One Piece has been liscensed by 4Kids

[brantelg]

I can't believe that out of all companies, 4Kids has to bring One Piece here to America. They are going to ruin it. Well, it might be okay but it probably will not resemble anything of what it is supposed to be.

[Kireihana]

Yeah I mentioned this in some other thread, and gave a link, but now I can't find it... It does stink because 4Kids will probably make it totally goofy (ok, so its pretty goofy to begin with) but they'll probably make it look childish.

[Elric_kun]

*cries* why 4kids? why?!! T.T

[Hitokiri]

::stabs 4Kids::

They are out to ruin the anime world!

[AngelSakura]

It could be worse...it might have been licsened by FUNi! *cries over FMA*

[Dark_angel]

NO! why does is have to be 4kids, they'll ruin it!

[Fireproof]

Yeah. It stinks, bu it's the sad truth. I just hope they don't change ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE'S NAMES! It makes me sad when they do that.

[Mr_Anderson]

thier probably gonna change luffy to bob or something -.-;

[Shao Feng-Li]

why not Funi? i actually LIKE there work? Ever since that dubbing for Shaman king... i cant read the amnge without hereing the voices!!!

[Kinkosami]

I rarely watch the originals of anything, so I don't ever know how much they change.

I've never even heard of "One Piece".

[Kireihana]

No, they intend to keep Luffy's name intact, that much I know. You should check out AnimeSuki, I believe they have a link to 4Kids' statement. And I also think FUNi does a good job with most of their anime. I thought Yu Yu Hakusho was good, at any rate.

[Shao Feng-Li]

maybe ill file a lawsuite

[Fireproof]

Really...
I saw a little thing on the licensing of it. Luffy and Shanks are safe, but they'll probably change everyone else's names. Sigh. Goodbye Zoro, hello John Smith. Good Nami, hello Jane Brown. Goodbye Usopp, hello Sam Green. Goodbye Buggy, hello Bubbles. Goodbye Kuro, hello Bob. Arg! When will 4Kids' reign of terror end! Maybe they'll release the unedited version on DVD later on. I HOPE THEY DO, OR THEY'LL HAVE MORE ANGRY EMAILS THAN YOU CAN HANDLE, 4KIDS! YA HEAR ME?

[Ashley]

Funny, I distinctly remember having this rant session before. When I find the link, I'll come back and post it. Edit: oh here it is--http://www.christiananime.com/showthread.php?t=7949

As far as licensing companies like 4kids and FUNi, I think it was Mave who brought up that these companies get better with each project they do. I think lots of people, as she mentioned, hate FUNi because of dragon ball z. Well, back in the day, anime was just coming over here and they weren't really experienced at dubbing and all. But now, I think they've gotten much better about it because of experience and the fact they know americans will buy anime.

[MasterDias]

Ashley is correct.

While I also tend to be annoyed by many of the edits and often unnecessary changes that 4kids makes, a few things have happened recently that could possibly be small steps in the right direction...

1. 4kids is evidently letting Funimation release uncut dub/sub DVDs of Yugioh and Shaman King, although the dubs will still use the 4kids names. It shall prove interesting to see how this works out...

2. In a recent 4kids press release, Tokyo Mew Mew was called Tokyo Mew Mew. "Hollywood" wasn't mentioned anywhere in it...

In any case, now that One Piece has been licensed, Naruto is almost certainly not that far behind.

[Rev. Doc]

[quote="Mr_Anderson"]thier probably gonna change luffy to bob or something -.-]


*ahem* And what's wrong with Bob?

[Little T-chan]

I LUBB One Piece!! But even if 4Kids are about to ruin it...I KNOW!! Let's PRAY!!! Oh no...that is sucha petty prayer though...Then let's just hope that our beautiful ONE PIECE will be their best work yet!! Maybe it'll revolutionize the quality of their work!! YEAH!! <3 Now I am excited! ^_^

[Aka-chan]

*sigh* Yet another fine anime... Well, there's another dub boycott for me. I generally just watch the subs anyways. If anyone hears anything more about the name changes, I'd like to know.

[uc pseudonym]

Figures. I'm not that worried, though. One Piece was never extremely serious, and we can assume that 4Kids is not trying to ruin anime. I think they'll do a decent job. It's a stretched anime anyway.

But you can probably bet Zoro's surname is going to vanish. Most of the names are good, though, and simple for American audiances, unlike, for example, Yu Gi Oh.

[MasterDias]

I had been thinking Funimation would get the license for this but we probably should've seen this coming considering Funimation recently acquired three lengthy series.

I am uneasy considering 4kids' track record but, currently, I'm hoping that 4kids will let Funimation release an unedited version of the show like they only recently announced for Yugioh and Shaman King.

[Kenchii]

*tisk* The english dubs are going to be like:

"Lets go find the treasure!!" - in a corny way
*Luffy drinks beer* "..all this coke is making me gassy" - >___<x !!

[TroutNinja]

Don't forget the "ARRR Matey" every four sentences!

[uc pseudonym]

Though One Piece actually does feature a fair number of piratisms. There weren't that many "arrs" but they did exist on occasion, generally with flunky pirates. And when Cabajhi said "You scurvy dog!" my sister and I found it hilarious and kept bringing it up for weeks.