One Piece More: Down Goes 2010

We are now at that time of the year where things are coming to a close. Another year is about to come to an end and while some part of it has sucked, things for One Piece has been nothing but good. Many great things have happen in both the anime and manga, Japanese and American, and lastly with the fans. Now just like many other blogs I guess we are going to be cliche and try to take a look at some of the things that we like concerning One Piece that has happen this year. Meh...We here try not to do what all the other blogs do but then again who am I trying to kid? haha

-Mikey

Video Den Den Mushi: One Piece FanPanel- OniCon 2010 Part 2

Long overdue but I finally got the second part of the OniCon One Piece panel up on the site! This part covers the a bit of the discussion for manga Chapter 602. We had a fun time going over the chapter and many great theories came out of it such as where is Perona's physical body. haha Take a look after the break.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 481

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First Thoughts 
OH MY GOSH! I was smiling so much in the first half of this episode! Just seeing Luffy and Ace together made me so happy. Everything about the first half of the episode was perfect and I enjoyed every moment of it! This was the best way to end the year for One Piece. I felt tears of happiness after watching last week's episode and that happy feeling continue on from the first moment when I saw Ace and Luffy (with Mr. 3) floating in the air in the tunnel of flames.

Manga: Chapter 609 (SPOILERS)

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Let us look forward to a new year filled with new adventures.
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Review Piece: Baccano! (Secret Santa)

A life of crime can last forever...
Don't let nobody tell you there's no future in a life of crime, because some rackets can last forever. But we'll get around to all that immortality jazz later. A mafia turf war is raging on the mean streets of the Big Apple, a place where regular joes bounce between backdoor booze joints and the breadline. But this caper ain't about a simple gangland brawl. It's about hoods who can't seem to die proper after catching a bullet or five between the eyes. Sadistic hit-men and the dames they love, mad bombers going boom, monsters going bump and soul sucking alchemists bootlegging an elixir of eternal life.


Just remember, Baccano! ain't about beginnings and ends. It's about the twists and turns, bub. Paths don't cross in this story - they collide. Every Dick and Jane plays the lead and it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

Review Piece: Paprika (Secret Santa)

Here it is guys. This is my choice for the Secret Santa our friends at Reverse Thieves are running. But why did I choose a film like Paprika specifically to review? Check after the jump to find out.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 480

The LOVE episode. Yup, it’s only OnePieceOfficial.com that can deliver such beautiful, heart-wrenching moments such as these, and Still be just This Awesome.

First Thoughts

Sora here, proud and happy to announce that this is the last episode to cover a manga chapter I have previously read! Huzzah!! Now (minus the spoilers I already have regarding major events) I can actually be SURPRISED again upon watching my weekly One Piece episode. HUZZAH! Plus, this episode was amazing all on its own. Really surprising, blew me right out of the water, and had a perfect “One Piece” ending to the episode. Covered a lot of material as well, a lot of huge events occurred that were sure to freak out people who hadn’t already known what to expect. What I especially enjoyed was how quickly they moved the episode along, because they covered a lot of material here and it all went together so well, even with the few flashbacks.

{Oh, and I have non-officially dubbed this episode “The LOVE Episode”. Way too many instances of affection (brotherly, parenthood, friendship) to not have it be mentioned.}

Manga: No New Chapter This Week (SPOILERS)

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Merry Christmas everyone! Celebrate the new year with Viz's One Piece!

A Call to All Artist!

Love drawing?  Love One Piece? Got a DeviantArt or a Photobucket or something filled with a bunch of fanart of One Piece? Then we want to see it!

Holiday Gift Guide 2010 for Everybody

Welcome to the first ever, One Piece at a Time Holiday Gift Guide! It may be a little late but if you order your things today and willing to pay a little extra then all these wonderful gifts will surely arrive before Christmas with time to spare for warping.

The purpose of this gift guide to help you out in getting gifts for your favorite person that is in love with anime and/or manga. There is a cornucopia of gifts to give for reasonable prices. So let take a look.

Manga: Chapter 608 (SPOILERS!)

