Episode of East Blue

Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His Four Crewmates' Great Adventure is a TV Special of the One Piece anime.

It is an abridged retelling of the first five Straw Hat Pirates' development during East Blue Saga.

Short Summary
As the Straw Hat Pirates prepare to leave East Blue and enter the Grand Line, each of them reminisce about his journey to that point as they reaffirm their dreams.

Anime Notes

 * This special is devised by each of the stories for the first five Straw Hat Pirates during the East Blue Saga instead of chronologically. Thus, some of events that occurred during the Syrup Village Arc are shown before the events of the Orange Town Arc and after the Baratie Arc.
 * This special shows Mornin, the mayor of Syrup Village, for the first time since the manga.
 * This is the third time the events of the Arlong Park Arc was animated. The first was the anime adaptation and the second was the Episode of Nami special.
 * This is also the third time the events of the Romance Dawn Arc was animated. The first was the anime adaptation and the second was the Episode of Luffy special.
 * This is however only the second time the origin of Luffy's scar was shown, as it was censored in the anime adaptation.
 * Although not directly stated, Zeff is implied to have eaten his own leg as in the manga. In the anime adaptations of the flashback in Episode 26 and Episode 801, the events were censored so that Zeff cuts off his leg when it gets caught in wreckage while diving to save Sanji. However, in Episode of East Blue, these scenes are not shown nor recalled by Sanji. Instead, Sanji simply leaves his sentence incomplete when he sees that Zeff has lost a leg, rather than explicitly asking if he ate it.