One Piece Just Made History and Pushed The Limits of What a Episode is Capable of

[@batmanforeal]

The part where the random guys in the bar were powerscaling was peak meta storytelling.

[@Figerlin]

The scene basically explained the whole fandom

[@mael42271]

Makes the fan letter title even better cuz they manage to input real world fans crazy antics of power scaling😂

[@crowstar9069]

To me, the best part was when the guy at the bar said Whitebeard doesn't count as a swordsman because he uses a naginata. It was literally like talking to my friends on a Sunday.

[@hellboy9458]

It has everything from the fan discussion/agenda tho. Mihawk fraud allegation✅ Vista respect ✅ Zoro slander ✅ Akainu out of nowhere ✅ Lanji slander ✅ it missing Shank(featless) and Garp(Old and slow) Slander. But this is peak nonetheless

[@Khann_2102]

​@@hellboy9458maintaining the agenda is our top priority

[@proy3]

Megumi Ishitani is an absolute beast of an animation director. This wasn't an episode. This was a 20 minute feature film. It is unironically absolute cinema.

[@anonisnoone6125]

How much experience does she have? Cos she doesn't seem to have much going by mal.

[@cbs1n15]

​@@anonisnoone6125shes actually pretty new to directing despite how good she is

[@arceptor]

​@@anonisnoone6125shes the future of the anime industry

[@Saucegivers]

​@@arceptorthe future star in anime industry

[@NeoNineOne]

It really did feel like a short movie. I loved it.

[@99Shahab]

Fans of One Piece have grown up and are now animating the show!!!

[@extrashifty578]

And that's the beauty of it

[@oreoicecream1829]

And then new fans will grew up and cooks some more 😂

[@kooganh6276]

@@oreoicecream1829Lml nah that next gen is weird

[@HaluuhanPororo]

​@@kooganh6276Fr

[@Ricky-qp5rn]

@@kooganh6276 he was weird he was tryna touch me

[@bssykrym6649]

It was made by the same director of ep 1015 megumi ishitani alongside with a huge staff led by a great animator called masami mori (soty)

[@ChibiReviews]

I do mention the director

[@neonbvde2234]

Masami Mori mentioned!!! Omg I love his character designs he made for this special, it suits the anime so good I wish it was the actual character design for the show 😭

[@CrimsonKel]

​@@neonbvde2234Right,Whenever Sanji Animation in Soty Style I like It🔥😭

[@fork4207]

Yeah that explains why it was peak 1015 is one of one pieces greatest episodes.

[@justinn8541akaDrPokemon]

The studio realized the remake might eclipse it, so they decided to cook.

[@pensandoemalgo.5722]

they are cooking since 2018

[@Tenji140]

They locked in

[@DriftingMaze]

​@@pensandoemalgo.5722 Exactly!

[@stnathandanielasian9571]

I’m telling u while they are in break they should do remake

[@arceptor]

They arent in competition. Toei allowed wit to even do a remake lol

[@R3TR0J4N]

cool to think that people who worked in the remake were big one piece fan in their childhood

[@kingofhelllucifer1626]

If she were to direct anything in Egghead, I need it to be the Kuma flashback. This is what I'm waiting for the most, and if this episode is anything to go off by, then if she does that as well it could elevate this already great and heart wrenching backstory to another level

[@kadeemsimpson5485]

Facts

[@archijdesigns]

They just better hire here for all of OP moving forward. Haha

[@legendary08_]

This right here

[@kalsei1081]

im gonna cry 10 times harder if she were😭😭

[@mariocontiki]

that's why they are changing the time slot for One piece, in order to make the enxt fights, and Kuma's flashback as hard as it was on manga, nothing watered down, no more things like Akainu punch to WB (on manga it took half WB face, on anime only his moustache)

[@MorTphyr]

Megumi Ishitani once again proving why she's the goat

[@Dragneelfire]

Fr don’t even really like or watch one piece to be honest, but is the second time I go out of my way to go and see an episode I just think this is really great!

[@tbhgodrick6120]

This is what One Piece fans deserved and wanted, and they DELIVERED. THIS was absolute PEAK. It made me tear up like 4 times.

