One Piece: Redemption (Dub Review)

Ghost Kitty · 09-29-2007, 09:52 PM

Well, it's time for me to return, and review one of my favorite animes: One Piece.

As we all know, One Piece has had a rocky history in the US of A. With 4kids' horrifying dubbing, they single handily ripped apart the chances of One Piece's chance to gain momentum in America.

But now, One Piece has found a new home with Funimation. And now, their new dub has premiered, less than an hour ago after this review. Time for you to know how I feel.

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This...

Is by far...

The greatest dub to ever grace Toonami.

The dubbing was fantastic and convincing. They fitted nearly perfectly with the characters. No flaws were made. None. Funimation made no mistakes in this one, this was a serious dub. They made no expense to recruit the best of the best of their voice actors, all of whom have experience in dub from FMA, DBZ and others. Gone is the annoying voice of Luffy's past VA, gone are the accents, the monotone acting, the lack of any emotion. This is what an ideal dub should be.

Specifically, I highly liked Ussop and Luffy's voice the best. Of all the characters, they had voices that were the most difficult to get right, and the talents of Sonny Strait and Colleen Clinkenbeard got it just right.

Now, onto the music. NONE of it was taken out of the actual show. The beautiful orchestrated music is perfectly intact. I would not take it any other way. <3 Now, as for the Openings and Endings, they were also dubbed. Rather well, I might add. I would rather have it in Japanese, but is much better than I expected. No more Gum Gum Rap!

Now, as for the violence, we still have much to see. (The showing of bodies gives the idea that there may be more intact violence than in the 4Kids dub.) However, that can be covered later.

I have high hopes for thisAnime. It not only has an all-star cast, but it has high chance of getting a large following that 4Kids lacked. I may even start preferring the dub to the sub (Like I prefer the Cowboy Bebop dub to it's sub.)

Now, here is the bottom line!

FINAL THOUGHTS
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+ Dubbing was ****ing fantastic!
+ Music Completely Intact.
+ Opening and Endings, while dubbed, are VERY well dubbed.
+ The humor is great! I am happy it was not lost in the dubbing.

= Neutral on the action. I still have yet to see any.

FINAL SCORE
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10.00

Now I finally have something on Toonami to watch now.

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Oh yeah! This is 9-Volt, by the way. I review the Naruto dub when it premiered

The Scatmanson · 09-29-2007, 11:06 PM

From your ecstatic review, I am almost disappointed that I did not catch this newfangled dub. I hope to get to see it soon enough, and I am very glad to hear that it is one hell of an improvement.

MASALOBOTOMY · 09-30-2007, 05:24 AM

Yeah, Britian sucks, so we won't get Fun dub till later damnit, ah well, I'm loving my fansubs. <3

Spoiler Below

Franky best have a decent voice

Ghost Kitty · 09-30-2007, 10:23 AM

For those whom missed the new dub, your in luck! I found as sample clip of the episode so that you can hear most of the new voices!

YouTube - ONE PIECE FUNIMATION DUB SAMPLE.

MASALOBOTOMY · 09-30-2007, 10:46 AM

Thank you so so so so so so much! *watches*

Chunky Kong12345 · 09-30-2007, 11:33 AM

That was on last night?

I actually watched like some of the beginning. I thought it was still 4Krap's.

Sim Kid · 09-30-2007, 12:16 PM

The best part about the dub is that Luffy finally has a voice that makes him sound like he's anywhere NEAR the age of 17, or even a guy. I no longer want to strangle that little Mr. Fantastic Wannabe every time he opens his mouth.

**L007 is Undecided** · 09-30-2007, 12:35 PM

What? One Piece's dub is now better than Naruto?

Shame on me for watching Wayne's World yesterday, but excellent!

The Scatmanson · 09-30-2007, 02:12 PM

I'm glad to hear that Luffy's voice, while slightly similar to the old voice, is much better. As well, I like Sanji's new voice. Much better than that corny old one. Zoro's voice was okay by itself, but it seems to be better now anyway. Didn't hear Ussop. Chopper's voice seemed more appropriate now. And as for Nami, I really didn't hear enough to see a difference. Overall, pretty good new voices. It seems to be much better now, so I might check it out next Saturday.

