I feel like 4kids didn't actually ruin One Piece's chances of succeeding in the US, it was just delayed by well over a decade (seeing how the series' popularity in the US has exploded in the last decade due to the initial spark of both Naruto and Bleach ending leaving a void viewers needed to fill, followed by the perfect storm years after that consisting of Wano's anime adaptation, Netflix starting to stream the show, the pandemic giving people time to start it and catch up, and positive word of mouth from big name youtubers like Totally Not Mark etc.) What 4kids did kill however was the idea that a dub of One Piece will ever be widely successful here. People never got the opportunity to grow up with the Funi cast from a young age so they don't have the nostalgia goggles (or nostalgia ear buds in this case,) to tolerate the Funi cast even though much of the same actors also do Dragon Ball Z/ Kai/ Super which those same people can tolerate just fine or even place above the sub cast for that series.

Basically because of 4kids we'll never be able to be in a crowded theater full of 100% happy fans ready to watch any future One Piece movie dubs like with the last 3 Dragon Ball ones. Instead we always have to deal with people straight up getting up and walking out of the theater the moment they hear that its dubbed, which I can confirm happened with Gold and Stampede when I went to see them.

If I remember right, the "Usoppu" error in the We Go opening was originally just on an ep or two when the arc just started, but it's there every week on the Toonami broadcast over 6 eps deep now. Guess they only make one master cut of each opening for their shows rather than recutting it each time, which makes sense, but every time I see the error I wince a little. Still, its so nice to have the show back on the air. Seeing the dub airing and being greeted by that shiny solid gold Funi logo every week feels good. I was grinning from ear to ear that first night it returned.

Since it was the raw version, did it have "Fanfare" playing during the credits or was it the replacement music from the movie's soundtrack that Funi swapped it with for the DVD/ BD release?

Only if it meant getting a version of We Are from them like this with the same energy but with a more faithful translation of the lyrics.

Maybe my imagination is lacking right now but its hard for me to picture Kaido in english with any other voice than the one Daman Mills provided for Bullet, which looking back almost has me wishing that they saved him for Kaido. Then again there's nothing stopping them from taking Kaido in another direction like they did for Whitebeard, which, I wouldn't mind too much, but I know sub watchers would complain into oblivion that the voice doesn't match the sub even if the acting and emotion is great.

I for one like the recent aspect ratio changes for flashbacks and wish more of the directors adopted it. The way I see it, the black borders on the top and bottom of the screen is a clever adaptation of how the panel gutters go black during a flashback in the manga.

One little thing Funi tends to do in their dubs that I always find cool is the booming echo effect they tend to add when characters shout out their attack names, and not just in their One Piece dub, but MHA and DBS too. Adds a bit more power compared to the sub versions, but I guess one could also argue that the sub actor's screams are so powerful by themselves that echo effects and other enhancements aren't needed as much or at all, getting away with the raw audio instead.

I feel like 4kids didn't actually ruin One Piece's chances of succeeding in the US, it was just delayed by well over a decade (seeing how the series' popularity in the US has exploded in the last decade due to the initial spark of both Naruto and Bleach ending leaving a void viewers needed to fill, followed by the perfect storm years after that consisting of Wano's anime adaptation, Netflix starting to stream the show, the pandemic giving people time to start it and catch up, and positive word of mouth from big name youtubers like Totally Not Mark etc.) What 4kids did kill however was the idea that a dub of One Piece will ever be widely successful here. People never got the opportunity to grow up with the Funi cast from a young age so they don't have the nostalgia goggles (or nostalgia ear buds in this case,) to tolerate the Funi cast even though much of the same actors also do Dragon Ball Z/ Kai/ Super which those same people can tolerate just fine or even place above the sub cast for that series.

Basically because of 4kids we'll never be able to be in a crowded theater full of 100% happy fans ready to watch any future One Piece movie dubs like with the last 3 Dragon Ball ones. Instead we always have to deal with people straight up getting up and walking out of the theater the moment they hear that its dubbed, which I can confirm happened with Gold and Stampede when I went to see them.

Loved the episode, though glad to see I wasn't the only one who didn't like the sound mixing. It worked last episode and most of this one leading up the big moment by making you feel like you were "on set" in the storm with the characters, but once the big ship destruction started and Over the Top started to play, they should've toned the rain sounds down and turned the instrumental up to really get you into the moment more.

Other than that, I just loved that Over the Top is being used like this at all. Once the raid got started, one of my wishlist things was for either Over the Top, or We Go to play once the 3 Supernova crews showed up, and it actually happened so I'm satisfied.

One Piece Film: Rocks

whole fanbase erupts

…And then I wake up.

I wanna see them do the next movie at the wider and grander feeling 21:9 aspect ratio, since no One Piece movie has done that yet and 16:9 in general has felt "standard" and lost its novelty factor somewhat ever since HD widescreen became the norm for regular TV shows.