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I hope the new season of Rick and Morty will create a boost too!

Thank goodness you posted! I really wanted to share this.

One Piece is back on the Top 10 with 188.000 viewers and that is an increase of 32% from last time it showed up.

https://ustvdb.com/networks/adult-swim/

If that's so I REALLY want to know what Nitwit meant then.

Julie knows what is up. I agree. And as exaggerated and "OP" as Superman is when well written he has a pretty iconic and consistent powerset. But she got it right, strong foes and moral battles are the way to go.

I dont know then. I hope Nitwit explains it then.

Also I wanna post in the Toonami thread. But I cant since I am the last post. Can someone please post there?

I wonder what they will do once Wano ends. Most of the current opening does not hype anything outside Wano and Same goes for the ending.

I think they mean they ABJECTLY REFUSE to do Union Dubs because they dont want to pay more, and that they refuse to record from home despite this system working through the entirety of the COVID pandemix.

@Nitwit said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):

@Captain-Krupp only in America other countries did it better but it took 100 years to heal and a lot of people to die for One Piece to make it. The older one piece fans before YouTube are now gone oof

I did know and I love that you corrected me, I was just lazy, but I know what you know and I just didnt want to put the mental power to be specific.

Italy loved it,Germany Loved it many other countries loved it, Ironically while France is a HUGE market for One Piece it also went through the same it did in the americas, it had a horrible dub and when it was redubbed it blew up and its a huge market now.

My point still stands, these people thought One Piece would never ever succeed in the Americas and it took a lot of leaps of faith to make it happen. And I will still tell them SUCK IT SUCKERS.

EDIR: Whoops Forgot Spain. Normally I would just say its one of the "many others" but before the Latin American redub this was the only decent dub One Piece had in Spanish. So I think its very important and worthy of mention.

I still remember all the people who said that 4kids had done One Piece a favor, that it was ugly, lame and that being with them gave it a chance of success and that it would never ever be a big hit outside of Japan.

All I have to say to them SUCK IT SUCKERS!

@Zek said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):

My friend messaged me this morning and pointed out that Apoo said both “ya-yo” and “give it up Luffy” in 1002 and he was howling over it. Meanwhile, my wife and I had to pause to collect ourselves after Sanji said “I’m hot blooded!! Check it and see!!” in the same episode.

Best dub ever lol.

Oops I apologize too then. And I agree INMENSELY.

I loved the episode (The only downside was the "Pushing wars final attack" I had thought we would leave behind) but this sends a dangerous precedent, While I know most of this was in the manga this episode shows Oda is leaving more and more vital things up to the anime. Such as Making the backstory of an arc villain that was hyped for the better part of a decade compelling to the audience. I still remember how dissapointed everyone was with this part in the manga.

I loved this episode, but again, this is the anime picking up the slack where Oda misfired.

The Storm before the calm is coming to an end.

@Trueblade74 said in One Piece is back on Toonami again:

You think the Netflix adaptation coming out is why we're back to Double One Piece? Hopefully it stays at 2 or 3 until we're at least done with 2013 manga content.

No you misunderstood, I dont know what caused Two Piece (I welcome it though). I meant a boost in the ratings. People are getting into One Piece by storm so hopefully the ratings will be better.

Oh and EIGHT PIECE IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I honestly think they might just stop at the last episode that still adapted the manga...

Nah. De Marco LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVES filler. UGH.

EDIT: I found out why the ratings have not updated. The last time One Piece actually aired was on August 20. They havent aired more episode and this week One Piece will return.

I hope there's a MEGA BOOST from the Netflix show.

Something is worrying me. One Piece hasnt shown up at all in the latest ratings report.

https://ustvdb.com/networks/adult-swim/

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN OF ALL THINGS is increasing! 188,000 viewers which means a 31% increase! And the last One Piece report says its 138,000 which means a 12% increase! This better be becasue NS is FINALLY nearing its end and it has had YEARS of build up which would make this acceptable. That's nothing to sneeze at.

https://ustvdb.com/networks/adult-swim/shows/one-piece/

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the reports for One Piece Stop at August! And that Adult Swim has more ratings that Nick at Nite. Which seems meh but Nick At Nite MAULED Adult Swim to death with 400k viewers EVERY TIME with just Friends Reruns.

