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Gyges posted:Nope. Filler arcs are a thing of the past because creating and animating short story arcs is more expensive than just animating one chapter per episode. The anime will never catch up with the manga again. Plus there's no room for a filler arc right now. Well look again boys. Here comes a filler arc.
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Figures that instead of heading into one of the best arcs they'd go ahead and take a stop a filler island.
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Gyges posted:Figures that instead of heading into one of the best arcs they'd go ahead and take a stop a filler island. Well maybe if they have a break the next arc won't have half of every episode as slow pans and reaction faces. Probably not, though 
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Dec 15, 2013 19:09
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RabidWeasel posted:Well maybe if they have a break the next arc won't have half of every episode as slow pans and reaction faces. Probably not, though I think they would need a looooot of filler before they could start having something that's close to sane pacing again, sadly 
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Dec 15, 2013 19:20
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Yeah the Anime is ~20 episodes (~30 chapters), at a good pace, away from the Manga. They need the buffer.
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Dec 15, 2013 19:37
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There are all sorts of good places to expand upon like they could of had extended battles vs all the background characters at Marineford but instead we got AAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Dec 15, 2013 21:17
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I am choosing to think that little blip at the end there is something related to the saga. The idea that Law has to tag along with the Straw Hats on some filler arc nonsense is too weird to me.
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Dec 15, 2013 22:03
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As long as the filler is long enough to make an impact and its as decent as at least the Ice Hunter filler arc I'll be happy. I doubt it'll be either and we'll be back to padding out every episode for as long as possible.
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Dec 15, 2013 22:04
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They'll make a 20 episode Boss Luffy arc. You know they want to.
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Dec 15, 2013 22:38
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Srice posted:Oda did designs for costumes and the animals in Strong World. He was a producer for both Strong World and Z. That's the extent to which he is officially credited (besides being credited as the original creator, of course. But that goes without saying). Strong World didn't have any backtracking to East Blue so I'm not sure what you're talking about there. And while ultimately Shiki was pretty forgettable he is a canon character that's mentioned in the canon material and was originally going to be a part of the manga before Oda decided to use him for the movie. One thing about Oda's involvement with the anime as a whole is that he has free reign with the staff at this point judging from comments he's made in the Q&A sections of each volume. He's not credited for a lot of the content that he's said he was behind. He didn't write the Loguetown filler or Strong World, but he did come up with the story for it and told the anime staff what to put in.
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Rudoku posted:They'll make a 20 episode Boss Luffy arc. You know they want to. No you're thinking of 20 more episodes of Chopperman
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Dec 17, 2013 02:00
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What I expected: "Intense! Aokiji vs Doflamingo!" What I got: 
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Dec 20, 2013 04:27
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Shadow0 posted:What I expected: "Intense! Aokiji vs Doflamingo!" You didn't include his hilarious perv face.
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Dec 20, 2013 04:31
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Yep we are definitely heading towards a filler arc. When your filler arc starts off with the return of the Kung Fu Dugong it's got a good start.
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bondster posted:Yep we are definitely heading towards a filler arc. When your filler arc starts off with the return of the Kung Fu Dugong it's got a good start. I'm happy we finally get some filler. One Piece filler is far more entertaining than staring at each other. Also,  I like how his antlers are a part of the hat, not his head I also had a random thought - Chopper has a reindeer form, and then he has two semi-human forms. Aren't Zoan-types supposed to give you your base, crossbreed, and fullbreed? Again, Chopper is breaking all the rules. I guess somehow his basic form is supposed to be the hybrid and the gorilla is supposed to be the human? What do you think Sengoku's crossbreed form looks like? What if he uses the rumble ball?
