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I love how the opening rap has come full circle, people liked it as kids, grew to hate it and find it cringe, before coming back around to realising the absolute lyrical masterpiece it is
I'm not joking when I say I got into One Piece because of the 4kids rap
don't kill the part of you that's cringe, kill the part of you that cringes.
I love Chopper, but the origional version where, "Sanji's cooking for the would be king." Is perfect.
YaYoYaYooooo!!!
The thing about it is that the opening rap fits so much better for the battle-oriented arcs like Enies Lobby & Marineford than a lot of the other openings.
The original rapper even made an expanded version that includes Robin, Franky, Brook, & Jinbe.
Robin randomly having a southern accent is probably my favorite part of the 4Kids dub
It's not random. She had the hat at first so they assumed.
@@2muchjpop Wasn't the manga much further along at that point?
@@TheDarkLasombra ya but it's 4kids. You think they have future sight? 😂
And Shanks being Australian
Sanji was Texan in Saban's 4Kids for sure.@@Ascetronaut
One of my favorite moments was:
Zoro: "It's good to see ya, Buddy! LUFFY!!!!"
His scream of LUFFY was legendary.
LUFFFYYYYYY
you mean Zolo lmao.
@@rsync9490 darn it, was gonna say that! 😆
Screamed like Guts calling GRIFFIIIIIIIITH!!!!!!!
Helmeppo's hammer-gun had to be censored out of the official release because it was too powerful. How would people get hyped about Mihawk after seeing that? 4Kids just restored its glory
Before Chopper joined, the lyrics were "Sanji is cooking for the Would be King"
Edit : If interested, check out OnePiece Live Action 4Kids Dub Intro, as well as We Are Intro.
Which, honestly, are pretty fire lyrics
@@riatsila144I know right
I thought the first opening didn't have a Sanji part. It was like"the pirate crew coming through" something like that (at least in English). Either way enjoyable times.
@@thoughtfulfreespace there may have been a version before Sanji that I've heard once or twice, but I usually hear the version with Sanji or Sanji + Chopper
Nami's mom being alive but never appearing after they defeat Arlong is the most stupid and funny thing ever
I remember the difference watching as an adult. As a child, I always felt like I missed an episode somewhere. It never occurred to me about censorship till a few years after 4kids stopped.
Then I buy the series in the form of Funimation DVDs to start watching with my ex, who is now still a close anime friend, and as the series goes on, I'm just emotionally gutted day after day in front of my girl. Luckily for me, she liked that sensitive shit, but I remember bawling my eyes out openly the first time I saw that scene.
I think if 4kids had made it to the Robin Arc, they would have just quit or ruined it. Thankfully, Funimation did it SOME justice (detracted for a million repeats of "I want to blah, blah, blah" and full episodes of flashbacks). I got to observe my ex, who was adopted, resonate deeply with the thought of whether her bio parent left her out of love or selfishness. Literally felt her emotions radiating off of her like a tangible, fuck-science-fiction actual aura of personal distress. I felt it BEFORE I looked at her.
That kind of impact can only happen when you aren't trying to soften the blows.
"YoHoHo he took a bite of Gum-Gum"😂
Cursid fruit
1043 be like 👀
The 4kids adaptation was my first experience for One Piece. I still remember getting excited seeing the commercials for some new super power pirate anime coming soon! The night it aired I was out at dinner with my family and the moment we got home I ran upstairs to watch it. As terrible as it was I loved that dub as a kid. It made me laugh so much and I thought Sanji's lollipop was cool as hell.
For me the 4kidz dub kept me from getting into One Piece for the longest time
Some fun facts: Some of the 4Kids dub voice actors have now voiced characters in the official dub, and the guy who sang the original One Piece Rap came out with an updated version a couple years ago on his TH-cam channel.
I wish someone will make a 4Kids dub parody for latest episodes.
Thanks a lot now I have a dream of TeamFourStar abridging One Piece 😭 that’ll never happen lmfao
*”Nothing happened.”*
“Literally nothing happened.”