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Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 479

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First Thoughts 
This was such a great episode! Damn awesome! Everything felt fast pace and the action was intense. Even the filler with Buggy was good. The filler with Buggy was a bit strange but it had some great moments.

My favorite moments were the ones with Crocodile and Boa Hancock. Very awesome moments that I loved very much. Got to love some Crocodile action since that guy does it with class.  Then again we all know that Crocodile is going to dile...Or was it Croc? Not really sure.

Manga: Chapter 607 (SPOILERS)

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Don't panic! There is a lot of One Piece manga from Viz to get for Christmas!

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 478

“I am Whitebeard: Hear me roar!”

Only at OnePieceOfficial.com can you get action that is just THIS intense.

First Thoughts

Again, I may add, I was surprised by the events which were covered in my episode. I mean really, this episode held onto a lot of the humor which last episode (477) had brought, and yet saved a few surprises of its own right at the right moments. It was also almost entirely beautifully drawn as well; excellent face-scenes and shots of people. The overall chapter that the episode covered was a phenomenal one in itself; a lot of Gasp! Moments, and then a stunning finale, revealing a lot of fun stuff to everyone, hehe. Excellent overall, very action-y, and very worrying for certain Whitebeard crew members. Very epic, and I was surprised at the end, I had completely forgotten that That occurred when it did. Very awesome.

Manga: Chopperman Chapter 1 Review

Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! NO! It’s a flying raccoon! I MEAN, Chopperman!

Question Corner: How to get people into One Piece?

Time to pose a question that I hope all you readers will try to answer! It involves an issue that we all have seen in the past when we try to get people like our friends and other anime fan into One Piece. How to get people into One Piece?

Manga: Chapter 606 (SPOILERS)

The nights are getting darker, so curl up by the bright fire with Viz’s One Piece!

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 477

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First Thoughts 
Not much on the first thoughts for this episode. This episode had a lot moments that were good like the beginning and the end...I think...I don't have much to say off the top of my head right now.

I do have the feeling that the animators didn't do something to that is kind of important. Then I went to look at my copies of Shonen Jump to find out that what I was thinking was in a different chapter that is later on.

So let get to the meat of the post and hope that Mikey has more to say there.

One Piece More: Santa is Coming

So it is that time of year again. The time that I hate the most. The time of the year that I dread the most...The cold of winter!

The weather as of late was really nice though. It was around 70 to 80 degrees F which is very strange for November but it was nice because it wasn't cold. Then this morning it just gets cold! Went from what I think was nice warm weather to 40 degrees F. Just plain horrible and I hate it. Guess it is time to break out the blankets and such at night.

-Mikey

Manga: Chapter 605 (SPOILERS)

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Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 475 (Late)

Oh no! Is this the end of Portugaz D. Ace? Has Luffy lost? Will these dudes ever go faster than Slo-Mo?! What is going on?! Better check it out at OnePieceOfficial.com before you freak out any further.

First Thoughts

First off: Sorry this is so late, time issues and so fourth. Second: This is here because I loved this episode so very, very, very much. Oh wow, this episode…it just was phenomenal. Not only because I had forgotten what happened here, but how the animators portrayed the action, the timing, the responses…it was fantastic. Truly a great episode, of course, that isn’t saying much because I have been preaching that for almost every episode in Marineford, haha.

Still, what a fun episode. Crocodile does some fun stuff with sand (don’t try this at home, kiddies), and my *sighs dreamily* fav villain Doflamingo starts to duke it out with the Croco-Gator. I liked it even more because I never saw the end of their fight, so it makes seeing it start up all the more exciting knowing how close I am to the part I stopped reading at.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 476

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First Thoughts
The other title for this episode was going to be "How to be a Douche by Borsalino 'Kizaru'". Damn that Kizaru. He is such a damn troll. How much of a loser must you be to attack a man when he is down and can't attack back. What a damn loser...I go more into it later.