[@epicshelterstudio2986]

The Quality THE QUALITY IS REAL!!!! Can we get much higher

[@Freedom_iwant]

So PEAK .....

[@Darius-o2l]

So high ohhh oohhh ohhh 🎶

[@Funsoft77]

🤣🤣🤣 They will never reach the top, op animation of one punch men. In my eyes it is just a big recycle scam 😂💁🏼‍♂️

[@KAMI_86]

First the live action, then the remake, and now this.

[@anonisnoone6125]

I still can't believe OP is getting a remake out of all the other anime that deserve it way more. Shows that these production companies have the resources to do it but don't give af if it's not OP lvls of popularity.

[@thesenate7710]

@@anonisnoone6125the difference is the disparity between the mangas quality and the anime, the one piece manga is easily the greatest manga of all time and the anime should reflect that but it doesn’t, I personally love the anime but there’s clear pacing issues and sound design issues hence why they’re remaking fishmen island, other anime are usually on par with their manga and even better

[@SteveClearly]

@@anonisnoone6125 The one thing stopping people from getting into one piece was the sounds and pacing...One Piece needed that

[@dareelantonio.3056]

@@thesenate7710that’s why there taking a 6 month break after that pacing should be perfect but the fact is took over 1000 ep is also quite annoying

[@shadypielover]

@@anonisnoone6125bait used to be believable…

[@St.Panduh]

As a wise man once said, “ Can we get much higher….”

[@TundeSify]

When the anime comes back its gonna start off with one of the biggest fights in Egghead having Luffy vs Kizaru to start off the comeback of the anime is gonna be so amazing

[@cheframsey9161]

Fr

[@Hc2p3n4t4rp]

this made me realize than a series of after the One Piece ends and they just go have adventures, but told from the perspective of the civilians would also be peak, how they lifes were changed like them

[@GoatLuffy_97]

If even 50% of this amount of passion and love for One Piece is on display for a certain upcoming set of chapters next year in Egghead, I will cry a river.

[@shadowolf2292]

It is kinda crazy how the One Piece Anime staff still managed to drop fantastic episodes this year while having the "Fan-Letter" (+ ending) & the "Fishman Island remaster" (+ending/opening) taking resources away at the side while creating these fantastic episodes this year

[@dingusgoober]

Toei has struck absolute gold with Megumi Ishitani (and the guy she always works with but gets forgotten (I don’t remember his name))

[@collecter343]

This entire episode plus re-edited Fishman Island is worth the six months

[@jploui93j77]

Bro, that episode made me fall in love with one piece all over again.

[@albertjames1849]

one piece is having a generational run this year, it genuinely cannot miss. The love that goes into this story and i have for it is phenomenal and overwhelming, i always wonder if oda ever expected how grand his story would go and how far it would reach. It’s simply amazing

[@almightyace3581]

I swear i seriously think this director is a fan that wanted to do this everything she has done for one piece are some of the shows best episodes in its entire run hell give her a movie 1 day n make it canon OH MY GOD IMAGINE

[@DavidKaneza]

They keep getting better and better it's crazy!

[@dimasdwiki6146]

The symbolism in this episode reminds me of the use of symbolism in my favorite anime of all time, 3-Gatsu no Lion. The way the puzzle start building pieces by pieces in the episode reminds me of shogi pieces symbolism. And when the girl's hope is lost the pieces start dissapearing was heart breaking.. It was beautiful. Made me tear up.

[@Exel3nce]

i actually wished that the "darker side" of this episode would be more ...well, more, like in 3gatsu. and god bless you for having 3gatsu as your fav

[@justboy8908]

Best filler episode I have ever seen😭

[@michealmelvin]

I don't think it's a filler

[@anonisnoone6125]

@@michealmelvin is it a canon side story?

[@hunterofpeace1979]

Did Oda confirmed it?​@@anonisnoone6125

[@michealmelvin]

@@anonisnoone6125 yes it is

[@blakan1478]

@@michealmelvin Well a side story is filler. But filler is not a bad thing as you see clearly here.

