Shonen Jump No. 38
It isn't just this gap in the release schedule that makes this so big. What is to be expected either in Ch. 598 or very soon is a TWO YEAR time gap in story. Big for any tale, but about par for the course of the Shonen line. I've just been wondering what this gap could mean in the future. AfterDragon Ball had a time gap, it had another one after the World's Martial-Arts Tournament, and the series became Dragon Ball Z. Though, the Naruto manga kept the series name after it's time skip. The anime became known as Naruto Shippuden. Currently, theOne Piece manga is at 59 volumes, and the crew hasn't even reached the second half of the Grand Line called the New World. When Luffy and the crew returns, could the series be renamed into something different? Even if the manga doesn't change names. When the anime reaches this point, could it become "One Piece:New World"?
-Kristoffer Remmell (FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.-
No, man. In japan it stayed only as a continuous Dragon Ball manga. Only the anime had a Z.
Your pals at Viz are the only ones who added "Z" in the manga in North America.
Really? I hadn't realized that. That's strange. I never followed the Dragon Ball manga.
@JJOR64:
Don't be too concerned about the manga too much. Though it's one of the lower edited mangas VIZ makes. They censored the entire Skypiea Arc (six volumes) using religious values. They refused to use the word "God" through the entire story.
The anime by FUNimation is doing a good job. I can even suggest some places that are good to start.
Hahaha totally read that wrong then...
Okay then 1 month to catch up it is! I'll take what I can get!
I'm confident that One Piece won't follow either of these scenarios and i can't wait for what they decide to do with the 2 years. I'm only up to ep 280 and this is by far the best of the big three.
they should strike something between with somewhat older characters and mature storytelling but still some great light humor. something like they did in the Enies Lobby arc (I'm guessing you're there on the anime).
this is how luffy should look :D!
Episode 280 is an odd time. The Enies Lobby Arc is epic. Sanji's fight with Wanze cracked me the Eff Up, then there is Sogeking. You have a while until you catch up with the anime. Episode 464 airs this week.
Honestly, you could skip to Episode 284 and miss nothing. The next few episodes are just recaps of the crews' pasts.
I actually lost interest in Naruto after the time skip. Everything just became so emo.
Just like DBZ.... been astonished how much the new show which just cuts down the DBZ story into a more condensed series skips.... Then I watch DBZ and am dumbfounded the series ran so long.... 5 episodes to recap the spirit bomb attack? REALLY? God, how long was the Buu saga for that matter?
I actually just got into One Piece, becaue i noticed it has the similar art style to Fairy Tale. Hopefully i can catch up to the true fans!!!