Episode 434

"Preparations for War! A Decisive Battle in Level 4 - Inferno Hell" is the 434th episode of the One Piece anime.

Statics

 * Air Date: 2010-1-17 (Funimation DVD:)
 * TV Ranking, Rating: 10.3 Rank: 3
 * Manga Chapters: 533 (p.18-19 not the big panel)

Summary
Luffy and his allies take a short breather after their defeat of Minotaurus and trying to figure out what to do next. But that becomes quickly irrelevant because the floor breaks dropping them and Minotaurus to Level 4. In Level 4 a prisoner attempts to escape only to thrown into to the boiling blood by Daz Bones because in his attempt to escape made the mistake of hitting Daz Bones. Meanwhile Vice-admiral Momonga prepares to take Boa Hancock to Marineford but receives troubling news of a fight between two of the Yonkou Shanks and Kaidou. Momonga reflects on preparations for the upcoming war between Whitebeard and Marine Headquarters with the Shichibukai as their allies and that the upcoming war will be remembered by the world regardless who wins.

Magellan and his subordinates are making preparations of their own in order to capture the intruder and escaped convicts by splitting their forces to guard the stairs to the different Levels. After surving the fall the group press on with Luffy leading the charge because he can smell food in the kitchen. Buggy, intent on following Luffy incase of finding booze in the kitchen is stopped by Mr. 3 because he is worried about running into Magellan. Luffy and Bon Kurei defeat with ease the oncoming onslaught of Impel Down guards. The guards quickly report the casualties to the Chief Warden who then decides to intercept the intruders himself. Magellan halts Luffy's and Bon Kurei's advance by dropping himself in front of the them and declaring that he's had enough of their rampage.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Boa Hancock
 * Momonga
 * Minotaurus
 * Monkey D. Luffy
 * Buggy
 * Mr. 3
 * Mr. 2 Bon Kurei
 * Minozebra
 * Mr. 1
 * Hannyabal
 * Magellan
 * Sadi-chan
 * Minokoala
 * Minorhinoceros

Attacks

 * Luffy
 * Gomu Gomu no Hanabi
 * Gomu Gomu no Muchi
 * Bon Kurei
 * Ano Natsu no Hi no Kaisou Roku Memowāru

Seiyūs

 * Mayumi Tanaka as Luffy
 * Kotono Mitsuishi as Hancock
 * Shigeru Chiba as Buggy
 * Nobuyuki Hiyama as Mr. 3
 * Kazuki Yao as Bon Kurei
 * Mitsuaki Hoshino as Magellan
 * Tetsuo Gotō as Hannyabal
 * Yuka Koyama as Sadi-chan
 * Shinichirō Ōta as Momonga
 * Mahito Ōba naration

Production Staff

 * Screenplay: Hitoshi Tanaka
 * Art: Takashi Yoshiike
 * Animation Director: Takeo Ide
 * Direction: Katsumi Tokoro