Remember when we posted about some mysterious silhouettes popping up on the One Piece website ? The teaser seemed interesting at a glance, but the reality of the reveal is a bit of a disappointment. Now that it's August 3, we can see the results, …Read more »
What does it all mean? Japanese fans of One Piece were left scratching their heads this morning with an update to the series’ official site, which shows eight characters in silhouette with a countdown timer to August 3. In addition, the images include the text …Read more »
As previously reported, the One Piece anime is getting another recap TV special soon with the August 22 premiere of Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will . Now you can see a quick peek at it …Read more »
Pictured: a disgruntled Berserk fan. For every manga artist who faithfully turns in their work on time month and after month, there are definitely a few that subscribe to Douglas Adams’ philosophy about deadlines whooshing by and all that. Some delays are unavoidable, like when …Read more »
With Japan Expo 2015 in full swing in Paris, there's plenty of fresh footage and news coming out of the likes of Bandai Namco Games and other companies. One of the recent trailers showcased offers up another preview of One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 , …Read more »
FUNimation has big plans for the summer anime season, including 20 simulcast titles, 18 of which have been announced on the company's website . Broadcast Dubs program info will be announced later, but for now you can see what shows have been revealed thus far …Read more »
Anime pollsters, it appears, are on a parents kick. Last week we featured a controversial poll about anime’s worst dads , and this week the question posted by ranking site Charapedia asked Japanese fans, “what anime would you like to show your parents?” As many …Read more »
Sabo is getting his own recap TV special in the form of One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will . Fans can look forward to the events from the Dressrosa arc and other moments as …Read more »
Japanese learners, here’s a useful one for you: ojisan , which can mean both uncle and “middle-aged dude,” basically (an official translation will nab you “old man,” but most people who get called ojisan aren’t that old). It’s the young whippersnappers who usually get top …Read more »
Death! Morbid as it may be, it’s a frequent enough conversation between friends and family: what’s the last thing you want to eat? The last person you want to see? The last anime you want to watch? Okay, I’ve never thought about that last one. …Read more »
Players with access to iOS and Android devices can download some One Piece fun on the go with the recently-released One Piece Run, Chopper, Run! The free-to-play game with purchasable in-game items is now available on the Google Play and iTunes stores, and you can …Read more »
Anyone planning a trip to Universal Studios Japan this summer can look forward to the return of the One Piece live show. General advance tickets for "One Piece Premiere Summer 2015" go on sale May 25, following pre-sale for Universal VIP Annual Pass or Annual …Read more »
Luffy and the Straw Hats are at that crucial point of the current Dressrosa Arc in which most of them are split up and doing different things, inevitably building to a final showdown and a timely reconvening. One Piece story arcs are pretty predictable—introduce the …Read more »
Adult Swim is about to try an experiment similar to the rebroadcasts of Dragon Ball Z Kai that have been running in the 8:00pm slot. Starting this week, the programming block will test out rebroadcasts of the previous week's One Piece episode, slotted to air …Read more »
Shonen manga. Love it as you might, you’ve gotta admit the action-packed genre, aimed squarely at boys 10 to 18 but with an actual audience much larger than that, deals in a lot of what cynics might call “cliches” but fans might call, uh, “fixed …Read more »
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