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Vintersorg posted:Just about caught up with One Pace - 2 more episodes left but... looks like I am still about 100 episodes behind the current airing stuff. How come no one is discussing it? According to Wikipedia there's been new episodes since like January. We all read the manga instead
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Vintersorg posted:Just about caught up with One Pace - 2 more episodes left but... looks like I am still about 100 episodes behind the current airing stuff. How come no one is discussing it? According to Wikipedia there's been new episodes since like January. Most just read the manga and check the anime for hype scenes being animated
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Apr 18, 2023 17:17
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I watch it weekly 
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Apr 18, 2023 18:47
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ive been lovin the anime but only watch it in bursts poor sanji
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Apr 18, 2023 20:28
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I’m all caught up with the manga and follow it weekly but I also do the same with the anime (mostly out of habit at this point but it occasionally still throws out some good bits here and there)
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Apr 18, 2023 20:32
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SpartanIvy posted:I watch it weekly  I always thought it was strange that one of the most popular anime ever has one of the deadest threads.  Wano has been interesting at times, but I'm really ready for it to be over. Alas next episode is a recap... The entire Sanji arc has been odd. It feels extremely tacked on. It tries to play both sides of "Sanji is special from birth" and "Sanji is special because of his hard work and convictions". He's genetically enhanced, but actually he was poisoned, but actually he is. He decides that these things are just tools in his toolbox, but also destroys the suit (albeit he does decide this after it's already destroyed). The timeline is really weird too. Like Law and Queen are aware of Stealth Black, but when did Sanji ever do any work for Germa 66? None of it fits the setting either. All-in-all, I really dislike the whole Germa 66 stuff, and I'm glad Queen is finally defeated. On the flip side, I really loved the Robin vs Quelaag fight. The fanservice was a bit much and the entire mist flashback whatever was mostly just a waste of time, but everything else was great. Sanji trusting and relying on Robin was cool, Robin turning into a demon felt thematic and a good evolution of her power, giant Octo-Robin was really cool but disappointing that it didn't do much, but Robin suddenly busting out fishman karate (and dragon claw fist) was extremely awesome. The I thought it was weird Hatch was briefly trying to discourage others from teaching Robin new techniques in her flashback, and it was also weird that Robin felt like she might want to just stick with slaps. It's already like the least threatening attack someone could make, but also why turn down learning something? I'm sure it's just filler, but it stuck out to me as odd. Still: Robin best character.
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May 10, 2023 17:14
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I still watch every week as well. Staying too long in an arc has been this show's thing since at least Thriller Bark. And yeah, it feels like the quality of character motivations has gone down. I suspect it's an artifact of the show stretching out the manga's content, but it used to be better. King the Wildfire in particular going from mocking swordsmen in one episode to casually saying he likes swords a couple episodes later in the middle of a fight was really jilted and pointless.
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May 10, 2023 20:17
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Shadow0 posted:
1) Most of the people on the forums read the manga first and mainly post in there, many just stick to the Manga and just check out the anime for particular scenes or episodes that are done well. A big part of this is the terrible pacing of the anime as a whole. 2)Law is aware of Germa 66 because of the comic in the world economic times, which is a propaganda piece about the warrior Sora fighting against the evil germa 66. Queen is aware of germa66 because in the past both he and Judge were members of a group of scientists called MADS, way before Sanji was born. 3) The Robin stuff wasn't filler except for stretching out the illusions from a couple of panels to like half an episode.
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May 10, 2023 21:14
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I watch weekly and don’t read. There hasn’t been much going on for quite a while now. We’ve been in Onigashima for literally 2 years. The fighting at the gates started June 13, 2021. Outside of the absolutely excellent Gold Roger stuff and the initial Kaido/Luffy fighting, most everything else has been ok to bad. I’d say outside of the above there’s been maybe 10 good episodes over the last 2 years? Just not a lot going on so not a ton of discussion.