We have one pace, now its time for 4pace
@@RakkiXIII I think One Pace did a 4 Kids parody as April's fool last april. They released their 16th episode of Alabasta and it was atrocious. It's probably under their bonus section or something like that.
I remember seeing a shockingly accurate 4kids style fandub of the Franky vs. Nero fight. Not only is the writing on point, not only did they somehow get the music from the dub, but both voices sound identical to Jaeger from Ultimate Muscle and Meowth from Pokemon.
Oh, 4kids memories...grape juice wine, lollipop cigarettes, finger guns, jelly donut onigiri. Childhood was such a time.
Marines using super soakers in a country going through a drought
Oh, gahd, I always forget the "Jelky Donut" thing Brock did, even as a kid in 90s USA, that was weird. I knew what a damn rice ball was. My dad shared anime with us as it first came to America. OK, maybe Akira was not a great choice for kids, but he made up for it with Nausicaa, and besides, my mom did the same shit with campy horror films.
Luckily for them, we were all already fucked from the start, but damn. Then again, if both apple trees grew in the same soil, it's fair to assume the sprouts will be similar...
@@zerosumgame5700 all I get out of this comment is that you want an apple jelly filled rice ball
The 4kids rap intro was pure hype, I would rewatch it when I was binging the funamation dub.
The voice of Brock from Pokémon hyping things up before the rap was awesome.
He also voiced Kaiba, let that sink in
Holy chit, I never realized but then you said, and perfect soundbytes from both of them played through my brain and I realized the truth...
One change 4kids made that I found absolutely fascinating was that Kuina was beaten up by disgruntled swordsmen to the point where she couldn’t fight anymore…I find it wild that they would censor just about any violence, and yet have a kid be beaten up to the point of potentially paralysis was better than her falling down the stairs…
Grew up watch 4kids one piece after they stopped airing it thought that was the end until 10 years later found the Japanese version
The ending for the 4kids dub is so funny considering it’s when a giant ship is about to fall on the crew so with how the show ended after that we can assume they just died
I'm sorry... did... did you say in this dub Laboon is an _iceberg_ ?
you did. oh. okay.
Brook loved that Iceberg.
They left Laboon in the games apparently
That was so wild to me I had to look it up
Yup. They completely skip over Laboon and Crocus for some bizarre reason. Also, the entire Little Garden Arc, I believe. 🤣
It's why Brook needs his afro so much, so the iceberg can recognize him when they finally meet again.
Brook found Laboon as a snowflake from a winter island and raised him into an icecube, he was a small glacier when he left and would be a full grown tundra by the time he returned.
What always bothered me (probably way more than it should) was that Luffy doesn't smack Coby, instead Coby just flinches and says something like "I thought you were going to hit me" and Luffy says "what? I wouldn't hit you" which is a huge alteration of Luffy's personality imho.
Manga Luffy 100% will hit any man, woman, or child that he feels like. His hands are rated E for everyone.
Doflamingo glasses look nice on you !
The kids digging for treasure in the background is amazing & completely goes with talking about One Piece.
Fun Fact: in the Funimation Dub during the Return to Sabaody Arc, the VA's did the same thing that the origional Japanese VA's did where the real strawhats also played the voices of the fake strawhats, but switched characters around.
So Chris Sabat [Zoro] played Fake Sanji, and as a reference to this 4Kids Dub, he gave Fake Sanji a cheesy Brooklyn Accent.
bellmare in a dungeon is the funniest change. That would change the entire plot with the crew having to go free her. Also Sanji's lollipop instead of cigarette has been one of my favorite memes for a decade now.
This dub is treated among the One Piece fandom the same way the Holiday Special is treated by Star Wars fans
That moment when Merphy puts out 2 videos today XD
I can only see one, where's the other?
Yea she put another one on her books channel
Chopper's doctoring!
Nope, that's more Nami's territory. Doctoring has nothing to do with medicine; it's things related to forgery. Doctoring documents.
