No, no—it was Usopp who beat the ship out of Luffy.
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RE: 1073: "No Escape! Onigashima, a Picture of Hell"
Oof. This episode suffered. Six minutes of recap, including the giant Luffy cut being shown twice within those six minutes. Two minutes or so of fresh G5, and the rest of the episode weaker content that was dragged out a bit. Next week is a recap. Whew. Bit if a roller coaster lately. Expected and reasonable with a weekly show, but still a bummer.
Also, I just realized it’s too late in the arc to do another theme song with Wano images. If they debut one at the end of the arc, it’ll be mostly Egghead. But honestly I’m kind of hoping they just wait a bit and give us the new theme song when Egghesd starts—have it be all Egghead imagery.
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RE: 1096: "Forbidden History! A Theory About a Kingdom"
Man, One Pace is super necessary for this episode. I loved originally how Shaka reveals that the scholars saved their lives’ work by throwing the books into the lake, which causes Robin to cry. But this shitty episode stuck a flashback scene right in between the reveal and Robin crying, which made it look like she was crying for the flashback scene, not the poignancy of the passionate scholars dying to protect their work.
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Already through the Whole Cake episodes. Man, that was fast.
My One Piece rewatch with my fiance just reached post-Marineford. We're at the flashback to Luffy, Ace, and Sabo's childhoods. We're watching on FUNimation's site (well, the TV app), and once the opening changed to "We Fight Together", the video quality seemed to take a nose dive. It's very noticeable when the English text is placed on the screen. The newer episodes seem fine, so I guess it was just something with these particular episodes?
I did this with my then-girlfriend like ten years ago and we still watch the dub together weekly to this day, now married. Have fun! She(?)’s a keeper if she watches all of it with you, lol.
Man, watching episode1015 makes me so excited to hear Kaido in English. The Wano arc is going to be very cool dubbed. I just hope they can slow down the production a little by then to boost back up the quality. I’ve been a little disappointed by the direction lately for the dub, particularly the sound engineering.
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Japan Travel for One Piece Fans
Hey! I’ve been doing some research since I’m heading to Japan for a trip soon. Here are things for future travelers looking to do One Piece related events in Japan! These are events and places that aren’t limited events (which usually occur in the summer months).
- Mugiwara Stores. Several of these throughout the country. They’re basically Disney stores, except for One Piece.
- Jump Stores. These have merch from all the Shonen jump properties.
- Kumamoto Statues. In Kumamoto, there are big gold statues of each of the straw hats spread around the city.
- Toei Animation Museum.
- For Figures: Tokyo's Nakano Broadway & Akihabara, particularly Akiba Culture Zone & Radio Kaikan.
There used to be a real life Thousand Sunny, but I think it’s not operational anymore. Same for the One Piece Tower theme park in Tokyo. Do you guys have any other places to add to this list for myself and future travelers?
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RE: One Piece Live-Adaptation Drama Announced
Lord of the coast definitely looks a little animated, but not too bad. I still really like it. Luffy’s fighting needs to be fast, and the arm needs to be elastic, have a really quick and satisfying snap when it moves. Left life-like, more rubber band.
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Yeah, I just finished it too. Really distracting that Jimbei sounds weird, and I continually don’t like how none of the character voices have any base. But that last episode was exciting. Awesome that we’re at the halfway point, and it was cool to meet Morgans and Katakuri in the dub.
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RE: 1042: ''The Predator's Trap - Black Maria's Temptation''
Crazy how Franky got a six minute fight, but Robin and Brook are getting like two or three episodes for theirs. That Franky fight happened way too fast. A non-manga viewer probably wondered if that was even the end of it.
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@MugiMikey said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):
@Blake-Bakes-Cakes I remember when I caught up to the anime it was at about episode 240. The dub ever covering anything beyond Skypiea seemed like a pipe dream for the longest time, especially after it was originally taken off Toonami and when the DVD releases just stopped after season 3 with no word from Funimation.
I'm glad we've made it this far.
Don’t remind me of these days. Waiting for Water 7 dub was a nightmare. Two years, I think. Then another two or three years after FI.
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@Zek said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):
Yay, an announcement with a release date! Boo that it’s a couple days later than usual, but for Luffy’s Birthday I’ll make an exception.
Yeah, kind of a facepalm that they delayed the release for Luffy’s birthday.
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I think the commentaries were just an expense that they determined wasn’t worth doing. They have to pay all the actors for appearing, then they have to pay the editors & sound engineers to make it watchable. OP is bare-bones now, not owned by CR but paid on a per-work basis by Toei. Adding extras to their bill probably just isn’t seen as necessary by them. They do one per season, figure that’s enough.
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Oh, Vinland Saga S2 announced, too. Damn, Hate that they're splitting that up into two purchases, and the text work on the box art is horrendous. Man, CR needs better designers, particularly for the spines. At least OP is standardized. Still one more set before we start getting Wano.
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@Blake-Bakes-Cakes said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):
It’s not awful, it just sounds like hes noticeably struggling a lot of the time, and can sometimes be a bit unintentionally goofy. Makes it really work for the gear 5th beatdowns tho.
Heheh, wouldn't it make sense for a scream to be a struggle?
Kidding, I know what you mean. But I think it's intentional; he's both a big guy and a guy who speaks with a lot of gravel and mucus in his throat. It kind of makes sense for his scream to be breathy and a little less conventional. But I'd have to listen to a specific scream to zero in more on what exactly you mean here.
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@Blake-Bakes-Cakes , I’m not sure I fully agree on Kaido’s screams being bad. They aren’t typical anime full-throated screams, I’ll give you that. But I kind of like the weird breathy quality of his screams. They kind of make sense for a really big guy. I view them as an inspired alternative, not a weakness.
On alternative, check out Bullet in Stampede. I remember that guy being a similar deep voiced, big deep scream that might be more what you personally were looking for.
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Here’s a great clip for anyone who isn’t watching the set illegally or paying outrageous prices.
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@Zek I watched the G5 intro episode and heard it there. Yeah, Saturn's actor is not good. And if he had a line this close to Egghead, it means they aren't replacing him. Hopefully the directors can get a workable performance out of him, but he certainly won't be filling Kaido/Sobolov's big shoes.
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@Nitwit said in Funimation DVD Discussion IV (Please Check First Post for FAQ):
@Zephray did Saturn’s actor get replaced?
I wouldn't be surprised if they replace him, but we don't know one way or another. Does anyone have a clip of him speaking in the dub. It's been years since I've heard him.
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If someone identifies as female, I see no issue with calling them an actress. The word doesn't have any derogatory connotations, though sometimes "actor" is gender ambiguous. If a word isn't blatantly offensive, I don't think we should be dictating the minutia of how people speak.
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Seconding Blake here, though I haven’t seen the new batch of episodes. Sobolov is one of the best actors ever to grace the show; no idea how anyone could think he’s weak, but you’re entitled to your opinion.
The more I watch, the more perfect Yamato sounds to me. That actress really settled into the role, or I (also?) got used to it.
I’ll miss them both when they’re gone. Hopefully someone fantastic will play Saturn & Vegapunk. They have big shoes to fill.