Anime fans!! Do you think "One Piece" is UNDERrated?

Serbia And Montenegro
March 23, 2007 7:54am CST
One question to anime fans, otaku, out there. If you are watching One Piece, or have ever watched this anime, what do you think of this anime? And do you think that One Piece, though highly rated in Japan, is underrated outside of Japan? What do you think? I think this is something worth to discuss if you are a One Piece fan.
12 responses
• Philippines
10 Apr 07
this is a masterpiece, even better that dragonball Z. great and funny characters, and unique story. one of the best anime
• Serbia And Montenegro
10 Apr 07
Yeah, i reckon it's one of the best anime. It has even been voted as 'The Anime of All-Time' (something like that) in japan. Naruto was on the second place after One Piece.
• Philippines
13 Apr 07
you bet, simply the best.... unpredictable story and unique characters...
@ninong (110)
• Philippines
9 Apr 07
I have watched the episodes of one piece, naruto and bleach and i think a part of the answer lies in the fact that the art of one piece seems more childish and less serious compared to the other two. the drawings of the characters seem a bit different that people are hesitant to watch it. but One piece is definitely good in my opinion. the story arcs are great and the adventures are very imaginative. i could almost feel like i want be with their crew in their journeys. Also, one piece has less of those annoying episodes that they call fillers. Naruto had a hundred of those fillers and even bleach had about forty or more.
• Serbia And Montenegro
9 Apr 07
But a good art doesn't always mean the series is good too. I've never really liked Bleach, no matter how good the art and the animation are. To me Bleach is rather blunt to me. The fights are not thoughtful. With fillers or not, i'd rather watch One Piece millions times better than Bleach.
• Italy
28 Mar 07
I think it's a great cartoon, such as dragon ball and many other.
• Serbia And Montenegro
28 Mar 07
It's a great anime, as far as i know. Not "cartoon".
@nadeya (26)
• Malaysia
30 Mar 07
maybe the anime not that well known as compared to naruto or bleach but when you started to followed the story.you sure doesn't want to missed it. i think the plot is intersting. Oda Eiichiro sensei sure know how to make us anticipating with the storyline. i don't know how many times i laugh and cry with the anime/manga.
• Serbia And Montenegro
30 Mar 07
Yeah, you are so right! Thanks for responding! :D
@zuiken (40)
• Philippines
1 Apr 07
I believe that One Piece is underrated in the America. If you go to Asia or Europe. I believe One Piece is well-known more than Naruto or Bleach.
• Serbia And Montenegro
2 Apr 07
I bet it is. Thanks for your response!
• United States
8 Apr 07
Yeah, One Piece is definitely underrated a lot as a childish and dumb anime. I find it a rather nice anime to watch when there is nothing else or sometimes just for a change from Naruto, Bleach, etc. One Piece is one of the most hilarious animes ever like Sanji's quote "Hello, this is the *bad word* resaturant."
• Serbia And Montenegro
8 Apr 07
One Piece is a good anime, yeah.
@dbzfan (253)
• India
28 Mar 07
Well It Was Released in Our Area Just Last Year. Most of my Friends did Want to Watch its Full Series. But the Stupid Cartoon Network Never Shows any Series of Any Cartoon. I Hate the operators of Cartoon Network. The Cartoon Was damn good.
@pidgey (181)
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
countries like germany ,latin america, italy and philippines makes ONe piece well known...
• Serbia And Montenegro
26 Mar 07
But you don't see much of One Piece websites truly dedicated for this anime, unlike countless websites/portals made for Naruto/Bleach.
• United States
13 Apr 07
Call what you will, but I just don't get the appeal factor of One Piece or that Bo-bo stuff. I just couldn't get into either one. When it comes to anime, I'm like Simon Cowell.
@gancel (14)
• Philippines
23 Mar 07
for this one of the anime has the best story and plot though some of their skills are funny the story i think is serious. i havent read the anime but i think in this anime the pirates like gold roger, red hair and luffy are the good guys and the government are the bad guys. the government are hiding somthing " the void century" which was erased in the history books, only the government knows what happen in that century. and they are stopping the pirates to get the treasure of gold roger because i think that is the key to know what the government have done (i think the treasure of gold roger "One piece" is the poneglyph where the history is written)
• Serbia And Montenegro
24 Mar 07
Yeah. The story is interesting, but outside of Japan it feels like One Piece is underrated sometimes. Thanks for responding.
@cutiedhes (507)
• Philippines
13 Apr 07
One Piece is highly rated even outside Japan. I can say that this anime is one of the animes I love to watch eventhough before I really don't watch it because I think that it is not fun. But when I started watching it I realized this anime is cool and funny. Especially Luffy their captain and almost all of them are entertaining and how the dub each characters voice its really funny.
• Philippines
25 May 07
one piece can be compared to naruto and bleach.., they are the most popular anime today