That sounds more like Nami’s job
@@jacobg6628or even Ussop's job, but definitely not Chopper's 😂
It means both, and i would assume the forgory definition derives from perfoming "frankenstein surgery" on documents
@@RakkiXIII I just know in mafia/depression slang, a document forger was called a doctor.
I don't think I'm ever gonna forget the image of Helmeppo threatening to shoot Koby with that doohicky lmao
GAYO GAYO!! This Sonic X, Kirby: Right Back at Ya! and Viva Piñata were the lineup and it was great.
I think Viva Pinata came a little later, Shaman King, Jackie Chan Adventures, Xiaolin Showdown, TMNT (2003), and then Pokémon and Yugioh were around when the 4kids dub started.
This was my gateway OUT of One Piece. I hated the series because of the 4kids dub when I was younger and assumed that was the only version of it. Took me years later to discover the original subbed version and ended up binging it
4kids One Piece rap starts playing
Me and my friends: immediately starts dancing and singing along
Song ends
Me and my friends: "The 4kids dib sucks" "Yeah" "But that rap is legit though" "Amen brother amen"
Sanji, Robin, and Croco VA here is funny AF.
No matter how much i know the 4kids dub is bad, it turned a lot of people away from one piece when we were young, its censorship made no sense in parts, and they changed major story parts like skipping Laboon. The second i hear YO im hyped all over again. The intro is so damn stupid its perfect.
Also the man who did the original 4kids one piece rap has since made an updated version on his own channel
Glad you loved the voice acting, its easily my favourite part (though the silly name changes might be a close second. Captain Chaser and Trace Heatfist will always hold a special place in my heart.). Lol. Australian Shanks, French Mihawk, Bad Brooklyn Accent Sanji....truly a work of art. Sanji's attack names give me joy as well (if you haven't, look up a compilation of them on TH-cam. Its both physically painful and absolutely hilarious.). The fact that 4kids Sanji has an attack named "Leg o'Wham Drumstick Supreme" is perhaps the greatest thing that dub ever did. 😂
Oh, and then there are the Zoro moments. Not just the iconic "Oh hey Luffy, how you doing buddy......LUFFFFFFYYYYYY!!!!!" blood-curdling screech from Whiskey Peak, but the random animal impressions he would do sometimes. Like when we was calling Usopp a chicken (I think he did this at LEAST twice), and that one time he literally BARKED at Daz Bones when they fought in Alabasta. 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣
Funimation's uncut unedited redub is genuinely good stacked with voice acting legends.
Imagine Sanji crying outside of Puddings window trying to unwrap a lollipop
Your sunglasses are Doflamingo-esq and I ❤️ it!
One of my favorite things I've learned about the 4kids dub is they apparently stopped producing it around the beginning of the Jaya/Skypia arc. The last thing that happens in the 4kids dub is the ship falling out of the sky towards them. This dub wouldn't let anyone die... until the end where the entire crew seemingly died.
For anyone insterested, the One Piece Rap was written by Shawn Conrad. He has a youtube channel and has written an extended version Including Robin, Franky, Brook, & Jinbei.
4Kids is a guilty pleasure of mine. Because I loved One Piece pretty much from the start. I have two kids and one day when they were still little I was watching it and they were interested. I knew the main series wasn't age appropriate for them at the time. So I watched 4Kids with them they loved it and I tolerated it when they were awake. But it was something we bonded over and when they were older I let them watch the mainline series and read the manga. They still love the series, and it is something we can talk about together and bond over. If I ever have grandkids I'll watch the 4Kids with them as well and see if they like it as well.
As a parent of small kids who loves One Piece 4Kids was irreplaceable for me at the time, and I have fond memories of enjoying it with them, which is why sometimes I'll start watching it even though my oldest is grown up and my youngest isn't far off from grown up. If you are a One Piece fan with small kids and you want to share your passion for One Piece with them then 4Kids is a good jumping off point for it.
Oh no...Merphy go down the rabbit hole yet again. And she can pull of those sunglasses...
