I meant not popular in the West in terms of mainstream appeal here. Film Gold screenings and Bamco games being released here are meaningless, there have been a bunch of other movies put out by FUNimation/Viz/Aniplex for limited screenings and niche anime like Berserk, Fate and Saint Seiya getting games localized too. The only readon why I come across as negative is because I often see OP fans being in denial of the series popularity outside of Japan. Many people don't realize this because they only associate with other people who are aware of the series online or so. Me saying OP is popular in the US because a lot of ppl online talk about it would be like me saying everyone hates Donald Trunp because I live in a very liberal city. As for the guy in the Film Gold thread it was nothing significant I just remember there was a guy fretting over OP's popularity and everyone giving him shit for worrying. But yes, OP is popular in the West to an extent but not quite there with a lot of the mainstream shows. I just don't think new shows such as AoT, SAO and OPM etc; should quickly be overtaking a series like this. We can keep saying "it's fine" and shrugging everything off but I feel like the series is underperforming here for being the most popular anine ever in Japan.
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RE: Funi TV Discussion (Saturday Night/Sunday Morning 1:00 a.m., USA Toonami)
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I think they moved it to a really late time slot where it failed. 2:30 AM.
It was already not doing well in the ratings before that in the 4 years it's been on, the only reason why it got moved to that slot was because it stunk earlier. They even had it on at 8:30 after DBZ Kai for a stint but the ratings were so bad it quickly got pulled from that slot. I think it was OK during the Water 7/Enies Lobby arcs but the trends in the TB arc have just been laughable to the point where it had 200-250k viewer dropoffs from Naruto Shippuden and One Punch Man reruns beat it. I know this may seem like nothing to you guys but this isn't a good look at all for the series popularity in the U.S, just goes to show it'll never kick off here like many other mainstream animes have.
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Actually no, the Toonami staff have said multiple times that they've had to push to keep One Piece on air. The show has done awful in the ratings especially with the terrible Thriller Bark arc. This was a decision that they HAD to make, made no sense to keep an endless show on air when it doesn't perform well. I hope people understand that OP just isn't popular in the West, very niche following but that's it, never had that mainstream presence. I remember there was that guy in the Film Gold thread worried about OP's popularity where and everyone told him it was fine but his assertions were correct. Keep in mind that the show has been on for FOUR years and was given earlier timeslots including 8:30PM, so can't say they didn't give it a chance.
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Ah excellent! I was right! So with no real break we start seeing thriller bark in may.
ALSO, interestingly this means we are only 6 episodes away from when the simulcast started in 2009, which at the current schedule means we will see dubbed saobody(sp) in 2015… 8 years of catch up lol this also means though that at that point ALL subbed episodes will be streaming online, nice n legal.
Wonder who they'll get for jinbei...
Well yeah besides the Toriko and DBZ crossovers(492,542 and 590). Pretty sure those won't get licensed when the time comes either.
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"3/4/2014 One Piece - Season 5 Voyage Six $39.98 320"
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It definitely would be very fitting really hope it happens. And although it most likely won't happen it would be cool if in the ending credits to strong world it said "season six coming soon"
There's no more panels this year, NYCC was the last one. So now I'm pretty sure there will be a break between seasons 5 and 6. Heck, it's possible that we won't even be seeing Season 6 in 2014 if it is not announced by winter. I'm guessing the deal was not finalized or just wasn't true.
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Question does anyone remember what happens on the preview to episode 337 im wondering if brook speaks in the preview
It was just Luffy saying stuff. Brook didn't say anything in it.
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It's all about that kingdom hearts hd, boys and girls.
Really, I'm only excited for pokemon because you get to pick from the original starters, too. It isn't even in 3D.
Have been playing a lot of Kingdom Hearts HD as well. And come on the Kanto starters are your only reason to getting the game? The game has a lot more good things to offer than that. And it is in 3D. Only the overworld isn't while the cutscenes and battles are. Not like the 3D makes a difference anyway.
Sorry to go off topic. :P
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Well didn't
! Monet die as well?
But anyway the cover is kinda plain if you ask me. I would've liked it better if it showed Luffy doing the Jet Gatling from a third person view. That would've looked so cool. Still have yet to see Gear Second on a cover anyway.
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King of Pirates isn't a typo though. If it was saying just King of the Pirates by itself I'd see your point, but "The Future King of Pirates" is just fine, "The Future King of the Pirates" goes on a bit too long. Plus, FUNi's used that exact phrase before in Zoro's OP 101 video so I never saw it as some accident that it was used here.
True tho "The Future Pirate King" would've been much simpler.
I would've liked it much better if FUNi had used this instead but it is what it is.
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Cover for Strong World has been updated a little (http://www.amazon.com/One-Piece-Film-Strong-Blu-ray/dp/B00ENO2QQ0/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1379103401&sr=1-2&keywords=one+piece). Spelling errors are fixed. Still says "King of Pirates" tho. They also took out the gold logo completely. Still not a great cover but glad the errors are fixed and the part saying its an original One Piece mvoie written by Oda has been moved to the bottom.