This episode was kind of slow really. The filler parts were bad and the action parts were slow. It felt forever to get though at some parts and clearly you can see where they were padding out the episode with long drawn out scenes. Not as bad as it was with Hancock's daydream from a few episodes back but still a bit painful to watch.

Manga: Chopperman (OP Spinoff) Preview

Because Mikey is too lazy to edit his last post and because he has no idea how to cover this. He decided to just make this it's own post.

So yes. Mikey is doing a post for a two page preview of a spinoff comic of One Piece featuring Chopper, the super marketing tool of One Piece (I say that with love).

Manga: No New Chapter This Week (SPOILERS)

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Jimbei says, "Buying some One Piece from Viz helps when there isn't a new manga chapter."

Den Den Video: One Piece FanPanel- OniCon 2010 Part 1

Straight from the One Piece FanPanel at OniCon 2010! Record just for the people that couldn't make a trip all the way to Houston, Texas (and also for those who couldn't get inside the panel room due to it being full) is the One Piece FanPanel!

Manga: Chapter 604 (SPOILERS!)

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No its not raining cats and dogs, its Viz’s One Piece!

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 474

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First Thoughts 
This was an amazing episode. This episode was tense from beginning to end. Then to help with the tone of this episode there was greatly animated scenes that looked good throughout the whole episode. This episode had me on the edge of my seat for most of the time and I was surprise when the eyecatcher came up since it didn't seem to be half way though the episode.

One difference between the manga chapter that this episode was based on was that I thought that the manga chapter was a bit funnier. In the manga I remember seeing a part where Luffy tries to go over the encircling wall by using Gum Gum Rocket but then get shot down as Jimbei and Ivankov were watching. That was funny to watch but it seems like it was cut out during this episode. Then again if that was included in the episode then it would have taken away from the serious tone of the episode.

Con Piece: Escape to OniCon Mountain

During the weekend of October 29th-31st was when I took my escape from the stresses of school and work in order to have some anime fun. Though maybe that was the problem.

OniCon 2010 had some great guest there such as J. Micheal Tatum, Jerry Jewel, Carrie Savage and many more. Though there were a few issues with the convention itself. There were many concerns from myself and other congoers concerning OniCon. Still a good show was put on that many were able to enjoy. If one was looking for an escape from the everyday trails of life then OniCon was it.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 473

It’s the END OF THE WORLD!! Oh, no it’s not, it’s just Marineford. Find more action at OnePieceOfficial.com, and see some crazy stunts like this one!

First Thoughts

If (by self proclamation) last episode (472) was the best of the year, then this episode is surely within the top 5, if not in second place for the title. It was beautifully done, wonderfully drawn, the scenes went quickly and smoothly, the action was well done, it was surprising and terrifying, awesome and amazing, and it just plain kicked Beep. Oh yeah. I loved what everybody’s actions where, and what each of them separately did/how they reacted in the episode. Gorgeous scenes.

Manga: Chapter 603 (SPOILERS!)

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Manga: Chapter 602 (SPOILERS)

ATTENTION: The One Piece Panel at Oni-Con

is going to be on Saturday (10/30) at 1pm!

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 Be selfish! By as much One Piece manga from Viz as you want!

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 472

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Thoughts

So many face shots in this episode! More face shots then you have toes and fingers. Kind of crazy in the amount of face shots and how long they last. Then again they had to find a way to past time in order to fill a twenty three minutes time slot which they did a good job of since every shot looked really nice.

Also I think with this episode we at the blog have created a new tag featuring the popular Marine admiral Akainu. This would be the moment where I mention that we need a tag for Aokiji but it seems like somebody went ahead and created one called 'Aokiji Greatness' which is okay with me. haha

One Piece More: A Storm is Coming

So currently I am facing a storm of stuff from everywhere. There is school work facing me on one side raging for me to get hammering on it while on the other side a storm known as OniCon is slowly brewing. Lots of busy stuff for me but surely it is like this for everybody too. There is always tons of stuff that is raining down and the best we can do is stay strong during the storm until the gray clouds disappear.
-Mikey

Manga: Chapter 601 (SPOILERS!)

