One Piece Mangaka Revelations!
An interesting interview revealed something about One Piece that fans probably wants to know…or probably, They already knew!
Oda Eiichiro’s interview was published in AERA magazine on December 14th. In the interview, he said he decided not to create full length manga other than One Piece. He thinks One Piece should be for shonen and he wrote the story under restrictions such as:
- No romance
- Avoid scenes of murder and deaths
- A happy party comes after each battle
Last month, Oda said the story reached the climax of its middle stages by the volume 55.
Considering there are some female characters in One Piece, I wonder if it is just a waste not to explore some romance for the series. Only One Piece fans know it better!
One Piece Movie beats Ponyo at the Box Office!
It seems Anime lovers are lining up for the One Piece latest movie and it is impressive to know that it surpassed Ponyo at the Box Office!
According to Eiga.com, the box office of the first two days of One Piece: Strong World was 1 billion and 38 million yen ($11.8 million), which exceeded that of Gake no Ue no Ponyo ($11.6 million). The One Piece movie was premiered on 188 screens and Ponyo was shown on 481 screens. The average income per screen established the Japanese record.
Toei Film announced that they will additionally print 1 million copies of the “volume 0″ of One Piece manga book, which is a giveaway for the audience.
Source: Eiga.com via MAL News
ref. two day box office of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” in Japan: $11.25 (844 screens)
I wonder how the people will react with Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi and Fate Stay Night Movie…I can just imagine the long lines!
One Piece New OP song rejected by fans!
It seems there was a miscalculation for the new One Piece Opening song….and many fans dislike the idea that this new OP will be played at least for a whole year!
According to J-Cast, the official BBS of Toei Animation has been filled with hundreds of complaints against the new OP theme song of “One Piece”. The audience resented that the new song was completely mismatched with the serious OP animation.
The new OP song “Kaze wo Sagashite” is a tie-up work with a TV quiz program “Quiz! Hexagon II” and the singers are idols and comedians. Toei Animation said it’s usual to see such negative reactions when theme songs are switched. They don’t plan to make any explanations to the audience and the new song is likely to be used for the next one year.
Source: J-Cast / Toei Animation One Piece BBS via MAL News
I am not a One Piece fan but it seems the song makes the show sounds like a “children series” and I am sure it is not like that.
Japan’s Gold Medalist turned into a Seiyuu!
Japan Seiyuu can be found in unexpected places. Just take a look at this gold medalist. For a brief time, He will lend his voice for a popular anime franchise!
Kitajima Kousuke who won gold medals for the Men’s 100m and 200m Breaststroke at both the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics, will be voicing the original character “Pirate Kitajima” of the “Fishman pirates” in the new One Piece movie, One Piece Film Strong World!.
He comments about the character he’s voicing saying, “I don’t know, he’s got a way nicer body than me and looks cool.” He even jokes saying, “I think he’d swim faster than me… I mean, he’s a fish after all”. Kitajima’s favorite character is Zoro adding, “He’s very much like me, in the part where he’s able to ‘crawl’ his way back up even if he loses.”
The movie is due out December 12th!
Source: Mainichi Mantan via MAL News
I think they look alike, dont you think so?…Congratulations for this job!
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