One Piece

After enduring the merciless spew of filler from the Naruto anime (seriously, come on, what kind of anime has a filler-fest for more than 100 episodes?!)I decided to turn to One Piece. In this show, we follow Monkey D. Luffy, with his band of ragtag pirates, on his quest to become the Pirate King. You may think that it\\\'s a pretty rubbish story. But that would be a contradictment if you\\\'re a Pokemon or Naruto fan. ( I\\\'m gonna be the Pokemon Master/Hokage!)





After watching a few episodes of One Piece, I saw huge differences from Naruto straight away. One Piece has some pretty intense action going on in almost every episode, unlike Naruto, where we are usually treated with 3 minutes of fighting, followed by 15 minutes of ranting on in the character\\\'s heads, flashbacks, and trash talking. There is some humour thrown in too. With Luffy\\\'s personality and actions, you can\\\'t help but crack a smile.





But the dub, I absolutely cannot stand.You mean they replaced all orchestral music with rap and hip-hop, chose the most inaproppriate voices for each character, butchered several important character lines, plot points, and character traits...for the sake of being kid-friendly?! These shows were aired in Japan for a teenage audience, why should 4Kids water it down for the kiddies?

OH MY GOD!!!!! this is the best show ever! I TOTALLY LOVE IT!!!! I like the japanese version because it has all the episodes. But i can't really tell the diference in the voices. But in the English verson their voices are totally diferent! And in the japanese version they are swearing every 5 seconds and theres alot of blood. And in the english verion there is NO swears an NO blood. It's so funny that Ussop has no bounty nd Chopper oly has 10 beli on his headbecaue they think he's Luffy's pet! HA! it's wicked funny. But i only have one question. How can they have tangerine plants on going merry if there's no soil.?!

here is the crew : straw hats


luffy - gum - gum fruit position: captain


zolo - santoryu position:1st mate


nami - staff position:navigater


ussop - slingshot position:ships gunner


sanji - kicks position:cook


chopper - human - human fruit & rumble ball position:docter





buggy's crew


buggy - chop - chop fruit position:captain


mohji - ritchie the lion position:1st mate


cabaji - acrobat swordsman position:2nd in command





black cats


kuro - steel claws position:former captain


django - hypnosis position:captain


siam - cat paws position:guard


butchie - cat paws position:guard





kriegs


pearl - pearls, fier & shields - elite guard


ghin - tonfa with metal balls - general commander


krieg - guns, missles, b.spear - captain





merman


arlong - strength, teeth - leader


choo - super spit water - commander


kurobi - karate - commander


hatchi - 6 sword fighting - commander





navy


balmetho


captain morgan


captain chaser


tashigi


iron fist





baroque works


mr.11


mr.15 - spy


mr.9 - energy bats


mr.8 - guns in hair


mr.7 - gun


mr.5 - bomb - bomb fruit


mr.4 - 4 ton bat


mr.3 - wax - wax fruit


mr.2 - clone - clone fruit & crazy karate


mr.1 - dice - dice fruit


ms wendsday (vivi) - ring slashers


ms monday - strength


ms sunday - hana - hana fruit


ms valentine - kilo - kilo fruit


ms groundhog day - dig, claws


ms april fools - paint control emotions


ms new years eve - spike - spike fruit





7 warlords


crocodile (mr.0)- sand - sand fruit


mihawk - greatest swordsman





other


trace - flare - flare fruit


alvida - iron club, slip - slip fruit


pell - tweet - tweet fruit


wapol - munch - munch fruit


shanks - sword, kicks

and vivi is going to stay in her country wow there so much new things i have to tell you miss sunday is really a good guy who got bad guys to protect her because she was on her own for 20 years and vivi stops the war so that was good and everything in vivi country now helping each other out so that was nice everyone thinks the rebel leader is dead but he really alive in the town his dad and him started there so much more going on but i dont want to ruin everything well american one piece lovers you are in for it over all tvrocks06 says one piece rocks

i love this show!! it is so funny! specialy luffy, his imitation acts are so funny. its a shame 4kids have to dubbed one piece. they made my favourite show gay, oh my god the voice acting of the dubbed one piece is so so so very crap that it could kill if if you listen to it! lol jk, it cant kill u, it will just make u deaf XD. sanji's voice sound like an old man who has a really bad cold. for god sake someone plz go bomb the 4kids headquaters they r kill our beloved one piece T_T.

I seriously wish that One Piece would come back on TV so I don\'t have to wait for the manga to come up at MSN groups. One Piece is NOT pointless; I just think the show is pretty inaccurate and changes many important things. To me, it doesn\'t matter because I know the real story, but people who like the show are being misinformed. What IS gum gum blast, anyways?

