One Piece in Greece

In Greece, the manga is being distributed in its English translation by Viz Media. The Greek dub of the anime aired on the television station Alter Channel (which doesn't exists anymore) under the name "Ντρέηκ, το Κυνήγι του Θησαυρού" (Drake, the Hunting of the Treasure). It first aired in 14 April 2002 but it stopped at Episode 106, during the Arabasta Saga. The film One Piece Film: Red was released in Greek movie theaters on November 3, 2022 with Japanese audio and Greek subtitles.

History
The Greek dub was produced by the studio Audio Visual, and the scripts were based on the original Japanese. The actors were directed by Zoe Rigopoulou and the audio mixing was done by Aggeliki Dimitrakopoulou.

The anime became popular among young viewers and teens, but not as popular as other anime that aired at that point, like Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon.

The show was broadcasted uncensored, but some random scenes were cut for no apparent reason. Many names of characters and locations were changed. The dub had many errors, such as the destination of the Straw Hats being the Red Line instead of Laugh Tale. Also, as in many dubs, the characters' attacks were in Greek.

The show used a Greek adaptation of the first opening "We Are" featuring lyrics that were not related to the Japanese version and female singer Magda Giannikou (as with theme songs of other cartoon shows on Alter), relative of Kostas Giannikos (CEO of Alter) and member of the well-known Zouzounia band that the Giannikos family owns the rights to till today. It was released on the CDs "Zouzounotragouda me ta Zouzounia" (Ζουζουνοτραγούδια με τα Ζουζούνια) and "Cartoon Hits" distributed by Giannikos' publishing and home media company Modern Times (the latter also includes a karaoke version), under the Legend label. The titular character is voiced by Voula Kosta, who also voiced other boy leads in shows that were distributed under the Modern Times-Alter partnership, including Ash Ketchum on Pokemon, Takao Kinomiya (Tyson) on the Beyblade series and Robert Huntington on the Robin Hood no Daibōken compilation film.

In 4th November 2003, the ΕΣΡ (Greek Television Council) decided that the events shown on Episode 28 during the fight between Luffy and Don Krieg were highly inappropriate for the minors watching the show. As a result, an order was issued for the show to be moved to the late night zone, since it was considered not suitable for children due to the amount of violence and fierce battles it contained. It's speculated that Alter Channel completely cancelled it in the next year , stopping at Episode 106 during the Arabasta Arc.

Even though this dub is the reason many Greeks got to know One Piece from a young age, it was heavily criticized by fans because of its needless name changes, poor voice direction, translation mistakes and bad lip sync.

Other

 * Luffy's full name, as stated in Episode 1, is Ντρέηκ ο Πίθηκος (Drake the Monkey).
 * Chopper's full name, as stated in Episode 88, is Τόνυ Τόνυ Μπίλι (Tony Tony Billy).
 * The Grand Line is mainly called Μεγάλη Γραμμή (Big Line).
 * The Going Merry is changed to Ο Καλοτάξιδος Μάριο (The Seaworthy Mario).
 * The filler character Ryu has the same name as Shanks' crewmate, Lucky Roux.
 * Crocodile is also called Crocky.
 * The Reverse Mountain is changed to Βουνό Τρίτων (Triton Mountain)
 * The All Blue is called Γαλάζιος Ωκεανός (Blue Ocean)
 * The Belly are called Λίρες (Pounds). Arabasta onwards, they are called by their original name.
 * The Gomu Gomu no Mi is changed to Το Φρούτο του Λαστιχένιου Δέντρου (The Fruit of the Rubber Tree). Luffy's attacks are translated in Greek so "Gomu Gomu no Pistol" becomes "Λαστιχένιο Πιστόλι" (Rubber Pistol) and "Gomu Gomu no Rocket" becomes "Λαστιχένια Ρουκέτα" (Rubber Rocket), as examples.
 * The Bara Bara no Mi is called Το Φρούτο του Διαμελισμού (The Fruit of Dismemberment).
 * The Den Den Mushi is simply called Σαλιγκάρι (Snail).
 * The Calm Belt is called "Επικίνδυνη Ζώνη" (Dangerous Zone).
 * The Seven Warlords of the Sea are called Οι Βασιλιάδες των Γενναίων των Επτά Θαλασσών (The Kings of the Brave of the Seven Seas) and Οι Βασιλιάδες των Επτά Ωκεανών (The Kings of the Seven Oceans).
 * The Log Pose is called Δρομόμετρο (Log).
 * The Eternal Pose is called Αιώνιο Δρομόμετρο (Eternal Log), Σταθερό Δρομόμετρο (Steady Log) and Τοπόμετρο (Place Meter).
 * The Nyanban Brothers are called Αδέρφια Νάιμπαν (Nayban Brothers).
 * Loguetown is either called Μεγαλόπολη or Μεγαλούπολη (both translate to Big City).
 * Elbaf is changed to Έραμπ (Erab).
 * The Laugh Tale is called Νησί Δαίμονας (Demon Island).
 * Drum Island is mostly called Τυμπανία (Drumsville).
 * Arabasta onwards, some of the names of characters, things and places were changed back to their original form. This indicates that if One Piece were not cancelled, the production would try to adjust the translation so that it would be more faithful to the story.

Voice Acting


Dub and Translation Errors
There were some mistakes in the Greek dub that were mainly caused by the changing of many names.
 * The crew does not intend to go to Laugh Tale, but to the Red Line instead. It is described by Koby that the town where Roger hid the treasure is in the middle of the Great Continent Red Line that separates the world's two biggest oceans and that the Grand Line is the only way for someone to go there. This is corrected in Episode 63, when the crew learns more about the location of One Piece by Crocus.
 * The terms Red Line (Κόκκινη Γραμμή) and Grand Line (Μεγάλη Γραμμή) are used interchangeably for the first 61 episodes, most probably because the translator thought they were the same thing. Sometimes, the characters even used "Grand Red Line" to describe it. This stopped when the crew reached Reverse Mountain in Episode 62.
 * Due to the fact that Luffy's name was changed into Drake, his name does not have the characteristic "D." It is not known whether that was done intentionally and there was a plan to rectify it as the series moved on.
 * Nezumi was mistakenly dubbed as Admiral Mouse (Ναύαρχος το Ποντίκι), even though he is a Captain.
 * "Klahadore" was changed to "Pete" (Πητ) and "Kuro" was changed to "Captain Pete" (Κάπταιν Πητ). Even though the name's the same, everybody acts like he changed it.
 * One Piece, as a term, is never mentioned. The legendary treasure is just simply called as "The biggest treasure in the world" (Ο Μεγαλύτερος Θησαυρός του Κόσμου).
 * The Mera Mera no Mi is wrongly translated Το Φρούτο Μέρα-Μέρα (The Day-Day Fruit) because of how it sounds.
 * In the Greek dub, the characters' epithets were not frequently mentioned. Buggy was called "Immortal Buggy" (Αθάνατος Μπάγκι).
 * Also, the names of Mohji and Cabaji were not actually stated and instead their epithets functioned as their names, "Tamer of Wild Animals" and "Acrobat".
 * Princess Vivi is mistakenly called Queen Vivi (Βασίλισσα Βίβι).

Opening
The first opening "We Are" was adapted into Greek and featured lyrics that were not related to the Japanese version.

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