One Piece Fan Letter Episode 1 Discussion

its so goooooddd the ending is so special i cried

From the Marineford reanimation, to the various perspectives of all the different characters we saw in this special, this was such a treat for us as One Piece fans. The strongest swordsman debate and all of the bar patrons laughing at Sanji is literally One Piece Twitter in a nutshell 😭 they didn't have to do Sanji dirty like that. I think what stood out to me the most was seeing the Paramount War from the POV of a regular Marine. Like, that warzone featured some of the series' strongest characters, so that part really drove home the point of how Marine fodder were just completely hopeless out there.

Overall this was a fun watch, Megumi Ishitani really cooked with her direction and the animation style was a great creative choice. It really added to the "childlike adventure" vibes that I got from this special. Toei truly has stepped up their game with One Piece as of late, and this was no exception.

If you're a One Piece fan, you already know why this is a masterpiece. However, for those who aren't fans, One Piece Fan Letter shines a light on the silent voices you would normally never hear in the show - store owners, low-ranking marines, young children and more. This special begs to ask the audience what connects these people from different walks of life together. Similarly to us the audience, it's the love and appreciation for the different members of the straw hat crew and how they have impacted these people's lives. Accompanied by arguably the cleanest animation at a movie-like quality, and the greatest director the show has ever seen, Megumi Ishitani, the special is a beautiful celebration for every fan of One Piece to enjoy front to back. 10/10

@Adnash talks about people being people salty about one piece and proceeds to display saltiness over one piece lol typical mal hypocrites. and it's almost as if she's trying to look like nami. the ''nami clone'' take is wrong and outdated now (non-one piece fans discover the concept of art style), get with the times.

@ryzxgum Where was I a hypocrite when I said that salty people who told me about "Nami clone" meme were kind of right? No need to be angry about my post or attack other animanga franchises because of it. Or seem as if all I wanted to convey in my post was to talk about obvious design similarities that are, surprise surprise, present in many other works, as you pointed out in your post (drawing a manga weekly is tough, so design similarities are inevitable; not to mention that every author have their own distinctive style, so it's obvious that you might see certain patterns and similarities in character designs of characters belonging to the same manga).

But thank you for informing me that the "Nami clone" meme is outdated, even if you did it in a salty way. I didn't know that One Piece fans can get upset when mentioning that kind of stuff. I need to tell it to some of my friends who are One Piece fans who like to fool around about that meme once in a while that it's outdated and may trigger other fans of the franchise. ;p If they are not already aware of it, that is. It's been a while since we discussed about One Piece, to be honest.

It was an interesting episode mostly due to POV from civilians instead of the crew. Quite a nice change of pace.
But am I the only one who thinks that it looks a little too much cartoon-ish? That it looses it's anime animation value just because it looks too cartoon-ish.

@Azuchi Too cartoonish? Tell me you're not a OP fan without telling me you're not a OP fan. Try watching the anime or reading the manga first! Then we can talk.