Ghost Kitty · 09-30-2007, 06:08 PM

Oh, there is a voice sample somewhere with Ussop speaking, I will rummage through Youtube later.

But first, I wanna show the beautifully dubbed third opening of One Piece that aired last night. Vic did a great job on it!

YouTube - One Piece third op (funi dub)

I loved how, in the dub opening, they gave the opening title a gold finish instead of blue. Perhaps that has an underlying meaning to it? Kukuku~

MASALOBOTOMY · 10-01-2007, 10:19 AM

^ <3 That rules.

**Cravdraa** · 10-01-2007, 03:23 PM

On an interesting note (to me, at least) Tomato, one of the webmasters of Starmen.net, is part of the new team that's translating this show now.
I'll have to give it another chance now that it's not pure crap any more.

Chunky Kong12345 · 10-01-2007, 03:26 PM

Mato, whatever.

He's got a lot on his plate, though, with translating Mother 3, too.

The Scatmanson · 10-01-2007, 04:55 PM

Yeah, Vic Mignogna doing an opening is rather odd. Even though it's kind of weird to have Edward Elric singing the opening to One Piece, I still liked it.

Ghost Kitty · 10-01-2007, 05:48 PM

Oh! I found the ED theme too. It is also dubbed nicely. And with the way this new version of One Piece is going, if it is marketed correctly, it may even surpass Naruto in ratings. Either way, it deserves more ratings than it once had.

YouTube - One Piece Funimation Ending

Deviot · 10-03-2007, 05:58 PM

If this is the one on Saturday, then yeah, it is definately better. However, I'm so used to old voices, that it just wierded me out. The theme song is good, but I can't understand it all, although I always did like the Pirate Rap anyway.(it was funny, and catchy)

Zolo's new voice sounds almost like Yami Yugi's...at first, anyway, but it's not bad at all. A while back, they did a different theme song for One Piece, and I really liked that one. Too bad they only played it once or twice.

Luffy's voice is pretty good, despite my used-to-preference of the old one, but I digress. I like how interesting the story is getting. Although, it does seem like the story is taking way too long on each saga...not accusing of it of DBZing the story, but you know what I mean.

Crazybirdanimations · 10-04-2007, 06:02 PM

Very nice dub, indeed. I love it.

Ghost Kitty · 10-06-2007, 09:30 PM

With a new episode comes new voices!

Buggy- His voice fits perfectly with him. It's deeper than his original voice, and his laugh is more sinister. Brilliant!

I love his quote "MEN, COMMENCE HAVING FUN AGAIN!!"

Oh, and his crew is also voiced rather well. No accents with them, either.

Alvita- No longer does she have a croaky with a southern accent. It's more... Snobby, like a spoiled young queen. It fits her quite well.

Ace- LOVE IT! His voice is perfect! It has the smooth tone you would expect from a bad-ass like him. Yet at the same time, he can be halarious at the turn of a dime. Gotta love his narcolepsy. XD

The Scatmanson · 10-06-2007, 09:49 PM

Pretty ****ing good. Just watched it. I liked Buggy's voice, it was well done. As well, everyone is much more tolerable. The music is even better. It's a marked improvement over a former pile of primordial bull****.

Ghost Kitty · 10-06-2007, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galefore

Pretty ****ing good. Just watched it. I liked Buggy's voice, it was well done. As well, everyone is much more tolerable. The music is even better. It's a marked improvement over a former pile of primordial bull****.

Shame Ace is still called 'Trace' though. It tolurable, as it does not have as bad of an impact as horrid voices would have had, but I just hope it's fixed for the DVD release.

