A member of One Piece’s official anime production team has harshly criticized a key aspect of the film’s production on social media.
Sota Shigetsugu, also known as “Hone Hone”, has considerable credibility among One Piece fans, having worked as a freelance animator on the long-running “Wano Country” arc of One Piece. A One Piece fan named @Hatchofly on X (formerly Twitter) recently discovered a tweet by Shigetsugu condemning the anime’s poor sound design. “The sound in One Piece is extremely bad, so I hope something gets resolved as soon as possible,” Shigetsugu wrote. “This episode is really sad because of the difference between the overwhelming animation and the terrible sound.”
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Shigetsugu did not specify which One Piece episode he was referring to in his message. However, the opening scene shows that this is not just a criticism of a single episode. Additionally, One Piece’s sound design is a common point of criticism, even among dedicated members of the fan community. Many @Hatchofly followers agree with Shigetsugu’s assessment, noting that some of the sound effects in One Piece are either recycled from other Toei series or simply reused from older One Piece seasons. . According to one viewer, the poor sound design was especially evident during the fight scenes. “This is especially noticeable when Zoro and Sanji are fighting,” they wrote. For example, the sound of Zoro’s sword fight sounds exactly the same but is spammed, and it doesn’t even sound like a sword fight.
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Despite these criticisms, the One Piece anime remains one of Toei’s most-watched series to date; The acclaimed adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s original One Piece manga ran for over 1000 episodes, making it the second longest running shounen anime of all time. Currently, Toei’s animation team is adapting the “Egghead” arc of the manga, which centers around the brilliant thinker Dr. Vegapunk and his discoveries about the mysterious period of history known only as the “Empty Century ”. Episode 1097 is titled “Ohara’s Will! Inheritance Research” is scheduled to air in Japan on March 17.
Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga is now available in English on VIZ Media. Toei Animation’s One Piece anime series is available on Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll.
A piece
Follow the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew to find the greatest treasure ever left behind by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger. The famous mysterious treasure is called “One Piece”.
Release date October 20, 1999
Creator(s). Eiichiro Oda
Cast Mayumi Tanaka, Akemi Okamura, Laurent Vernin, Tony Beck, Kazuya Nakai
Seasons first
Studio Toei Animation
Creator Eiichiro Oda
Production company Toei Animation
Episodes 1K+
Source: X (formerly Twitter)