Watch One Piece. - Page 8

HeartSanji · 02-28-2007, 05:00 PM

Once upon a time, I watched an episode of One Piece on cartoon network. I hated it. It was the absolute worst anime I'd seen to date (Bleach's "rescue Rukia" now has even 4Kids dub beaten). But I've always been fair about shows. So I watched three more and decided that was that.

Nearly two years later, I go to college and my roomate is watching them in Japanese (Alabasta onwards as she had watched it all in English prior to that). I nearly gagged when she told me it was amazing. Several weeks went by, she reached 230+ eps and started explaining some of it.

So I watched the fansub on crunchyroll before it was removed (and added back now). Omg. I fell in love. Next thing I knew, I was watching 8+ eps a night. I was devouring it. Then my One Piece viewing site removed it for being licensed by an American anime company that should burn in everlasting hell for the number it has done to so many wonderful shows. I began downloading them.

My hardrive had to be cleaned out twice of sixty episodes worth burned to a DVD. I watched 90+ episodes in a little over three weeks of Christmas break.

Things I discovered about One Piece:
Zoro ≠ Zolo
Sanji is not a thirty year old man from Brooklyn with a head cold.
Nor does he have a lollipop.
Nami is still an evil b*tch to Sanji.
Luffy is not a total dimwit. (He has his moments.. but he actually CAN grasp concepts.)
All monologuing virtually disappears from English to Japan.
Gum is to be chewed. Gomu is to be stretched.
The openings are NOT cheesy rap. What the hell.
Robin is NOT a Georgian bell of the ball.
There are dark and sinister plots/people in the world.
Helmeppo (I actually remember his name. xD ) Doesn't have a hammer to Coby's head.

There's more.. but I don't feel like writing it out.
All in all. One Piece is one of the best shows I've ever seen.
It's one of my favorite shows, up there with Yu Yu Hakusho and Cowboy Bebop.

I reccomend that anyone who saw the English and decided it sucked, should remember 4kids butchers all and look up the Japanese. ^_^

Oh. And did everyone here? According to international law regarding fansubs, they are legal to download in America again. Japan and Toei animation was so ticked about 4kids chop job that they pulled the contract. xD

It's unlicensed in America again. Wee!

**Squeek** · 02-28-2007, 07:16 PM

That's a good point, but 4kids still has the first 130-ish episodes and they will put them all on DVDs eventually.

That would mean everything until the end of Arabasta is "licensed".

And it's not like another company can't license it. The Japanese producer will probably be a little more hesitant to give it away this time though.

So I still recommend YouTube for the "legal" way (the way that you can't get fined since any court that fines people for watching YouTube videos would be laughed at).

tsugomaru · 02-28-2007, 07:55 PM

I have a little friend that watches the American One Piece. He's trying to argue that it's better, even though he hasn't watched the Japanese ones. I have all the Japanese ones saved on my computer and when I opened the first episode, he decided to give a try (because you know, he didn't know you could totally watch stuff on the computer). He had trouble keeping up with the text because he isn't the world's faster reader. But one day, he'll be there.

As far as the American One Piece go, the rap song is quite catchy, but that's the best of the worst.

~Tsugomaru

HeartSanji · 02-28-2007, 08:13 PM

Agreed. They actually are supposedly relicensing it. But it'll be a while before they're out obviously. And they are redoing all the damage 4kids did. Basically their license was worth less than a fansub.

And my roommate likes the song as well. I can't even stomach it. >__> Makes me twitch. But then again, I don't view rap as music, so that probably doesn't help them in the least bit.

In either case, I'm downloading all the fansubs I can. I hate youtube anymore. Removes the episodes ever since google got its slimy hands on it. I just download them. Because I'm way passed Alabasta and the dubbed eps anyway, so no court could touch it anyway since fansubs that aren't licensed in your home country are legal.

I'm currently in Skypeia. Sanji (my favorite if you haven't guessed )[[Edited by HeartSanji to remove the spoiler she didn't mean to add.]] . and I can't see what happens next because where I usually get the episode from has a corrupted file. >__<

I have another site, but I've been too busy to download it. Stupid college. Y__Y

andyman24715 · 02-28-2007, 09:16 PM

One Piece is a pretty good anime.
Too bad ForKids ruined it......
Oh well..... TO YOUTUBE!

Yuruka · 02-28-2007, 09:27 PM

It's hard to find an anime that's good, solid and not typical like bleach or naruto. One you can say "I WATCH "insertrandomjapanesenamehere"!"
And people won't be like OMFGLOLZOMFGNOOBI'MONEPISODE223 AND EPISODE9BILLION ON TEEH MANGALOLZ!11111111

tsugomaru · 02-28-2007, 11:52 PM

It's hard to tell whether or not Yuruka like or hates One Piece. So I'll just assume he does.

