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One Piece - Season 1, First Voyage (Uncut) 
Actors : Frank Frankson
Director : Kônosuke Uda
Studio : Funimation Prod
by Funimation Prod
Brand : FUNIMATION PRODUCTIONS, LTD
Release Date : 2008-05-27
Publisher : Funimation Prod
Availability : Usually ships in 24 hours and eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
Number of Items : 2
EAN : 0704400095818
UPC : 704400095818
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 26 reviews)
List Price : $49.98
Our Price : $21.99
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Product Description |
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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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Monkey D. Luffy (rhymes with "goofy"), the hero of this popular shonen (boys') series, is determined to make himself King of the Pirates by finding the fabulous treasure of the legendary pirate Gold Roger. In the first episodes, Luffy begins to assemble his crew, recruiting master swordsman Zoro and ace navigator Nami. In flashbacks, the viewer also learns how he acquired his trademark straw hat from the noble pirate Shanks. Because Luffy once ate a "Devil Fruit," his body and limbs can stretch almost infinitely to deliver staggering kicks and punches. With his frog-like face, skinny legs and outsized feet, Luffy is hardly a handsome hero. But his honesty, unswerving dedication, and kind heart win him friends wherever he goes. Although series creator Eiichiro Oda cites Dragon Ball as an influence, One Piece has a much cartoon-ier feel. The Straw Hat Pirates tackle a bizarre-looking array of foes that includes iron-jawed Captain Morgan, Captain Buggy of the Clown Pirates, and Jango, the moon-walking hypnotist of the Black Cat Pirates.Oda says that One Piece is the story he wanted to read as a boy. Millions of others loved that story: the broadcast series ran for more than 350 episodes and spun off nine features. One Piece debuted in America 2004 in a heavily edited version from 4Kids that made little sense. This uncut edition restores the show to its zany glory--and makes it clear why the series is so popular in Japan. (Rated TV 14: violence, tobacco and alcohol use) --Charles Solomon |
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Entertaining but a little silly |
The Title refers to a One Piece that whoever finds it rules the Caribbean.
The story follows Luffy, a pirate whose desire to be King of the Pirates by finding the one piece sends him to different places to enlist a new Pirate Crew.
Sounds good like a fun action show?
The action is there, and the story is entertaining , finding myself cursing at the dreaded To Be Continued screen.
Here comes the silly part.
Luffy ate a 'yum yum fruit' or (Devil Fruit). Makes his body rubber. The drawback is he can't swim, and drowns in water.
While this might be a bit odd, it wears down fast because the show is just too fun to watch.
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Almost completely an utterly perfect. |
First, I would also like to join in with most of the other reviewers in thanking FUNimation for their handling of this show. I used to hate you guys just as much if not more than 4kids, if you were around in the 1990's you'll probably understand why, but after watching your conduct after you licensed the series and up to it's CN debut I've had a complete change of heart. You guys really fought for us fans, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for you all now. (Hopefully CN will come to their senses and pick up the series again, but if not you can always fall back on the knowledge that most self-respecting One Piece fans are more than willing to buy your releases. (Heck, I bought Movie 8 along with this despite knowing it was utter crap just to help fund your future efforts.)
Anyways, there really isn't much left to say about how awesome this box set is.. Because as it stands most of the other reviewers have already covered everything I was going to say.
However, I can still say that the FUNimation dubbed track for this series is one of the best I have ever come across, almost as good as FMA's dub, and you really should give it chance even if you're a subtitles purist. You can really tell that the actors love their roles and are trying their hardest to do right by the series. I honestly like their portrayals just as much as the performances given from their Japanese counterparts, and given how long I've been watching the series in Japanese that's saying a lot.
One nitpick though: More extras next time please... D: |
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Everything I hoped for and more! |
For anyone who bought the 4kids version of the One Piece voyages, I am sorry to say that your money was wasted. Funimation's first voyage is exactly what you would expect. It offers multiple languages as well as my personal favorite - Japanese with English subtitles. one I watched all of the episodes, it left me wanted more. I can't wait for the second voyage to come out and once it does, you can count on me buying it.
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Not to be missed if you are a fan |
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I was a little hesitant about the Funimation dub of OP, but I can now say that there is nothing to fear--One Piece is finally being done right. It's great, of course, to watch the show in it's original Japanese and it looks clean and sounds great too. The dubbing is impressive too, with much care being taken into all of the characters and the way they would speak in English. It was quite clear to me that the voice acting was being directed by someone who loves OP as much as I do. For the first time in a very long time, I can say I watched the whole of the entire 2 DVD sets' English dubbing. Can't wait to get the whole series, and hear how Funi takes care of the rest of the crew! |
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One Piece, the way it was supposed to be seen |
One Piece has been around for almost 10 years in Japan now, and after all that time we finally get a dub for this great series that's done right. After 4kids butchered the series I had lost all hope of One Piece ever reaching an American audience in the way it was supposed to. With Funimation controling the dub now things are much better. This is uncut as advertised, nothing has been changed or edited, and features both the new and improved Funimation dub with a new voice cast, and the original japanese audio as well. The quality on the japanese audio is a bit lower than the american audio, but that might be because the original japanese audio for these first episodes was recorded back in 1999. The video quality is excellent however and I have no complaints in that aspect. The extras aren't too bad either with some company trailers, episode commentaries, and the same marathon feature found on their Dragon Ball Z boxsets. The marathon feature just streams all the episodes together without an opening or closing theme.
That's not to say that this boxset doesn't have it's problems. To be honest I really can't stand Luffy's american voice. I know it's a woman doing the voice work and it's definitely hard to hit some of Luffy's notes, so it's not her fault entirely. It's still better than the 4kids Luffy though, in fact, all of the voices are better. But the first time I heard Luffy yell "I SLEPT SO GREAT!" I cringed. The voice does get better by the end of the boxset as she is settling in to her role though. The amazon price is excellent and definitely worth the price but the regular listed price goes for $50. $50 for 13 episodes is a lot of money, which brings me to the biggest problem. The series began running in Japan in 1999 and is still going today. As of July 6th, 2008, there are 361 episodes to this series, and a new episode airs just about eveyr week. That brings me to my biggest point. This series probably won't be coming back to TV, and if it did it would be edited again, so to continue to buy each boxset and watch every episode is a major time and money investment. As with all series of this nature, until the main cast of characters fills out the series starts off slow and gets better, but this show is definitely a commitment. If you fall in love with the show from the start then you might think that's worth it, but just be warned of that.
Overall though I think this series is fantastic and Funimation has done a great job of saving this series. For $20 you really should just give it a try. |
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