December 11, 2017
! “You probably don't know about it yet, but I've started watching Nigehaji. That love dance is gonna get popular, isn't it?” - January 29, 2018
! “A bunch of us started playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, but everyone around me is quitting so I'm accepting new friends.” - March 19, 2018
! “Ready Player One was great. Spielberg always gets me excited.” - June 11, 2018
! “Mokkori Hanbe is so good. It's a samurai story so it's good for research, but I need to make Wano unique!” - August 6, 2018
! “It's been 15 years since I said, "Huh?! Kintama?!". I wasn't that off when it comes to Gin Tama. So you're bringing it to a close, my friend. Great work, Sorachi-kun!” - September 15, 2018
! “I'm addicted to Ponkotsu Quest and bought the Blu-ray. Hammer, hammer!” - October 29, 2018
! “After hearing so much about it, I started watching the Japanese TV drama show Unnatural. It’s so good! And gross!” - February 9, 2019
! “Does the fact that I’ve bought Isekai Ojisan volume 2 mean that I’ve become addicted to this manga?” - May 27, 2019
! “Itaewon Class? As if I’d watch that popular show! Maybe I should get straight-across bangs to match the main character…?” - August 3, 2020
! Source: https://listfist.com/list-of-eiichiro-oda-comments-on-weekly-shonen-jump -
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Countries that helped inspire One Piece locations:
Foosha Village - England and The Netherlands
Orange Town - Germany
Syrup Village - England
Baratie - Vietnam
Cocoyasi Village - Indonesia
Loguetown - Italy
Twin Cape - United States
Drum Island - Italy
Alabasta - India and Egypt
Skypiea - Guatemala
Water 7 - Italy
Enies Lobby - France and Portugal
Thriller Bark - France
Amazon Lily - China
Fish-Man Island - Greece
Dressrosa - Spain and New Zealand
Zou - Yemen and Iceland
Wano Country - Japan
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can someone enlight me what's Italian about Drum…?
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Can someone tell me what's Portuguese about Enies Lobby? Being a corrupt and inefficient judiciary?
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can someone enlight me what's Italian about Drum…?
The buildings resemble the buildings from Alberobello.
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Can someone tell me what's Portuguese about Enies Lobby? Being a corrupt and inefficient judiciary?
The buildings from Évora.
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oooh, that's really cool! I thought Drum was based on some nothern country like Canada or Norwegen
Edit: The link is quite useful! Oda really is a great researcher!
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Other locations I couldn’t find an exact real-life inspiration for:
Whisky Peak - United States?
Little Garden - ?
Jaya - Indonesia?
Long Ring Long Land - Mongolia?
Sabaody Archipelago - Portugal?
Impel Down - ?
Marineford - ?
Punk Hazard - Ukraine?
Whole Cake Island - ?
Mariejois - France?
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What about Thriller Bark and France? Is that some sort of South of France Castle sort of thing?
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@Zik:
What about Thriller Bark and France? Is that some sort of South of France Castle sort of thing?
Yep, Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey.
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Can someone tell me what's Portuguese about Enies Lobby? Being a corrupt and inefficient judiciary?
Yeah, mano, nice burn!…
oh that's bad for us. shitThe buildings from Évora.
https://i.ibb.co/M8jvzDs/B445-E2-B9-1850-4-B5-E-A4-E7-30-F29367742-C.jpg
Oh, cool find.
Now that I look at it the buildings from Ennies Lobby do look moorish, something that was of course very influencial in the southern part of the country.
(Execept for those ruins of the Temple of Diana, that's a roman structure :p)As for Sabaody, well we know for sure that the name comes from Sabão, portuguese for soap. But otherwise I don't see much physical inspiration.
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oh that's bad for us. shitOh, cool find.
Now that I look at it the buildings from Ennies Lobby do look moorish, something that was of course very influencial in the southern part of the country.
(Execept for those ruins of the Temple of Diana, that's a roman structure :p)As for Sabaody, well we know for sure that the name comes from Sabão, portuguese for soap. But otherwise I don't see much physical inspiration.
