One Piece

[Pidjiken]

Originally Posted by desterion

it was distressing, but you knew it had to happen at some point. Oda originally only intended for it to last like, 5 years. Now it's at 10 years and he said it's halfway. Just because you didn't like the auction house stuff doesn't mean you can dismiss everything before it. It'l turn back to what you love, just give it some time.

Haha you got me wrong.
I was saying shaobody was amazing, not below average. It's the rest of one piece that dragged on. It's been very good ever since the whole auction thing.

[chii]

it's getting epicly delicious again and has me drooling for each ep to come out every week!!!

[Pidjiken]

Originally Posted by chii

it's getting epicly delicious again and has me drooling for each ep to come out every week!!!

Manga hasn't let up either, which is definitely a good sign. There's a good deal of awesome to come.

[chii]

someday i might be brave enough to start reading the manga LOL

anime will do for now heh

[Pidjiken]

Originally Posted by chii

someday i might be brave enough to start reading the manga LOL

anime will do for now heh

I regret reading the manga. Honestly it's much more enjoyable when I had no idea what was coming.

[chii]

that is exactly why i tend to avoid the manga. always much more fun to watch and it you like the anime read what they left out afterwards and use your imagination for what they could have done in the anime... i hope that makes sense... lol

[desterion]

Originally Posted by Pidjiken

I regret reading the manga. Honestly it's much more enjoyable when I had no idea what was coming.

Thats the thing. The manga is fine for some stuff. It gives you a look ahead. But you'l always regret it. The anime adaptation of one piece is a lot better than the manga itself. There are so many things that you could have never possibly guessed would happen, like Sogeking. The manga provides the groundwork, but Toei is brilliant in turning it into something great. I would never ruin my enjoyment every week for a peek at whats next.

[Pidjiken]

Originally Posted by chii

that is exactly why i tend to avoid the manga. always much more fun to watch and it you like the anime read what they left out afterwards and use your imagination for what they could have done in the anime... i hope that makes sense... lol

Well I have to admit, theres a completely different feel to reading the Naruto manga than the One Piece manga.

Naruto manga's amazing and I honestly couldn't possibly regret reading it. One Piece onthe other hand... he makes panels too small with too much detail amongst many other things. The OP manga isn't as good as the OP anime.

I'm only saying this as I feel it's not all manga that shouldn't be read ahead of time, just some.

[BTime]

One of the forgotten strengths of the One Piece Anime is it's great use of sound. Whoever is doing the audio editing for OP really should get props.

[desterion]

Well, it's not forgotten, thats a strong part of why it's great. From the musical score and SFX to the voice actors. The combination of the voice actors merged to give something special while still feeling all natural to it. If somebody else had done the voices for characters like Sanji, Zoro and Luffy, I don't know if it'd had gotten as far as it has. Personally, I don't think there is any other VA that could have so completely captured Luffy. It's so often that anime just get a character's voice very wrong for what it should be. There really are so few anime that are around where the entire core cast is just amazing. The transition of sound though in one piece is so seamless your hardly even notice it.