half fishman (fighting fish type) and half man
anyway, regarding the heights, I think Shanks follows the same template used with Luffy. Their strength isn't immediately obvious and they're not meant to be imposing characters.
It seems that Oda has creative input on the anime (considering how he often designs characters for fillers) but all of the business side is handled between Shueisha and Toei (since Shueisha, as the publisher, will hold the copyright for any type of licensing). So ultimately, Oda deserves no...
It doesn't help that Toei insists on the show being a weekly fixture. literally all of their pacing problems would be solved if they animated the show by arcs rather than doing it weekly.
Very interesting theory.
I think in regards to allusions, I think Doflamingo is the equivalent to Napoleon rather than Kaido. The current battle, if won, would result in Doflamingo actually losing his "empire" of illegal trade networks and well as his literal empire of Dressrosa. But that's...
Hey,
I'm part of a group that is currently working on Editing all of the digital coloured comics for One Piece (You can see more about the project here: http://www.arlongpark.net/showthread.php?t=39624). We're going through all the previously scanlated volumes and fixing up...
Actually Toei sends the subtitled file to Crunchyroll and Funimation right after it airs in Japan. (it airs at 4:30 PM PST in Japan (which is 9:30 AM on sundays for them), and it's up on Funimation's One Piece Website and Crunchyroll by 6 PM PST on saturdays). So the subs are as official as you...