I'v been watching this show for a pretty long time now, and i have to say that its a great show. I also read the manga of it, which was the starter for the Tv series. The manga is a way better then the show. If i had to rate the manga of onepiece, i would give it a 10, cause the show is more dumbed down for kids. Anyways, the show follows the manga storyline pretty well, for the most part. Its a pretty good anime series, i hope there will be more of them in the future like this one.

I'v been watching this show for a pretty long time now, and i have to say that its a great show. I also read the manga of it, which was the starter for the Tv series. The manga is a way better then the show. If i had to rate the manga of onepiece, i would give it a 10, cause the show is more dumbed down for kids. Anyways, the show follows the manga storyline pretty well, for the most part. Its a pretty good anime series, i hope there will be more of them in the future like this one.

This show is about a bunch of pirates, searching for one thing in common, ONE PIECE. Which is a whole bunch of treasure located in the Grand Line. Luffy is the main character in this anime, and he finds new friends to go on his adventure with him. They run into alot of trouble, but thats the fun of the show. We get to watch them get out of difficult situations. Luffy can be funny at times, and it is one of the best anime to watch. Although, I still like the show Naruto better!


I give this show 9.8/10.

I used to like this show when it came out, but eventually decided i couldnt stand another minute of the horribly high pitched and out of sync dubbing, bad puns, and severe scene editing after i started becoming a true anime lover.





it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s almost uncanny, how did they manage to take such a violent, blood oozing, curse word implimented, death filled anime and turn it into THIS!





it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s the animation i\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m telling you, it fooled everyone into believing it was for under 10\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s because it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s so colorful yet poor for it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s time.

When a boy named Monkey D. Luffy accidentally ate the cursed Gum-Gum fruit he gained a power that would let his body stretch to huge lengths like rubber . Because of this he could never swim again . Despite this , he's vowed to someday be king of the pirate's and find the legendary One Piece treasure. He is joined by Sanji a cook, Nami a thief, Usopp good with slingshots, Zolo a master swordsman , the princess of Alabasta , and a talking reign deer who could mix potions . They all join Luffy's crew to help him chase his dream.

One Piece is, in one word, a MASTERPIECE. Eiichiro Ooda is a master storyteller. For those of you who have not been drawn in to this amazing series, let me illuminate you. One Piece revolves around a hilarious young wannabe pirate named Luffy. Now, Luffy is not your average Pirate. He just so happens to have a truly "springy" personality. Luffy can stretch to great lengths and cannot feel any punches or get hurt...mostly. Because of his stretchability, he has since called himself, "Monkey D. Luffy". His one dream is to become the Pirate King, which is a large dream to say the least. To become the Pirate King you must have everything in the world...so Luffy decides to gather a group of great Pirates together and look for the world's greatest treasure, One Piece. Now, let's back track for a minute. One Piece was originally a treasure owned by the infamous Pirate, Gold Roger. He said that anyone could have his treasure if they could find it in the Great Line, a dangerous place on the sea also known as the "Graveyard of Pirate Ships". So, throughout the series, you meet the rest of Luffy's crew and they embark on all kinds of adventures both on and off the sea. The characters in this series have a truly surreal and VERY stylistic look to them, but that, in my opinion, is what makes them so appealing and irrestibile. Zoro's cavalier attitude and sharp sword skills make for a truly interesting Yojimbo-type character. Nami's completely hilarious attitude is just absolutely lovable. Those two along with the rest of the crew make up for a ragtag bunch of miscreants that you would love to swashbuckle next to.





The villains of this series...and there are villains as in plural (a step away from the norm of Anime in itself) are wonderfully drawn. They have such weird names that it's funny to see what Oda-sama thinks of for their techniques and tricks. Finally, there are so many elements that make this series so amazing. There's no wonder One Piece has lasted so many years. Again, if you have not watched this series, you have to sit down and watch it from the beginning. You will not regret it! Gotta go! Gomu Gomu Gomu noooo....Rocket!

This show is a recent favorite of mine. Friends would tell me how great it was, but it looked childish (perhaps it still is, but not in a bad way.) The characters are my favorite aspect. They show how far one should go in order to fight for his friends' dreams. Each character in the show, minor or major, each has his own, distinct traits and personality, keeping variety in the plot. The show becomes predictable until you notice it is, and then it successfully contorts the plot just enough in order to lose the predictability and make the viewer think twice. In short, the show may seem silly to some, cartoonish and childish to others, yet after watching, most people can find some trait about it that appeals to them.