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Shadow0 posted:I'm happy we finally get some filler. One Piece filler is far more entertaining than staring at each other. Gorilla mode is supposed to be Human mode. Chopper mode is the hybrid, then hes got normal
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Shadow0 posted:I like how his antlers are a part of the hat, not his head Not the first time it happened: 
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I need recommendations for the most badass story arcs. I was one of those people who watched the first dozen or so episodes years ago when it first came out but dropped it because "meh...not Naruto". And, I don't feel like slogging through all multi-hundred episodes. I already have a basic understanding of all the main characters just through general anime fandom exposure and watching the intro arc, but where should I go from here? I hear the anime is kind of craptastic until episode 100? I hear good things of the Battle at Marineford and the one where the crew goes vengeance on a dude loving with Nami. That's about it. (Episode ranges would be greatly appreciated for expediency.) AlternateNu fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Dec 27, 2013 |
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Dec 27, 2013 00:33
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AlternateNu posted:I need recommendations for the most badass story arcs. I was one of those people who watched the first dozen or so episodes years ago when it first came out but dropped it because "meh...not Naruto". And, I don't feel like slogging through all multi-hundred episodes. I already have a basic understanding of all the main characters just through general anime fandom exposure and watching the intro arc, but where should I go from here? Marineford is definitely not a good adaption. Dude fuckin' with Nami would be the Arlong Arc in the 15-20s I think, which is where I think it really takes off.
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AlternateNu posted:I need recommendations for the most badass story arcs. I was one of those people who watched the first dozen or so episodes years ago when it first came out but dropped it because "meh...not Naruto". And, I don't feel like slogging through all multi-hundred episodes. I already have a basic understanding of all the main characters just through general anime fandom exposure and watching the intro arc, but where should I go from here? Just watch from the beginning to get the backstory and around episode 30 (Arlong arc) is when it starts taking off. One Piece brings back references and seemingly minor characters throughout the story so missing character development and story can ruin the impact of poo poo. Kild fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Dec 27, 2013 |
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Dec 27, 2013 00:58
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If you get a good guide for skipping filler and skip the 8 minutes of OP + recap the episodes go by very quickly.
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socialsecurity posted:If you get a good guide for skipping filler and skip the 8 minutes of OP + recap the episodes go by very quickly. quote:Romance Dawn : 1-3 Someones list I came across. Anything in brackets is a filler 'arc'
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G8 is well worth watching. It's the only filler arc that's as good as the source material. It's really fun.
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AlternateNu posted:I need recommendations for the most badass story arcs. I was one of those people who watched the first dozen or so episodes years ago when it first came out but dropped it because "meh...not Naruto". And, I don't feel like slogging through all multi-hundred episodes. I already have a basic understanding of all the main characters just through general anime fandom exposure and watching the intro arc, but where should I go from here? All the early episodes are fantastic, so whoever told you that doesn't know what the hell they're talking about.
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AlternateNu posted:I need recommendations for the most badass story arcs. I was one of those people who watched the first dozen or so episodes years ago when it first came out but dropped it because "meh...not Naruto". And, I don't feel like slogging through all multi-hundred episodes. I already have a basic understanding of all the main characters just through general anime fandom exposure and watching the intro arc, but where should I go from here? I would skip all the way to Water Seven, that's where the World Government first really shows up as an adversary. I don't want to say "that's where the plot starts" because the character introductions aren't irrelevant or anything, but it's still kind of apt.
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:I would skip all the way to Water Seven, that's where the World Government first really shows up as an adversary. I don't want to say "that's where the plot starts" because the character introductions aren't irrelevant or anything, but it's still kind of apt. Many things that happen during that arc (Luffy VS Usopp, Robin's "betrayal", Merry's demise...) mean nothing if you're not familiar with the characters. If you already watched the first dozen or so episodes start from Arlong's arc and just skip the filler arcs mentioned some posts above and take your time to enjoy the series, it's not like you're in a hurry to catch up.
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Petiso posted:it's not like you're in a hurry to catch up. And if you are in a hurry to catch up, You're Doing It Wrong. There's no real point in catching up just for the sake of catching up. That'd be like wanting to know what's so great about Harry Potter, so you watch some highlights from the the first six movies so you can watch the seventh ASAP.
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That analogy would work better if the first six Harry Potter books were the same plot repeated over and over with slight variations. Wait, nevermind. 
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The Skypiea and Fishman Island arcs are pretty safe to skip. They are really drawn out and boring, too. My favorite arcs have always been the Arlong and Alabastre arcs. They had the first "poo poo is getting real" moments of the show, and had the most memorable villains in my opinion. Crocodile's laugh always made me want to punch him in the face myself. Renoistic fucked around with this message at 11:44 on Dec 27, 2013 |
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Renoistic posted:The Skypiea and Fishman Island arcs are pretty safe to skip. They are really drawn out and boring, too. Skypiea is one of my favourite arcs and I will never understand why people hate it so much. Fishman Island is meh but it has some important moments and more importantly its main purpose was for the crew to showoff so I can't really say you should skip it. The only arc you could really get away with skipping over is the Davy Back Fight arc and really why would you want to do that? The entire arc is full of pure gold.
