One Piece

Barely surviving in a barrel after passing through a terrible whirlpool at sea, carefree Monkey D. Luffy ends up aboard a ship under attack by fearsome pirates. Despite being a naive-looking teenager, he is not to be underestimated. Unmatched in battle, Luffy is a pirate himself who resolutely pursues the coveted One Piece treasure and the King of the Pirates title that comes with it.

The late King of the Pirates, Gol D. Roger, stirred up the world before his death by disclosing the whereabouts of his hoard of riches and daring everyone to obtain it. Ever since then, countless powerful pirates have sailed dangerous seas for the prized One Piece only to never return. Although Luffy lacks a crew and a proper ship, he is endowed with a superhuman ability and an unbreakable spirit that make him not only a formidable adversary but also an inspiration to many.

As he faces numerous challenges with a big smile on his face, Luffy gathers one-of-a-kind companions to join him in his ambitious endeavor, together embracing perils and wonders on their once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

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Monkey D., Luffy Main

Tanaka, Mayumi Japanese

Roronoa, Zoro Main

Nakai, Kazuya Japanese

Sanji Main

Hirata, Hiroaki Japanese

Nico, Robin Main

Yamaguchi, Yuriko Japanese

Tony Tony, Chopper Main

Ootani, Ikue Japanese

Nami Main

Okamura, Akemi Japanese

Usopp Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Brook Main

Cho Japanese

Franky Main

Yao, Kazuki Japanese

Jinbe Main

Gouri, Daisuke Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

Koyama, Hiroki Assistant Producer, Planning

Hashimoto, Shintarou Assistant Producer

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Oct 18, 2024

Vrtigo

Recommended

Preliminary (1112/? eps)

I started reading Onepiece in middle school and it was recommended to me from a good friend of mine, I thought it looked silly and I enjoyed it. I think i read until volume 20 ish. I loved it at that point, couple years go by and I went to HS and I go to watch the anime and for the get go I liked it because Luffy was so goofy. I think people have different perspectives on this anime because it's so long and it's easy to hate on. But I've only hated on it for being to long when I was a middle ... schooler and now it's my favorite anime OAT and it makes me so happy watching it. Some people had to put in a little effort to really enjoy the anime but me personally I have always enjoyed reading it and watching it. I Love Onpiece :]

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 20, 2024

Noasu-Rafaeru

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (127/? eps)

I would probably start by saying that *One Piece* is undoubtedly a massive franchise, and rightfully holds a place among the "Big Three." The characters are well-thought-out, and almost every one of them has a backstory that the anime beautifully unfolds for us.

I'll begin with the positives of the anime:

1. The Devil Fruit abilities are interesting and give the anime that proper *shounen* edge.
2. There are a lot of main characters, so everyone can find their favorite.
3. Unlike many other anime, it doesn’t shy away from showing darker moments where you genuinely feel like things might not end well. The story is truly vast, and ... every arc has something intriguing to offer.

Now for the negatives:

1. The pacing of the entire anime is incredibly slow; there were some episodes where I literally fell asleep... It's that slow, boring, and it drains your motivation to keep watching.
2. Another issue is the carefree attitude of the main character, Luffy, who is genuinely clueless most of the time. The only thing driving him is his selfish ambitions and occasionally the power of friendship, which has become a staple in *shounen* anime.
3. It bothers me that the characters are constantly shouting about friendship while endlessly crying.

In conclusion, I've only watched 127 episodes so far, but I doubt the negatives will disappear as the series progresses. That being said, I generally like the anime overall, which is why I'm giving it a 7/10.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 26, 2024

Ba-Cii10

Not Recommended

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Preliminary (1089/? eps)

Recently I started to notice that the One Piece fandom has become really toxic and likes to compare/attack other anime, claiming that "One Piece is the best anime" and I honestly don't understand it.

The pacing alone disqualifies this anime from competing for the title of "best" not to mention the rest of the problems this anime has.
I don't read the manga, it probably doesn't have such big problems with pacing as the anime but never mind... I haven't read it, I won't comment, I mean the ANIME which is far from what One Piece fans think about it...