@aku-chan said in 1075: ''Twenty Years of Prayer! Take Back the Land of Wano'':

Yeah Ashura and a few others weren't willing to follow the plan, but they attacked Kaido (Who they knew they had no hope of beating) instead of the "easier" target of Orochi.
I guess it's just me being weird, had someone stronger been Shogun like a member of the Tobi Reppo or Kaido himself, I wouldn't have such an issue with it, but Orochi just seems too much of a weakling to get away with his nonsense for 20 years.

Its not just you. I made a whole thread about it. In hindsight I calmed down and I stopped being so criticial but this is actually something that did not ocurr to me. You are right, you are not exaggerating.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2023-09-06/bringing-one-piece-to-the-screen-with-yasunori-koyama-kenji-yokoyama-and-tetsushi-akahori/.199768

AWESOMESAUCE!!!

I love this.

I am so glad we got a sympathetic Kurozumi out of this whole mess. The just existing cannot be a crime lesson hasnt been broken after all.

Today was a major surprise! I wont spoil it but check it out!

@Riddler said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):

@Captain-Krupp said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):

How many episodes do they include?

Usually around 30, so similar to the collections.

Well if they have that many episodes they dont really need to "Justify" themselves for people to want to buy them.

I agree its sad they dont tho.

How many episodes do they include?

I actually liked the trailer even if I watched it dubbed. But learning your limited time on earth is close to running out has always been an interesting premise to me.

That's Xitty.

I never sympathized with the Pacing people (Again nothing against one pace but there are unpleasable people who hate even One Pace'd One Piece) but I do think we should go seasonal when Wano is over. Not just for the animator but the new storytelling style in the manga is pretty much impossible to adapt 1 chapter equals one episode.

@Cockycent said in One Piece Live-Adaptation Drama Announced:

Oh God, Netflix keeps releasing these low effort posters on Twitter.

"Twiter"

There's your problem lol.

THIS IS AMAZING! I love it!

@zeltrax225 said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

@kevo_koma Just want to say I know where you are coming from because this was 100% my impression of how things worked (its old school drawings, if they can do it 20 years ago, they should be like 20 times faster now!) until I decided to try being an artist myself.
It takes a long time to get things right especially if you want fluidity that gear 5 has shown in 1071+1072. A minor uh, complain, people brought up regarding 1072 was that there were too much happening in every frames per second so if you actually do slow it down, you can see that most of the frames in 1072 was of much, much higher quality than older cartoons.

Older cartoons also had an audience that won't go on a tantrum about things such as lighting, composition, camera angles, ALL of which are stuff that requires a fair amount of time. Add that in to the fact that you have different animators, schedules to work with, budgets, and you get how doing it weekly is simply not manageable at all. One animator can probably at best do 10-20 seconds of high-quality, fluid animation in like a month or so if they strain themselves.

Personally, I think one piece needing to be seasonal instead of weekly is a very valid opinion to have. I'm guilty of not watching Wano because I genuinely hated the whiplash I'll get from moving from a great episode to plummet right down into one with a snail's pace.

This response is meant to be lighthearted but there were definitely people in the Animation Fandom who DID look down on Anime and that it was mostly better drawn Hanna Barbera TV cartoons. And this faction is not exactly small.

To be fair this was before the Sakuga boom where a TV Episode of an anime regularly had animation most MOVIES couldnt even dream of.

Still this is a very well made post. And very well thought out and polite.

@kevo_koma said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

@Zephray said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

@kevo_koma said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

@Captain-Krupp said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

I know Oda didnt do it for this but I am actually grateful for this episode because Gear 5 is HELL for the animators and its not healthy to do it episode after episode. Its best if they get some B plot episodes so its easier on them-

Why is it hell though? American animators have been doing nit consistently for decades

Sorry, what American show runs weekly for the entire year? And what American show with 20+ episode season has good animation, not static images who sometimes move and talk, a la Bob’s Burgers, Futurama, or The Simpsons.

Bugs bunny etc
I was pretty much comparing gear 5 to these shows. since that was the clear inspiration.

Tom and jerry, the warner cartoons etc used to do this all the time.

