One Piece - Season 1, First Voyage (Uncut) | 
| Director: Konosuke Uda
Actor: Frank Frankson
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 2891
Format: Animated, Color, Full Screen, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 312
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 0
UPC: 704400095818
EAN: 0704400095818
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 2004
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Monkey D. Luffy (rhymes with "goofy"), the hero of this popular shonen (boys') series, is determined to make himself King of the Pirates by finding the fabulous treasure of the legendary pirate Gold Roger. In the first episodes, Luffy begins to assemble his crew, recruiting master swordsman Zoro and ace navigator Nami. In flashbacks, the viewer also learns how he acquired his trademark straw hat from the noble pirate Shanks. Because Luffy once ate a "Devil Fruit," his body and limbs can stretch almost infinitely to deliver staggering kicks and punches. With his frog-like face, skinny legs and outsized feet, Luffy is hardly a handsome hero. But his honesty, unswerving dedication, and kind heart win him friends wherever he goes. Although series creator Eiichiro Oda cites Dragon Ball as an influence, One Piece has a much cartoon-ier feel. The Straw Hat Pirates tackle a bizarre-looking array of foes that includes iron-jawed Captain Morgan, Captain Buggy of the Clown Pirates, and Jango, the moon-walking hypnotist of the Black Cat Pirates.Oda says that One Piece is the story he wanted to read as a boy. Millions of others loved that story: the broadcast series ran for more than 350 episodes and spun off nine features. One Piece debuted in America 2004 in a heavily edited version from 4Kids that made little sense. This uncut edition restores the show to its zany glory--and makes it clear why the series is so popular in Japan. (Rated TV 14: violence, tobacco and alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
As the Pirate King Gold Roger was executed he revealed that his treasure known as "One Piece" was hidden somewhere on the Grand Line. Monkey D. Luffy dreams of finding the legendary treasure and becoming the Pirate King and after eating the devil's fruit he gains the power to do so. But first he must find a crew...Contains episodes 1-13Format: DVD Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 704400095818 Manufacturer No: 0
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 Excellent, except for one major issue August 16, 2008
Totally awesome show. I don't own the dvd and will explain why shortly. However I have seen every episode aired so far in japan via fansubs online. This show starts out good and stays good throughout.
Now is the problem part. This show is almost 400 episodes long so far in japan and shows no signs of slowing down at all. Then Funimation releases this set. I am very happy as many people are that they made these dvds uncut finally, unlike the 4kids version garbage. However this box holds 13 episodes....anyone want to do the math on how many boxes will be required to hold just the current ~400 episodes? Its 30 boxes. for the first 400 episodes, plus at least 100 more episodes probably or more.
What I ask for and want, is much larger box sets, use a slim form factor of some kind or other and release box sets with like 50 episodes if possible. Then I would have to buy far fewer boxes and it would take up less shelf space. I know this is mostly just semantics and personal preference, but I'm not the only one who feels this way and for a show this insanely long, more expansive box sets are necessary. Asking for this concession seems more than reasonable to me, if not an outright obvious thing to do.
Lastly, How many shows do you know that run 400 episodes plus and stay good the whole time? I know of no other. So if you don't mind the size of this box or have no intention of buying more than the first few seasons, then this box is very worth your while. So go and buy it already. Those of us who plan to buy all 560 episodes of the show or however many it ends up being....all we can do is pray they will wise up and give bigger boxes. Good luck to everyone? Later.
 An OK release, but not at all perfect. August 9, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
this is an OK release of One Piece by Funimation, but with a bit of annoying occurrences. for one thing, even if you have the language set to Japanese, you STILL get Funi's gold logo instead of the original during the opening. I dont see WHY since Funi's other releases kept the original logo if you had it set to Japanese.
the subtitles for the Japanese track are pretty much accurate, except for the fact they decided to sub the "Marines" as the "Navy". I dont see a reason for this? everyone KNOWS them as the "Marines" and not "Navy", it even says "Marines" on all their shirts, sails and buildings!
also, they sub "Pirate King" as "King of the Pirates", thats gotta be the most annoyingest line they took from the 4kids dub. I know its the same thing basically, but "King of the Pirates" sounds so forced, stressed and not a natural phrase to say.
the thing i hate above all, there is way too much cursing subbed in! Funi really needs to cool it! I despise cursing and it really annoyed me. I heard the English dub suffered the same fate, so if you want to watch the dub, your ears be warned. I think its highly inappropiate since there is also a lot of children who'd want to watch.
more than a measly 13 eps per box set would be nice too. Its not worth the full retail price of $50 with only 13 eps, non-perfect subs and a missing original logo (its a good thing Amazon sells it for so cheap). also, at the rate they are releasing them, its going to take 10+ years JUST to get up to where the show is currectly airing in Japan (which is at 360+ eps and is only about half-way done, so there is gonna be at least that many more eps til the end).
other than the subtitle issues, its an OK release. But I hope they fix those in time for the 2nd Boxset. It DOES really annoy me and I am probably not gonna buy the rest of the releases. If subtitles on DVDs where easy to personaly edit, this wouldnt be an issue!
So cool!! July 27, 2008
Although I'm not the biggest fan of FUNimation's attempt at this dub (especially Colleen Clinkenbeard, who unfortunately sounds like she is straining her voice with every line), it's such a relief to be able to watch licensed subs! The marathon mode is also a big selling point. Don't regret a single penny of it.
 Entertaining but a little silly July 17, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Title refers to a One Piece that whoever finds it rules the Caribbean.
The story follows Luffy, a pirate whose desire to be King of the Pirates by finding the one piece sends him to different places to enlist a new Pirate Crew.
Sounds good like a fun action show?
The action is there, and the story is entertaining , finding myself cursing at the dreaded To Be Continued screen.
Here comes the silly part.
Luffy ate a 'yum yum fruit' or (Devil Fruit). Makes his body rubber. The drawback is he can't swim, and drowns in water.
While this might be a bit odd, it wears down fast because the show is just too fun to watch.
Almost completely an utterly perfect. July 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First, I would also like to join in with most of the other reviewers in thanking FUNimation for their handling of this show. I used to hate you guys just as much if not more than 4kids, if you were around in the 1990's you'll probably understand why, but after watching your conduct after you licensed the series and up to it's CN debut I've had a complete change of heart. You guys really fought for us fans, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for you all now. (Hopefully CN will come to their senses and pick up the series again, but if not you can always fall back on the knowledge that most self-respecting One Piece fans are more than willing to buy your releases. (Heck, I bought Movie 8 along with this despite knowing it was utter crap just to help fund your future efforts.)
Anyways, there really isn't much left to say about how awesome this box set is.. Because as it stands most of the other reviewers have already covered everything I was going to say.
However, I can still say that the FUNimation dubbed track for this series is one of the best I have ever come across, almost as good as FMA's dub, and you really should give it chance even if you're a subtitles purist. You can really tell that the actors love their roles and are trying their hardest to do right by the series. I honestly like their portrayals just as much as the performances given from their Japanese counterparts, and given how long I've been watching the series in Japanese that's saying a lot.
One nitpick though: More extras next time please... D:
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