I started reading one piece when it first came out in english in my area around 2001 or so, and i was so excited when i first heard about the anime coming out. Then i saw a commercial for it and as soon as i heard the voice of Luffy i was already done with it, and didn't end up watching any of it.
I love how you just exploded onto the scene and immediately got to be as much of the fan base as tekking or Liam, we're so glad you're here Merphy.
The 4kids One Piece dub is the primary example of "so bad it's good."
The Funimation dub is pretty alright though! To any Funi dub detractors: watch the "I want to live" scene. They did it justice.
I think that Luffy's English voice actress has done the G5 scenes way better, the woody woodpecker laugh, and other allusions to old cartoons works so well.
I watched it and no. Excluding Franky and Brook, all the voices are badly casted
@@HExtraordinaire Zoro, Nami, and Robin also sound great. The only Straw Hat dub voice I don't think fits at all is Jinbe.
The 4kids dub was actually my introduction to One Piece when I was in middle school. My little brother and I really bonded over it and eventually we wanted to watch the "real" version so we roped our dad into watching it with us. Over time high school got so busy (and the animation got so bad) that we all began reading the manga on our own time. Now we're adults, my brother and I both have partners who we've introduced to One Piece, and on Sundays we get together for dinner and discuss the new chapter. When the Netflix series came out our mom even started to be introduced to the series too! One Piece has honestly been a huge part of my entire family's life for 20 years. It boggles my mind some times.
As far as censorship goes, I actually love Helmeppo's Hammer Gun.
It's something that could exist in Dr Suess, and therefore, fits right at home in One Piece.
Also fun fact about baby Sanji's VA - Its literally Ash Ketchum with a Brooklyn accent
Wild how we've gone from 4KIDS to the now current, faithful dub being only like 30 eps behind the sub release because One Piece has been airing so long it's outlasted how anime is actually sold and marketed to a western audience haha
Also fun fact, a couple of the 4KIDS voice actors who are fairly prolific now in their own careers, have minor roles/cameos in the current dub. 4KIDS Luffy voices Miss Buckingham Stussy (she plays a lot of old ladies in cartoons and other anime like Pokemon so it really fits), 4KIDS Chopper voices the Sunny in Film Red, etc...
I unironically and unabashedly LOVE the One Piece rap. And the 4Kids dub is so much fun to watch as an adult if you're mature enough to understand *why* it exists, and you have an appreciation for the actual series. And I'm somebody who primarily watches the current English dub, with the exception of new episodes.
I used to watch 4Kids Saturday mornings every week, alternating between it and KidzWB depending on what show was airing on either channel at the time. So when I was 14 One Piece premiered in August 2004 on 4Kids (at the time known as the FoxBox) it was my very first exposure to the series and I…. I can’t lie, I fell in love with it immediately. From Luffy’s first gum gum rocket I felt in my soul that this series was something special that I would be connected to on a spiritual level. Of course as I got deeper into the series and as I matured I realized how utterly horrendous the 4kids dub is not just as an adaptation, but as an overall product, yet I cannot bring myself to even mildly dislike it. It is what brought me into the greatest story of all time and still had just enough spark of that magic for me to recognize that. So I’ll insult it, make fun of it, laugh it off, but I will never ever hate it or give it any undue disrespect. Without it there would be no One Piece in my world.
talking about one piece on a beach is i think the best thing ive seen , i dont think ill recover from hearing about one piece from my english professor while watching the ocean
You have to listen to what Robin sounded like in the 4Kids dub. It is the second most bizarre depicted voice. And you got to watch the first Luffy vs Crocodile fight. The written dialogue is “outstanding”.
I'm about to turn 32, ive been watching one piece since 4kids as part of saturdays line up what got me was zoros backstory so as messed as it is im actual pretty proud to be a fan since 4kids days now seeing what the stupid pirate story(in the 4kids case literally) has turned into. Also i was watching you since Harry potter content, was excited when you did avatar and absolutely thrilled for one piece content.
