Both audio commentaries provide an interesting insight into the world of English dubbing as well as discussions surrounding the One Piece characters that the actors had to play. The first commentary see’s audio director Mike McFarland joined by Colleen Clinkenbeard (voice of Luffy) and Christopher Sabat (Voice of Zoro) while the second commentary has Mike McFarland joined by Sony Strait (voice of Usopp) and Luci Christian (voice of Nami).
The English commentaries included are on Episode 1 and Episode 17, with each audio commentary being available on the disc that the particular episode is featured on, for example the Episode 1 commentary is located on Disc 1. This particular release of One Piece Collection 1 features two audio commentaries from the English Cast as well as text less videos for the english opening and closing songs. The Collection ends halfway through the Don Krieg Story Arc, whereby Sanji is being beaten up by Don Krieg’s right hand min, Gin while Usopp and Zoro chase after Nami who has stolen the Going Merry, the Straw Hat Crews pirate ship. At the same time Luffy and his crew help anyone that he believes needs their help, whether they want it or not. The episodes contained within Collection 1 shows Luffy attempting to recruit the main crew for his pirate group, with him defeating other notorious pirate’s leaders in order to save/befriend people that he wants in his crew.
It’s not just the insane amount of good guys we get to see introduced either, as Pirate Captains such as Buggy The Clown, Captain Kuro and Don Krieg are also introduced, with their full ‘story arcs’ (except for Don Krieg’s) being told within this Collection 1 box set. While these characters are introduced quite quickly the details of their backstory don’t get told straight away and are usually spread out over several episodes, if not several story arcs, such as Nami’s hate for pirates and Zoro’s pursuit of becoming the number one swordsman. Since this is the start of the ‘One Piece’ saga Luffy interacts with an extensive catalogue of different characters, be it Pirates, Swordsman, Marines or Civilians and because of this a lot of long talk sessions (backstories) and intense fight scenes take place, with characters such as Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Usopp and Sanji all being introduced within a relatively short space of time.
The stakes are high, but with each adventure, Luffy adds a new friend to his crew of Straw Hat Pirates! Like his hero Shanks, this is one captain who’ll never drop anchor until he’s claimed the greatest treasure in the world – the Legendary One Piece!Ĭollection 1 of One Piece see’s the first 26 episodes spread over four DVD discs, with each disc holding around 6 to 7 episodes. Along the way he’ll do battle with scallywag clowns, fishy foes, and an entire fleet of marines eager to see him walk the plank. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line, Luffy strikes out in search of a crew – and a boat. This daring rubber-man refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become king of all pirates. The wait is finally over as the anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s manga One Piece has finally arrived into the UK, but was it worth the wait? Find out in our DVD Review of One Piece – Collection 1.