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So looks like this seasoon should be done by March. If Season 6 isn't announced at Anime Weekend Atlanta or NYCC there will definietly be a break.
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Wow at first listen I just thought it was OK. But after listening to it 3 more times it sounds perfect. Funny how not many people predicted Ian Sinclair to voice him. My hype for this movie just rose a bunch. Can't wait.
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Ends on Septeber 9th. Only a few days until we know then.
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Didnt they use that side color for robin's set?
Yeah looks exactly the same but I think Collection 7's purple is a little lighter
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Cover is lame but doesn't bother me at all since I'm not buying this too look at the cover. I just wanna watch the movie. Couldn't care less about a cover.
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i want shemmel would be perfect.
Seriously? What could Schemmel possibly do? He lives in New York anyway and he never really does dubs for FUNi anymore unless he comes back for Goku.
But anyway the FUNi post on Facebook says "…Who will be voicing Brook in the English dub of One Piece? Check back next week for more information." So yeah looks like we should know by next week(or if that's the start of the contest). Money on Vic.
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Wolf Children got a cover which comes out a week before Strong World. Its just a matter of time before we get one.
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It makes me wonder how well the Robin scene would hold up in the ratings on toonami. It'll be an exciting time.
I don't really think that a certain clip will boost ratings up and I don't think that the content in the episode has anything to do with the ratings being high or not either.
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Why care about the cover? Its useless and is not a big deal. Besides how do you expect them to grab all the fights on one cover? The cover looks cool to me and I don't see anything wrong with it.
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Nothing was announced at the OOP panel. :getlost:
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oh great! do u know where we can stream that? :o
No but they'll probably be livetweeting on their Twitter.
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No OP news but then again the OOP panel is at 7:30 so there could always be S6 news there along with the Brook VA contest.
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It good to hear that someone still knows that ,instead of spreading nonsense wich other people make discussion about…..
i'm thinking no Z no trailer probebly no season 6 after 5 is finished.
Why would they announce Season 6 after Season 5 is finished? If its not announced this year that means there will be another break. Announcing after season 5 is finished would take a year just to get to Season 6 then. Film Z is likely since FUNi is going for the most popular films and there was that S6 + Film Z leak last year. There was also that 372 thing on the website so I'm confident Film Z and S6 will be announced.
Anyways I won't expect a trailer until September since FUNi is just putting out trailers now for their October things. Besides OP I hope that FUNi announces Beelzebub or Hunter x Hunter.
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Jeez come on guys they have they just have to show content that's on that DVD set. The trailer is for that set so they can show whatever they want on that from that set then.
Anyways Otakon is this weekend. FUNimation panel this Saturday. Pretty sure we'll hear S6 news then.
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Who cares its just a trailer anyway. Not a big deal.
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F.Y.E is the worst place to buy anime. They sell almost everything by the MSRP. I never buy anime in stores when I could just get it cheaper on Amazon with same day delivery.
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Same here. I'd like to know as well.
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RE: The One Piece Music Thread
So what are everyone's Top 16 favorite openings?
For me it would be:
16th - 12th OP "Kaze wo Sagashite
_15th - 4th OP "BON VOYAGE!"
14th - 2nd OP "Beleive"
13th - 8th OP "Crazy Rainbow"
12th - 13th OP "One Day"
11th - 7th OP "We Are! (Strawhat Edition)"
10th - 1st OP We Are!
9th - 3rd OP "Hikari E"
8th - 5th OP "Kokoro no Chizu"
7th - 9th OP "Jungle P"
6th - 15th OP "We Go" (Yes I liked it)
5th - 10th OP "We Are! (Remix)"
4th - 14th OP "Fight Together"
3rd - 6th OP "Brand New World"
2nd - 16th OP "Hands Up!"
1st - 11th OP "Share the World!"Of course this is just my opinion so you don't have to agree with me and I'm judging by the song not the scenes since I don't remember all of them. So how does your list look like?_
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You know I really really hope this is the year FUNimation announces more movies. And not only the popular and newest ones like Film Z, Strong World and Alabasta it would be so great to see them get ALL of them at once. But of course I'm dreaming and that will never happen. If FUNi really does announce Film Z at Otakon then I'll still be happy but I really hope they don't avoid the older ones.
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I've actually been pretty bored with the content of this set. They've just been charging towards the main gate for forever. And it took like three episodes to take out the dumb giants.
Some things are great, though. I lovelovelove the animation of Spandam's scene when he's beating up Robin and going crazy. Their framing of her legs shaking as he kicked her was fantastic.
The CP9 scenes were great- I just saw them eat the devil fruit (not pacing this set so well). And even the annoying cp9 members are entertaining to watch.
And the fight with Blueno seems well animated so far. I just feel like I'm watching filler whenever the rest of the crew and franky family comes on.
