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Whistle Stopper - One Piece - Season 1, First Voyage (Uncut)
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List Price: $49.98
Our Price: $21.99
Your Save: $ 27.99 ( 56% )
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Manufacturer: Funimation Prod
Starring: Frank Frankson
Directed By: Kônosuke Uda
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: ONE PIECE SEAS 1 PART 1 (DVD)
EAN: 0704400095818
Format: Animated
Label: Funimation Prod
Manufacturer: Funimation Prod
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Funimation Prod
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-05-27
Running Time: 312
Studio: Funimation Prod
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-09-18
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: One Piece: The Way It Was Meant To Be Seen
Comment: I've been a faithful reader of One Piece since August of 2003, in fact it was the first manga I ever read, and I fell in love with it from the start. Naturally, I was overjoyed when I heard it would be coming to the US in anime format on the Fall of 2004 on the formally known Fox Box. Of course what I say was a terrible regurgitated American washed TV cartoon for children of 5 and younger. I was rather upset at how badly people, such as the FCC, ruined my favorite manga. After 2 years of disappointment, 4kids TV cancelled the already heavily edited show. Since I don't have cable, that was the last I'd see of it... Until today. This new unedited, uncut version of the manga I so dearly love is far superior to it's terrible American counterpart, if it can even be called that. All the cursing, alcohol, actual violence, and blood remain perfectly in tact, not to mention the outstanding improvement in dialogue. Any one who has read the manga or seen the show should definitely purchase this. Thank you Funimation, you've saved my favorite anime.
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Summary: Why not 26 episodes per set? atleast!!
Comment: Firstly, I'd like to say that although I don't own this set I too am a huge One Piece fan and have a room practically dedicated to it full of merchandise!!!
Secondly, I'd like to agree with the previous post about how many box sets will be required to complete the set! 30+ is too many!!
Finally however, and this is the scary part, how long will this take if Funimation stick by there statement of releasing 2/3 sets per year!!! I can tell you now that in 10 years time DVD will be pretty much redundant, and I wouldn't be surprised if Funimation decide to drop it before then in favor of re releasing it on blu-ray with more episodes.
So, although I do recommend this set to new comers, if your after the complete series I'd hold out to see what Funi decide to do, we all know what happened with DBZ ;)
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Summary: Excellent, except for one major issue
Comment: Totally awesome show. I don't own the dvd and will explain why shortly. However I have seen every episode aired so far in japan via fansubs online. This show starts out good and stays good throughout.
Now is the problem part. This show is almost 400 episodes long so far in japan and shows no signs of slowing down at all. Then Funimation releases this set. I am very happy as many people are that they made these dvds uncut finally, unlike the 4kids version garbage. However this box holds 13 episodes....anyone want to do the math on how many boxes will be required to hold just the current ~400 episodes? Its 30 boxes. for the first 400 episodes, plus at least 100 more episodes probably or more.
What I ask for and want, is much larger box sets, use a slim form factor of some kind or other and release box sets with like 50 episodes if possible. Then I would have to buy far fewer boxes and it would take up less shelf space. I know this is mostly just semantics and personal preference, but I'm not the only one who feels this way and for a show this insanely long, more expansive box sets are necessary. Asking for this concession seems more than reasonable to me, if not an outright obvious thing to do.
Lastly, How many shows do you know that run 400 episodes plus and stay good the whole time? I know of no other. So if you don't mind the size of this box or have no intention of buying more than the first few seasons, then this box is very worth your while. So go and buy it already. Those of us who plan to buy all 560 episodes of the show or however many it ends up being....all we can do is pray they will wise up and give bigger boxes. Good luck to everyone? Later.
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Summary: An OK release, but not at all perfect.
Comment: this is an OK release of One Piece by Funimation, but with a bit of annoying occurrences. for one thing, even if you have the language set to Japanese, you STILL get Funi's gold logo instead of the original during the opening. I dont see WHY since Funi's other releases kept the original logo if you had it set to Japanese.
the subtitles for the Japanese track are pretty much accurate, except for the fact they decided to sub the "Marines" as the "Navy". I dont see a reason for this? everyone KNOWS them as the "Marines" and not "Navy", it even says "Marines" on all their shirts, sails and buildings!
also, they sub "Pirate King" as "King of the Pirates", thats gotta be the most annoyingest line they took from the 4kids dub. I know its the same thing basically, but "King of the Pirates" sounds so forced, stressed and not a natural phrase to say.
the thing i hate above all, there is way too much cursing subbed in! Funi really needs to cool it! I despise cursing and it really annoyed me. I heard the English dub suffered the same fate, so if you want to watch the dub, your ears be warned. I think its highly inappropiate since there is also a lot of children who'd want to watch.
more than a measly 13 eps per box set would be nice too. Its not worth the full retail price of $50 with only 13 eps, non-perfect subs and a missing original logo (its a good thing Amazon sells it for so cheap). also, at the rate they are releasing them, its going to take 10+ years JUST to get up to where the show is currectly airing in Japan (which is at 360+ eps and is only about half-way done, so there is gonna be at least that many more eps til the end).
other than the subtitle issues, its an OK release. But I hope they fix those in time for the 2nd Boxset. It DOES really annoy me and I am probably not gonna buy the rest of the releases. If subtitles on DVDs where easy to personaly edit, this wouldnt be an issue!
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Summary: So cool!!
Comment: Although I'm not the biggest fan of FUNimation's attempt at this dub (especially Colleen Clinkenbeard, who unfortunately sounds like she is straining her voice with every line), it's such a relief to be able to watch licensed subs! The marathon mode is also a big selling point. Don't regret a single penny of it.
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Editorial Reviews:
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As the Pirate King Gold Roger was executed he revealed that his treasure known as "One Piece" was hidden somewhere on the Grand Line. Monkey D. Luffy dreams of finding the legendary treasure and becoming the Pirate King and after eating the devil's fruit he gains the power to do so. But first he must find a crew...Contains episodes 1-13Format: DVD Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 704400095818 Manufacturer No: 0
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