~Tsugomaru

PS - I hate Youtube.
PSS - I'm following the manga now. I'm waiting till Kaizoku starts animating the Enies Lobby arc.

HansSky · 03-1-2007, 02:19 AM

That will be a really long wait.

SethSquall · 03-1-2007, 07:40 AM

Lmao @ HeartSanji.

I just noticed. When I watched One Piece today I realised Im on an episode that I saw like ages ago on TV and went "what the hells this crap?"

**Moogy** · 03-1-2007, 08:08 AM

rofl one piece

HeartSanji · 03-1-2007, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SethSquall

Lmao @ HeartSanji.

I just noticed. When I watched One Piece today I realised Im on an episode that I saw like ages ago on TV and went "what the hells this crap?"

See? See?! xD
I did that for the three episodes I saw in English, when I started in Japanese. I got to them and went.. Ew.. I remember that... It's soo much better that it's actually quite ridiculous.

Oh and I edited my blunder. Sorry about that spoiler bit I had in my last post. I wasn't even thinking apparently. >__<

Also, I got to see the next episode finally, last night. And I hate Nami even more than usual.. Y__Y Well. I always hate her, but I like.. REALLY dun like her at the moment. She let things happen that shouldna have happened.

tsugomaru · 03-2-2007, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HansSky

That will be a really long wait.

It is. =[

~Tsugomaru

Billydude · 03-3-2007, 12:23 AM

Nice sig HeartSanji. XD

**Squeek** · 03-3-2007, 01:23 AM

Tsug, I highly recommend ignoring Kaizoku in terms of first-time watching and just going with other subbers to catch up.

Balkongo is the "worst" of the group and since KF just got up to 216, there're only 3 episodes from them. I say "worst" because they have very basic subs. The translation is spot-on. The quality is just as good as K-F. There's really no difference aside from moves-fonts and such.

Next is GeruSama, who again uses a font I disagree with, but overall their translations are very well-done. They'll take you up to 250-ish, where ADC-Elites take over. ADC is on-par with K-F. Move names, fonts, proper translations and all. They take you up to the current episodes.

Here's what I did: Watch up to the current episode regardless of subber, but keep KF for future viewing. Trust me, I had it so much worse than you did. For the entire Skypiea arc, I had to use a subber known as Hell-Fansubs. The quality of the episode was poor at best. The subtitles were WAY off. They didn't even get the names right. Especially sad since they appeared in the ED of some of the episodes they subbed. It was as bad as: Sanji = Haingis / Chopper = Job.

Yeah, it was that bad. And the sentence-to-sentence translations were worse. And I STILL went through it all because it was SO AMAZING.

Then I re-watched it with K-F and was like "oh that's why ---- happened rofl missed that one"

But seriously, the three subbers that take the 200+ episodes do a great job. Also, the manga misses out on a few great episodes, especially in the current arc that K-F is subbing. I won't go into details, but there are 6 games in the show and 3 in the manga.

HansSky · 03-6-2007, 05:01 PM

You know, I was pretty upset during the 10ish episode string where Chopper's voice actor got replaced. I really thought it was the perfect voice for Chopper. But then I researched it a little bit and found out that the originial voice actor took a 5 month leave because she got pregnant. Then I watched the next episode and was very pleased to find out that she came back.

ps episode 267 then after I get to 299/300(depending on how fast I move) then I'll start reading the manga where I left off

pps hey gimme a good site to get the manga so i dont have to look gr8 luv u guys

FoJaR · 03-6-2007, 05:20 PM

i'm sticking with K-F, kinda lame i know, but i think the only other fansub i was able to find when i tried going past where K-F was (balls in sky arc) (trying to be as cryptic as possible) hell fansubs.

i cried, scrubbed my eyes, peed in my eyes (pee is sterile) cried pee and swore i'd only watch K-F from then on.

**Squeek** · 03-6-2007, 05:52 PM

Hell-HK was the worst fansub team in the history of ever.

Trust me, Balkongo / GeruSama / ADC-Elites / VegaPunk are high-quality releases with proper translations.

ps - I got to thinking. Since 4kids dropped their license, does that mean the games released over here won't be full of incredible suck anymore? There's a Wii One Piece in the works and I kinda want it =x

Eyoshi · 03-6-2007, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squeek

ps - I got to thinking. Since 4kids dropped their license, does that mean the games released over here won't be full of incredible suck anymore? There's a Wii One Piece in the works and I kinda want it =x

I'm pretty sure that was just a rumor. From one of the posts I read on a forum, it appeared that the Viz representative at the ComicCon had no information that the license was dropped.

**Squeek** · 03-6-2007, 07:06 PM

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ece-production

Viz != 4kids.

It was never official, but it happened.

