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As most of you know, there have been so far three dubs of the One Piece anime.

.The current and more recent Funimation dub

.The lesser-known Odex dub (which was the first English dub of the anime)

.The more well-known (and infamous) 4Kids dub

But most people don't know that there was actually gonna be FOUR English dubs, and this one was originally gonna be the first one....

The dub I'm talking about is the Ocean Dub.

Most of you anime fans are probably familiar with Ocean Productions, but for those who don't, they're a voice acting company based in Vancouver, Canada. They're most well-known for their anime dubs.

These include Hamtaro, Cardcaptors, Mobile Suit Gundam, Black Lagoon, InuYasha, Death Note, Gintama, and of course, the very first English dub of Dragon Ball Z!

Sometime in the early 2000s, I guess about 2001 or 2002, Toei Animation commissioned three separate English dub pilots, with the first of these three being from Ocean Productions, while the latter two were from Blue Water Productions (another dubbing company in Canada), and the anime's eventual dubbers Funimation.

The Ocean Dub pilot is partially lost, with only two short clips of it existing on YouTube, and there's not whole lot of information about it, apart from a few voice actors.

The most notable roles from this dub were with the first three Straw Hats.

Luffy was voiced by Andrew Francis, Zoro was voiced by Sam Vincent, and Nami was voiced by Jillian Michaels.

But apart from them, there's no information on who would've voiced the other Straw Hats. However, there is a little video on YouTube called "What If Ocean Productions dubbed One Piece". The video is basically like a fandub, except using lines from voice actors who would've been good choices for the characters. Nami and Zoro are in the video and voiced by their previously mentioned actors, but Luffy is voiced by Saffron Henderson. Apart from them, the only other characters in this video were Sanji (being voiced by the late Kirby Morrow) and Buggy the Clown (voiced by Michael Dobson).

Well that's about it. I'm glad I got to share this with you guys and I wanna hear you thoughts on what this Ocean Dub could've potentially be like.

Who would be the voices for the other Straw Hats? What channel would it be on? And would it be better then the Odex and 4Kids Dub?

In all honesty, the music from the Grand Battle games, particular the first ones and Grand Adventure, slap!

The track for each stage fits perfectly with the setting. My favorite are the ones for Baratie: The Bistro of the Brine, Alabasta, and Skypeia.

What do you guys think about the music and what's your favorite track?

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGNu_U_X_mhnGx6N4aZNXAYed5fR3selG

This is something that I've always wondered. What would it be like if the Weakling Trio (Chopper, Nami and Usopp) were the Monster Trio?

How would it be like for these 3 to be the most powerful fighters of their crew?

In terms of power scaling, we all know that our Lord and savior God Usopp would be at the top, just like Luffy.

Nami would be in the middle, just like Zolo.

And Chopper would be last, just like Sanji.

And I want to know from you guys, what kind of power would these three have in order to become the Monster Trio?

This is something that I’ve always wanted to see done, and I’m pretty there are others out there as well.

I’ve always wanted to see One Piece make fun of the infamous 4Kids dub in some sort of way, but they’ve never really done that.

I guess it’s kinda like with Akira Toriyama, even though he despises Dragon Ball Evolution (who wouldn’t?), he doesn’t really go out of his way to reference it.

Even then, it would be kinda funny to see One Piece throw some jabs at the 4Kids dub. Hell, I think the current Funimation dub really missed an opportunity for that with the Fake Straw Hats. Voices of the Fake Straw Hats could’ve been impressions of the 4Kids voices-Fake Sanji having a ridiculously nasally Brooklyn accent, Fake Robin having a ridiculous Southern accent, Fake Nami sounding straight-up emotionless, and Fake Usopp sounding like a rejected Hanna-Barbara cartoon character.

I guess the reason they don’t do these references is because 1. They don’t want to bring up that bring of shit ever again (which I totally understand), and 2. 4Kids already has it been bad enough by being seen as the laughing stock of the anime industry (well, former laughing stock I guess), and the people behind One Piece probably don’t want anyone attacking them anytime soon.

As many of you, One Piece is nearing the end of it's over 2 decade-long journey, and many of us (myself included) are excited to see how this Grand Adventure (no pun intended) will come to an end.

Many people have speculated that the final arc of the series will a huge war, possibly even bigger than Marineford, and I couldn't agree more!

The arc will probably take place on Raftel, the legendary island at the end of the New World that holds the titular treasure itself.

For the final villains of the series, I figured they would be Blackbeard, Sakazuki and possibly Im.

All three of them probably would have this alliance of sorts in order to take down Luffy, but of course, their reasons differ.

Blackbeard wants to become to King of the Pirates as well, and he's probably not gonna let some pipsqueak stand in his way. And after hearing the news about him and the other two Yonkos, Blackbeard figured that he may need some reinforcements in order to take out Luffy.

As for Sakazuki, it's pretty obvious. He simply wants Luffy dead once and for all, he's basically been wanting that since Marineford. I figured that in this arc, Sakazuki would completely go off the deep end and loses it. He would lead him to try and not only kill Luffy, but also everyone else out of pure insanity.

Also, out of the three villains, he's arguably the most likely to die. I figured that he would be killed the exact same way he kileld Ace was..... because, you know.....karma being a bitch and all.

With this being Luffy's greatest challenge, you know he's gonna need a help.....a lot of help.

Many people have speculated that Luffy would have this huge ass army to help him in the war, and I couldn't agree more.