Since you at least bothered to use the old shorts for your argument I will calm down and explain calmly.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tom_and_Jerry_episodes

If you actually looked at the release dates you would see they are months apart from each other. And keep in mind these are shorts, they are not 23 minute weekly episodes released year round.

I didnt want to double post but I just cant anymore. I am constantly angry, contantly upset, treat my poor mother who has cancer like shit and god knows this will never change or improve for the better. Dont worry I wont kill myself. If I could I would have done it already. I will just continue to suffer and mistreat whoever shows me kindness until they realize am not worth it.

@kevo_koma said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

@Captain-Krupp said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

I know Oda didnt do it for this but I am actually grateful for this episode because Gear 5 is HELL for the animators and its not healthy to do it episode after episode. Its best if they get some B plot episodes so its easier on them-

Why is it hell though? American animators have been doing nit consistently for decades

...Give a sec.

"Breathes in and out, to not just snap"

...Ok I am back.

This is SO IGNORANT. You dont know the HELL animators go through! American animators dont even animate anymore. All is outsourced to Korea or whatever. And even then its hell on the animators. Steven Universe had to have all those hiatuses to even finish the damn show! That why it takes months for almost all cartoons to have new episodes now.

And yes I was going to be even harsher but I calmed now.

I know Oda didnt do it for this but I am actually grateful for this episode because Gear 5 is HELL for the animators and its not healthy to do it episode after episode. Its best if they get some B plot episodes so its easier on them-

@thaihoa1991 said in 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell":

Link Livestream Raw Episode 1073 (Time: 09:30 AM GMT+9 Japan, August 20th): https://www.nimo.tv/live/579843064

Is this legal? Does this support the industry?

@kevo_koma said in 1072: "A Ridiculous Power! Gear Fifth in Action":

@Robby said in 1072: "A Ridiculous Power! Gear Fifth in Action":

@kevo_koma said in 1072: "A Ridiculous Power! Gear Fifth in Action":

I was immenesely dissapointed.

I was expecting quality on the level of megumi(is that her name, sorry if i butchered it or im wrong, i hope you understand who i mean)

To be honest, zoro vs kids second mate is far more memorable than gear 5, at least for me.

I still can;t shake the feeling that a better directot(like whoever did yamato and ace flashback, or yamato discovering luffy's dream) would have made these last 2 episodes the most memorable moments in One piece.

That would be Megumi Ishitani.

Who... worked on this episode.

Oh wow, really!!?, then I don't know what else to say, I guess lightning doesn't strike twice.

She didnt direct this episode

Eight Piece is getting closer to being a reality!

Nah, they will just double up,

@Nobodyman said in Powerpuff Girls Live-Action TV Series in Development at The CW:

Sucks for for everyone who worked on the project, but...yeah, this is probably for the best.

fix'd.

@Cinder said in 1072: "A Ridiculous Power! Gear Fifth in Action":

@Captain-Krupp said in 1072: "A Ridiculous Power! Gear Fifth in Action":

Well if Crossword pinned the link then IT MUST be legal then.

Not necessarily. They post after Crossword pins the thread. Mods will have to talk it out on what to do about it (if anything).

Oh ok. We should support the legal means to watch One Piece. One Piece is finally the success we all wanted it to be but the industry still needs legal support so we all should use legal means.

Wait what? Paint now lasts a minute and a half like the old openings? When did this happen? I remember it used to be a 2:30 opening!?

Well if Crossword pinned the link then IT MUST be legal then.

@thaihoa1991 said in 1072: "A Ridiculous Power! Gear Fifth in Action":

Link Livestream Raw Episode 1072 (Time: 09:30 AM GMT+9 Japan, August 13th): https://www.nimo.tv/live/579843064

Is this legal?

I feel so much more at peace with talking to you guys here than with most of my other (Ironically closer) friends, because I feel I can rant but not feel I hurt my friends by doing so.

OMG I didnt realize I didnt celebrate my FIVE years of being here! I've had a lot of fun!

@JazzMazz said in 1071: ''Luffy's Peak - Obtained! 'Gear Fifth''':

@Captain-Krupp I'm pretty sure there was tons of COC lightning in 1044.