JangBoGo · 03-7-2007, 08:48 PM

I watch it in Korean subs.... cant wait till one piece # 300!!!!!!!

02-28-2007, 05:00 PM	#141
HeartSanji FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The bowels of hell.. Oh. I meant my college. Age: 36 Posts: 3	Re: Watch One Piece. Once upon a time, I watched an episode of One Piece on cartoon network. I hated it. It was the absolute worst anime I'd seen to date (Bleach's "rescue Rukia" now has even 4Kids dub beaten). But I've always been fair about shows. So I watched three more and decided that was that. Nearly two years later, I go to college and my roomate is watching them in Japanese (Alabasta onwards as she had watched it all in English prior to that). I nearly gagged when she told me it was amazing. Several weeks went by, she reached 230+ eps and started explaining some of it. So I watched the fansub on crunchyroll before it was removed (and added back now). Omg. I fell in love. Next thing I knew, I was watching 8+ eps a night. I was devouring it. Then my One Piece viewing site removed it for being licensed by an American anime company that should burn in everlasting hell for the number it has done to so many wonderful shows. I began downloading them. My hardrive had to be cleaned out twice of sixty episodes worth burned to a DVD. I watched 90+ episodes in a little over three weeks of Christmas break. Things I discovered about One Piece: Zoro ≠ Zolo Sanji is not a thirty year old man from Brooklyn with a head cold. Nor does he have a lollipop. Nami is still an evil b*tch to Sanji. Luffy is not a total dimwit. (He has his moments.. but he actually CAN grasp concepts.) All monologuing virtually disappears from English to Japan. Gum is to be chewed. Gomu is to be stretched. The openings are NOT cheesy rap. What the hell. Robin is NOT a Georgian bell of the ball. There are dark and sinister plots/people in the world. Helmeppo (I actually remember his name. xD ) Doesn't have a hammer to Coby's head. There's more.. but I don't feel like writing it out. All in all. One Piece is one of the best shows I've ever seen. It's one of my favorite shows, up there with Yu Yu Hakusho and Cowboy Bebop. I reccomend that anyone who saw the English and decided it sucked, should remember 4kids butchers all and look up the Japanese. ^_^ Oh. And did everyone here? According to international law regarding fansubs, they are legal to download in America again. Japan and Toei animation was so ticked about 4kids chop job that they pulled the contract. xD It's unlicensed in America again. Wee!

02-28-2007, 07:16 PM	#142
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: Watch One Piece. That's a good point, but 4kids still has the first 130-ish episodes and they will put them all on DVDs eventually. That would mean everything until the end of Arabasta is "licensed". And it's not like another company can't license it. The Japanese producer will probably be a little more hesitant to give it away this time though. So I still recommend YouTube for the "legal" way (the way that you can't get fined since any court that fines people for watching YouTube videos would be laughed at).

02-28-2007, 07:55 PM	#143
tsugomaru FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The stars come to my aid. Posts: 3,962	Re: Watch One Piece. I have a little friend that watches the American One Piece. He's trying to argue that it's better, even though he hasn't watched the Japanese ones. I have all the Japanese ones saved on my computer and when I opened the first episode, he decided to give a try (because you know, he didn't know you could totally watch stuff on the computer). He had trouble keeping up with the text because he isn't the world's faster reader. But one day, he'll be there. As far as the American One Piece go, the rap song is quite catchy, but that's the best of the worst. ~Tsugomaru

02-28-2007, 08:13 PM	#144
HeartSanji FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The bowels of hell.. Oh. I meant my college. Age: 36 Posts: 3	Re: Watch One Piece. Agreed. They actually are supposedly relicensing it. But it'll be a while before they're out obviously. And they are redoing all the damage 4kids did. Basically their license was worth less than a fansub. And my roommate likes the song as well. I can't even stomach it. >__> Makes me twitch. But then again, I don't view rap as music, so that probably doesn't help them in the least bit. In either case, I'm downloading all the fansubs I can. I hate youtube anymore. Removes the episodes ever since google got its slimy hands on it. I just download them. Because I'm way passed Alabasta and the dubbed eps anyway, so no court could touch it anyway since fansubs that aren't licensed in your home country are legal. I'm currently in Skypeia. Sanji (my favorite if you haven't guessed )[[Edited by HeartSanji to remove the spoiler she didn't mean to add.]] . and I can't see what happens next because where I usually get the episode from has a corrupted file. >__< I have another site, but I've been too busy to download it. Stupid college. Y__Y __________________ Things I discovered about One Piece: Zoro is not pronounced Zolo. Sanji is not a thirty year old man from Brooklyn with a head cold. Nor does he have a lollipop. Nami is still an evil btch to Sanji. Luffy is not a total dimwit. (He has his moments.. but he actually CAN grasp concepts.) Gum is to be chewed. Gomu is to be stretched. The openings are NOT cheesy rap. What the hell. Robin is NOT a Georgian bell of the ball. There are dark and sinister plots/people in the world. Last edited by HeartSanji; 03-1-2007 at 08:00 PM.. Reason: spoiler?*

