I got about 20 eps in and it hit me just how long it would take to watch the whole thing + the movies. I was enjoying it, but then I started thinking about stuff like the Ghost In The Shell series' which I also haven't seen that I could finish in a fraction of the time. Ugh 512 eps...
My friend did this and it took him about a week. There is about what, 80 filler episodes? Plus some of the episodes get padded with filler moments so you can easily skip those. It will still take a long time, but you can make it go by much faster
Also don't bother with the movies. Maybe just one or two of them are worth watching.
If you're down, the anime of One Piece is fine but I would honestly recommend the manga over it at this point. Easier to catch-up on and filler-free (though One Piece filler is nowhere near as bad and long as the filler in other shounen anime).
One Piece anime = I enjoy it for the most part. Quality is pretty stable.
One Piece manga = easily my favorite manga of all-time. Top tier level shounen.
I think the show is good but it has very slow pacing at times. I tried to get back on during impel down but the pacing just killed me.
The manga otoh has awesome pacing outside of Skypiea; although when you catch up the pacing becomes torture having to wait a week between every 20 pages
If you don't know what a word is but everyone else seems to, you should probably just google it instead of complaining. You're obviously the odd one out.
PEOPLE KEEP USING THE ACRONYM GTA BUT I DUNNO WHAT IT MEANS.
If you're down, the anime of One Piece is fine but I would honestly recommend the manga over it at this point. Easier to catch-up on and filler-free (though One Piece filler is nowhere near as bad and long as the filler in other shounen anime).
I think the anime is awesome. The attacks are just too epic looking to stick to the manga, and at this rate if someone truly has gotten into one piece then they can easily watch 1-5 episodes a day to catch up on before this game comes out. Not like the manga arc of late is anything to write home about.
The screens appear to have some nice cell shading. The scan is such a tease, hopefully we get a blowout at TGS.
*MAJOR ONE PIECE SPOILERS AHEAD DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE MANGA*
We have an image of time skip Luffy. If this takes place after the time skip, I guess we won't be able to play as Whitebeard or Ace.
Knowing Oda, the big players will all have new designs too. No idea when this game is released, but I can't see the war lords being in there unless Oda has revealed them in the manga before hand. But I'm sure this won't be a problem, as the current arc is coming to a close and we'll probably get our first glimpse of the rest of the world after the time skip
Honestly, if the game is well done, all I really want to play as is Luffy, Zoro and Sanji.
Yeah, I can't comment on the quality of 9 (was that the re-do of Drum Island?) but movies 4, 6, and 10 are fucking fantastic. Must see films for One Piece fans.
Well the scan confirms I definitely want to use Nami and Chopper.
Edit: Oh, well while we're listing the good movies; Strong World is the obvious one to go for but I also really enjoyed the one with the rather odd(er) artstyle and the more, ehm, boing boing one ended up being pretty decent.
The screens appear to have some nice cell shading. The scan is such a tease, hopefully we get a blowout at TGS.
*MAJOR ONE PIECE SPOILERS AHEAD DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE MANGA*
We have an image of time skip Luffy. If this takes place after the time skip, I guess we won't be able to play as Whitebeard or Ace.
Knowing Oda, the big players will all have new designs too. No idea when this game is released, but I can't see the war lords being in there unless Oda has revealed them in the manga before hand. But I'm sure this won't be a problem, as the current arc is coming to a close and we'll probably get our first glimpse of the rest of the world after the time skip
Honestly, if the game is well done, all I really want to play as is Luffy, Zoro and Sanji.
NO screenshots yet? I am totally pumped for this. I stopped readin the One Piece manga by the 20th book I think but I can totally get behind a Musou game in this universe. Should be fun.
There's also a sizable amount of episodes with 5 minute or more recaps. Let's say there's 100 or so, which shaves off 500 minutes right there. Subtract about 60 episodes of filler and it's only around 140 hours.
Just think of it as a game of Dragon Quest 7 or something. I would say it's a better time investment than that.
Pretty amped for this. Love One Piece but feel that it's always gotten the short end of the stick as far as games go (Naruto gets all the love... a CC2 developed OP game would be quite something to look at).
Pretty amped for this. Love One Piece but feel that it's always gotten the short end of the stick as far as games go (Naruto gets all the love... a CC2 developed OP game would be quite something to look at).
Well, the cell-shading in Gundam Musou 3 is awesome, so Omega Force can probably do the visuals justice and gameplay-wise Musou games >> CC2's Naruto games.
But at the same time, some characters are just overpowered as fuck. I can see ways to nerf guys like the Admirals, Blackbeard, Enel... but what about Whitebeard? Kuma? Not sure how you can nerf those guys devil fruits, short of taking them away in gameplay altogether.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. I bet this will only include the Straw Hats as playable characters, and, like... Buggy as an unlockable or something.
Pretty amped for this. Love One Piece but feel that it's always gotten the short end of the stick as far as games go (Naruto gets all the love... a CC2 developed OP game would be quite something to look at).
Funimation's website has a lot of episodes. I don't know if there's still a big gap though. Either way, they definitely have up to like episode 200 and then current stuff starting at 400 or so.
But at the same time, some characters are just overpowered as fuck. I can see ways to nerf guys like the Admirals, Blackbeard, Enel... but what about Whitebeard? Kuma? Not sure how you can nerf those guys devil fruits, short of taking them away in gameplay altogether.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. I bet this will only include the Straw Hats as playable characters, and, like... Buggy as an unlockable or something.
I don't think realistic match-up comparisons are a priority in musou games They'll just be attacks. Really strong ones will be musou attacks, others will be standard combo enders.
It's more about the fun of just beating hundreds down as Whitebeard and tearing reality apart in a musou attack knocking out 50 at a time.
If you're thinking of watching One Piece now, i'd probably skip out on this thread. A lot of these gifs are ruining epic moments and it'll likely get more frequent from here.
Atleast for me anyway. Seeing them for the first time was amazing.
The manga really is the best way to get into the series. Watch the anime afterwards if you want, but the manga is essential to One Piece and is One Piece in it's rawest, purist form.
Then just watch the good movies. Strong World, movie 10, is canon to the manga so that's a good start.
It's not a matter of taking long time, it's just that the pacing of the episodes is shit. So much time is wasted on reaction shots and environment shots that it ruins the flow of the fights.
If someone can edit out the battle scenes to only the actual fight scenes, then it would be amazing. That's why I generally watch muted AMV videos of my favourite One Piece fights.
Well, the cell-shading in Gundam Musou 3 is awesome, so Omega Force can probably do the visuals justice and gameplay-wise Musou games >> CC2's Naruto games.
I agree on the gameplay part, but it's hard to see those Naruto games in action and not hope for a OP game that matches the visuals (maybe with some AA slathered on).
Definitely psyched to see the full reveal in a few days. Oh, and if this comes stateside I hope the publisher (Namco presumably) is smart enough to offer the original voicework as an option. With stuff like this it's impossible to get so accustomed to certain voices and suffer through a dubbed version.
I can't believe this is actually happening haha. Imagine if they gave you chapters from the beginning of the series to now, that would awesome. At least, knowing Koei, we'll most likely get DLC for levels based around some of the biggest moments in the series if they aren't on the disc.
I agree on the gameplay part, but it's hard to see those Naruto games in action and not hope for a OP game that matches the visuals (maybe with some AA slathered on).
Definitely psyched to see the full reveal in a few days. Oh, and if this comes stateside I hope the publisher (Namco presumably) is smart enough to offer the original voicework as an option. With stuff like this it's impossible to get so accustomed to certain voices and suffer through a dubbed version.