A must own for fans of One Piece, anime, or just good entertainment in general.

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	• One Piece - Season 1, First Voyage (Uncut) Frank Frankson Funimation Prod, 2008 average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A must own for fans of One Piece, anime, or just good entertainment in general.

Oh wow! Here it is at long last! One Piece in the states!!
First off, THANK YOU FUNI!!!!!! You saved One Piece!
I'll talk about the plot of the show a little as I'm sure some people who were never into it before will be lured by the low price and the high value.

Monkey D. Luffy is a quarkey fellow who wants nothing more to rule the seas as King of the Pirates. To do this, he must gather some powerful allies and traverse a dangerous sea that is known as the Grand Line. At the end of the Grand Line supposedly awaits the legendary treasure of the former Pirate King. This treasure is simply known as "One Piece" and it is said to bring its owner all the wealth, fame, and power the world has to offer, in turn making them the "King of the Pirates!"

Luffy is helped a long by a special ability he was granted by eating a legendary "devil fruit" and that is that his entire body is made of rubber. This is basically grants him extra velocity and force and makes him capable of easily beating most enemies into a bloody pulp. In this volume in particular you will also be introduced to his first 3 comrades.
Zoro - former bounty hunter turned Pirate. He aspires to be the world's greatest swordsman.
Nami - specializes in thievery... wants nothing more than to be filthy rich.
Usopp - a liar and an idiot, but also a genius who is able to think his way around most fights. He invents many gadgets and weapons for his allies to use in battle... also the crew's sharp shooter.
Together these endearing and unforgettable characters come together to bring you one of the greatest and most epic animes of all time!

Now I'll talk about the box... its pretty damn good. Only purists will find faults with it. It's basically a couple of thin paks that hold 6-7 episodes each. It is a little lacking on the special features front, it has a marathon mode that I have yet to try out so I can't tell you much about it and a commentary on the first episode by Mike McFarland(line producer), Colleen Clinkenbeard(Luffy VA), and Chris Sabat(Zoro VA). I found the commentary somewhat interesting as they did talk quite a bit about how crazy it is to create basically 2 different dubs, an editted one for cartoon network that is on episode 170 and an uncut one for DVD that is at episode 1. The only thing that I think you can consider problematic is if you want to watch the english dub you have to listen to Vic Mignogna(i think its him) sing a dubbed intro as well, and while its not terrible and its an impressively close translation, I'm just a sucker for the original japanese openings. Also the ending is dubbed as well... oh well.

This brings me to the dub. It's not bad. I told myself when I got this, the first time I watched it, it would be the dub and now that I've given it a chance it has started to grow on me. When I first heard Luffy's new voice on TV I hated it, but once I sat down and spent some good quality time with the english speaking Luffy I found his voice to be very appropriate and convincing, if not a little raspier than his japanese counterpart. It's just a little hard to get used to any kind of new voice when you've seen 350+ episodes of Japanese Luffy. The rest of the cast is very good and the script is very accurate(yes there is quite a bit of profanity).

In closing I would like to say one more thing. If you originally watched One Piece via fansubs or god forbid you got some bootleg DVDs, it is your duty to buy this. Give funi their proper due and pick it up please.
And anyone else, if you are looking for an epic anime that brings you tons of humor, drama, and some of the most epic(i like this word) battles ever seen in anime, pick this up. I promise you will not be disappointed.

5/5 stars. Buy, dont rent. You want to own this, and you can't beat amazons price. 20 dollars for 13 episodes of anime just doesn't happen that often.

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All negative aspects of this release are overshadowed by the fact...

...that Funimation is respecting this wildly popular show enough to give us One Piece in all it's uncut and unedited glory. Yeah, I really wish there were special features, and I hope and pray with all my might that future releases will contain more episdoes, since - as many have mentioned - One Piece is still going strong at 500+ chapters in the manga and 300+ episodes of the anime.

And it is all oh so good. I am consistently amazed by this show. Sure, it's goofy and adventurous. But it can also be utterly heartbreaking, gut-bustlingly hilarious, and violent enough at points to be wince-worthy. Not that any one of those things is merit enough by itself. It's just that One Piece is all of those things at once and it's so darn seamless. Really. I cannot praise this show highly enough.

That being said, since this is a review of a DVD set and not the entire show, I was unsure about buying this set because it only has the first thirteen episodes, but I bought it in hopes that my purchase would reflect the desire for One Piece among American consumers. Plus, it's fantastic to watch on a large television screen, instead of a small computer screen.

And if you are worried about the English dubbed voices, let me just tell you that I am in love with the original Japanese voices, but my 10-year-old sister has a hard time reading subtitles, so we watched it with the English dub. It does take an episode or two to get used to the new voices, but Funimation has really done a good job. Characters don't have outrageous and stereotypical accents like in the 4Kids dub, and Zoro is actually called "Zoro" instead of "Zolo"! Hurrah!

It's lovely to go back and relive the early days when all our favorite characters first met, and to viewers who are new to the world of One Piece, I want to put it on the record that when I first read One Piece (I read the manga before I saw the anime) it took me quite a while to get into it. Heck, I didn't even like pirates! But all good things take time, and I kept reading, and soon I was hooked. So give it a chance. And if it turns out it's not your cup of tea, then thanks for looking anyways. But you'll never know what you might be missing if you don't try it, right?

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One Piece - As it was always meant to be!

After waiting for years to see One Piece get some decent treatment in North America, Funi has finally delivered the goods in spades. These 13 episodes cover the beginning of Monkey D. Luffy's quest to become the Pirate King, including the introductions of crewmates Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and also Luffy's fateful childhood encounter with his hero Shanks. The set ends halfway through the "Kuro" arc, as the gang fight to protect a village from being pillaged by pirates. To be continued in volume 2.

