One Piece - Collection One

One Piece is a story of a boy called Monkey D. Luffy who wants to become King of the Pirates. He sets out to sea to gather a crew and make his dream come true.This is an ongoing manga/anime series with currently 753 chapters and 654 episodes. However the english dub is only available till episode 336 and till 348 will be available in September 2014.If you own the voyages DONT BUY THIS it's not worth it. But if you don't own the voyages then this is the set for you. This set contains episodes 1-26 i.e 26 episodes and is only for $15 but two voyages, season 1 voyage 1 and 2 make up the episodes in this collection and add upto a total cost of around $45 which is three times the cost.Collections vs Season setsPros1. They are dirt cheap2. They contain twice as many episodes as the season sets3. They have better packagingCons1. They are 97 episodes behind the season sets2. The period between consecutive releases in the Collections is way longer than in the season sets.If you can't wait and year or two for the newest english dub releases than go ahead and buy the season sets but if your budget is limited and you don't mind staying 100 episodes behind the latest releases then buy the collections.THE COLLECTIONS ARE JUST TWO VOYAGE SETS COMBINED TOGETHER AND DO NOT CONTAIN ANY EXTRA CONTENT.(SPOILERS AHEAD)One Piece Collection 1This set contains the Romance Dawn Arc - the beginning of One Piece. It's till the part where they reach Baratie.In terms of video quality this set is pretty good considering it is in 480pIn terms of audio quality and dubbing funimation has done an excellent job. We get 3 audio options1. English Dolby 5.1 surround2. English Mono3. Japanese StereoThis set is packaged beautifully although the discs have no disc art.One Piece DVDs to buy:1. Collection 1-10 (Cost approx $170)2. Seasons 1-5 (Cost approx $ 340 and around $260 for the same episodes as in the collections)Overall this was a satisfactory buy for me and I recommend any One Piece fan to buy this. (Provided you don't own the season sets)

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There are no words to describe this show except for Epic. At first I thought this show was going to be a silly kid's show with not the best animation style. After thinking this for many years, and mocking it for the always remembered 4kids version, I decided to take on the beast of an anime with 500+ episodes. Best decision I have ever made. It starts of really rocky at first, but once you reach Arlong park, the necessity to keep going urges you on. After entering the grand line the story just gets better and better. As the straw hat pirate's ship grows in experience and crew mates, my interest continues to grow. Once I reached Water 7 there was no going back. The story line that the author/mangaka, Eiichiro Oda, created is the most incredible tale I have ever heard. Not only does the world make you forget all about your own, but the story and characters make you want to leave reality and join the Mugiwara (strawhat) crew. No show or anime has ever made me feel this or at least to this extent. I have now rewatched the whole show two times all the way through and have dragged a lot of my friends into this addictive tale. They would have it no other way. Oda is a master at story telling to the point where I was crying with every character and even over the loss of a certain "nakama" I never thought I would cry over. The only other word is Brilliance. Sheer Brilliance. This show is my favorite anime of all time. I would say it is also in my favorite top 3 stories of all time, if not top 2. :) Thank you for your brilliance, Oda, and for caring about us over here, Funimation. :)

In One Piece Collection One, Prepare to set sail for a grand adventure, that will make you cry and stand up and cheer. Monkey D. Luffy has a dream to find the legendary one piece and to become king of the pirates. First he has to find a ship and a crew to sail it. Along the way to the grand line, luffy fights and stops some of the marines most wanted pirates. In this grand story of pirates , cursed fruit and one rubber boy. You will see how luffy befriends the most unlikely crew and becomes the most legendary pirate of all time. Luffy will stop at nothing to help his friends out, even face the most feared pirates of all time. Because without your friends by your side it won't be much of a grand adventure.Collection One Disc BreakDownDisc One01.I'm Luffy! The Man Who's Ganna Be King Of The Pirates! (With Commentary)02.Enter the great sowrdsman! Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro!03.Morgan versus luffy!-Who's the mysterious pretty girl?04.Luffy past! Enter red haired shanks!05.A terrifying mysterious power!-Captain Buggy, The Clown Pirate!06.Desperate Situation!-Beast Tamer Mohji vs. luffy!07.Epic Showdown!-Swordsman Zoro vs. Acrobat Cabaji!Disc Two08.Who is the victor?-Devil fruit power showdown!09.The Honorable Liar?-Captain Usopp!10.The Weirdest Guy ever!-Jango the hypnotist!11.Expose the plot!-Pirate Butler! Captain Kuro!12.Clash with the black cat pirate!-The Great battle on the slope!13.The terrifying duo!-Meowban brothers vs. zoro!Disc Three14.Luffy back in action!-Miss kaya's desperate resistance!15.Beat kuro!-Usopp the man's tearful resolve!16.Protect kaya!-The usopp pirates' geart efforts!17.Anger explosion!-Kuro vs. luffy! how it ends! (with commentary)18.You're thw weird creature!-Gaimon and his strange friends!19.The three sword style's past!-Zoro and kuina's vow!20.Famous cook!-Sanji of the sea restuarant!Disc Four21.Unwelcome customer!-Sanji's food and ghin's debt!22.The strongest pirate fleet!-Commodore don krieg!23.Protect baratie!-The great priate, red foot zeff!24.Hawk eye mihawk!-The Great swordsman zoro falls at sea!25.The deadly foot techinque bursts forth!-sanji vs. the invincible pearl!26.Zeff and sanji's dream!-The lillusory all blue!Coming Soon-One Piece Collection Two Review