FUNimation licenses One Piece Season 5 (episodes 264 - 336) and Movie Strong World

[Mach Rider]

Very strange...when I read that on ToonZone I thought it had to be a mistake, especially the Film Z thing. And shouldn't Season Six be just Thriller Bark? Why would Saobaody and Impel Down be included?

[WTK]

Originally Posted by Mach Rider

Very strange...when I read that on ToonZone I thought it had to be a mistake, especially the Film Z thing.

They have fixed their article: LINK.

[MythicalFangNZ]

Now THIS is the best news to come out of the convention. Season 5, I loved the Enies Lobby arc. I am glad to see that after the year hiatus between Season 3 and 4, they seem to be rushing to get new One Piece out. It seems that FUNimation does have real dedication on continuing One Piece in the US even for a long on-going series, and I am glad that One Piece won't get the Case Closed treatment and FUNi stopping the series. The sales must be good to justify releasing more One Piece. It was unexpected though, seeing that everyone was worried that once Season 4 was over we would have to play the waiting game yet again, but I am happy we don't.

The Movie, was a complete surprise to me as well. I didn't expect that, it seems like we will have a good run with One Piece on DVD until 2014 . Maybe even before FUNimation finishes release Season 5, they will license season 6. Who knows.

I really do hope they go back to dubbing the Theme Songs as well, I have been wanting to hear Brand New World dubbed for a long time. Make it happen FUNimation

[Rootsofjustice]

Strong World will start recording early next year for a late Summer-early Fall 2013 release.

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[Damius]

I ended up watching it... now I hope they will release at least 2 episodes a week until they catch up episode 391...

[WTK]

The Unofficial One Piece Podcast - Episode 260 with FUNimation brand manager Josh Kocurek

Some notes (or just listen to the podcast):
- One Piece Season 4 sale is "good"
- Sticking with 2 to 3 months turnaround time between voyages (releases); not slowing down
- One Piece DVD Collections "sell extremely well"
- Season 5 Voyage 1 to be released in July 2013.
- Just got materials last month for Strong World...goal is a holiday release (DVD and Blu-ray confirmed).
- Film Z: on the timeline...just don't know when; trying to get it as soon as they can
- Simulcast: our strongest; numbers keeps getting higher and higher; keeps growing exponentially; improvement on numbers

EDIT: http://bayoab.info/live/old.php?panel=262
16:51:33 <bay|SC|Con> And I believe one piece strong world should be around this holiday season

[blaizevincent]

Originally Posted by WTK

The Unofficial One Piece Podcast - Episode 260 with FUNimation brand manager Josh Kocurek

Some notes (or just listen to the podcast):
- One Piece Season 4 sale is "good"
- Sticking with 2 to 3 months turnaround time between voyages (releases); not slowing down
- One Piece DVD Collections "sell extremely well"
- Season 5 Voyage 1 to be released in July 2013.
- Just got materials last month for Strong World...goal is a holiday release (DVD and Blu-ray confirmed).
- Film Z: on the timeline...just don't know when; trying to get it as soon as they can
- Simulcast: our strongest; numbers keeps getting higher and higher; keeps growing exponentially; improvement on numbers

Really sad to see them continuing with the 2-3 month schedule. Its far too slow. For those of us only watching this series Dubbed. Its really hard to wait this long between each release when you marathon each voyage. Waiting from December to now was such a long time.

why don't they release them quicker? then they can start on the collections a bit quicker and make more sales. Everyone's happy then aren't they? << Simple view XD

I just keep thinking about Toriko getting 3 volumes in that same time frame and wondering why One Piece Voyages couldn't have a slightly tighter schedule closer to 4-6 weeks.

At the current rate if we assume they release a new voyage every two months (which they won't but for examples sake) then to get to episode 500 will take 38 months. So we are looking at Summer 2016 minimum before we get to the Timeskip?

If we make it a voyage every 3 months it becomes 2018/19.

Which is crazy, especially since of course this doesn't allow for a break which they'll probably be.

[Rootsofjustice]

Originally Posted by WTK

The Unofficial One Piece Podcast - Episode 260 with FUNimation brand manager Josh Kocurek

Some notes (or just listen to the podcast):
- One Piece Season 4 sale is "good"
- Sticking with 2 to 3 months turnaround time between voyages (releases); not slowing down
- One Piece DVD Collections "sell extremely well"
- Season 5 Voyage 1 to be released in July 2013.
- Just got materials last month for Strong World...goal is a holiday release (DVD and Blu-ray confirmed).
- Film Z: on the timeline...just don't know when; trying to get it as soon as they can
- Simulcast: our strongest; numbers keeps getting higher and higher; keeps growing exponentially; improvement on numbers

What I find pretty interesting is the part about One Piece's Toonami run and how they're talking about starting it up in Mid-Late April. As far as I recall, Tenchi's run doesn't end until mid-May. I wonder what the plan is, it seems to me that they want to get it going on the same night TOM 5 goes live.

[WTK]

Originally Posted by blaizevincent

Really sad to see them continuing with the 2-3 month schedule. Its far too slow. For those of us only watching this series Dubbed. Its really hard to wait this long between each release when you marathon each voyage. Waiting from December to now was such a long time.

why don't they release them quicker? then they can start on the collections a bit quicker and make more sales. Everyone's happy then aren't they? << Simple view XD

That's just unrealistic and probably not ideal (business wise) from their perspective. They do have other anime releases that could/should be working on. And I'm assuming from time to time, there could be other issues as waiting for additional part of materials, approvals,...

I just keep thinking about Toriko getting 3 volumes in that same time frame and wondering why One Piece Voyages couldn't have a slightly tighter schedule closer to 4-6 weeks.

Different series (even though both are from Toei) gets treated differently. Toriko was given a bigger amount of episodes for home video releases around select regions around the world (the number is said to be around 75). And FUNimation has slowed down on the Toriko releases and it's not clear when they will release Part 5.

At the current rate if we assume they release a new voyage every two months (which they won't but for examples sake) then to get to episode 500 will take 38 months. So we are looking at Summer 2016 minimum before we get to the Timeskip?

If we make it a voyage every 3 months it becomes 2018/19.

Which is crazy, especially since of course this doesn't allow for a break which they'll probably be.

It's a long, continuing series. What do you expect? I don't expect the pace to get picked up (I wouldn't be surprised if it slows down from the current pace from time to time). From my perspective, a monthly release is just unrealistic and you simply leave yourself with no room for any sort of error.

[Baroque25]

Personally, I think a six week release schedule would be perfect for everyone. Remember, these sets are only 20$. Most fans tend to watch all of it in two days. The only issues with a six week release schedule is how fast the episodes can be dubbed and how long of a break for more licensing is needed.


If it were entirely up to me, I'd like a voyage every other week.