Friday, February 3, 2012

Top Marines as Kids!! (vol. 65)

Below is a pic from volume 65 of One Piece in which Oda shows some of the top Marines as children. Top left is Garp, does he remind you of anyone?? Top right is Sengoku he had that afro as a kid OMG!!. The bottom is the three admirals from left to right being Kizaru, Akainu, Aokiji. Kizaru studying?, Akainu being in fights is no surprise. Is Aokiji running away from home or homeless?? Let me know what you think about these images and what any hints at their past we can get from this.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Monday, October 3, 2011

WE GO!! Thoughts

Below is the new opening for One Piece Anime. My brief thoughts are it is ok, but not great. I like the music and the animation is well done, but the lyrics just do not do it for me over all. It may grow on me after some time, but the previous opening to me was way better and I enjoyed it much more. You be the judge and let me know your opinion if you like.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Volume 63 One Piece SBS

The coolest thing I have learned from the last volume of One Piece released in Japan is Oda drew all the Shichibukai as young children. From left to right top row : Jinbe, Mihawk, Moria.
Left to right second row: Hancock, Crocodile, Kuma. Left to right third row :Doflamingo, Blackbeard. Other information I learned from SBS volume 63 is the baby that Makino holds on that cover page is hers and the father is "that guy" according to Oda. So who do you think "that guy " is? Is it Shanks or maybe even Ace, or lastly Mayor Woopslap? Also the childhood image of Croc still seems androgynous to me so the theories of Croc being a girl at one point are still up in the air as far as I am concerned. Let me know what you think about these revelations from the latest SBS for One Piece. I will update as i find out more.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

SORRY

I been really busy with real life lately so i have not had time to do any new videos .They take ALOT more time than the reviews and such so i been putting them off. Hopefully soon i will get more time. That is if people are still interested in them. Let me know. Thanks for your patience.

Monday, November 15, 2010

DRAWING CONTEST WINNER : NEMU

THIS IS THE WINNING IMAGE FOR THE LITTLE DRAWING CONTEST I HAD ON MY CHANNEL. MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT HIS YOUTUBE ACCOUNT HERE.

Monday, November 8, 2010

ONE PIECE VILLAINS #15: WAPOL

WAPOL
So far most of the villains encountered on the Grandline are from the secret organization Baroque Works, but as Luffy ventures to find a cure for Nami he runs into an interesting villain not affiliated with this group at all . . Wapol is the former king of Drum Kingdom who abandoned his throne after the island was attacked by a fierce pirate. When he left his throne he went to the seas and became a pirate himself. He is first encountered by Luffy and the Strawhats while a pirate. Luffy bazooka blasts him off the Merry after he started eating part of it. After leaving Durm Kingdom Wapol lost his way and was seeking a way to return and as the Strawhats found Drum Kingdom so did Wapol. Wapol was a horrid dictator who abolished all doctors aside from his own personal 20 doctors. Leaving all of his subjects to come and beg him for help when they were sick. He used this to gain more power and loyalty form them. However after he fled the kingdom they resolved to fight him if he ever returned. Upon his return they attempted to fight him but he had the power of the Devil Fruit and many soldiers and therefore they were easily defeated.

The fruit he had consumed was the Baku Baku no mi or the Munch Much Fruit. This was a very unique fruit indeed and allowed him to eat anything he wanted no matter the substance. Whatever he ate he could turn into and this made for some comical moments as he turned into various weird objects, but overall the fruit had great power if the right things were eaten. He could also combine certain object he ate together to form more powerful forms of himself. He even ate two of his henchmen and fused them together as well as eating himself and transforming into a skinnier version. Of all the devil fruits to me this is one of the most unique and truly One Piece powers I have ever seen. With this great power as well as his immense weaponry and soldiers he was easily able to rule Drum Kingdom with an iron fist.

His personality was that of a prideful arrogant spoiled brat of a ruler. He did not care for the welfare of his subjects nor that of the kingdom. This is self evident in the fact he fled at the first sign of trouble and did not even attempt to fight the pirates. His hording of the doctors also made him a cruel and malicious ruler. Although these characteristics are not all that unique in villains he still remains one the most interesting villains i recall. His combined arrogance and his over personality made him unique. As well as his design and the manner he used his powers to combine objects was extraordinary in my view.

It is strange to think his father was considered a just and loving ruler who most people remembered fondly, but Wapol himself became a malignant ruler of Drum Kingdom. As Wapol fought to ragin his throne he pissed off Luffy and therefore was soundly defeated. This was a shock to most victims of his tyrannical rule and helped establish Luffy as an even more powerful pirate. Upon his defeat he was launched out of Drum Kingdom and never seen there again. In the One Piece world he never returned to the main story, but did get a cover story where he used his Devil Fruit powers to develop toys much loved by children. He seems to have made quite a lot of money form this and seems to be at peace and not up to his old tricks again. Although this is not in the main story it gives me a sense that he mended his ways and went onto do some good in the world. As of now that was the last we have seen or heard about him in the story.

In my overall opinion Wapol would be a memorable villain with a great power and distinct design which sets him apart from alot of other villains. I see his character as sort of boring and not to different form many tyrants. Although Oda does make great use of him and he has a soft spot in my heart because I just loved his power that much. Feel free to let me know what you thought of Wapol overall and if he was memorable or forgettable to you.

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

IS IT WORTH IT?

I plan on continuing the One Piece villains soon and should have a post up tomorrow night. I will also continue my series on the running gags which occur in the One Piece interview as well.  I have been busy with real life work this week and the blog does not pull in much money or attention so I allowed it to suffer and just focused on the video reviews on YouTube. If you like the posts about villains and such please let me know what you like and do not . I need to at least realize some people are paying attention and also that this can be feasible money making as well or it will not be worth my time or effort to continue these endeavors. I like to write about these things and not make everything into a video so please let me know your thoughts and show me that I am not completely wasting my time with this. Thanks for all your support and feel free to let me know what you think even if it is not a compliment but rather a criticism.