Edit: I have been watching the subbed episodes for months (Even the movies) and THIS is a disgrace. What they did to One Piece is like taking Lord of the Rings and rewriting the entire novel series. People, do not make the dubbed anime the first thing you watch! Save yourselves before it's too late and watch the subbed episodes! Save yourselves, people! This isn't One Piece! It's Fake Piece! Alright? This makes me sick. OP is the most successful show in Japan, and it did horribly in America, and thanks to 4kids, people are just turned off of the anime period. They don't even want to try the original! By all due respect, this series deserves a perfect 10 and higher, but the dub deserves a 3 for effort. 4kids removed arcs, character development and... well... we already expected the voice acting and name changes, didn't we?

This show is so funny and full of action. What I love about it is that Luffy acts like an idiot but can get real serious when he meeds to.I hope that this show doesn't end.Ever. It is way too awesome. It is one of my favorite shows. Can get emotional sometimes but not all the time. I love Luffy and his brother Trace. I have many questions about everyone like: Who is Luffy's father?(though i think I know already from other websites).I want to know if they will ever see Shanks again or any of the other villians and friends they have encounterd.This show leads you to many questions, usually answering them.I can't wait to see all the episodes and find the answers to my questions.This is a truly hilarious show and everyone should watch it.

wow this show is soooooo funny not only that but it also has a lot of action and fighting each character is completely different and the fighting is really cool i like fighting... he he he... ok its mainly about a boy named monkey d luffy and his dream is to be king of the pirates!!! he is accompanied by zolo, ussopp, nami, chopper, and sangi others come later in the series though... i hope that i didnt say to much to spoil the show its just soooo good!!! i makes me laugh... a lot!!! you have to watch this you just gotta!!!

A boy called luffy has a dream to be king of the pirates.


After hearing the storys of his fav pirate ( red haired shanks ) he goes to sea in a dingy to find a ship and crew.


Openning: There once was a man named gold roger who was king of the pirates. before they hung him from the gallows these were the final words he said. " my fortune is yours for the taking but you have to find it first i left every thing i own in one piece" ever since pirates from all over the world set sail for the grand line serching for one piece the treasure that would make thier dreams come true. He first needs to find a crew. then a ship. before he can set sail for one piece and become king of the pirates. This is my fav program. i watch it every day `999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999/10


amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There isn\'t much that can be said about 4kids that hasn\'t been said before, so I won\'t complain about the dub.





However, the original version has done much to be worthy of praise. It is about a boy named Luffy who sets out to become the \"pirate king\" with the help of crewmates. Unlike alot of other anime, it is very rarely serious about itself, so you\'re mostly just getting goofy humor and very well done action sequences without much overly emotional content getting in the way. The animation overall isn\'t hugely mind-blowing, but the action scenes are dynamic enough to be very exciting. My one small gripe would be the humor. It\'s great, but not as great as some other anime.


That\'s all.





I would strongly recommend this to anyone. Simple as that.

One Piece is about a boy named Monkey D. Luffy who after ate a cursed fruit gained the power to stretch like rubber. He then set off to find a pirate crew and search for the treasure that is One Piece. Full of adventure and crazy characters One Piece is sure to apeal to anyone.

This show is really good. Good idea, good characters, and interesting plot about Luffy and his Crew lokking for a treaure called One Piece. The dub is one of the worst ever done though, and it is nothing like the original. Still, if you can't watch it undubbed, either read the manga or watch the dub. It has good voice acting at least. I seen several episodes of One Piece. In my opinion it is one of the best anime and is up there with Naruto. Get into the series if you want but the manga and undubbed are far better. As for the theme song...it's terrible in my opinion.

I heard of the Manga first, I gained a little interest. But still thought what was it about? Then I saw an anime was made and was coming to 4Kids TV (This was before I hated 4Kids). I figured the anime would be my big chance to see what this show was about. When I started watching it, it seemed kinda interesting but looked pretty stupid too, but I chose to keep watching as I still had some interest, in some ways it seemed to get better in the plot as most shows do, then I got to the Extending Hammer Gun (WTF?) I thought it was VERY stupid. Also the voices on this show to the characters on this were annoying and made this look NOTHING but goofy. I stopped watching after a while (after the Baratie Arc) but I saw how outraged fans were about this show, it's was the biggest yet of any 4Kids dubbed show. It got me to think "Is there more to this show then I thought?". Later after I started to hate 4Kids (Sonic the Hedgehog being ruined is what did me in) I decided to get into Manga I bought some volumes of One Piece and chose to read it first. When I read it, I was shocked, it was SO much better then the 4Kids version (though the 4Kids voices being in my head for the character kinda killed it a little) but then I chose to get a DVD set of the Japanese version, when I got it, I was even MORE shocked, it was amazing, the music was great, the voices were superb, the plot was even better, and I saw what was edited and was even more upset. The original One Piece was SO Amazing. So I say death to 4Kids for destroying this wonderful piece of art. Burn them in Hell. One Piece is a beautiful anime with everything you could ever want. Buy Import DVD sets if you can and read the Manga, but DON'T watch the 4Kids version, it's highly tainted.

