One Piece: Why So Many People Think Episode 1015 Is The Show’s Best
Warning: Contains spoilers for One Piece episode 1015.
Many One Piece viewers have debated whether episode 1015 the best episode of the entire show so far, and there’s been good reason for that. Much like the corresponding chapter 1000 of the manga, episode 1015 technically doesn’t have a lot going on in the way of story and mostly serves to set up the next battle. Even so, what did happen in the chapter worked as a great culmination of things that had been built up to that point, and the anime responds in kind by taking that even further with its adaptation.
After spending years of being subjected to heavy criticism over a perceived lack of quality, the One Piece anime has entered a renaissance of sorts. Not only was the art style changed to a much sleeker version reminiscent of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, but the animation has had much more consistency and moments of high quality than it’s had in years. All in all, thanks to the Wano arc, the general opinion on the anime has turned around to the point that it can be seen as just as essential to the One Piece experience as the manga.
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The Wano arc revitalized the One Piece anime with its high-quality art and animation, and for many people, all of that reached its peak in episode 1015. The animation for the episode was incredibly fluid from start to finish, and it was coupled with visuals that were not only great to look at, but were used in an artistic way that isn’t usually associated with the One Piece anime. Not only that, but as previously discussed, the actual story of the episode serves as a culmination of multiple plot points, and it was thanks to the stellar direction of the episode that it was
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