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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Nice little story from before the start of the show and the animation is actually quite good. I like to think it happened right after they parted with Nami. 6/10 Take note, this was released BEFORE episode 1 of One Piece. |
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| Yeah, the animation was pretty good and I also liked the other voice actors. They really wanted to catch the mood to the series. |
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| Did not care for the voice actors, animation or music... Just goes to show you how much better they've gotten. |
| Hmmm, everything was ok for something that was aired before ep1 ^ ^ The voice actor seemed weird at the beginning with the characters but in the end they were quite ok ^ ^ It's just that I got more used to the other seiyuu's ^ ^ 3/5 OVA ^ ^ "Oi, Crab! The one who's gonna be the Pirate King... is ME!!!" |
 When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. |
| A fun little adventure, I'm really glad they changed the voice actors to the current ones though ^^ |
| "Oi, Crab! The one who's gonna be the Pirate King... is ME!!!" Liked that quote, and I liked the OVA. Good episode IMO. 4/5 |
| the ending song was quite long :O nice episode |
| Oh wow, I'm so glad that they didn't stick with this ova's seiyuus. |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| This was a nice little distraction. Its the same basic plot of most of the other specials and filler arcs. They meet a character who despises pirates because of a few bad example pirates, they beat the villain, and the character they met earlier decides that not all pirates are bad. Of course the fillers and specials do a better job of carrying out that story though. |
| It was okay, if anything at least it helped in getting the tv series made. That's definitely a good thing. That said, 5/10 |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Was nice to see how it all began. |
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| Was glad to see how one piece all started and how what started this great series alsoo the VA felt really strange but weren't all that bad :) |
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| I watched this OVA episode kinda late.. i'm quite impressed with the animation work since this was produced around 1998.. i was a bit off with the voice over but aside from that.. it was good :-) |
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| Wow they sound so different... I don't mind Luffy's seiyuu but what the hell is up with them, why do they insist on using womans to voice him >.< I hate the fact that I know it's a woman and not a guy -_- I'm really glad they changed Zoro's sieyuu, he doesn't sound as manly as he should with this one. I don't really care about Nami's though.. Nice, I would've def be interested if I were to see this before episode 1 :) 7/10 |
| Luffy sounds like a brat... and he's not stupid-awesome enough in this. :( Animation bothers me... mainly just Luffy's expressions though. I'm glad that they changed it for the TV series. I probably wouldn't enjoy it as much (if at all?) if they kept it with this. Luffy's current VA is the best btw. In the first episode, I already really liked Luffy, but in this OVA he didn't really draw me into the show. (In fact he reminded me of Naruto here.) It was okay. |
| I'm glad One Piece didn't turn into this. |
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| Back to the bonds. Art is weird here. Really, it wasn't anything special here. Simple story, simple characters. Boring commercial OAV, but it wasn't as bad as with fanservice. 6,5/10 |
| Those VAs were one year to early to get a lifelong job ^^. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| As the first animated version of One Piece, one that was supposed to get people into this show, it is pretty good, though. It contains all important elements of a good One Piece episode, except maybe for the animation itself, which is, compared to the TV show, really poor. But the story, that atmosphere, everything is just fine, of course not a masterpiece, but a good watch, good introduction for sure ^____^ |
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| The story sucked & to think there is a Medaka more annoying than the one in Medaka Box is astounding (at least I liked that Medaka for awhile). I suppose the only thing about the plot I really liked was that the villagers actually took action & weren't just there to be saved. But man, everything else falls into a lot of trappings I hate. & at the time, it may have been cool to see them use so much from the Orange Town arc but it just felt redundant after seeing said arc so many times (& it's one I never really liked to begin with). Like seriously, they took so much from that arc. Medaka's role mirrors Nami, both hating pirates but growing to like Luffy (also, Luffy helps both of them out from two pirates at the beginning, strikes a "friendship" with them, before finding out there a pirate latter) & playing a vital role in defeating the big bag (whether tying parts of Buggy off or pretending to be decapitated); in both cases Nami leads Luffy to being kidnapped (or well, doing the kidnapping in Orange Town) & frees him later; both of the main villain damage Luffy's hat & upon hearing it's important to him because of Shanks, damages it further; both villains deal primarily in explosive, as well as taking over a town (though, Ganzack was the only to enslave) & perhaps more but that's all I got off the top of my head. On the other hand, I quite liked the score & the animation had some pretty great moments (at points, I wished the anime had adapted this style for the earlier OP episodes). Had some issues with the art, I don't really feel, along with the animation, lent itself it One Piece's brand of humor (mostly talking about facial expressions here). But regardless, it was nice to see something so patently 90's again. I didn't really mind the different seiyuu's either, they aren't as good as the origi...replacements (?) but still a serviceable cast. & the Straw Hats, were the Straw Hats. Not the funnest they've been to follow, or their most distinct but it was still nice to see them. 5/10. |