Personally, I've been looking forward to Robin's past most. And her great scene that'll happen after the recaps next set. I've never liked the slow build up to the fights in this arc. Probably some of he best fights in the series, I have to admit.
Yeah the main problem I had with this arc was the incredibly slow pacing and all of the filler mixed into canon scenes. I mean the Lucci vs. Luffy fight took 16 freaking episodes. Not to mention the Boss Luffy episodes. :getlost:
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It was on this day last year they announced season five and string world.
Happy birthday.
But anyway the interviews on this set with the VA's are leading me to believe that they have already started on Season 6. Idk why though its just a hunch.
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It 'would' be. That isn't confirmation that it isn't dubbed. Not in the slightest.
During the One Piece Marathon when Mike was there he was explaining the issues with dubbing the songs and basically he said "we've dubbed the songs before but we have not been able to do so since then" or something along those lines and around that time they were probably finished with Season 5 so I think its safe to say the songs will remain undubbed for this season.
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You make it sound like he confirmed it. I heard no news of this. Are you positive? What exactly did he say- "it WOULD be weird"?
In an OOP interview the guys said it would be weird to have Japanese VAs sing then go straight to the dub and Mike said that he agreed.
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I wonder if the 372 count has to do with Jungle P, since 372 is the last time it's used according to ANN.
This is my first time seeing this arc in anime form. ANN says the next openings are the "We are" Strawhat version and Crazy Rainbow, both of these should be in V2 right? Personally even if they don't get to dub anymore songs i'd be okay with that. But at the very least I hope they dub the Strawhat "We are", I would find it very distracting to have the japanese cast singing for the dub version.
Yeah I was thinking the same. And I'm pretty sure none of the openings will be dubbed on the next set. Also is cool since there's gonna be 3 different openings in one set.
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Looks like FUNimation put it back at 336 now. But I screen capped it for others can see.
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Same here :-(, but to no surprise they are carrying the crappy naruto shippuden and bleach box sets.
Naruto and Bleach aren't crappy!
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It seems that voyage 1 for season 5 is selling out quick on Amazon only three left in stock does that usually happen when a new voyage is released?
Yeah now it says it requires an extra 1-2 days for processing which is weird. Guess its selling out pretty quickly and its #6 on Top 100 for anime and manga. I'm glad I got mine in on time.
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Well 36 episodes does make sense for 3 sets and Episode 372 was the last episode for the Jungle P opening. And I wouldn't be surprised if FUNimation only licensed part of Season 6 since they did that with Fairy Tail Season 2 and only grabbed 24 episodes of that season. These are just speculations but I don't think its a typo. I'm sure they're gonna announce something One Piece related at Otakon but we'll have to see.
Watched 3 episodes on this set so far. I'm digging the CP9 voices. Of course Kumadori's voice is annoying just like it was in Japanese though. :getlost:
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After 5 billion years of waiting…..my set has finally arrived!
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RE: "Davy Back Arc" Toonami Talkback
Just leaving this here:
12:00AM Bleach 0.8 HH, 1.086 million
12:30AM Naruto 0.8 HH, 1.057 million
1:00AM One Piece 0.8 HH, 1.103 million
1:30AM Soul Eater 0.7 HH, 1.020 million
2:00AM IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix 0.6 HH, 853,000
2:30AM Eureka 7 0.5 HH, 772,000
3:00AM Thundercats (2011) 0.5 HH, 780,000
3:30AM Sym-Bionic Titan 0.5 HH, 730,000
4:00AM Fullmetal: Brotherhood 0.5 HH, 651,000
4:30AM Cowboy Bebop 0.4 HH, 586,000
5:00AM Inuyasha 0.5 HH, 672,000
5:30AM Inuyasha 0.5 HH, 691,000 -
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Ugh, YouTube FINALLY finished processing it.
Omg they got the DERESHISHISHI laugh pretty good. Robin's voice is pretty good as well. Still sucks that her flashback is divided by two sets though. :getlost:
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i'm 31. btw, can someone tell me who the VA's are for mozu & kiwi?
Morgan Garrett - Mozu
Martha Harms - Kiwi
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Wow didn't think that I would be the youngest one here.
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How old are the average forum posters?
The recap for the second episode on this disc is six minutes. The themes are about four. We get 13 minutes of fresh episode every episode. That's just absurd.
Well I'm 15. Dunno about everybody else. And yeah it sucks that the Enies Lobby arc had a lot of recaps and filler. But then again I believe that they were super close with the manga back then.
so will amazon most likely lower the price for s5v3 as the release date gets closer? i ask because as i said earlier, their price for it right now is $34.99 & i will not pay that much for it!
Yes they always do that. One Piece was 35 bucks on there a few weeks ago but then it changed recently.
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@gum:
I wonder if funimation will actually alter that cover photo or not. It kind of bugs me each time I go on the page.
Is it really such a big deal?
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Yeah the photo looks lame but who cares anyway its just a temporary cover photo. And I agree with drahn34. We can complain as much as we want.
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Funny how Amazon just got the cover art now.