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Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 471

Please wait a moment for your regularly scheduled episode at OnePieceOfficial.com. We shall return after this episode’s dose of hilarity has concluded.

First Thoughts

Sora here. I'm taking over this week, and probably switching on-off with Mikey again. Ooh, that gives me the Halloween episode! Sweet.

I really liked how this episode played out, and what they managed to fit in there at the ending surprised me. There was a lot of action, which kinda stalled for Luffy again, but still they zoomed on a lot of really interesting battles. For instance, Vista and Mihawk’s battle was again brought up, although nothing of important consequence occurred.

At the end of the episode though, I think that Ace about near had a fit. Heck, I was shocked, and I already knew what was coming! Yeah, it was rather…interesting, to say.

Manga: Chapter 600 (SPOILERS)

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Winner by a goat! I mean reindeer....or boob. Now go out there and buy One Piece manga from Viz!

200 chapters ago, the Straw Hats stormed Enies Lobby to fight for the keys to Robin's freedom from the World Government.

213 chapters ago was when Luffy said," I've got to be stronger then everyone or I'll lose them all!...So no one has to go away." Then showed us his solution to protect his crew by entering Second Gear.

300 chapters ago was when a golden bell in the sky was rang to announce the defeat of Eneru by the hands of Luffy.

500 chapters ago, the original five members of the StrawHats had set their eyes upon the gateway to the greatest sea in the world, The Grand Line.

599 chapters ago a young boy named Luffy left his hometown to set out on a grand adventure to gather a crew and become the next Pirate King.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 470

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First Thoughts

I was really surprised, I didn’t expect as much as did happen. Mihawk’s part was great, I loved how serious he is. Haha, he reminded me slightly of that Hawkins guy who is one of the Supernovas with all his talk of fate today. Anyway, I really was glad that they got quickly into the episode too, no long intros or anything this time around.

All-in-all, a really great episode. They showed most all of the people, Luffy was really cool at most times, and the initial scenes went by rather on-time and didn’t dawdle around. The ending was really surprising, and excellent as well. I actually loved Buggy’s little recon-mission thing. …Actually, the whole part with Buggy. Yeah…

Figure Piece: Portrait of Pirates Tashigi

Hello readers, it's Sailorsamus again with a new One Piece figure! To give a little background, I'm a newbie One Piece fan. I've only just finished the East Blue arc in both the anime and manga, and haven't yet reached the point where Chopper joins the crew. To be more specific, the Straw Hats have just landed at Whisky Peak.

Currently, Tashigi is one of my favorite characters. I really enjoyed watching her interactions with Zoro before the crew headed for the Grand Line. When I stumbled across an online sale for the Portrait of Pirates Tashigi figure, of course I jumped at the opportunity to have a high quality figure of a favorite female character.

The Portrait of Pirates line from Megahouse has become well known for high quality and an insane release schedule.

Manga: Chapter 599 (SPOILERS!)

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OniCon 2010 Panel Announcement

For the ones attending OniCon or in the Houston area during the weekend of October 29th-31st then this is announcement some special news! The One Piece at a Time Blog has been approved to host a One Piece panel at this year's convention. The panel will be hosted by Mikey.

Anime; Marineford Arc- Episode 469

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First Thoughts
There was a lot of boobs in this episode. So many boob shots! So many. Maybe I was bored or something but I did notice the boob shots. Though this should be normal but in reality due to Nami and Robin not appearing in the last twenty or so episode then we have actually been in a drought from boobs. Wait...that makes me sound like some sort of perv! Oh well, Oda would say something that I am just a healthy young man or something. So Oda has my back! haha

Though this was a kind of lackluster episode. The first half wasn't that great and if it means anything there was a lot more boob shots in it. Picked up in the second half which is good.

One Piece More: Do We Ever Talk About One Piece Here?