Let's start with the ultra awful pacing... it's ... best illustrated by comparison to Jojo (a manga that has a similar number of total pages as Ona Piece) out of 80 volumes of the manga there are 190 episodes of Jojo (parts 1-5) and ATTENTION... as many as 755 episodes of One Piece, this series is so stretched and doesn't compensate for it with anything.
The One Piece anime, trying to prevent it from catching up with the source material (as other long series try to do), does the worst thing possible.
Other similar series prevent this with filler episodes, One Piece stretches/dilutes the original plot to the limits of its possibilities, drastically reducing its value, in the case of other series, episodes that are not part of the main plot could be easily skipped, in the case of One Piece there is no such possibility because the filler is written into the episode, it's just a tragedy.

But OK, this anime has terrible pacing but is the plot really good anyway? No, it's average and ultra formulaic.
This anime had the potential to be a really good adventure anime, 1000 episodes give the opportunity to tell about really many adventures of our heroes, however (also touching on the pace) we are trapped for several hundred episodes in one place and once again, most of it is not compensated by anything special.
Because yes, most of the arcs (apart from the mass of pointless, boring and too long plots in between) look almost identical, the schematic nature of this anime is terrifying:
The crew arrives on a new island -> Luffy meets new friends who are terrorized by a bad guy -> Luffy and the rest split up, Luffy runs to the boss and the rest beat up the minions -> Luffy fights the boss as always and Zoro and Sanji fight the vice captains, there are some exceptions but overall it looks the same, without any surprises.

The fact that the characters always run somewhere for almost half of each arc is already a meme.
I'm not saying that the plot is tragic, it has a lot of good moments but it's still far from very good.

Moving on...
"Dragonballization" from the beginning of the Wano arc, this anime decided to start moving towards Dragon Ball, when previously the fights of the most popular characters in this universe looked good but still mundane, in the Wano Arc suddenly the power scale skyrocketed, they started introducing various colorful auras and a lot of different exaggerated effects, it introduces a huge inconsistency compared to the rest of the anime.
It seems like One Piece is losing its entire atmosphere in favor of the exaggerated efficiency we see in today's shounen, but they have been like that from the beginning and do not seem inconsistent like One Piece, which started introducing all this crap relatively recently.

One Piece lost a bit of "it" after the time skip, it seems like the character interactions became less natural, more forced and there are fewer of them in general due to more frequent character separation, some characters lost their character and meaning, Usopp and Chpper were mostly reduced to boring comic relief.

Luffy (MC) well... his lack of development hurts me, the lack of development itself is not a bad thing BUT when the plot hits the hero with a traumatic event that screams "you idiot, you have to learn from this" and he gets up and moves forward without a moment's hesitation... it's stupid and makes this dramatic and important event irrelevant.
Luffy lost his entire crew due to his own stupidity (he was convinced of it) and what does he do in the rest of the story? he repeats the same mistake without a moment's reflection and provokes the emperor without any real preparation, stupid characters are cool and funny until their stupidity is simply annoying and gives the feeling that the character is completely empty. Additionally, for the vast majority of the time, Luffy stood out because unlike other anime of this type, he does not have hidden powers, he motivated by the fact that with seemingly weak powers, thanks to his willpower, he was able to pursue his goal, cliché? Yes, it works? Yes, but the author decided to surprise everyone and make Luffy a divine chosen one with divine powers and all this in the name of what? The "symbol of freedom" narrative does not compensate for this because Luffy is ultimately no different in this respect from the rest of the typical shounen MC.

Yes, Luffy is a "symbol of freedom" even though he doesn't see himself as such, but in the end it seems like he's just an idiot and does whatever he wants, the fact that he frees the oppressed doesn't matter because he only does it when his friends are imprisoned, his perspective is limited and if he doesn't see that someone has a problem he won't help them, he won't stop the world government which is a symbol of oppression xD but still, being a "symbol of freedom" doesn't require being a divine chosen one at the same time, what's the value of all that determination Luffy has and everything he's been through so far? if at the end, when the ceiling was too high, the author came up with an ultra big plot twist and gave MC divine powers is completely uninspiring and contradicts what we've seen in most of One Piece.

All that I wrote above is not everything, there would definitely be something more, but I didn't sit with a notebook in my hand while watching this anime and I don't remember everything, so well....

Before the time skip-8/10
The whole thing-6/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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