It's been a while. Those keeping up with the Manga: How're you enjoying this crazy Punk Hazard Arc? I'm loving it. Definitely one of the craziest arcs ever.


Also:

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/04/11/one-p...-north-america/

Pirate Warriors is coming to the US and Europe. Rejoice.

Yeah, Punk Hazard is getting crazier by the chapter. I'd expect no less out of the series, of course. HIGHLIGHT to view:
Sanji in Nami's body is hilarious.

Almost as much as HIGHLIGHT to view:
Nami in Franky's body


AWESOME! Thanks for the heads up.

Both I and my sons are happy to hear that news. I think we just wrapped up buying the last of the US released OP games as it was.

Sorry for the bump but I have a question for all you One Piece anime fans.

I want to grab those new DVD sets they have been doing since last year (I assume they are uncut) but I was wondering if One Piece suffered from terrible filler arcs to avoid catching up to the manga like other shows (Eg. Naruto, Bleach etc etc) or are the fillers still the same quality as the normal story. If anyone could let me know it would be much appreciated.

There's eleven filler arcs in the anime.

They vary in quality, but One Piece tends to do good filler.

Scroll down to the Filler arcs section so you can see what to skip.

they don't seem that bad from reading that. I might just watch them and give them a go.

thanks for the help

At the very least don't skip the G-8 filler arc. It's fantastic.

Hmm, It's been a while, but this week's splash page answers a question raised back during the war arc.

Yeah, One Piece is really good about filler when compared to other series. And those Collection DVDs are really great. If you get the 5 that are available (6 won't be out for another month) you've got 130 episodes (the first 2 seasons, all the way through the Alabasta Arc), only 12 of which are filler (11.5 really, since half-way through one episode the story gets back on track).

Unfortunately, volume 6 is 50% filler episodes, but they're pretty fun.


And Funimation is supposed to be making a One Piece related announcement sometime in the next few weeks, most likely related to the release of season 4.


Oh, and don't be sorry for the bump, this thread needs to be more active

Yeah, probably a solid release date for Season 4. Tho I'd flip it was announcement for Strong World!

Well, popular theory (aka what I've read at Arlong Park) is that the kind of thing they would announce like this would NOT be something like a release date for season 4. I'm hoping for news that they're dubbing Pirate Warriors, but that's just my wishful thinking.

Sorry for double post, but this is important!



SEASON 4 PART 1 WILL BE RELEASED AUGUST 7TH!!



Though I won't buy it until it's in Collection form

ok now I am confused again. which DVD sets are better to get.

the ones in this series
http://www.amazon.com/One-Piece-Collection...8847&sr=1-5

or these ones
http://www.amazon.com/One-Piece-Season-Sec...8847&sr=1-8


because the first one I linked is winning purely on episode count for cost

Absolutely the first one, for the very reason you said. Each of the Collections are made up of 2 of the Voyages. All the special features remain intact.



The first two Voyages of season 3 will be released in Collection 6 next month. Season 4 First Voyage is out in August, along with Collection 7, which will be made of Season 3 Voyages 3 and 4.

Ah awesome. will place my order then before the dollar drops anymore

bumping with another stupid question.

do any of the movies take place in the shows time line or are they all stand alone stories.

None of them are required material, Strong World and an upcoming one actually fit in as they're written by the author, but they're not essential.

Do watch Strong World though, as it's quite good. I think you watch it after Impel Down arc?

well the DVD's i have ordered only go up to episode 130 so I will be far off that for awhile. unless I just download subs and buy the DVDs when they come out. might be the best solution

^You would be able to watch movie 8, since it's a retelling of the Alabasta Arc, and movie 9 which is a retelling of Drum Island, with the addition of Franky.


And yeah, Strong World is the only film I've seen, and it's awesome sauce to the max.

SEASON 4 TRAILER!!!!!! http://www.funimation.com/one-piece/traile...age-one/3554661

Cool trailer. Unfortunately I will be waiting for collection editions as well. I was buying each volume as Funi released them and happily paying the premium for the 13 episodes to feed my addiction. But when they stopped I waited and waited and waited and finally got all caught up with fansubs. So now... well, the collections have more episodes, are cheaper, and in my opinion actually look way cooler.