[@Forever_weird]

Megumi Ishitani has directed some of the best episodes of recent One Piece

[@torahibiki]

I live for ep. 1015.

[@betterthanyou5612]

​@@torahibikiadd this episode in the list too, for me I thought 1105 can't be toppled but this episode went above 1015 for me

[@TheGekko135]

Remember. This was technically filler. One piece is so dense with its world building that you can honestly make some good stuff if you put the effort in. The team did for this

[@EtoYouMadeThis]

This filler was absolutely perfect

[@iceman4169]

One piece hype for life

[@mustafizur123]

Megumi Ishitani is the 🐐

[@TheAthens619]

I can't imagine what the finale of One Piece in 10 years will do. If Luffys awakening broke the internet, the finale will crash the entire system

[@rommelgonzalezgonzalez1171]

And then comes the kid who barely had internet yesterday: B-But it didn't break the internet, it was the mockery 🤡🤓👆

[@joshuajap]

10 years stop being delusional we in the final arc damn near

[@Ticking-time-bomb]

@@rommelgonzalezgonzalez1171yeah It did not break the internet, it froze crunchy roll that’s all

[@rommelgonzalezgonzalez1171]

@@Ticking-time-bomb I think you don't count either Aniwatch, Animepahe, 9 Anime.... Aside from those pirate anime sites and Crunchyroll, it shocked all of Twitter...

[@HieuLe-fi2ri]

@@Ticking-time-bombi mean nothing can really broke the internet, even if all 8 billion decides to use it at the same time, it would be fine 😂

[@milesmatsune2335]

getting a different perspective on the world of One Piece is amazing and I loved it so much man

[@xalmor6044]

Toei is sprinting through it's redemption arc. Love to see it.

[@Victoria_Viray]

I love that this *One Piece Fan Letter Special* is a kind of love letter to Oda, the fans, the Straw Hats and OP characters from Toei and the animators. A beautiful, heartfelt and short story that humanizes the "background characters" that makes the world more real and massive.

[@the_Nameless_One99]

You are absolutely right! I would love to see more OP POVs from people on the ground. Dressrosa was a perfect example by you. Show us the life of a person, who got turned into a toy, spent 10 years like that, and then suddenly one day got turned back and then the Birdcage happened and so on. I would even appreciate a peek into the daily life of an ordinary citizen of Skypiea, FI, or WCI, or Wano, because we did not get to see that! All the time on Skypiea was spent in the Upper Yard, we never met any of the ordinary citizens, except for the father-daughter duo. We did not get even that much in WCI. In Wano, we just got that single village/town. I would also love if they showed us why the people consider the pirates as evil, and the government as good. Show us that even the best of the pirates, even our beloved Straw Hats, do destroy lives of many a people as a result of their efforts! Yes, they save nations and do much more good than bad, but Dressrosa and Skypiea were absolutely destroyed by the time they left. Show us that most of the Marines are good and want to and do serve the people. P. S. I also think this might be the perfect time for Toei to adapt all the bonus content that Oda releases but the anime never adapted. Show us Eneru reaching the Moon or Bon Clay having a great time in Impel Down, and whatever else that Oda has cooked!

[@josephbulkin9222]

unfortunately, Oda only cares about all the people with superpowers. everything else is a waste of time for him, the fanbase as well.

[@Vandy--]

@@josephbulkin9222 What? the main story is focusing on the crews and the relation that is happening in the story.. If Oda creates the POV story for regular people let say a fodder marine then the story will last way longer than it should be.

[@josephbulkin9222]

@@Vandy-- Fodder is such a strong word. A man still has his pride, you know.

[@Vandy--]

@@josephbulkin9222 True and I agree with you.. But in the perspective of what we are watching right now, they're just random dudes who got slashed just like that. Thats why I love this special episode fan letter, it shows us the perspective of each individuals and that's changed my perspective as well. They have their own unique story. I hope we get to see more fan letter like this.

[@josephbulkin9222]

@@Vandy-- but it doesnt show that, not really. I wish we saw someone who hates the straw hats for what they've done.

[@ekhidna4]

Let her cook. LET HER COOK!