09-29-2007, 09:52 PM	#1
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 10,199.87 Bank: 68.67 Total Points: 10,268.55 Donate	One Piece: Redemption (Dub Review) Well, it's time for me to return, and review one of my favorite animes: One Piece. As we all know, One Piece has had a rocky history in the US of A. With 4kids' horrifying dubbing, they single handily ripped apart the chances of One Piece's chance to gain momentum in America. But now, One Piece has found a new home with Funimation. And now, their new dub has premiered, less than an hour ago after this review. Time for you to know how I feel. ... This... Is by far... The greatest dub to ever grace Toonami. The dubbing was fantastic and convincing. They fitted nearly perfectly with the characters. No flaws were made. None. Funimation made no mistakes in this one, this was a serious dub. They made no expense to recruit the best of the best of their voice actors, all of whom have experience in dub from FMA, DBZ and others. Gone is the annoying voice of Luffy's past VA, gone are the accents, the monotone acting, the lack of any emotion. This is what an ideal dub should be. Specifically, I highly liked Ussop and Luffy's voice the best. Of all the characters, they had voices that were the most difficult to get right, and the talents of Sonny Strait and Colleen Clinkenbeard got it just right. Now, onto the music. NONE of it was taken out of the actual show. The beautiful orchestrated music is perfectly intact. I would not take it any other way. <3 Now, as for the Openings and Endings, they were also dubbed. Rather well, I might add. I would rather have it in Japanese, but is much better than I expected. No more Gum Gum Rap! Now, as for the violence, we still have much to see. (The showing of bodies gives the idea that there may be more intact violence than in the 4Kids dub.) However, that can be covered later. I have high hopes for thisAnime. It not only has an all-star cast, but it has high chance of getting a large following that 4Kids lacked. I may even start preferring the dub to the sub (Like I prefer the Cowboy Bebop dub to it's sub.) Now, here is the bottom line! FINAL THOUGHTS ---------------- + Dubbing was ***ing fantastic! + Music Completely Intact. + Opening and Endings, while dubbed, are VERY well dubbed. + The humor is great! I am happy it was not lost in the dubbing. = Neutral on the action. I still have yet to see any. FINAL SCORE ------------ 10.00 Now I finally have something on Toonami to watch now. ... ... ... Oh yeah! This is 9-Volt, by the way. I review the Naruto dub when it premiered Last edited by Ghost Kitty; 09-29-2007 at 10:06 PM.*

09-30-2007, 12:35 PM	#8
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,414 Thanks: 96 Thanked 313 Times in 183 Posts Points: 5,480.56 Bank: 21,057.77 Total Points: 26,538.33 Donate	What? One Piece's dub is now better than Naruto? Shame on me for watching Wayne's World yesterday, but excellent! __________________ Can I has signature?

09-30-2007, 06:08 PM	#10
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 10,199.87 Bank: 68.67 Total Points: 10,268.55 Donate	Oh, there is a voice sample somewhere with Ussop speaking, I will rummage through Youtube later. But first, I wanna show the beautifully dubbed third opening of One Piece that aired last night. Vic did a great job on it! YouTube - One Piece third op (funi dub) I loved how, in the dub opening, they gave the opening title a gold finish instead of blue. Perhaps that has an underlying meaning to it? Kukuku~ Last edited by Ghost Kitty; 09-30-2007 at 06:18 PM.

10-04-2007, 06:02 PM	#17
Crazybirdanimations Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Gender: Posts: 4,652 Thanks: 233 Thanked 202 Times in 166 Posts Points: 13,684.34 Bank: 9,511.32 Total Points: 23,195.66 Donate	Indeed Very nice dub, indeed. I love it.

09-29-2007, 11:06 PM	#2
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09-30-2007, 05:24 AM	#3
MASALOBOTOMY Anime & Cartoon Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In my pants Gender: Posts: 1,929 Thanks: 706 Thanked 206 Times in 130 Posts Points: 5,322.33 Bank: 8,381.95 Total Points: 13,704.28 Donate	Yeah, Britian sucks, so we won't get Fun dub till later damnit, ah well, I'm loving my fansubs. <3 Spoiler Below Franky best have a decent voice

09-30-2007, 10:23 AM	#4
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 10,199.87 Bank: 68.67 Total Points: 10,268.55 Donate	For those whom missed the new dub, your in luck! I found as sample clip of the episode so that you can hear most of the new voices! YouTube - ONE PIECE FUNIMATION DUB SAMPLE.

09-30-2007, 10:46 AM	#5
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09-30-2007, 12:16 PM	#7
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 34,756.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 35,256.04 Donate	The best part about the dub is that Luffy finally has a voice that makes him sound like he's anywhere NEAR the age of 17, or even a guy. I no longer want to strangle that little Mr. Fantastic Wannabe every time he opens his mouth.

