@Monkey:
I seriously think you people just like color for colors sake.
Nope, just like seeing things done differently. I enjoyed the chapters every time I've read them in Black & White so why wouldn't I want to see them in color?
@Monkey:
I seriously think you people just like color for colors sake.
Nope, just like seeing things done differently. I enjoyed the chapters every time I've read them in Black & White so why wouldn't I want to see them in color?
@Monkey:
Uh, by color do you mean the actual color spreads and few color pages?
Because believe it or not, black and white is not only a legit style choice, but the style Oda's drawn everything to work in.
A colorized after the fact edition would be awful.
I actually like Dragon Ball's re-release in color in Weekly Shonen Jump. I love One Piece in Black & White, but hopefully One Piece gets this same sort of digitally colored re-release 20 years from now.
Okay I'm probably just really stupid, but how am I supposed to subscribe to weekly shonen jump? Every link I click on the website just sends me to itunes, I downloaded an app but it doesn't do anything when I click on it. Can anyone help?
You're in London, right? Do you have an iOS device such as an iPhone or an iPad? If so, then you can only read it on one of those. I think through the Newsstand app, but perhaps the Viz Media app will work as well (don't know). If not, then you can't read it yet until the service extends beyond those platforms.
Why is this thread always the one with the most drama? We're just talking about comics, right? And nobody is actually being deprived of the series.
Fans all over the world might wish they could support the official version of the series on the day of its release, but until then just continue to enjoy it the way you are now. It's not like the North American fans buying and supporting the series now weren't reading scans a year or two ago (or even now).
At the end of the day, we are all the customers in this equation. If the business with that special pie can't sell, won't sell, is not sure whether to sell, is afraid to sell, or whatever, then we suck it up and eat whatever pie is available. We still all get to eat pie and it doesn't really impact our lives. We have no skin in the game. The companies with all that pie do.
Edit: Damn, now I want pie.
They specifically said ahead of time that it was just going to be a recap of everything they had already announced.
They said at the end of their live stream that the panel would be mostly recapping their announcements this weekend. There wouldn't be any new news.
@Monkey:
What makes you think all fans know what the hell they're even talking about in regards to translation.
Most don't and I really don't either. What I do know is the Viz staff themselves have made fun of the overuse of "pirate lingo" in the early volumes. Some of it's pretty cheesy. As far as names are concerned, that's just a joke about Zolo.
Personally I don't care. I own all the volumes and will continue to buy them. I wouldn't go back and purchase a Special Edition and I wouldn't expect Viz to make one, thus the phrase "if time and money were not a factor."
A Special Edition translated only by Stephen with all names spelled exactly how we want them to be. The things that could be accomplished if time and money were not a factor for Viz or their customers. May the dreams of man never die.
Oda comes off as someone who can't say no and consequently does too much.
In other words, Oda is Japanese. That mentality doesn't go away just because you have money.
@Elektrik:
When will Funi get Hands Up on the Simulcast? It's been like weeks and it still hasn't been fixed, does anyone know if they are making progress with that?
There has been no news that I'm aware of. Here's my take on the issue though. If Funimation is being asked to provide even one more penny to the license agreement to get the new openings then they absolutely should put their foot down to Toei or the artist's recording company. Fans can always watch new openings on YouTube any time they want.
North American tv watchers are also accustomed to having one show with one opening for the life of a series. We watch it a few times then skip past it anyway. It's why Funimation puts "Marathon Mode" on their DVDs. This really only has a negative impact on Toei and whatever J-Pop artist is doing the opening and missing out on the international exposure.
Funimation has tried to get the new opening and Toei or the recording agency does not want to give it (at least not without a price). I wouldn't blame Funimation if they simply stopped trying. Hopefully, they can work out some sort of binding agreement in future licensing negotiations, but if I'm Funimation I wouldn't pay a significantly higher price for them. It's just not worth it.
I have to say I was initially unimpressed with the song. I liked the animation, but the song was kind of bland. After listening to it several times it started to grow on me and I like it a lot now.
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My crush on Namie Amuro will never allow anything to surpass OP 14: Fight together though.
Never visit APforums on April Fools Day after a few beers.
@Dan:
I feel if there's something you want to discuss go a head and do it
I want to discuss the latest episode of the Walking Dead!
Seriously though, I was just joking. I didn't mean to start a big ol' internet fight. I actually love coming to these chapter threads about a week later to see how far off-topic they have gotten.