[@SavantPete]

Now I see why Toei copyrights when you have 1 sec of unedited footage on your screen 😂

[@skiprank]

That powerscalers shoulder tapping him while laughing is just a cherry on top 😂😂

[@detroider7844]

There is a spectrum: On one end there is recent One Piece On the other end there is Blue Lock saason2

[@Kummiwummis]

8:55 A perspective of Harudin, the giant that joined the Strawhat grand fleet, as he goes to the colosseum, fights “Lucy”, becomes a toy, and then gets saved by Usopp would go so incredibly hard.

[@JayDPhantomReaper]

This episode had such a fitting title. it was a love letter to the One piece world and to the fans. Brought me to tears fr.

[@DXDragon38]

The scene of the brothers trapped underneath the ice was absolutely beautiful! Megumi Ishitani did it again!

[@GreenwhiteblueGWU]

Fan Letter was amazing.. the way previous episodes were playing in the background of the Fan Letter story was so special.. saying "the blood" is what made the show is very short sighted.. it was the direction and the story that made the show so good..

[@demondragonshi5161]

The Marineford parts makes Kobys Speech more impactful.

[@davii_ms]

MAKE MEGUMI THE MAIN DIRECTOR OF THE ENTIRE SERIES. SHE NEVER DISAPPOINTED.

[@Hr.kirkehr]

One piece staff heard the can we get much higher meme and took it seriously.

[@piercepatterson9274]

Toei is making moves I see....

[@Forever_weird]

I was not ready for this special episode to be so good I just watched it and my cheeks hurt from smiling so much

[@Pdf404_doc]

People criticising one piece for animation and pacing but they don’t understand that this is a weekly anime is no dumb that I can’t understand them, they probably just hate it for hating

[@anklesmasta9798]

Honestly let em hate, let’s just enjoy what Oda has created that’s what matters at the end of the day. Let miserable people be miserable they’ll regret it

[@seifgazawy8814]

Bro thats called calling out its flaws and critiquing the anime

[@UnoccupiedBoat]

A flaw is a flaw. That's it. Stop being delusional and making assumptions about haters, even though i am not one.

[@Beamken]

You should be able to point out flaws in something you love, the pacing and animation between fights could be better. If that wasn’t true toei wouldn’t be taking a 6 month break to allow the manga to catch up. Everything isn’t hating

[@emperorluffy6001]

I've been craving something like this for years. I was hoping the movies would move away from the standard Strawhat formula and start doing movies focused on prominent marines or Pirates. I'd love a movie about Garp's early days or a movie focused on the Supernovas and their rise to fame. So while this wasn't exactly what I wanted it was a step in the right direction.

[@leonidas231]

they need to go back and make an ep like this after every arc showing how the Straw Hats impact the world

[@lucas33308]

I didn't cry with this episode, you did! (bawled my eyes out)

[@rohit_7777]

Megumi Ishitani shohld be considered Japan's national treasure. ❤❤ Never let Hollywood have her, no matter what!!

[@cwega2463]

why would she ever to go hollywood when she’s a japanese anime director who works at Toei lmao. that’s not how the industry works.

[@rohit_7777]

@@cwega2463 how would I know? She is talented, talented people like that won't necessarily stay in one place if they get more opportunities.

[@Vanquild]

​@@rohit_7777 Bro, she is LITERALLY in Japan. Why would she go out of her way to go and join Hollywood when there's much better ones in Japan?

[@slimeknight6726]

i had to watch it before i watch this video and god Chibi aint just glazing bro is spitting facts. It was so beautiful. I nearly cried near the end. It struck so deep as a one piece fan...Honestly i like the characters that appeared in the episode special. Like the random marine brothers, It felt so nice to see the side of the marine footsoldiers in basically a battle of titanic proportion jesus. THey fucking cooked with the animation. Toei is really bringing the A game for one piece now. They dont seem to be cutting corners

[@amansharma4358]

I Agree there are many people who are jelous of ONE PIECE. They just can't accept that ONE PIECE is doing better than their favorite Anime.

[@sibsart2039]

I legit teared up at the end. I felt like I was fanboying over the Straw Hats in this, felt more for these characters then anyone in Dress Rosa.