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Fishman Island is far too long and as analogies for racial hatred go it's incredibly clumsy and  .
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There is always that effort to DBZ Kai the episodes, I forget the name of the guy doing it though, so I'm not being too helpful right now. Unfortunately, the incredibly slow build-up is one of the best parts of the show, in my opinion. You meet some evil dude, you want Luffy to beat him, but you're forced to watch him continue to do more and more evil as Luffy slowly makes his way to him, which only makes Luffy finally beating him all the more satisfactory. I always think I want to find an episode to show someone to get them into the show, but it's so hard because even though you love a certain fight, it will never mean as much to someone that hasn't seen Luffy struggle to get to that point where he's finally defeating him. Jimbot posted:G8 is well worth watching. It's the only filler arc that's as good as the source material. It's really fun.
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Shadow0 posted:There is always that effort to DBZ Kai the episodes, I forget the name of the guy doing it though, so I'm not being too helpful right now. One Pace is doing from Thriller Bark -> Timeskip and Timeskip -> Current. I think they're up to the Moriah fight and they have everything current since the timeskip.
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The Alabasta arc is one of my personal favorites. I guess you could skip Nami's introduction, since she isn't really set up until Arlong. I guess you could skip Zoro's but it's short and helps set up the story. Watch Usopp's, though. He needs a character foundation to work from. Sanji's intro arc, take it or leave it I guess? Don't really remember if there's something great there.Kild posted:One Pace is doing from Thriller Bark -> Timeskip and Timeskip -> Current. On that note I really mention that I'm really glad I watched the anime version of Thriller Bark. Whatever pacing issues there may have been, I can't imagine missing out on actually getting to hear Binks' Sake, in all its wonderful versions. That really helped establish Brooks as a great character. Goddamn though, Fishman did drag. Could have stood to read the manga for that.
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Baratie is important because that's where Zoro meets Mihawk.
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Silento posted:Baratie is important because that's where Zoro meets Mihawk. Aside from that, Sanji's backstory and Nami leaving are the only real things of interest there. Don Krieg is kind of a boring villain (and Pearl just loving sucks). If you aren't hooked by watching till the end of Arlong, man, I dunno what to tell ya. Maybe try a different anime? That's the litmus test right there.
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I really liked Sanji's intro arc  At the very least it sets up why he is the cook. (and never uses his hands to fight)
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Arlong basically is the turning point since it's the first real arc that has its core 5 crew members, and has the first instance of Luffy showing how much he believes in protecting his crew. The other thing about the smaller arcs is that it builds and slowly develops the characters as well as getting you used to them, which has big payoffs in the bigger arcs. Usopp is one of my favorite characters, but I can understand people getting annoyed by him initially, but he has one of the best character arcs across the series as he grows from a cowardly liar to the pirate of the sea he aspires to be, which you wouldn't fully appreciate if you were to just jump straight into Alabasta or Water 7. It's also why Alabasta is still one of my favorite arcs, since it pays off a lot of the characters' growth up to that point in addition to being the climax of the Baroque Works storyline that had started the moment they came into the Grand Line. One Piece starts off fairly lightheartedly with a lot of silly elements, which is off-putting to people more used to other shonen fare like Naruto or Bleach, but it's also why the more serious arcs have much more impact when they happen.
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So with our filler Antagonist being able to control any living animal with his devil fruit power, I'm fully expecting Brook to be the saviour. Terrible theory?
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Prison Warden posted:Aside from that, Sanji's backstory and Nami leaving are the only real things of interest there. Don Krieg is kind of a boring villain (and Pearl just loving sucks). I really liked Don Krieg... Andrew_1985 posted:So with our filler Antagonist being able to control any living animal with his devil fruit power, I'm fully expecting Brook to be the saviour. I don't know, he never seems to have any immunities that would have been granted to him for being a skeleton, eg poison.
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