tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327793354432824631.post3309697321471186659..comments2012-01-08T20:37:19.099-06:00Mikey-sanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09999376803584981303noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327793354432824631.post-85647641734246231582012-01-08T20:37:19.099-06:002012-01-08T20:37:19.099-06:002011 was a hell of a year for One Piece. Here&#39;s to another awesome year for 2012. :-)Blinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05784293354137772439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327793354432824631.post-64488212379496430502012-01-02T03:06:35.652-06:002012-01-02T03:06:35.652-06:00Happy New Year everyone. If there is one thing I am proud of this year, it is finding this site. I always enjoy your guys articles and sharing our reactions to the latest episodes. It may have took me about a year and a half, but I am now officially caught up with the Anime and the Manga. I am a full blown fan now.<br /><br />Mikey<br />While I&#39;m very new to the manga scene, I totally agree that Shonen Jump Alpha is an awesome development. Right now, I&#39;m in the process of reading Bakuman, and Jump&#39;s english translations are so well done (Bakuman&#39;s an awesome manga by the way, but then again, I&#39;m an aspiring fiction writer myself, so maybe I just like the story.)<br /><br />SuperNeku<br />To be perfectly honest, One Piece isn&#39;t really that hot here in the states either. I mean, Funimation has a whole cable TV network and they don&#39;t even show it, The wont even put One Piece on Netflix. As much as I want to recommend the show to other people, there are not very many accessible ways to watch the show properly. Funimation needs to fix that, especially if they want Season 4 to do well.<br /><br />I also did enjoy the Fishman Island Arc, and so far, the animation is looking beautiful. Though I can&#39;t really say I enjoyed the fight scenes nearly as much as you did, Neku. All the fights with the Fishmen Pirates felt completely one-sided, and the Straw Hats smoked them in just a few short moves each. Maybe the anime will elaborate on the action a bit, but as it is, it was kind of a mess. Oda is great at making up and drawing new moves and showing big pivotal final blow moments, but a fight choreographer he is not. I&#39;m a big Avatar The Last Airbender fan, and honestly, I can&#39;t say I&#39;ve found a series that has fight sequences that are better paced and flow as well as they do.<br /><br />Sora<br />Congrats on no longer being spoiled, I will keep in mind not to slip anything about the manga in articles about the anime in the future. I also couldn&#39;t have been more satisfied with the Post Time Skip Changes.<br /><br />For my 2012 Wish list, you guys pretty much covered it all. I would like to see the upcomming PS3 Game, One Piece Kaizoku Musou get an international release. I probably wouldn&#39;t buy it, cause it looks like a repetitive dynasty warriors style beat-em-up, but I&#39;d at least like to give it a rent.<br /><br />This Monday, an article I wrote for toy-tma called The 2012 Too-Much-Awesome Resolutions will be posted. These are all resolutions I have for various people in the entertainment industry of things I&#39;d like to see done. Among them I have two resolutions conserning One Piece, one for Funimation to get their act together, and another reminding Oda sense that he is not allowed to die until we get to see the ending of this story.<br /><br />So check us out at www.toy-tma.comGushttp://www.toy-tma.comnoreply@blogger.com