As mentioned, this is not the horrid 4Kids dub, nor is it a merely serviceable dub like so many other anime shows are saddled with. There's care in the script and the acting, making the English adaptation just as valid and enjoyable as the original Japanese. The original music is intact as well, and even the openings and endings have faithful English counterparts. There's strong production value all around.

About the only thing that keeps this set from being truly "uncut and unedited" as billed would have been the inclusion of the original One Piece logo on an alternate angle (Funi uses their gold variation, which removes the Luffy caricature for an actual "I"). But it's a small quibble on what is otherwise an outstanding set.

Not many shows get a second chance, and few come back as good as this. Highly recommended.

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A whole new Luffy

If you originally watched this series on Cartoon Network, be prepared for a whole new Luffy. Gone are the goofy puns (that seemed out of place) and that over exagerated laugh. Instead there is a more serious, although strange, Luffy and a new (more interesting) spin on the story of One Piece.

If you liked the other version for it's constant slap-stick comedy, this may not be for you. But if you like a great story with well placed humor, I would recommend this DVD.

I'm Luffy and i'm gonna be king of the piates!

by Louise Logan from United Kingdom

okay how will i start this review ? i watched one piece oh that was years and years ago it was aired on the UK on toonanime when i was at secondary school say 6th year it was the 4kids entertaiment edited version at that time i never heard of anime before and i didnt know what it was. at that time the Tv show that i became a fan of was Dragonballz and that was new to the UK along with one piece i remeber watching a few episode then i think i stop watching it then when i went to collage they stop showing along with Dragonballz due to mild violence.

I was going buy the one piece dvd's viz meda but 4kids enteraiment cut all the violnece like blood and swearing. i read some of the reviews saying not to buy because its edited and not to waste your money so i kinda held back and waited to see if a new version of one piece would come out. Well now it has Funimation as uncut and unedited it, and its about time why did they take so long?.

one piece season 1 first voyage uncut unedited with better voice actors if you've watched this you'll recognizes some of the actors voice from Dragonall z. when funimation bring out new anime shows on dvd they only have 4 episodes on them but one piece season 1 first voyage it has 13 episodes which is good i really enjoyed watching and couldnt stop laughing.

for one piece fans or if your new to the show the main character is Moneky D .Luffy known as straw hat who wants to be king of the pirates thats going to travil to the grand line and find the legendary one piece. Luffy ate the devil fruit that gives him incredable powers he has the ability stretch his body like rubber but theres one problem he cant swim thats his biggest weakness.

But before he can adventure out to the grand line he must find a crew first his first crew member is the GREAT SWORDSMAN PIRATE HUNTER RORONOA ZORO who his been held by the marines Luffy fights agaisnt the captain of the marines called morgan who makes his navey town fear him Luffy and Zoro team up and defeat him. the first friend that Luffy makes is a boy called Koby who work as a cabin boy for a ugly pirate called Alvida Luffy defeats her easiy and Koby joins the the marines.

episode 4 you find out about Luffy past in how he got his straw hat from his hero red-haired shanks who is a pirate plus eating the devil fruit Shanks tells Luffy to promise him to return his straw hat in perfect condation. as the episodes gose on Luffy and Zoro fight againt a terrifing powerful captain buggy the clown pirate that also eat a devil fruit that his body can chop up into piece also they meet a girl called Nami who steal other pirates treasures and she's also a navigator she steals buggys map to the grand line Luffy defeats Buggy and him Zoro and Nami set off for a new adventure they meet another charater called Usopp know as captain Usopp Luffy knew his father when he was a kid but Usopp is a honorable lair who would run through his town yelling pirtes are coming the town people get fed up with his lies. Then Usopp and Luffy see's Kaya butler Kuro talking to the weird friend Jango who is a hypnotist and shock to find out Kuro is captain of the black cat pirates his polt is to kill miss Kaya and take her money and destroy the town.

Usopp runs back to the village to warn everyone but they dont listen because they all know he's telling lies again he tries to tell Kaya but dosent believe him that Kuro wouldnt do such a thing she thinks its one of Usopps stories. Usopp get shot up Merry and heads back to shore to help Luffy and Zoro fight the black cat pirates on the slope. Then Kaya gets told the truth about her Butler from Merry that he really is a pirate that he going to kill her and take her money .

Luffy end up put to sleep by Jango so Zoro is left to fight the terrifing duo meowban brothers then when you think things couldnt get worse captain Kuro appears at the battle and he's not very happy his own crew are terrifed of him so whats going to happen next? well i'll just have to wait till the next one piece season 1 boxset come out.

oh here here is featuring the all new funmation voice cast

Monkey D. Luffy voiced by Colleen Clinkbeard

Roronoa Zoro voiced by Christopther R. Sabat

Nami voiced by Luci Christian

Sanji voiced by Eric vale

Tony Tony chopper voiced by Brina Palencia

Usopp voiced by Sonny Strait

Nico Robin voiced by Stephaine young

i really ejoyed watching the 13 episodes it was worth the wait thanks Funimation looking forward to the rest of one piece series.

if your a one piece fan get the uncut version.

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As the Pirate King Gold Roger was executed he revealed that his treasure known as "One Piece" was hidden somewhere on the Grand Line. Monkey D. Luffy dreams of finding the legendary treasure and becoming the Pirate King and after eating the devil's fruit he gains the power to do so. But first he must find a crew...Contains episodes 1-13Format: DVD Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 704400095818 Manufacturer No: 0

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