[@PluuuumE]

We've been riding high since ep 1100/The later half of the Luffy Kaido fight

[@_Abdo.]

this episode showed us how great a good paced episode from one piece could get, like we always get the 1 chapter per episode or less treatement, but if they actually fixed the pacing the *episode* would feel more like, well an *episode*

[@Precigian]

I'm still trying to understand how can someone dislike this masterpiece of episode

[@MarvyG23]

Beautiful episode

[@JustCallMeRio]

I'm Hyped. Genuinely I'm so excited to see how Toei blows the anime world away.

[@based_alien]

they need to give ishitani a lifetime contract deadass 😂

[@obrians-brown1307]

This is a great special. See you in April.

[@LuckyRoooyt]

One of my favorite OP episodes. Absolute CINEMA 😭

[@hilmyvaza8123]

One Piece fans: "yea, we eating good for the last 20+ years"

[@mattrea8881]

I tell you you could really feel the intentisty of being a regular marine in the war, especially seeing Mihawk and croc, you could feel how insignificant a marine was and how monstrous the main cast are, the directing of the episode I think was the most special part

[@raimondibro]

we get this episode, and the chapter 1130 reveal of loki. how does one piece constantly get better every day and week and year, year after year, for almost 30 years? its crazy, 1130 has my 2 favorite panels in one chapter, in the entire manga.

[@kentymashmilo758]

Its because megumis animation style suits one piece so well

[@PamaduRanasinghe]

Megumi doesnt animate. This animation is by masami mori.

[@happyclapper7620]

Being a one piece fan is so great. Like idgaf about what other people say cause they arent getting treated like we are.

[@interrupted_reverie]

One of the greatest short movies in a very long time, yes u heard me this is a movie not just an episode

[@DB-jp5tf]

It was excellent, the story that was told and the violence that took place during the episode that we didn't get to see or they didn't have the time to illustrate it when it came out. This was great.

[@Unapologeticweeb]

So what happens next nothing till next year or will the current time slot be changed to the fish man island arc remake?

[@Hellowaffleson]

Not just movie quality this episode made me cry with a smile it's something more

[@emi_rodz]

i´m 100% sure that they'll be cooking Kuma's past in these 6 months and i'll cry like i never do before

[@VTF23]

As much as the animators deserve the praise for this episode but lets not forget the incredible world building oda sensei has done for the past two and a hald decades is the reason why such stories feel so emotional and good! Imagine another series with an episode whose main focus is side characters.. will it be so talked about? One Piece has 10-14 chapters without the main characters and it still generates hype like nothing else

[@ghostbaleada]

This has to be considered canon it was so emotional... Like wth this was a love letter for us. It is hands down a top 10 episode im the entire of OnePiece

[@linalool3182]

The episode is so emotional it made old people cried

[@ravenbird111]

One piece fan letter! Best thing since sliced bread!!!

[@ghuff4694]

Never seen such perfect set up for a remaster

[@Earth-29]

We need more !

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

Chibi kubo fixed an important plot hole in the latest episode of bleach 😊

[@ChibiReviews]

Need to watch it. What did they fixed?

[@Muxeroth]

Which is?

[@nyleriverson4017]

​​@@ChibiReviews Allot, and dang I thought u said nothing would stop you from talking about Dandadan 😅.

[@nyleriverson4017]

​@@MuxerothGo watch it

[@KingMAXIMUM-up4rz]

Okay what does that gotta do with one piece 😊

[@gosukelee5]

Stories and perspectives like this make a showed goated. Like a story I wanted to was *whatever happened to the guy that asked Roger where the one piece is before his death?, did that guy become a legend, fugitive, pirate or just back to normal life because technically without him... MightNo pirate era, so a story and perspective in that pov would be great or previous users of DF that we know of anything of that sort works very well

[@rohanamor4323]

• It could work on any island strawhats was in, ○ Fishman island - Struggles of racism and restrictive law on the island ○ Punkhazard - A kid that got saved by the strawhats and scene of the parents trying to find them ○ Dressrosa - Life being a toy ○ Zou - A kid or someone have a thought of exposing Raizo but he changed his perspective when sanji and the crew saved them ○ Whole Cake - (I cant think of any) ○ Wano - Momonuske perspective, he's writing his own diary and narrating his own adventure with the strawhats. And the slaves who has been waiting for a saviour.

