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A comprehensive in-depth look at why the OP anime is the way it is

Over on Twitter, user tomorrow_d_ani linked a very long and comprehensive paper (yes paper) about the state of the One Piece anime in relation to WCI. It’s about 30 pages long, with a ridiculous amount of sources for the info. It was retweeted by Yonkou Productions, Anime Ajay and a smattering of other animation experts. The info is legit. Instead of encouraging everyone to read 30 pages of animation breakdown (though if you want to, please do. It’s right here) I thought I’d bullet point the highlights. 

Let’s get ourselves educated about the anime!

About the pre-time skip stuff

- Contrary to most western fans beliefs that Water 7/Ennis Loby and Marineford (or anything pre-time skip for that matter) is the best material the anime has ever put out, is not true.

The ratings for Ennis Lobby were so low the show was in legitimate danger of being cancelled.

There used to be two online bulletin boards where fans could post their thoughts about the episodes on the official OP website but they were both shut down because of nick picking comments and attacks on the animators.

To save the show from being cancelled, One Piece was moved out of the golden time-slot (19:00-22:00 hours) to Sunday mornings at 9:30 am. This is the block the show airs today

- There were complaints during Marineford that the show was horribly paced and there wasn’t enough Sakuga (ie high quality animation sequences). This was due to much of the staff being allocated to Strong World

Staff changes have affected the anime in negative and positive ways

-  The production began to improve during Punk Hazard up until the end of Dressrosa where it took another nosedive due to two specials and Film Gold, where many of the staff were taken off the anime

- The staff tried to revamp the anime during Zou but weren’t quite successful. However, what they learned allowed the quality of WCI to go up drastically

-  Luffy vs Sanji was treated as an actual special, and could be viewed as “episode of Sanji”. The amount of recap during the episode was to fill in viewers tuned in for the first time, but that had an adverse effect on weekly watchers

-  According to an annual report, OP had 6.2 million viewers in Japan in 2017, and 70% of those viewers were above 20 years old. 63% of viewers were male

- Keniichi Ichikawa replaced Kazuya Hisada as animation director, but Hisada moved into a new position as character animation director. This is why the art and closeups look so good in WCI

Pacing and Oda’s connection to the anime

-  Oda has stated in multiple places that he has greatly compacted his story in recent years and it doesn’t have as much detail as he would like so he can finish the story

This creates an opportunity for the anime to fill in details that Oda must omit

Oda has provided a lot of material to the staff to fill in these moments, like Sabo’s backstory, characters in WCI and so on

The staff contacted Oda when they wanted to add more action scenes from Imurashi’s Musketeers in the Zou arc

- Pacing control has improved from PH and has reached stability in WCI

Production of One Piece

-   Toei isn’t exactly responsible for the long running format

The cash flow is as follows: Sponsors —> Advertisement Agency —> Tv Stations —> Animation studio

Toei is at the bottom rung of the decision-making ladder

Multiple stakeholders in the anime (which in addition to the above flow chart include Shuiesha and Oda) mean decisions for the anime’s production is made by a committee

In order for the filler arc after Zou to be approved (so the staff had more time to get ready for WCI) it had to approved by ALL THE SHAREHOLDERS

-  During it’s run in the golden time slot Toei was producing about 38 episodes a year because there were a lot more breaks. In the time slot it’s in now, there are about 48 episodes a year

-  The animators at Toei love OP. They’ve given up holidays to work on the show

TL;DR

As western fans I think it’s important for us to note that we don’t quite understand how things work in the anime industry. One Piece was nearly canceled during Ennis Lobby and moved to a new time slot. Staff changes have caused a huge improvement for the WCI arc, and Toei is not responsible for the long-running anime format. Major changes in the anime have to get approved by multiple parties and shareholders. Finally, in-canon filler is seen by Oda and the staff as an opportunity, not a burden.

Honestly some real fascinating stuff. This isn’t to say the anime can’t be criticized, but I think criticism should come from a place to understanding. The more informed we are, the better off the fandom will be too! I’ve seen this happen in the Dragon Ball community, and I have hope for the OP community too :-)

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When you can’t believe these niggas fell for it and now you gotta go to work everyday

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(URGENT) Adult content blogs

For those that have adult-content blogs, you might want to check if your blog settings is flagged for adult content.  For some reason my adult content blogs have been un-flagged/reset in this option. (Also checked with a few others and they had the same issue)  Just a heads up!

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Whats with Single parents in ONE PIECE?

I’ve been wondering for sometime whats with the disney theme of only one parent being mentioned?

Luffy - mother never mentioned

Zoro- both parents never mentioned?

Nami- father never mentioned

Sanji- Mother never mentioned

Chopper- parents?

Robin- Father?

Franky- Mother?

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@老中医专治小儿脑残

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Here are some Anime motivation you might need in your life

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SOURCE: http://cp.glico.jp/g-op2016/

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Gangsta. Ep. 9 / ギャングスタ・第9話

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Xi Chun-Li / 西春麗

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西春麗 / Xi Chun-Li

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https://picarto.tv/vismund