The audio in that trailer seemed off, the droning music was much louder than the voices.

There usually aren't voices for the One Piece trailers, so that could be it

THIS JUST (SORTA) IN FROM OTAKON: Funimation has acquired the rights to Season 5 (Episodes 264-336) and Movie 10, Strong World.


My excitement cannot be contained, I am struggling to type this. Not only will the whole CP9 saga FINALLY be dubbed, but also the most highly praised of the films, which means BROOK GETS DUBBED!!!!



YOHOHOHO!



Edit: There also appears to be news that they got season 6 and the new Film Z as well. If true, that would be terribly exciting.

Update: The above statement is false.


I mean, I shouldn't be surprised that Funi will be doing season 5, but season 4 hasn't even been officially released yet. Oh well, the actors love the show and will have quite a bit of work to do for a while!

Yeah that Toonzone PR article says it, but FUNI swears that the only thing announced was season 5 & Strong World. Seems like a miscommunication here.

http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread....626#post4027626

Seems this was a case where FUNi issued more PR then they actually revealed at the convention. It's not uncommon for us to receive announcement news and be asked to with hold it until a public event has made it 'official', so this appears to be their mistake rather than TZs. I can't confirm much else right now because our reporting system has changed and I personally didn't receive this part of PR.

EDIT- Seems something isn't adding up and we're currently trying to get confirmation from FUNimation. Our own reporters who are covering Otakon confirm these licenses weren't mentioned at the panel.

Article should now be corrected. Seems this was a simple typo we ended up repeating. Sorry for anyone who got their hopes up.

Doesn't really matter, they've got Strong World and Season 5, which means all the Straw hats will finally be dubbed!

HIGHLIGHT to view:

Gomu Gomu UFO. That is all.

And really, that's all there needs to be!

Pirate Warriors is out on PS3 Today/Tomorrow in the US, everywhere else should have it.



I'm downloading it ASAP!

so my copy of One Piece collection 8 DVD got mailed today. anyone have any idea when 9 is happening? I can't find a preorder anywhere

There hasn't been any word on Collection 9, since the dvds it would include haven't all been released yet (Season 4 Voyage 1 and 2), and it wouldn't make sense to re-release them so soon.



But you can pick up season 4 voyage 1 right away, and voyage 2 will be out in another month.

do they line up perfectly episode wise? or is there some overlap from vol8 in Voyage 1 DVD set?

EDIT: ah Season 4 voyage 3 is also up for preorder for December. might just get those then

No overlap at all, Voyage 1 starts up at episode 206.

ah sweet will order those then. cheers

Finally got Pirate Warriors all loaded up, just beat Don Krieg....love it.

I wish I could afford it now. How much is it anyway?

(And to think, when this was announced, my biggest concern was whether or not I'd have space on my system...)

50 bucks, so cheaper than it would be if it had a physical release.

Damn! I was hoping for somewhere around $30 >_>

C'mon man, I need a buddy to help me get Trophies!

Normally I would, but I'm broke as hell AND saving up to move out. I'm thinking of asking my friends to get it for me for my birthday (early December)

I'm Confuzor also on PSN, we should Fall of Cybertron together sometime, yes?

On Topic: I'm kinda hoping the current arc is winding down. I'm just not really feeling it recently. It doesn't help that Monet and Vergo are infinitely more interesting than Caesar.

I ordered my copy today :3 just need to wait for delivery

(was only 52 bucks with free shipping! eb games had it for 80... ha!)

And we can play together online, yes?


I can see how people say it gets repetitive, but I think of each level like a dance. A dance of pain that is. You have to practice until you get it perfect, and just about each level gets you a new move, just like in the story.

I'm ok with the current arc, but I wouldn't mind if they'd wrap things up, I think the potential of this island has been tapped and it's time to get things moving on.

Yeah, then Oda went and dropped the Doflamingo bomb on us and now I really can't wait to be done with this arc!

Incidentally, is Oda going for Water Margin or Romance of the Three Kingdoms in terms of total named character count?

I think he's going closer to The Phonebook.

Well, as long as it's a Chinese phonebook, it counts!