It did happen to me. Fell in love with One Piece thru fan subs and then 4Kids gives us that as the adaptation. It was bad 😢.
For a long time this was my most cherished version and I loved those voices 😂
This was my gateway and also one of the reasons i dropped the series as i grew older. I found naruto to be much more adult and edgy. But when i was young i loved it. I called my mom at work one day, and she didnt answer, so i left her a message. It was the whole 4kids rap. That she showed to her whole department at work. Eventually like 15 years later i tried to collect all the dbz dvds and they sent me season 1 and 2 of one piece instead and they let me keep them while send me the dvd box sets as well. Decided to watch them and then the pandy hit and i binged everything in like 6 months. Best series ever.
I feel like “it reads…” is one of those idioms that has successfully infiltrated common lexicon, ‘cause I’ve heard several people use it when not talking about books. Even when referring to someone’s speech or their opinion on something. Definitely feels at home when describing a cartoon or any form of multimedia.
I like to imagine what later crew members and villains would've sounded like in the 4kids dub. It make's me appreciate the current dub so much more.
Actually, Yes.
Me and my brother got into One Piece from the 4kids Dub. We didnt know, we were kids, it was on, we thought it was cool.
We both stopped as we got older, wrote it off as a kids cartoon that ended.
Upon finding it again, seeing the changes, and learning how much of the story expands...I had to get back in...and eventually got my brother back too
All that to say, 4kids rap still holds up today LOL
I had the pleasure of the 4Kids dub being my first exposure to One Piece. Watched it as a Saturday morning cartoon along with the Dragon Ball Z Kai dubs and Pokemon.
It led to some interesting experiences. I pronounced "Zolo" with an L for years, started watching subbed and had to get used to Zoro, then started reading the manga and had to get used to seeing Zolo again in print.
I did have to relearn character backstories.
Basically, it just warranted a rewatch from the beginning. Also, "Sanji's cooking, Chopper's doctoring" is straight bars and you can't change my mind.
The 4Kids dub was unfortunately my gateway into the series. I couldn't make it passed the start of episode two. I had friends who loved One Piece and praised both the manga and the anime, and I just couldn't figure out why. When I told one friend I'd watched the first episode and dropped it after the title card of the second episode, she immediately asked what adaptation I had seen. When I said it was the 4Kids episode that was airing, she was like "Nope! Stop! You're coming over tomorrow and we're binging the fansubs." We marathoned right up to Nami asking Luffy for help, and I became a fan that weekend. Had my friend not stepped up, I would have never given the series a second chance and wouldn't be a weekly manga reader who's deeply invested in knowing about the Void Century.
It is truly one of the dubs of all time
Yeah this kinda was my gateway to One Piece. I watched it every day before school when I was a little kid and thought it was pretty cool but nothing special. All I remembered about it was the theme song but otherwise thought nothing of it.
Then years later in my senior year of high school some friends of mine asked If I "watched/ read One Piece?" And I said "Oh yeah, I remember watching that show, it had a catchy theme song but that's all I remember" and they were like "Dude, don't tell me you watched the 4kids dub..." to which I said "now that you mention it, that's probably not how the original is huh?" And then I spent like 4 months watching the then 450 or so episodes that were available and got fully caught up and re-educated to what One Piece ACTUALLY was and how amazing it is!
Simply put: The 4kids dub was so dumbed down that it barely stayed in my mind and felt like nothing special and if it wasn't for my friends properly showing me One Piece; to this day I might have still thought of it as just a dumb, simple kids show.
4kidz and shonen jump were my start in One Piece and I have never looked back. The 4kidz rap is one of if not the best One Piece opening.
This was the show I grew up watching and got me into the manga. I still remember hearing diable Jon being explained by the heat of the devil in a Brooklyn accent.
Merphy with Golden ‘Mingo glasses should be a staple, I think it’s good. Also never thought to dig deep on the 4kids dub
this was my gateway into anime. from here i got into DBZ, Yugioh, Naruto, Bleach and then everything just sprang from those
What's truely nutty about One Piece's censorship is that I swear the 2000s Shaman King anime was nearly untouched in terms of implications of death.