Okay people, let's face it, if you compare and contrast a 4Kids enlish anime with the original japanese anime, you'll find that it's almost 2 completely different shows of the same name. But they have never


botched a show as crappy as One Piece. Unbelivably, it has happened. And now everybody has to suffer.





And by suffer I mean having to listen to your stump of a child obseess with the show and beat you up if you say anything bad about it. Seriously, think Pokemon, only less of a boom, and it's crap spawned from the beneath rather then a show for kids. One Piece doesn't appeal at all to people that has taste in TV.





Any hardcore anime fan can easily point out that this must be avoided like terrorism. Any 8-year old will point this out as cartoon gold. They have never been more mistaken.





Case in point, every time at the 10:00 at Autumn of 04', we were treated to an opening theme about rap....and rap........last time I check, rap and pirates should never be mixed. But that's not the worse part. It's the kid-friendly concept...





I'm not some big physics person but ain't slicing up people like carrots is suppose to make them spill out stuff like a Snapple bottle hitting the ground?





And usually when there's a good silence to soak in the suspense, if any, it's either removed or dialouge comes in to screw it up. The story is just a small gas bubble of the original package, and the music, as always, is horrible. The script is dumbed down to a 1st grader's fanfic. Throw in Seto Kaiba selling out to narrorate the opening of One Piece and you got a recipe for disaster. And why do we need to replace " MARINE" with "NAVY"?!?! Aren't they the same thing?!?





Okay, I know what you're thinking, it's to keep the heads of dumbfounded kids from exploding. But wasn't the anime supposed to be for a mature audience in the first place? Like for instance, acholol and smoking replaced to orange juice and candy?!? We're taking about pirates people! Pirates that pillage and kill people! In this show, pirates aren't pirates!





And so, I summarized my rant by saying, "This show can't be made kid-friendly." But that didn't stop 4Kids from trying. And cutting over a third of the episodes makes this the worst 4Kids anime of all time.





Friends should not let friends watch One Piece, heck, I wouldn't even force this on my greatest enemy! Don't be convience to watch this.





I RECOMMEND THIS TOO:Don't buy it, don't rent it, don't even watch it. If you're really desperate, read the book.





One Piece gets an over-generous 1 out of 10.

Years ago, the fearsome pirate king Gold Roger was executed, leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new pirate king. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed the "Devil's Fruit", has it in his head that he'll follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help

Awesome anime/manga series. Dub censorship is weird, though. Anyways, here's the American theme song lyrics:





Ya yo ya yo!





Dreamin' Don't give it up, Luffy!


Dreamin' Don't give it up Zolo!


Dreamin' Don't give it up Nami!


Dreamin' Don't give it, give it up, give it up, give it up, give it up,


give it up, give it up!





Here's how the story goes we find out 'bout a treasure in the Grand Line there's no doubt the pirate who's eye is on it he'll sing: I'll be King of the Pirates! I'm gonna be King!





Ya yo, ya yo ya yo, ho ho!


His name is Luffy.


That's Monkey D. Luffy


Gonna be King of the Pirates!


He's made of rubber! How did that happen? Yo ho ho he took a bite of gum-gum!


Ya yo ya yo!





His name's Zolo he's like a samuri.


And a L-A-D-Y Nami's not shy.


Usopp's doin' that marksman thing.


And Sanji's cookin' for the would-be King!





Ya yo, ya yo ya yo, ho ho!


Set sail for One Peice! It's the name of the treasure.


In the Grand Line!


Ya yo, ya yo!


Set sail for One Piece!

i said i didn't get dis b4 but i've changed my mind.


i sat down tied myself to the sofa and watched it.


it was ok but it is weird still.





i've bin watching it 4 a week now and it not interesting. my fav character= Zolo


he jus cool wid 3 swords. 2nd fav = sanji


then luffy.

Cutting 30+ episodes of content, guns edited to super soakers or painted, blood edited out, all forms of death GONE, horrid name changes such as Smoker to Chaser, Ace to Trace, Zoro to Zolo, all tabacco and beer wipped out.





