The one thing the edited Fuinimation dub did better was translating relevant on-screen text. Wish that was still the standard.
Also, lollipop was a better edit than removing the cigarette entirely. If that edited dub had continued, Funimation would have had to remove a lot of animations of Sanji holding the cigarette up to his mouth.
You get access to every Shonen Jump series in its entirety.
Not sure about old issues of the magazine though. Actually that brings up a good point. English WSJ digital had the cleanest versions of some colorspreads and front page illustrations. Were those ever archived?
You were correct, it was surround sound speakers. These digital episodes have 5.1 English audio, first time that's available in HD!
Is it just me or are the sound effects really quiet in this latest batch of episodes?
The dub added at least one bit of Marvel-style meta humour to Marineford that took me out of it (a random Marine reacting to Mehawk saying something like 'woah, we have gotta stop calling that a sword' in a scene that was played completely straight in Japanese)
I think this is okay as long as it's done with anime-only filler. If we have to deal with egregious "woah he punched the other guy! so strong!" reaction shots, I'd rather they at least be funny.
Do the episodes have Funimation's usual visual edits like translated scene transition text?
Funimation had always pronounced samurai like that. It's always jarring when characters drop their entire personality to put on a proper Japanese accent when saying certain words and names.
I'm guessing we're gonna get more strict adherence to the official names list. So Elbaph, Ponegliff, etc. might make a reappearance.
Did DBS have any noticeable change in quality or creative freedom when Toei became more involved?
It probably wouldn't be that hard to just start chopping up dub audio until it syncs with the One Pace episodes.
They put out a few episodes with dual audio but abandoned that idea because the dub actually has quite a few timing differences especially with off-screen dialogue.
Dub-only is actually far easier to edit, but too many people prefer the sub, not to mention the dub is 400 episodes behind.