Shaman King is mostly about bringing the souls of the dead into battle, so one victor can become The Shaman King.
Vivid memories of Mr. 1 cutting Zolo (hah) with zero blood. Also I went back to watch the opening after this and found out the original artist made an extended version, so this is a great day. Glad you enjoyed the experience! Also love the glasses, reminds me of Doffy a little bit.
This was my introduction to OnePiece and I loved it.
If 4kids made it to Wholecake judge would have a german accent, but then what abou the rest of the family, would Sora have the brooklyn accent?,would Reiju?,would the brother have german accents?, or would everyone have diferent accents from each other?.
These questions keep me up at night.
Okay, removing death, this. Replacing Laboon with an iceberg (Not Ice-Pops) that.
What about 4Kids just flat-out skipping Little Garden? Our introduction to the Giants of Elbaf?
Skipping this very short arc affects the following stuff in the long-run:
- One of Usopp's goals he wants to accomplish on his quest to become a brave warrior of the sea
- Introduction to Mr 3 (who's one of the key players in Impel Down and Marineford. seriously, I think they just haphazardly throw in some dialogue as to why he's chasing the crew and has beef with them in the 4Kids adaptation that doesn't even make any sense in canon)
- Oimo and Kashi's heel-face turn against the World Government during Enies Lobby
- The New Giant Warrior Pirates allying themselves with the Straw Hat Grand Fleet after Dressrosa
- Everything involving Big Mom's backstory in WCI
- *JoyBoy's origins and the legend of Sun God Nika*
Maddie Braunstein's performace as Dr. Kurhea is a highlight of this dub
This was literally my gateway to one piece as a kid. I watched it the day. It came out years later I am still haunted by this gross adaptation, but the wrap the theme song is amazing.
“IF YOU CANT PAY THE CASH THEN YOU’RE OUT WITH THE TRASH” lives in my head rent free decades later
It really is the best, glad you had a good time with it
Merph casually wearing Doflamingo's sunglasses
"Don't worry, these are prescription"
Haha you had me legit laughing out loud at the end with the "If you liked this, sorry, probably not the channel for you."
I Stan the smoke just trickling out of smokers mouth as if from his devil fruit, rather than the cigars I genuinely think it’s cooler.
I had the fortunate situation that I am not American lol As someone from Latin America, our dubs were literal translations and they went all out with the voice acting. Also, no censorship!! I was spoiled before coming to the US. Then learning what a lot of kids grew up with as anime, it sent me for a loop! And then I went straight to subs, and never looked back (except for some anime that I don't mind like Code Geass or Trigun).
I watched it when it aired on Saturday mornings 20 years ago. I think it was part of the 4Kids Fox block and I had been an anime fan for a long time even then, but I couldn't figure the show out. I had paged through a few issues of the manga in comic stores, but the show didn't seem to fit what I had read. Still, it introduced me to the anime and less than a decade later I binged the first 300+ Yibis episodes via Nyaa and fell in love with the series, anime and manga. I genuinely enjoy the One Piece Rap these days. It's up there with the Pokémon Roll Call song and "Fighting evil by moonlight..."
The beach looks so nice and quiet!
Honestly the sunglasses are kind of a vibe lol Reminds me of "Return to Sabaody" Robin
Almost the doffy sunglasses, Merphy 😂
The hammer gun is peak One Piece!
Believe it or not, the 4Kids dub is what got me into One Piece. I'm glad Funimation/Crunchyroll has it now and its a better dub. But i enjoyed the 4kids version for what it was, plus i was a little kid and i was happy when it came back on Tonami from Funimation.😊
Like it or not the 4Kids dub is actually an important part of One Piece history and many fans entry into Oda's story.
i was 10 when the dub came out, so it was my first exposure to the series. Watched it, loved it, then forgot about it for a couple years. Eventually picked up a copy of SJ when I recognized Luffy on the cover and was shocked at how deep and compelling the plot actually was.
