Monkey D. Luffy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
My best friend got me into One Piece almost a year ago. It’s an anime about a 17-year-old boy named Monkey D. Luffy who aspires to be the King of the Pirates and find the One Piece treasure.
I remember seeing it on Toonami way back in 2005, I think, and I always thought that it was pretty stupid. Well, that was because 4kids had the licensing for it back then and they always censored many great features of the anime (ex. Sanji’s cigarettes edited to be lollipops), unnecessary name changes (like Zoro to Zolo or Ace to Trace), and the randomest voices that are not befitting of the characters at all (ex. Shanks being Australian?!). Thank God that Funimation has the licensing now. They did an awesome job with One Piece.
After I watch the series in English (of what they have so far), I’m going to watch it again in Japanese. There are so many differences in the reactions of the characters between the two dubs (Funimation’s English dub and the original Japanese). This is a series that I HIGHLY recommend watching and rewatching again and again.
Brie >w<
Brie the Otaku >w< 