It seems like just yesterday that I was here writing about FUNi's announcement of their One Piece episode 403 simulcast, but this follow-up of sorts has me in a much more sour mood. Turns out that some rapscallion(s) ruined it for everyone else by getting …Read more »
If this signals the end of FUNimation's "season one" of One Piece , then it's an awfully good place to arbitrarily cut things off. Fourth Voyage serves as a nice transitional collection, both wrapping up the crew's battle against Arlong and his fishmen, and powering …Read more »
Let's give a big chum-spewing ahoy for the adaptation of Eichiro Oda's juggernaut series One Piece ! FUNimation entered an agreement with Toei, Shueisha and Fuji Television Network for exclusive rights to American and Canadian online simulcasts of the show. Following in the footsteps of …Read more »
While Eichiro Oda's neverending pirate adventure is enjoying a much more leisurely paced release schedule than some of its Shonen Jump brothers and sisters, the contents of the latest volume are anything but. Spanning chapters 177-186, Oda's work here is feverish, running double time in …Read more »
It's hard to believe that the anime adaptation of Eichiro Oda's One Piece is nearing the decade mark, but it's true. The manga celebrated this same milestone in style in 2007 (who doesn't want to soak in a One Piece -themed attraction at Univeral?), and …Read more »
Luffy and his crew make their way across the desert to Rainbase, where they plan to confront Crocodile and end what (were I a hard-hitting journalist in Eichiro Oda's fictional world) I would certainly dub "The Disasta in Alabasta." Meanwhile, thanks to some especially vile …Read more »
Eichiro Oda is completely relentless. As volume after volume of One Piece is released, I keep telling myself that he's hit the peak of the story; the summit of insane, gum-gum action and over-the-top scenarios. However, staying true to inspirational artists like Akira Toriyama, Oda …Read more »
Joseph Luster