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May 11, 2023 17:35
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Julias posted:1) Most of the people on the forums read the manga first and mainly post in there, many just stick to the Manga and just check out the anime for particular scenes or episodes that are done well. A big part of this is the terrible pacing of the anime as a whole. Yeah, I know, but it's still funny that one of the most popular anime still can't maintain enough anime-only viewers to have the anime thread not be so dead. Truly a testament to how bad the pacing is. I'm glad this thread is always spoiler-free at least. Julias posted:2) Law is aware of Germa 66 because of the comic in the world economic times, which is a propaganda piece about the warrior Sora fighting against the evil germa 66. Queen is aware of germa66 because in the past both he and Judge were members of a group of scientists called MADS, way before Sanji was born. Spoilers :P (? Or did the anime inexplicably skip saying that like how they don't animate the bonus stories like Enel on the Moon even though they are desperate for filler) But also, that doesn't explain how Law is aware of Stealth Black before Stealth Black was even born. Julias posted:3) The Robin stuff wasn't filler except for stretching out the illusions from a couple of panels to like half an episode. It doesn't have to be filler to be a waste of time. 
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May 12, 2023 13:30
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Shadow0 posted:Spoilers :P (? Or did the anime inexplicably skip saying that like how they don't animate the bonus stories like Enel on the Moon even though they are desperate for filler) Nah none of this stuff was skipped or future manga content, it was all in wano, it's just been so long and stretched out that you've probably forgotten about it. We got told about the germa comics back in whole cake arc, and law learned about stealth black from them, despite there not being an actual stealth black in the real world since Sanji was a failure. The features of sanji's stealth black matched the fictional character was all. And Queen mentioned Judge and MADS at some point earlier in onigashima.
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May 12, 2023 15:32
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Julias posted:We got told about the germa comics back in whole cake arc, and law learned about stealth black from them, despite there not being an actual stealth black in the real world since Sanji was a failure. The features of sanji's stealth black matched the fictional character was all. This is the part I was talking about. It makes no sense. Law, Queen, and the propagandists were all aware of Sanji's evil alter ego before even Sanji was. Maybe Queen was aware of Judge's plans to build the suits from their time working together, but still. Also, apparently Queen does mention MADS in the anime, though it gets drowned out from all the noise of the incessant padding. I didn't realize it until I checked the wiki for when Queen mentioned MADS, but Fish-Man Island was 500 episodes ago. Half the anime has been New World.
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May 18, 2023 17:19
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Shadow0 posted:This is the part I was talking about. It makes no sense. Law, Queen, and the propagandists were all aware of Sanji's evil alter ego before even Sanji was. Maybe Queen was aware of Judge's plans to build the suits from their time working together, but still. Judge built the suits based on the comics. He's really into Sentai and created a comic then made his kids the OCs do not steal.
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May 18, 2023 18:16
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The zoro vs king episode got some ufotable quality animation for the ending, it's definitely worth a watch for just the spectacle.
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May 21, 2023 04:01
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That entire episode was a blast
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May 21, 2023 07:41
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If your ultimate attack is in the form of a dragon and your enemies attack is called "Dragon Damnation", I'm pretty sure you should go ahead and run away.
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May 22, 2023 02:58
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That was probably the best One Piece episode I have seen in literal years. Is it just me or was the animation style totally different from the other high production fighting scenes so far?
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May 22, 2023 05:03
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It's different in that it's got some of that naruto vs pain style of animation, but it seems like they've improved on it. Nearly the whole episode felt like a step up, which is surprising considering Luffy only got like 5 minutes of quality while he gave Kaido the advanced conquerors business, but also that was 9 months ago (holy poo poo times flies). I'm hoping this is a sign we're nearing the end of the arc and not just the once per year quality episode. I mean, Sanji got his 5 minutes too. We gotta be close, right?
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May 22, 2023 10:09
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Julias posted:The zoro vs king episode got some ufotable quality animation for the ending, it's definitely worth a watch for just the spectacle. I missed that I was behind by an episode and thought you meant this one: 
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That was absolutely gorgeous. One of the most unique episodes they’ve done. Instant favorite. Edit: Fascinating. This EP was directed by an American. According to this article, OP has never had a non-JPN ep director. Now it make a lot of sense. Still doesn’t take away from it though. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ne...e-anime/.198985 Pilfered Pallbearers fucked around with this message at 07:21 on Jun 25, 2023 |
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:That was absolutely gorgeous. One of the most unique episodes they’ve done. Instant favorite. Also said director was apparently a forums member on here
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That episode was great. There were some definite slow/filler spots earlier on but if that's what it takes to get the quality of the second half of the episode, I'm for it. It's the first time in a while I was actually saddened when the "TO BE CONTINUED" popped up.