Just checked, during his debut, there was tons of it. There was loads of lightning coming off Luffy during the transformation.

Its not an anime addition.

Oh I am so happy to hear that! People ALWAYS complain this lightning is "Added for the anime" so I am mega happy to hear this complaint is unnaplicable here.

A discussion I had with Robbie where he thought the older shows from the 70's hadnt aged well made realize, WHEN WAS IT that the medium of anime or even some others like movies or cartoons hit their stride. I even wanted to also put "And when they decayed" but we dont need YET ANOTHER complaint thread.

I think it was the 70's. That's the sweet spot to me.

Oh god... I am just leaving I might genuinely say something rude. I dont even even.

But before I do, no just NO. The animation of shorts in the Golden Era Of Animation is not cheaper or lesser than a weekly anime for TV.

And lets not forget all the flashbacks (I didnt mind them at all but that's the real reason they are there. To put the actual animation where it matters which is Gear 5.) And that most of the original animation in this episode did NOT have moving backgrounds only Gear 5 scenes did. And that most of the budget doesnt even go into the animation it goes into the Seiyuu.

@SirCaesar said in 1071: ''Luffy's Peak - Obtained! 'Gear Fifth''':

@Captain-Krupp dude, sorry but old cartoons were definitely cheaper to animate than the average One Piece anime episode.

Just to mention one thing, they had fixed backgrounds!!

Cant respond to the fixed backgrounds thing but I can CERTAINLY obliterate the "Cheaper to Animate" bullshit.

Value of $50,000 from 1940 to 2023
$50,000 in 1940 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1,089,675 today, an increase of $1,039,675.00 over 83 years.

approximately $90,000-$100,000
While the price has likely fluctuated in its many years on the air, the average budget per episode of One Piece is approximately $90,000-$100,000

So unless One Piece puts ONE MILLION FUCKING DOLLARS into an episode. NO. They were NOT cheaper.

90,000-$100,000

@karubiDON said in 1071: ''Luffy's Peak - Obtained! 'Gear Fifth''':

The contrarian AP opinion strikes again. As a long time fan, I can’t imagine a more perfect adaptation than this. The episode had me smiling and laughing out loud throughout! Looking at the replies here, I’m honestly shocked to see the tepid praise and palpable disappointment mixed with a twinge of condescending criticism.

Really — what would y’all have done better? The sound effects were so fun… and Weilin Zhang’s cut was beautiful. It feels like we all watched something different!

Yeah I agree with everything said here. I LOVED this episode. I really dont get why people go WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA FLASHBACKS or whatever. There are coming with the territory, they are never leaving. Deal with it. But thankfully thanks to all this complaints I loved the episode even more. When people unanimously love things I am usually the one contrarian who doesnt and that's never fun.

What I didnt like about the episode is the Haki Lightning for Gear 5. It didnt use Haki yet! There shouldnt BE ANY! Other than that I loved it.

@SirCaesar said in 1071: ''Luffy's Peak - Obtained! 'Gear Fifth''':

I don't remember ever watching an episode of Tom and Jerry where I could not tell what was going on in each precise moment.

This was an absolute mess. Most of the shots were sped up for god knows what reason, the camera kept jumping all over the place and it was a visual mess. Arguably the opposite of what Oda did in the chapter.

Gear 5 should be cheap and easy to animate!

@SirCaesar said in 1071: ''Luffy's Peak - Obtained! 'Gear Fifth''':

I don't remember ever watching an episode of Tom and Jerry where I could not tell what was going on in each precise moment.

This was an absolute mess. Most of the shots were sped up for god knows what reason, the camera kept jumping all over the place and it was a visual mess. Arguably the opposite of what Oda did in the chapter.

> Gear 5 should be cheap and easy to animate!

No No NO!

I wish Skippy were here since he understands Animation way more than I do. But Looney Tunes or Tom And Jerry, outside of the awful TV Series from the 70's Have never ever been cheap and easy to animate. They had THE most budget, time to animate and Talent of all the Golden Era Of Animation shorts. This idea that Cartoony or Old shorts style animation is cheap and easy to do needs to die.

@G1Ravage said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):

Wow, the opening We Are dialog was horribly placed.

What does this mean? I dont get it.