02-28-2007, 09:16 PM	#145
andyman24715 FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A box in a dark alley Posts: 18	Re: Watch One Piece. One Piece is a pretty good anime. Too bad ForKids ruined it...... Oh well..... TO YOUTUBE! __________________

02-28-2007, 09:27 PM	#146
Yuruka FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nippon QQ Posts: 414	Re: Watch One Piece. It's hard to find an anime that's good, solid and not typical like bleach or naruto. One you can say "I WATCH "insertrandomjapanesenamehere"!" And people won't be like OMFGLOLZOMFGNOOBI'MONEPISODE223 AND EPISODE9BILLION ON TEEH MANGALOLZ!11111111 __________________ You Gonna Get Raped! I hate those gay poké/digifag adoptables. Lol 100 posts in about 2 days.

03-1-2007, 02:19 AM	#148
HansSky FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: ----> Age: 36 Posts: 1,925	Re: Watch One Piece. That will be a really long wait. __________________ hi

03-1-2007, 08:08 AM	#150
Moogy 嗚呼 Join Date: Aug 2003 Age: 34 Posts: 10,303	Re: Watch One Piece. rofl one piece __________________ Plz visit my blog ^^^ vintage signature from like 2006 preserved

03-3-2007, 01:23 AM	#154
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: Watch One Piece. Tsug, I highly recommend ignoring Kaizoku in terms of first-time watching and just going with other subbers to catch up. Balkongo is the "worst" of the group and since KF just got up to 216, there're only 3 episodes from them. I say "worst" because they have very basic subs. The translation is spot-on. The quality is just as good as K-F. There's really no difference aside from moves-fonts and such. Next is GeruSama, who again uses a font I disagree with, but overall their translations are very well-done. They'll take you up to 250-ish, where ADC-Elites take over. ADC is on-par with K-F. Move names, fonts, proper translations and all. They take you up to the current episodes. Here's what I did: Watch up to the current episode regardless of subber, but keep KF for future viewing. Trust me, I had it so much worse than you did. For the entire Skypiea arc, I had to use a subber known as Hell-Fansubs. The quality of the episode was poor at best. The subtitles were WAY off. They didn't even get the names right. Especially sad since they appeared in the ED of some of the episodes they subbed. It was as bad as: Sanji = Haingis / Chopper = Job. Yeah, it was that bad. And the sentence-to-sentence translations were worse. And I STILL went through it all because it was SO AMAZING. Then I re-watched it with K-F and was like "oh that's why ---- happened rofl missed that one" But seriously, the three subbers that take the 200+ episodes do a great job. Also, the manga misses out on a few great episodes, especially in the current arc that K-F is subbing. I won't go into details, but there are 6 games in the show and 3 in the manga.

03-6-2007, 05:01 PM	#155
HansSky FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: ----> Age: 36 Posts: 1,925	Re: Watch One Piece. You know, I was pretty upset during the 10ish episode string where Chopper's voice actor got replaced. I really thought it was the perfect voice for Chopper. But then I researched it a little bit and found out that the originial voice actor took a 5 month leave because she got pregnant. Then I watched the next episode and was very pleased to find out that she came back. ps episode 267 then after I get to 299/300(depending on how fast I move) then I'll start reading the manga where I left off pps hey gimme a good site to get the manga so i dont have to look gr8 luv u guys __________________ hi

03-6-2007, 05:20 PM	#156
FoJaR The Worst Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: space ghost is dead to me Posts: 2,816	Re: Watch One Piece. i'm sticking with K-F, kinda lame i know, but i think the only other fansub i was able to find when i tried going past where K-F was (balls in sky arc) (trying to be as cryptic as possible) hell fansubs. i cried, scrubbed my eyes, peed in my eyes (pee is sterile) cried pee and swore i'd only watch K-F from then on. __________________

03-6-2007, 05:52 PM	#157
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: Watch One Piece. Hell-HK was the worst fansub team in the history of ever. Trust me, Balkongo / GeruSama / ADC-Elites / VegaPunk are high-quality releases with proper translations. ps - I got to thinking. Since 4kids dropped their license, does that mean the games released over here won't be full of incredible suck anymore? There's a Wii One Piece in the works and I kinda want it =x

03-6-2007, 07:06 PM	#159
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: Watch One Piece. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ece-production Viz != 4kids. It was never official, but it happened.

03-7-2007, 08:48 PM	#160
JangBoGo FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: OH-IO Posts: 12	Re: Watch One Piece. I watch it in Korean subs.... cant wait till one piece # 300!!!!!!!

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