Category: One Piece

  • The Perfect Character Design of Monkey D. Luffy

    The Perfect Character Design of Monkey D. Luffy

    Breaking down Inosuke’s drip was a ton of fun. Let’s do that again, shall we? One of Oda’s greatest strengths as a mangaka is his fantastic character design. Often times, you can figure out what a character is all about just by looking at them! Not to mention that they often service their unique movements…

  • Gol D. Roger: Building a Legend

    Gol D. Roger: Building a Legend

    This might sound odd, but I’ve always found the very first page of One Piece to be incredibly memorable. Or, for anime viewers, the initial lore dump that opened every episode in the early days of the series. It’s incredibly simple: here’s the pirate king, here’s how he died, here’s what he said, and here’s…

  • Why Would You Even Attempt Live-Action One Piece?

    Live-action adaptations of animated work have been a plague on the animation industry for a long time now. From beloved cartoons like The Lion King to classic anime like Ghost in the Shell, studios keep on attempting to translate these stories from drawing to reality. Unfortunately, none of them understand why they were animated in…

  • The Great One Piece Journey (Part 21): A.S.L. and 3D2Y

    I thought that meant American Sign Language for so long and I was unbelievably confused before I finally read this arc. After the events of Marineford, we’re treated to a flashback of Luffy’s childhood. Here, we learn what happened in the time between Luffy meeting Shanks and him setting out. Shortly after being sent off…

  • The Great One Piece Journey (Part 20): Marineford

    After this, I’ll cover the A.S.L. arc, then I’ll get back to fixing Dragon Ball Super. I’ve been putting that off for too long. But when we’ve finally reached the biggest climax in all of One Piece so far, it’s kind of hard to focus on anything else. Ace is on for execution, with all…