Maybe from Algarve, since that's the hottest tourist spot during the summer.Really cool find, Enies being inspired by Evora. Wouldn't have guessed though! But I don't know much of southern Portugal. Beyond the Tagus is Morocco, they say, hehe.
The Sabaody thing is just because the Portuguese word Sabão was integrated in the Japanese language, like other Portuguese words, back during the first contacts between Japan and Europe. It doesn't mean that Sabaody has Portuguese inspiration, it's just that Shyabon is the Japanese word for Soap. You can check how many Portuguese words ended up in Japanese in wikipedia:
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Can someone tell me what's Portuguese about Enies Lobby? Being a corrupt and inefficient judiciary?
Really cool find, Enies being inspired by Evora. Wouldn't have guessed though! But I don't know much of southern Portugal. Beyond the Tagus is Morocco, they say, hehe.
The Sabaody thing is just because the Portuguese word Sabão was integrated in the Japanese language, like other Portuguese words, back during the first contacts between Japan and Europe. It doesn't mean that Sabaody has Portuguese inspiration, it's just that Shyabon is the Japanese word for Soap. You can check how many Portuguese words ended up in Japanese in wikipedia:
Well, I'm from Coimbra so I ike to say everyone below the Mondego river line is a moor and everyone above it is a spanyard, the only real portuguese are fish on the river. xD
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WCI strikes me as a Alice in Wonderland reference.
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Well, I'm from Coimbra so I ike to say everyone below the Mondego river line is a moor and everyone above it is a spanyard, the only real portuguese are fish on the river. xD
As well as the Tower of Justice and the Belém Tower in Lisbon. There’s also the Padrão dos Descobrimentos, also in Lisbon.
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Whisky Peak seems to be inspired by the United States, particularly New Mexico.
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In this column I talk about some of the more unusual fantasy creatures and/or creatures it would be cool to see in books.
–----------------------------------------------While flipping through my copy of The Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Michael Page and Robert Ingpen, looking for a creature for today’s article, I stumbled upon this listing for Joyboy:
“The West Indian character who personifies the human need to dance, sing, and jubilate.” (p. 26) He travelled to the Caribbean with West African slaves and has been cited as a source of inspiration by some jazz musicians.
While he’s more of a god or a muse than a creature, it got me thinking that pantheons in the past used to be huge and often had a character whose job it was to inspire joy, revelry and - in cases of excess - chaos. Probably the best known is Dionysus/Bacchus, the Greek/Roman god of grapes, wine, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
According to wikipedia Dionysus’ “wine, music and ecstatic dance frees his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subverts the oppressive restraints of the powerful.”
It seems like most fantasy books focus on the more modern, stern, repressive gods. And even books that deal with Greek mythology don’t generally show the benefits or joys of following a god dedicated to letting things go. The closest gods I can think of that do get used a fair bit are trickster gods, who, while having some similar attributes, aren’t quite the same thing.
It would be cool to see a character like Joyboy used in a novel, a god that inspires dance and music - perhaps to excess, like the dancing mania that struck people in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. “It involved groups of people dancing erratically, sometimes thousands at a time. The mania affected men, women, and children, who danced until they collapsed from exhaustion.” (source)
But even just acknowledging that people need relaxation of some sort, joy, expressed in the form of a god, even excess in revelry, would be a nice addition to fantasy pantheons of the future.
https://scififanletter.blogspot.com/2014/09/creature-feature-joyboy.html
Surprised I havnt seen this around more, also helps with Oda being a jazz and generally a music fan overall.
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Wow, that's a great find.
Now I wonder if the dream Luffy stated as a kid is something like "make the whole world dance", as it would fit this JoyBoy and also explain Luffy's obssession in finding a musician for the crew.
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Possible inspiration for Paulie: Justin Poortinga
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I'm on my cell so I can't post pictures, but Kaido's hybrid form reminds me a lot of Gibachi from Toriyama's Kajika. Specifically (spoilers for the comic)
The face is the most similar part. The way the mouth, nose, eyebrows are drawn.
I'm not sure if it's a direct reference or a result of Oda's style being influenced by Toriyama, but it was cool seeing Kaido fighting and getting reminded of that one random comic in my bookshelf.
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