Been a fan ever since, so thanks 4Kids!
Also the rap is iconic 🔥
I remember as a kid writing an angry letter to 4kids after seeing the One Piece dub. I had found the show when I lived overseas, and when I came to the states the show didn't air until years later. I was so excited to be able to watch the show again then was completely disappointed by the changes. They took all the seriousness out of the show.
my favorite thing about the 4kids dub is how they somehow made the moment between Sanji and Ace on the Merry even more homoerotic than it already was
I must say, having never seen the 4Kids dub, absorbing the reactions second-hand is also an experience.
Those sunglasses are amazing though. 10/10 great look
Have you seen the moment with Croc and Luffy, it’s so unserious.
“If this is a desert toilet, then that makes you, desert doo-doo.” I CAN’T. 😂😂😂
Peak villain dialogue.
The 4kids dub was my first experience with One Piece. I was in my late teens so well beyond the target age group, but still intrigued by the weird rubber pirate boy and his adventures. The horrible dubbing was what drove me to find the manga and I’m so glad I did!
That opening theme song is a banger, though
You've gotta admit, making the opening a gangster sea-shanty rap was an inspired marketing move.
I'd recommend watching None Piece on TH-cam sometime if you're curious.
Im one of the ones who saw this as well as yugioh on 4kids and fell in love with the series. So when i eventually learned of the real version on toonami, and the manga as well, it made the series that much better. Started from the bottom
See if I ever started a TH-cam channel this is similar to what I would want to do. I don't like the idea of telling people to subscribe. But her explanation on top of basically saying it would be great but not necessary to sub just feels like a breath of fresh air. And honestly just for that I might not watch your content often but you definitely have my sub.
As someone who didn’t grow up with this I laughed tears when I first saw this as an adult… this was crazy to me
Yes. I watched the 4Kids Dub growing up and I am not ashamed to admit that I loved it as a kid! Those fond memories are what got me to pick up the series again in college (thankfully Funimation had begun dubbing by that point). I definitely don't remember all the terrible stuff in the 4Kids version, but I have seen it as an adult and I am sometimes shocked that I still liked it so much! 😅
My introduction to one piece was me staying up on a Saturday night at some point in middle school while they were reruning the series on toonami and my first episode was Franky's introduction in Water 7, where everyone is groaning about him showing up and are yelling at him to leave and not bothered him and then he gets into a fight with Luffy, I thought he was so cool and yeah he is I was right but after his introduction I had watched all of water 7, Enies Lobby, and Thriller Bark every Saturday night, giller episodes and all and boy was it such a fun experience, they're still may favorite arcs because of that
The 4Kids dub is the reason I love One Piece so much and have throughout my entire life. Man, those were the good times, waking up early on Saturday mornings and waiting for the next episode. The rollercoaster the show has been through is one heck of a thing to witness, but at least it's back on Toonami.
I can understand you not liking the 4kids Luffy voice, but the 4kids Luffy laugh is still the one I hear in my head when I read new chapters
I don't remember the 4kids version well enough when I started watching this in 2004... but in 2009 after graduating hs I went on a nostalgia trip and watched old anime shows I was into as a kid. Starting with dragon ball, then yu yu, then inuyasha, then case closed and after watching these shows I was thinking what was that one show where the guy wanted to become king of the pirates. I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of the series. What I did remember was "hes made of rubber, how did that happen? Yo ho ho he took a bite of gum gum" so I youtubed that, came up with One Piece. Typed in One Piece English dub episode 1 into TH-cam and all 195 episodes of one piece that were dubbed in English by funimation was available on TH-cam at the time and that's how I got into it. Since thats all the episodes that were on youtube and that were dubbed when i decided to binge watch the show I thought it was only going to be 195 episodes long. 😂😂😂😂😂 So, if it wasn't for the 4kids dub and their rap I probably wouldn't be here right now typing this.
Robin's out searching for those secret stones.
Franky's half robot. Brook is all bones.