Power rank discussions make my scrolling finger faster and more powerful.
Doesn't surprise me. Seems like everybody I know has had a few sick days this year here (Tokyo) from the flu, hay fever, allergies, etc. No need to start candle light vigils and prayer circles folks.
I especially don't understand why anyone would pay over 4000 Yen for that 4 episode filler. If it sold 5 copies I'd want to talk to those 5 people and find out what they were thinking when they bought it.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks they purposely made the Blu Ray look like it is the actual movie hoping to trick a few customers who then don't return it.
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If the DVD/Blu Ray is being released in Singapore in August though then I guarantee it will release at least a month or two before then in Japan. DVD and Blu rays are expensive in Japan. Reverse importation would destroy sales if they allowed it to be released elsewhere first.
Hope that that's proof enough…...
So has the dynamic or lack there of between the SH and the Suite's been discussed?
No, I'm gonna need to see Ban Ki-moon standing over the US with two forms of the US's UN membership card while his grandma films it.
That's my Ban-Ki, always pissing on people!
@The:
Let me search my pockets
searching
Nope nothing here
Check again please!!!
Holy shit this forum needs spoilers fast. It has broken down to an argument about the UN!
To me it feels like Momo's inner mind is talking to him and not a flashback of when or if he meet Donflamingo. Based on info in the manga, the artificial df are failures. Why can't the failure be that the df have a dominant personality that develops that might clash with the df user?
I think you are still reading too much into it. Momo was hallucinating because he hadn't eaten in over a week. He saw Doflamingo because he knows him for some reason.
The rest of the stuff regarding the devil fruits being a failure is a yet to be answered question to go along with the hundred other unanswered questions we have in this series.
1)Whatever problem that Kinemon and Momo are facing is closly related to Kaido and Donflamingo. I'm not argueing against that.
2)But the hallucination specfically being Doflamingo is what I'm rejecting. The fruit that Momo ate is Vegapunk's work. The Hallucination that has the same shades as Donflamingo is the inner demon.
It doesn't have the "same shades as Doflamingo." It is a hallucination OF DOFLAMINGO. Of the millions of One Piece fans in the world, you are the only one arguing this point I think.
I reject this opinion about Momo's hallucination being Doflamingo. I'm going to stick with it being the inner demon of the fruit that Momo has eaten. People on forums draw connections where there are none.
The "inner demon" of the fruit looks exactly like Doflamingo?
Chapter 700: "Luffy, I am your Mother. Crocodile's Shocking Revelation."
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i know u guys are all going crazy but thought i'd bring up something i havent seen the last 70 pages…
why does kinemon look so upset at DD reveal and look at momo as well, he's surprised.
http://img.batoto.net/comics/2013/02/20/o/read512521f7136b7/img000016.png
i can understand everyone else but now im even more intrigued as to what kinemon is thinking, who he's trying to save and whats goin on with him.
We're not sure yet, but we know Momo had a Doflamingo flashback when he was tripping out down in the trash compacter with Luffy before they flew off. There is some kind of history with Doflamingo. They also want to go to Dressrosa to save a friend who is captured there.
DVD release in August?
Link: http://onepiece.ria10.com/Entry/2441/
That's in Singapore. The DVD will be released in Japan in June according to the link you provided.
whos this steven guy and how does he know whats gonna happen in the upcomig chapters
Official translator of One Piece for Viz Media.
It's safe to say 700 will be epic. It's perfectly timed to be one of those in between arc chapters where we learn everything that is currently happening in the world. It could also be the reveal of Kaido, and the resolution of the Doflamingo, Kuzan and Smoker situation. Or… something completely unexpected.
Can't the mods or something create a thread for 695 spoilers while we wait? at least let people taste the number 695 before people start going crazy..
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
I wonder if that record-setting snow in Tokyo is affecting the printhouse deliveries.
Pretty much entire Tokyo were locked-down yesterday.
Possibly. The snow didn't seem much worse than the snow we normally get once or twice a year here in Tokyo, but I could see them being cautious and delaying shipments for 12-24 hours.
Hina is at the Vice Admiral meeting, does that mean something? :S
Tashigi was also there. So was Admiral Kizaru. I assume it wasn't just VA's at the meeting. Hina never said a word and no one ever said her name or rank. She could be a Vice Admiral now or she could be some other rank. We just don't know.
