@Sano I've theorized that Toei's pushed to rejuvenate/catch international releases up these past few years in anticipation for the live action series, piggybacking off the publicity and whatnot. Them having more of a handle over international distribution has also helped them in that regard as well.

15 years now y'all, and still chugging along!

@yyoshisteven I think he means this list, but don't quote me (he probably deleted the link by accident).

Really hoping they dub Uta's music for the film, what a waste it'd be of Amalee's talent not to. Apparently France got the go-ahead to dub them, so here's hoping.

Looks like it's eps. 1-130 that are leaving in the US on Feb 11th, with Latin America losing East Blue on the same date, and Alabasta on Feb 27th.

Rumors having been swirling about Netflix tapering down on anime in general, so maybe they opted not to renew the licenses?

@Captain-Krupp Yep I knew about that, but I think HMax only has up to ep 130 and Azteca 7 only started from Water 7, so that'll leave Skypiea and whatever Azetca hasn't aired yet without a platform for the time being (and those were only released within the last year....)

The absurd thing is that Netflix was (and still is) the only home for the brand new Latin American dubs for a huge swath of episodes. Crazy stuff.

@Elektrik-Dynomite Assuming this isn't a hiccup on Netflix's end (which it has been in the past with other shows), I'd say it could be a possibility that Crunchyroll gets the host the show exclusively both subbed and dubbed (in similar fashion, old seasons of Bleach were recently yanked off Crunchyroll and other platforms internationally to get hosted exclusively on Disney-related platforms, because they likely ponied up the cash to do so along with nabbing the rights to stream the latest season).

But that said, it doesn't really seem to be Toei's style in restricting their shows to one single platform (especially since, of course, the live action show is coming and I'd think they'd want to get the original show out to as many people in as many different places as possible to drum up interest). Hard to say though in the end, anime licensing is just so overly-complex these days, it's hard to keep up with things.

@Zephray Korea has been dubbing and releasing them like normal episodes, so they probably will.

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

Not sure which they’ll do, though I’m also hoping for a simuldub. Are other countries doing one?

Korea's done a simuldub since 2016 and technically Taiwan has for longer than that (they've been pretty close behind the Japanese broadcast for a long time, but that's also somewhat typical over there for other anime). Germany's also getting pretty close themselves to catching up, with ep 1000 premiering in the near future, and France has always been a season or so behind for a while, so there's really no restrictions.

Never thought I'd see the day we'd get to this point though. I'd happily go for a simuldub!

@dropper said in A Study of One Piece Animation:

There's bound to be another opening for the Wano arc, as it may not end until December 2023

Oh my God, I hope to hell not lmao.

Please Toei, just don't.

@yyoshisteven I think he means this list, but don't quote me (he probably deleted the link by accident).

@Blake-Bakes-Cakes Further proof this was last minute nonsense.

@Luffy_80 With the way Wano was drawn out, there's no way Oda's wrapping things up in less than 200 chapters (been thinking for a while that his target is 2027 for the 30th anniversary, with the anime following suit in 2029-ish).

Provided we keep dubbing at the current pace, we'll be caught up in '24, so we'll be needing to make some big, long-term decisions (which I could see hinging on what Crunchy's simuldub landscape looks like by then).