So summer is finally over and by now everybody should be back to the grind of school. May you be rushing to finish last minute assignments or just being the good student by getting your assignments done in time. It seems like the dogdays of summer have clearly ended as the days become cooler and autumn is beginning to set in if you live in the northern hemisphere. The ones in the southern part of the world I am guessing things are getting hotter and I wish I could be there because I surely hate the cold. Still for the ones that are starting school then I wish you all to stay strong because we need to live in a strong world as both One Piece fans and people.

-Mikey

Manga: Chapter 598 (SPOILERS)

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Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 468

What do you do when a thousand angry Marines have surrounded your band of renegade Okamas and you are totally trapped in the middle of a huge war? Why, go to OnePieceOfficial.com to see what the heck happens next, of course!

First Thoughts

It was as I had anticipated from the title of the episode. Still great, but mainly just more action-y fights rather than a lot of new info. Not a lot of new action here, other than the meeting with Jango and Fullbody, which was rather entertaining, and Smoker’s little vendetta with Luffy. Talk about taking the literal meaning of the word “crush”, go Hancock! Then, the very end was really important I bet, with Kuma and Doflamingo. Very important, and still wondering about Ivankov’s friendship with Kuma. All in all, a rather enlightening episode, and just inching along with the plot.

Manga: The New World is almost here...

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Recall the outstanding voyage of Paradise by the Straw Hat Pirates...

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Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 467

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First Thoughts
This was a great episode but a part of me feels like I should be a bit upset. The material for this episode was about one chapter from the manga and they really stretch out the part where Luffy was running and battling out random Marines. So basically not much happen when you think about it. Though this episode was handle great with good filler and some well animated parts. Those two things really saved this episode from being bad.
So congrats Toei for making something that could have been boring into something good.

Review Piece: One Piece DVD: Season 3, Second Voyage

Letter of Marque 
The Straw Hats sailed to Skypiea in search of adventure, but their failure to comprehend the cloudy penal code lands them in hot water with a gang of creepy-crawly commandos. By order of God, the Going Merry is commandeered by a crustacean and Nami, Zoro, Chopper, Robin are marooned on a sacrificial alter surrounded by salivating sky-sharks! Luffy and the rest of the crew are quick to mount a rescue mission, but they've got problems of their own: a dango-shaped madman with an endless supply of agonizing surprises. Throw in some angry natives, a deranged deity, the mysterious Sky Knight, and a wild pack of dancing wolves, and the Straw Hats are in for their most outrageous voyage ever!

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 466

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First Thoughts

Well, I must say that I loved it. It was a great follow-up from last week’s drama-filled action-turning episode too. There were still serious moments, yet way more “funny” than last week. The discovery of just Why they were falling from the sky…oh man, that is definitely unexpected! I liked how they implemented all of the stuff happening in the battle while showing at the same time what was happening on Luffy’s end. It was all really well played on their parts.

However, the whole episode, not just parts is what made this episode grand. Comedy, more drama, surprises, shock, exhilaration, changing alliances, wicked Awesome powers, and more all created a beautiful display much more than just an explanatory episode.

Anime: Marineford Arc- Episode 465

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First Thoughts
This is a special anime episode for me. The manga material that this episode was based on was the first chapter that the blog recapped a year ago. The post can be viewed here and you can see the opening image for this post is similar to the one that I used a year ago for Chapter 556. That post happen one year ago so it is kind of cool since this moment kind of falls on the same time of this blog's one year anniversary. I would like to believe that I have gotten better in both anime and manga posts but maybe they just got worse. haha

Still enough about this. Got to say that this episode was something. It covered everything that was in Chapter 556 and I was really happy that this episode ended at the same spot that the chapter ended too. Though this was an packed episode that had a lot of things happening.

One Piece More: One Year Anniversary- We Are!

~"Come aboard, and bring along all your hopes and dreams. Together we will find everything that we're looking for...."

So about a year ago, a small blog was created to help spread the word about One Piece. It's job was to provide recaps for One Piece fans to look over and enjoy and even comment about the series themselves. Basically to be a fanblog for the fans to enjoy and an outlet for the creator. A place where all that is One Piece from the anime to the manga to be covered, one piece at a time.

That is the basic story behind this blog and now it has been one year.

-Mikey-san