Why Manga-only Fans Should Watch the One Piece Anime

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Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga started serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in 1997. Having taken off as quite a successful manga, it was only a matter of time before the story got an anime adaptation which has, since then, been going strong. Handled by a very talented staff at Toei Animation, the One Piece anime appears to be well-liked in the community but, at the same time, has been splitting opinion for decades.

Due to various reasons, most of which had to do with the anime's subpar production quality, especially from Punk Hazard onwards, the One Piece manga was overwhelmingly favored by the majority of the fans, and rightly so. That said, however, the One Piece anime has stepped things up considerably in recent years, and it has much more to offer than it did in the past, which is why fans should consider giving it a chance.

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Often, a big misconception among anime fans is that the budget is what separates a great anime from the average ones. While budget is certainly important to an extent, it doesn't play as big a role in determining the quality of an anime as production time and schedule. For One Piece, the production schedule wasn't nearly as healthy after the timeskip which inevitably led to a severe drop in quality, especially towards the Dressrosa arc where episodes were extremely rough around the edges and the recaps took up nearly 7 minutes at times.

However, a big step in the right direction was taken with the Wano Country arc. With Toei veterans Tatsuya Nagamine, Aya Komaki, and Kohei Kureta taking over as series directors, a new life was breathed into the story. By this time, the One Piece anime had already managed to improve the