The One Piece Dub is Finally OVER.

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Funimation Acquires More Episodes of One Piece

The North American anime distributor Funimation announced its acquisition of the next block of One Piece for English dubbing on Friday. Senior Brand Manager Curtis Shaw spoke live during the Unofficial One Piece Podcast and gave several new details about the upcoming season.

Funimation picked up where it left off at episode 206 and purchased all the way to episode 263. Shaw mentioned that the next season will be in high-definition and in 16 by 9 aspect ratio. Funimation would like to keep the same format for releases; however, with the upgraded aspect ratio and HD content, a Blu-ray/DVD combo release maybe possible down the line. Funimation will also try to keep as much consistency as possible with regard to the voice acting, but actor schedules and location will affect casting.

Shaw gave a rough release date of Summer 2012.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-28/funimation-acquires-more-episodes-of-one-piece



Nice, I hope they will also release some complete-sets with more than 13-episodes.

 

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The One Piece dub is starting on Adult Swim again in America, beginning with episode 207. Kind of a shame to start with the Foxy arc instead of Water 7, but I guess it's important for Aokiji to get his introduction.