This is good, but I think they should have just split this up into 4 or 5 regular episodes of filler to give the anime more distance from the manga to fix some of the pacing issues.
Two reasons why they didn't do that though:
1. Additional promotion for the movie (as if it needs it).
2. The only way they could ever show the Luffy scar scene would be by showing it in the 9pm time slot.
Here is a link to my review if anyone is interested. http://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/14w2gb/one_piece_film_z_review_by_zorospride_warning/
Mind blown.
Anyway, is his name Zetto or Zephyr?
Zephyr is his full name. Z is his nickname. "Zetto" is just the Japanese pronunciation of "Z."
How was the movie? Was it better than Strong World?
I think so. I think it's the best movie yet, but that could just be because it's new and fresh to me.
Thanks again.
One mora question. Volume Z is in a black plastic package with the other extras (card, game draw by Oda…), rigth? I´m searching a sealed package in Yahoo Auctions Japan XD.
The wife and I went to see the movie this morning and got two copies of Volume Z. Not sure yet what we are going to do with the second copy, but we left it in the sealed package.
I'll guess that we're going to end up with wrapping up the story arc as of the next chapter.
Unless Baby 5 and Buffalo show up to extend the arc, but that seems unlikely with Shinokuni acting as a sort of timer for this arc's conclusion.
When there's a new opening??
I was actually coming here to see if I could find the answer to the same question. The guys on the One Piece Podcast this week mentioned a new opening beginning December 2nd and Film Z related filler following the conclusion of the Fishman Island arc. They only mentioned it briefly and didn't quote any actual sources though.
It's on the original Japanese, mangapanda just edited it out like they usually do.
Also too bad their raw is so high on contrast… the gunman crew's details are destroyed.
He looks really freakin cool in the original page. Hopefully better raw comes around, itching to know his name.
Thanks for the info Aohige!
I don't see any mention of a break anywhere in the chapter. Is Jump on a break next week then?
Must not look at spoilers. Must not look at spoilers. Must not look at spoilers.
btw chapter naruto is out i dont know how but its out >>
Wow, guess we won't be having a spoiler thread this week. Maybe that's for the best. I've been thinking of giving up spoilers anyway. It takes away from my enjoyment of the chapter a little bit.
If you read in the last few pages Aohige said that the spoiler provider is getting Jump on his way home from work. Since he lives in Japan (one hour behind my timezone) and assuming he has a normal 9-5 job, he should be finishing work around now, so soon my friend.
A normal 9-5 job, heh. if T is an average salaryman we should expect him to go home around 9pm JST (about 4 hours from now).
With "active" it should be bounties which still apply, so dead people's and Shichibukai's bounties should not be in the list.
Very true, but 3 of the 10 characters on the list were inactive bounties. I'm going to assume it was meant to be "listed" bounties rather than "active" bounties.
@Lazy:
So the top 10 active bounties revealed so far are
1. Kid (470m)
2. Law (440m)
3. Jinbe (4??m)
4. Luffy (400m)
5. Apoo (350m)
6. Doflamingo (340m)
7. Pekoms (330m)
8. Hawkins (320m)
9. CC (300m)
10. Kuma (296m)Correct me if I`m wrong.
Although it was never revealed in the manga. Ace's bounty poster was shown at the One Piece Art Exhibit in Tokyo earlier this year. It was revealed to have been 550m. The exhibit's production was supervised by Oda so the bounty amount for Ace is canon.
@CCC:
But in theory that wouldn't affect Mangateers' super early raw release, because they get it from someone else…
Precisely. Just because one source is going to be late doesn't mean they all will be. We may not see spoilers here as early as usual, but there is no reason to believe the chapter scans will be delayed.
T's store hasn't gotten it in, and he may not be able to buy one today.
So spoilers may be delayed today
Thanks for the info!
Spoilers should be coming anytime now, right? If I'm not mistaken we got them about this time last week and they usually come around this time give or take an hour.
Yeah, thinking about it there's just no way his island won't be Las Vegas. Sin City, etc. Especially with that on the surface analogy. Smiles on the surface. Horrors inside.
The Saboady Archipelago sort of had that feeling about it. A big amusement park and Grand Line souvenirs in one area. Then a wasteland of sin in a lawless zone including auction houses for slaves and bars where customers are more likely to get shaken down than served a drink.
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