sp0rsk said:
well actually, one piece is a kids show...
Actually, I'd completely debate that. Its a shonen series, which is more focused on the early-late teen crowd. It just doesn't belong in the same realm as Sonic X and Kirby. Those types of cartoons are focused on the preteen crowd in Japan and promoted through CoroCoro usually, not a serial like Shonen Jump. I'd even go so far as to argue that One Piece, compared to other shonen comics, is actually skewed more to an even older demographic considering the age of its characters. IIRC, Usopp is the youngest at 17 (barring Chopper, maybe, because he would be counted in animal years, I think), and some are in their 20s. This is opposed to the average 13-14 year old heroes that you tend to find in shonen comics.
Of course, maybe you had shonen in mind when you said kids show, but this just doesn't belong in the realm of Saturday morning, cut up all to hell. I wonder if there's a way to protest a company licensing something after they have already reportedly done so. Moreover, its going to be on fucking FOX of all things. 4kids already screwed up Shaman King - the voice sucks, the editing sucks, and it just sucks all around. Comparatively, One Piece is a MUCH more important series and it doesn't need to be on the Foxbox. If it was on WB, I wouldn't mind SOOO much. But it needs to be on Cartoon Network and be done by Funi or someone better. Besides the Dragon Ball series, Funi's actually done some decent work lately with Yu Yu Hakusho and Detective Conan.
What I'm worried about is how they would keep it on the air on FOX for it already ~200 episodes. They'll never complete the series on FOX, it would take years, but FOX would cut it off by then.
I am supremelty pissed off about this if its true. :|
Edit: And of course, the potential loss of the fansubs. FUCK.