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https://twitter.com/henry_thurlow/status/1672997452235038721 It almost makes sense that it was so good because of an American director. TOEI's animation has been lackluster for so many years, a fresh take is what this series needed. No weird rubber banding for several seconds, no hyper-deformed sequences, no DBZ aura fighting like in Luffy vs Kaido. There was a focus on fixed perspective and fluidity of motion, but still adhering to the model instead of turning into actual puddles of water. They need to put this guy in charge of the whole drat series. Also make it seasonal so they have time to make every episode like this. It's basically the last of the "Big Three" that won't give up it's money-making timeslot, and suffers as a result.
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Jun 30, 2023 05:40
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That's right, only americans can save One Piece
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Jun 30, 2023 06:35
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Seems weird to refer to an animation sequence as single cut.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:That's right, only americans can save One Piece I'm glad someone is brave enough to say it
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SyntheticPolygon posted:That's right, only americans can save One Piece We're at least several decades away from them letting the Swiss touch the series.
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Gyges posted:Seems weird to refer to an animation sequence as single cut. "Cuts" are an animation term for when the perspective changes or scene cuts to a different location or shot, such as when you go from a wide shot showing multiple people to a close up of a character's face. In the one piece example it's a single cut because law's animation is the actual cut, and big mom is actually a part if the dynamic background changing throughout this scene.
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Julias posted:"Cuts" are an animation term for when the perspective changes or scene cuts to a different location or shot, such as when you go from a wide shot showing multiple people to a close up of a character's face. Yeah it’s this. Cuts mean static (or mostly static) backgrounds. Single shot with so much insane motion around the space means significantly more work and planning because the background has to move naturally with the result of the animation.
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Jun 30, 2023 15:11
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I love Big Mom. She's one of the best villains in any kind of fiction.
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Looks like Luffy is getting his big power up next episode. That transition from his heartbeat to drum beat was  .I'm getting curious about last year's blow-up with the manga, we gotta be getting close by now. I can't imagine why anyone would be mad that Luffy is Joyboy, considering how many hints were leading in that direction.
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There was not a lot of content to this weeks episode but boy am I excited for next weeks! The reveal was obvious but this doesn't seem like a powerup like his other gears, and I wonder if it's something he will be able to do at will, or be an only-near/at-death thing for the time being
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Freakazoid_ posted:Looks like Luffy is getting his big power up next episode. That transition from his heartbeat to drum beat was Not really manga spoilers as this is about a video posted by toei on YouTube but just in case… They released a gear5 trailer, confirming Aug 6th as the reveal date (and the animation looks loving gorgeous).
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Long have I waited for this arc to close. It feels like this might be the year. Maybe the end of Wano will signal an appropriate time to start a new thread, and update the OP, which is only 500 episodes old, hahaha.
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Hey anime folks, just dropping in from the manga thread because I highly recommend you watch the gently caress out of Episode 1071 that just dropped. I was grinning like an idiot the whole time.
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They did it, they got it right.
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That was incredible. From the sound effects to the shifts in animation styles, they nailed it. It’s also nice to be in a thread where everyone isn’t climbing over each other to say the same thing about the anime being slow.
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i stopped watching when luffy hit the shores of wano is the arc done now?
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Truga posted:i stopped watching when luffy hit the shores of wano is the arc done now? Nope, give it another 4-5 months or so.
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TGG posted:They did it, they got it right. I'm a bit shocked, I felt the opposite. More than usual, it felt like the same exact same sequence was used over and over and over again. The same eyes-popping-out gag was also used over and over. Half the episode was Hiyori standing there monologuing. Tons and tons of slow, lengthy flashbacks... I was really looking forward to this episode, trying really hard to avoid spoilers, yet I enjoyed it maybe the least of any episode in a long time. I hate to be so negative, especially when everyone else seemed to enjoy it, but I was really disappointed by this episode.
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