09-30-2007, 02:12 PM	#9
The Scatmanson badadadadiiii Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: BOP BOP BOTTOM BOP Gender: Posts: 5,668 Thanks: 653 Thanked 387 Times in 292 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Points: 5,880.89 Bank: 20,325.19 Total Points: 26,206.07 Donate	I'm glad to hear that Luffy's voice, while slightly similar to the old voice, is much better. As well, I like Sanji's new voice. Much better than that corny old one. Zoro's voice was okay by itself, but it seems to be better now anyway. Didn't hear Ussop. Chopper's voice seemed more appropriate now. And as for Nami, I really didn't hear enough to see a difference. Overall, pretty good new voices. It seems to be much better now, so I might check it out next Saturday.

10-01-2007, 10:19 AM	#11
MASALOBOTOMY Anime & Cartoon Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In my pants Gender: Posts: 1,929 Thanks: 706 Thanked 206 Times in 130 Posts Points: 5,322.33 Bank: 8,381.95 Total Points: 13,704.28 Donate	^ <3 That rules.

10-01-2007, 03:23 PM	#12
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10-01-2007, 03:26 PM	#13
Chunky Kong12345 Трахните Вас парни. Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: ogmftwbqq Gender: Posts: 16,712 Thanks: 62 Thanked 294 Times in 215 Posts Points: 217.87 Bank: 113,604.67 Total Points: 113,822.54 Donate	Mato, whatever. He's got a lot on his plate, though, with translating Mother 3, too.

10-01-2007, 04:55 PM	#14
The Scatmanson badadadadiiii Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: BOP BOP BOTTOM BOP Gender: Posts: 5,668 Thanks: 653 Thanked 387 Times in 292 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Points: 5,880.89 Bank: 20,325.19 Total Points: 26,206.07 Donate	Yeah, Vic Mignogna doing an opening is rather odd. Even though it's kind of weird to have Edward Elric singing the opening to One Piece, I still liked it.

10-01-2007, 05:48 PM	#15
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 10,199.87 Bank: 68.67 Total Points: 10,268.55 Donate	Oh! I found the ED theme too. It is also dubbed nicely. And with the way this new version of One Piece is going, if it is marketed correctly, it may even surpass Naruto in ratings. Either way, it deserves more ratings than it once had. YouTube - One Piece Funimation Ending

10-03-2007, 05:58 PM	#16
Deviot Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mt. Moon Gender: Posts: 945 Thanks: 10 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Points: 5,417.59 Bank: 8,874.09 Total Points: 14,291.68 Donate	If this is the one on Saturday, then yeah, it is definately better. However, I'm so used to old voices, that it just wierded me out. The theme song is good, but I can't understand it all, although I always did like the Pirate Rap anyway.(it was funny, and catchy) Zolo's new voice sounds almost like Yami Yugi's...at first, anyway, but it's not bad at all. A while back, they did a different theme song for One Piece, and I really liked that one. Too bad they only played it once or twice. Luffy's voice is pretty good, despite my used-to-preference of the old one, but I digress. I like how interesting the story is getting. Although, it does seem like the story is taking way too long on each saga...not accusing of it of DBZing the story, but you know what I mean.

10-06-2007, 09:30 PM	#18
Ghost Kitty Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The place... THE PLACE!!! Gender: Posts: 787 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Points: 10,199.87 Bank: 68.67 Total Points: 10,268.55 Donate	With a new episode comes new voices! Buggy- His voice fits perfectly with him. It's deeper than his original voice, and his laugh is more sinister. Brilliant! I love his quote "MEN, COMMENCE HAVING FUN AGAIN!!" Oh, and his crew is also voiced rather well. No accents with them, either. Alvita- No longer does she have a croaky with a southern accent. It's more... Snobby, like a spoiled young queen. It fits her quite well. Ace- LOVE IT! His voice is perfect! It has the smooth tone you would expect from a bad-ass like him. Yet at the same time, he can be halarious at the turn of a dime. Gotta love his narcolepsy. XD

10-06-2007, 09:49 PM	#19
The Scatmanson badadadadiiii Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: BOP BOP BOTTOM BOP Gender: Posts: 5,668 Thanks: 653 Thanked 387 Times in 292 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Points: 5,880.89 Bank: 20,325.19 Total Points: 26,206.07 Donate	Pretty **ing good. Just watched it. I liked Buggy's voice, it was well done. As well, everyone is much more tolerable. The music is even better. It's a marked improvement over a former pile of primordial bull**.