[@Crow0fEarth]

Bro is that Majula theme from Dark Souls 2 in the background ? Based. Also best episode of anime I ever watched, I’ve never felt like I was part of the story like this ever.

[@daveondouglin5847]

honestly i teared up

[@hirogami90]

Precure had all the talents then especially during the period from 5 to 10 years ago (roughly 2013 to 2018).

[@Ardeleus]

Megumi Ishitani is becoming an absolutely legendary animation staff I am going to start watching One Piece JUST to catch up and see the quality of One Piece's animations nowadays Episode 1015 got my attention, and now this On top of all the hype moments like Whitebeard vs the King of the Pirates

[@DustyButters]

They should've remade skypea tbh such an underrated arc

[@extrashifty578]

It was so beautifully well crafted i had tears in my eyes.

[@rickj535]

It makes the anime more relatable when you add the human aspect of day to day survival against people or governments that’s seem to have unfathomable power and are pushing to make it day to day

[@huelikduhimbecile1365]

Dark haired marine has a similar face scar to Luffy's

[@madgoonproductions8406]

Great video. I'm sure you're getting great reception from it too, why wouldn't you? Loved your enthusiasm and the content of your words. That said, I just want to offer my singular input that your background music felt unnecessary to me and distracted me from your words a bit. Not trying to neg. Just trying to give my honest opinion after watching the full video. That is all. Anyway, thank you for your contribution(s) to the community! Subbed.

[@aStrangerApproaches]

Majula music is a nice touch 👌

[@samfisher6606]

I loved this so much! I think my favorite was the older Marine brother. I loved that his love of Luffy was so personal. I loved the girl too. I loved that we never got a clear shot of the Straw Hats, except for that one fan of Brook’s but she’s a fan of Brook the singer, not Brook the pirate and she wouldn’t connect to who Chopper is.

[@moeinkhademi3469]

Shs is the best director ... hope rhey give her more one piece ep .

[@SteinsGateIsAMasterpiece]

Just one piece pushing the limits of anime yet again.

[@amn.brb_]

The fact that it's canon too is just insane

[@jayv3n_n]

it's not canon

[@amn.brb_]

@jayzeeiy it's 100% canon

[@amn.brb_]

It's like a spin off, not a filler

[@chainclaw07]

for real though - I watched it twice, a couple hours apart ... i did cry both times... and I don't mean a single tear....but like a flow of tears...

[@milesmatsune2335]

BRO I JUST WATCHED N IDK WHAT TO SAY MAN IM SHOOK how tf are they gonna top this but like this is right up there n maybe surpassing 1015 and who woulda guessed it was led by Ishitani I LOVE ONE PIECE MAN

[@iremainunimpressed1589]

Ive been here from the start of NaruBleachPiece.. and as a watcher of all.. One piece was not always my favorite.. Naruto was, HxH was.. OP was a little goofy for me.. I might have even liked the Beginning of Bleach.. but I am a huge OP FAN.. It is my 2nd favorite behind only HxH.. and that’s debatable day to day.. I saw this last night.. and said.. This is what it feels like to be a one piece fan.. WE ARE SPOILED.. the lack of filler (affects the pacing) The Highlights of Moments, Physical, Emotional, Mental.. The depths and explorations of characters lands and belief.. and to still.. Get THE BEST animational drops year after year.. HxH is special in my heart.. its my goat.. but OP is the GOAT.. and im so happy to be a fan, supporter and enjoyer.. of an art like this.. in all its FORMS.. i was here.. Ball up top

[@titanius_anglesmith_i2323]

Listen…this our dream growing up with one piece and everything we’ve been wishing for our favorite anime.

[@holyheretic3185]

My favorite anime is probably gintama, but I will say, this was probably the best piece of anime I've ever watched. I think it was better than the OP movies too.

[@torahibiki]

For sure.