Ever wondered why *cough* "Chaser"'s mouth is always opened with smoke pouring out? Not cause of his fruit but because He Has 2 Flippin Cigars In It Which Were Edited Out.





Laboon the whale which the straw hats meet on the way down reverse mountain is turned into an iceburg, causing massive plotholes aswell as a false story of finding the Log Pose/Eternal Compas. Another arc skipped called Little Garden in which the straw hats fight Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek which showed Usopp development inorder to get to chopper faster.





Also along with that all of Usopp's brave moments have either been cut or greatly downsized keeping him a ultimate pansy. Alabasta seemed like it was going well beyond the horrid voice acting but then BAM, Luffy held upside down by Crocodile's hook instead of it going right through his chest. Not to mention all the great opening and endings aswell as the background music is removed and replaced with utter crap.





I could go on and on and on with how much One Piece has been ruined and I only scratched the tip of the iceburg but I'm clearly wasting my time, the dubbies are so stubborn they wont even listen to us. Enjoy your fake kiddie show little ones.

This is a great anime. Originally from Shonen Jump Mangas, the anime came here to America a few years ago. It was on the Fox Box. But now it is on Toonami. Storyline: Great long storyline. Sure, it has a lot of flashbacks. But that helps you understand the show better.





Characters: The characters are freaking awesome. There's Luffy, the crazy-ass captian that doesn't know when to quit. Zolo: coolest looking swordsman next to link. I love his 3-sword style technique. Nami: The hot chick of the anime. Not much else to say right now. Ussop: His cowardly acts and crazyness makes him a unique character. Sanji: The Brock of the anime. His kicks are awesome. He's a hilerious flirt. Chopper: This guy is the reason I have chopper in my name. He is one of the most unique anime characters I've ever seen. He can transform into different forms and kicks ass! All the other characters are cool as well.





Action: Just like in any other shonen jump anime. PERFECT!!





Even if you are not much of an anime fan. One Piece is a great anime. You should watch it!!

here the cursed fruits


luffy - gum - gum fruit


buggy - chop - chop fruit


alvida - slip slip fruit


chaser - smoke - smoke fruit


mr.5 - bomb - bomb fruit


ms valentine - kilo - kilo fruit


dolton - ox - ox fruit


wapol - munch - munch fruit


chopper - human - human fruit


mr2 - clone - clone fruit


ms sunday - hana - hana fruit


mr1 - dice - dice fruit


mr 0 - sand - sana fruit


trace - flare - flare fruit





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One Piece is an awesome show!


I love every episode I see, although I know the original Japanese version is better, as are all the fansubs. 4Kids has just cut way too much out of this version. We're not babies, you know! We can handle seeing animated guns, drinks, cigarettes and blood without rocking in a corner cutting our wrists! Everyone knows that One Piece is anime, and that anime is for mature people. Also they have stuffed up the editing on several occasions. Like when Krieg was chucking poison things at Luffy - sometimes they were suction cups, sometimes they were darts. Weird. My fave character is Luffy, who although he seems silly and sometimes pretty dense, he's actually not. He is much smarter and deeper than meets the eye. I suggest to anyone reading this that to fully appreciate this show, you should really watch the fansubs. Unless you are a little kid, in which case just watch the 4Kids version, and stay in school. I gave this show 9.7 out of 10 because it is very near perfection.

First of all, DO NOT watch Fox's 4Kids version of One Piece! That version has major edits to the story retaining only episodes that contain action. This is due to Fox's misunderstanding of the anime's success in Japan.





The story formula is simplistic. A pirate cast of great characters led by Luffy with rubberman-like powers traverse the seas from island to island. Along the way they meet interesting characters, solve people's problems and kick badguy butts at the same time. The simplicity ends there. Although slow at the start, the plot, the character stories, the values each of them hold can be quite complex and at times emotional (almost tear-jerking sometimes). It is the characters, their plight, and the emphasis on character values and principles that is really what holds everything together and makes the tale wonderful from start to finish. Each story that One Piece tackles is good on its own, but it's the characters that carry something out of it and into the next making us wonder how they will contribute and grow in the next story.





Superficially One Piece is good enough to entertain kids for its 270 something episodes so far. But make no mistake, One Piece also expresses character values that only adults can appreciate, as evident in the One Piece forums where its mostly adults who post. Friendship, respect, will-over-obstacle, and most importantly, following one's dreams, are just few of the themes that make the story and its characters meaningful.





In a way, One Piece remains timeless because its settings, its characters, and its values are all also timeless. Though slow to start, and with an odd art style, this anime is not to be missed. I would recomend it more for adults than even kids.





Btw, my mom.. my MOM at age 60 loves this anime. Timeless indeed.