| Hahaha, Zoro's voice actor is the one who voiced Onizuka from GTO, Aoki from Hajime no Ippo and Obito from Naruto: Shippuuden! I thought that was pretty cool. Didn't really like Luffy's voice. Overall I thought the episode was ok. |
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| Well that was boring and a bit confusing. |
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| All of the people complaining about the animation in this thread is really bizarre to me. I think the animation looks leaps and bounds ahead of the TV series, which is honestly to be expected from a standalone OVA. Of course, I've only watched up to Episode 18, so perhaps the TV's animation gets better later on, but currently the TV series has very standard-style TV animation of that era, while this has very standard OVA animation of the era. However, OVA animation of the era was typically more detailed than TV... In any case, the story was somewhat standard, but it's a cool little OVA that was fun to watch and managed to be entertaining. Also, I might just be crazy, but I didn't notice any difference between the voice actors here and the ones in the main series. XD |
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| Hell yeah, Wakamoto voicing Ganzack made it worth it. The ending theme was really catchy as well, if a little dated. |
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| Nothing special. happy they changed a lot after this one |
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| This special was to help potential viewers to get hyped for the epic anime that One Piece has become today. In light of that, it was a fun watch! 7/10 |
| I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats. |
| A nice little OVA. And for something made in 1998, it doesn't disappoint ^^ 6/10 |
 Hisoka said: True love is finding someone whose demons play well with yours. Illumi said: . |
| Ok episode. The story is common so nothing extraordinary |
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| This Special was fine and good for a 6/10 I like the background music when Luffy turns things around :3 |
"No matter what painful things happens, even when it looks like you'll lose... when no one else in the world believes in you... when you don't even believe in yourself... I will believe in you!" |
| Despite it's obviously old age, the charm of the show is still very much existent 7/10 |
| “I love heroes, but I don't want to be one. Do you even know what a hero is!? For example, you have some meat. Pirates will feast on the meat, but the hero will distribute it among the people! I want to eat the meat!” - Monkey D. Luffy |
| This was good considering it aired before the first episode, the voice actors obviously aren't as good as the ones we have now but I feel like they did their job well. |
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chekrdnickrs said: This special was to help potential viewers to get hyped for the epic anime that One Piece has become today. In light of that, it was a fun watch! 7/10 No it was not, it was made by a different production company. It possibly might have been produced as a failed pilot though. It was also originally shown as part of a travelling tour of short animations. |
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| A nostalgic throwback for sure, the animation was a nice refresher from the modern One Piece we have now and the old early Toei. The characters are strangely the same they were at that point of the story too, great OVA. |
| Cool. It was pretty interesting seeing Production IG's early take on One Piece and visuals weren't bad for it's time imo. I miss the voice actors we were familiar with but this was alright I guess |
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| This was so good. Up until this ova and the previous episodes, the ova clearly takes the dub. Smooth and good 90's style animation by Production I.G. was cool. The different VA for Luffy was bothering me a bit. I didn't hate it but it sure felt off to me. Really glad that Luffy actually kills the main villain this time rather than just flinging them off after giving them a beating. |
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| I'm very excited to see this ova. I can't wait. |
| VAs were strange, not what I am used to. Oh well, typical one piece episode. Arrive to an island, liberate from a tyrant and Luffy gets food at the end. We all celebrate, the end. Nami was the MVP though |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| Very interesting. So, this is the ep. 0 of One Piece. No wonder the VAs were different. Also, the copy I watched seemed like it was ripped from VHS. It was so nostalgic! 7/10 |
| Came here from the One Piece day live stream, watched all of it, and this was amazing ! |
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