Japan Agrees With Me That It's All Right to Cry at One Piece
Posted at 3:02 PM May 20, 2008
I'm a total sucker for shonen manga and anime series, which for those of you not in the know, means series aimed at young boys, circa 10-14, where the heroes fight and learn about friendship and get beaten and persevere. DBZ is a shonen series, as is Naruto. My favorite, tho', is One Piece, which I find the most elaborately crafted and well-told of all the anime/manga series aimed at boys two decades younger than me. (Eiichiro Oda, One Piece's creator, has been making the series for 10 years and it's only half over; I genuinely stay awake some nights, worrying that he might die before One Piece is finished.)
Anyways, the fact that One Piece can make me sob like a little girl when Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates rescue their team members is no longer quite as embarrassing, as Japan has voted it the most moving manga in Japan, according to this poll. Interestingly, both boys and girls voted it #1, and the poll included a number of guys and gals in their 20s, 30s and 40s. I'd like to point out that neither Naruto nor DBZ have ever made me cry, which stands both as a testament to One Piece's storytelling and the fact that I'm a slightly discriminating if huge femme.
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DBZ always make me cry, though for entirely different reasons.
Posted 05/20/2008 at 12:56:33 PMMay I recommend
Posted 05/20/2008 at 01:41:46 PMhttp://kaizoku-fansubs.com
I agree One Piece is one of the best Shonen manga/anime to date.
Don't worry about Oda dying off, though. barring some freak accident(no!), he's still a very young man; we should continue seeing great things from him for a long time to come!
Not like HunterxHunter's creator, Yoshiro Togashi, who goes on hiatus like once a month and whom I think will definitely kick the bucket before he ever finishes it. *sigh*
Posted 05/20/2008 at 02:32:21 PMOh! And don't forget the One Piece first season box set is being released in seven days. Thank you, Funimation! I honestly never thought I'd see it happen after fucking 4Kids got a hold of it.
Posted 05/20/2008 at 02:35:42 PMNo 'Fullmetal Alchemist' on any of those lists :s? How odd...
Posted 05/20/2008 at 06:41:36 PMI'm hoping CLAMP doesn't get killed before wrapping up all of their stories. Kaoru Tada (most known for not finishing Itazura na Kiss) was moving into a new house, bumped her head, fell into a coma, and died. It's entirely possible.
and I cried when the Going Merry died.
Posted 05/20/2008 at 10:58:01 PMone piece would be more successful in Westerns with proper marketing and improved animation of first few seasons.
i think it only get a decent animation around episode 200.
Posted 05/20/2008 at 11:00:49 PMYou like this horrible manga POS?!?! And you hated Indiana Jones 4?!?! Ok, folks this is obvious evidence that something is wrong in this guys head! I cannot tell you how many times I have turned that stupid show off! Manga Carebears would be better than that!
Posted 05/27/2008 at 03:14:14 PM