Of course he would have his crew, plus Jinbe, but also every major character he's met over the course of the series.

These would include:

.Carrot and the Mink Tribe

.Kin'emon and the Kozuki Family

.Law and the other Supernovas (plus their crews)

.Hancock, Mihawk, Doflamingo and the other Warlords (plus their crews)

.Bartolomeo, Cavendish, Sai, Leo and the Straw Hat Grand Fleet

.Bellamy

.Vivi and the Alabasta Army

.The Shandia Warriors

.Kokoro

.Iceburg and the Franky Family

.Dr. Kureha and Dalton

.Rebecca

.Lola and the Rolling Pirates

.Viola

.Bon Clay

.Neptune, Hachi, Camie, Pappag and the Ammo Knights

.Chef Zeff and the staff of Baratie

.Marines like Smoker, Tashigi, Koby, Helmeppo, Hina, Jango and Fullbody

.Dragon, Sabo, Koala and the Revolutionary Army

.Shanks and the Red-Haired Pirates

.Laboon and Crocus

And the most important of them all....

.THE USSOP PIRATES!

While Luffy would have many friends to back him up, he'll also have some old foes as well like:

.Buggy, Alvida, and the Buggy Pirates

.Crocodile and Baroque Works Agents

.Rob Lucci, Spandam and the CP9 members

.Wapol and his crew

.Caeser Clown

.Foxy and the Foxy Pirates

We would even see the grand return of villains we have not seen in a long time like:

.Captain Kuro and the Black Cat Pirates

.Don Krieg and this armada

.Arlong and the other Fish-Man Pirates

.Eneru

I know this seems kinda silly to expect something like this, but hey, Oda is an unpredictable guy, so maybe he might do this.

Also, this arc would definitely lead to some great interactions like Luffy reuniting with Shanks and Bon Clay, also he would finally met Dragon for the very first time, Usopp finally getting to meet Yasopp, and rubbing it in the Kuro's face, Jinbe and Arlong meeting each other for the first time in years, Sanji and Gin meeting each other for the first time in two years, Brook and Laboon reuniting, and arguably the best one by far.......Hancock and Bartolomeo fighting each other over Luffy.

As many of you know, the 4Kids dub of One Piece is infamous among many anime fans for several reasons. The ridiculous amounts of edits and censorships, the corny dialogue, the removal of several key arcs and even characters, but arguably, the biggest reason for it's hate would have to be with the voice acting. Many have considered the voice cast of the 4Kids dub to be pretty mediocre, ranging from somewhat passable to total shit. But despite all that, they're actually some voice actors in the 4Kids dub that are not only good, but actually kind of even better than some of the Funimation voices.

I should probably get the most obvious one out of the way Marc Diraison, the voice of Roronoa Zolo. In the 4Kids Dub, the voices of the Straw Hats were pretty bad. They either sound pretty emotionless (Nami), had ridiculous unnecessary accents (Sanji and Robin), or just straight-up grating to listen to (Luffy). The only ones that were somewhat decent were Usopp and Chopper, to an extent though. But out of all the mediocre performances, only one stood out to be the best of them all, that was none other than Marc himself. His portrayal for Zolo has been consider many fans who hate the 4Kids dub to be the best. Hell, some have even said he's a better fit for the green-haired swordsman than Christopher Sabat....which I actually agree with.

No offense to Chris, okay maybe considering the whole controversy surrounding him and some of the other Funimation actors, but I'm not a big fan of his portrayal as Zolo. While him and Marc do get the feel of the character down right, what separates them would have to be their voices. With Chris, he makes Zolo sound too old. If you didn't know how old Zolo was prior to looking it up and listened to his Funimation voice first, you would think that the character was about 30-years old from how he sounded, even though the character is actually 19......at the beginning of the series of course. But with Marc, he actually makes Zolo sound like a young adult as oppose to a middle-aged man.

Same can be said for Portgaz D. Ace's voice as well. While Jesse Hooker's performance could use a little work, I find his voice more fitting than Travis Willingham. And like I said before, this is not me ragging on the Funimation voice actor. Travis is a really good voice actor, but just like Chris, he makes the character sound too old. With Jesse's performance, I can actually believe that Ace is 21-years old.

While our heroes' 4Kids voices are mostly crap, when it comes to the villains, they're (almost) always good!

Out of all the villains, Crocodile arguably has best voice in the whole dub. J. David Brimmer does a pretty good job at making him sound cool, mysterious and pretty intimidating. John Swasey does a really good job as the character as well, I have more of a soft spot for David's performance as Crocodile. Also I love how the 4Kids made him sound like a mob boss, which is surprisingly fitting for the character.

The same can be said for Eneru as well. While J. Michael Tatum does a great job as the sky lord, I also admire's Wayne Grayson's (aka Michaelango and Joey Wheeler) performance for the character as well. I love how he makes him sound like some sort of religious priest/nut, which is fitting for a dude who sees himself as God.

David Willis is also really good as both Buggy the Clown and Arlong. While his performance as Buggy is a little more goofier when compare to Mike MacFarland's, who takes more inspiration from Mark Hamill's portrayal as The Joker, it's still pretty good. Not to mention that laugh David does really sells his performance. I don't know why they decided to make Buggy's laugh sound kind of demonic, but it's so great. Same can be said for Arlong as well. While Chris Rager's performance beats David's out of the water (no pun intended), David still does a pretty solid job as the captain of the Fish-Man Pirates. I also like how they made his voice sound a little more gurgly, as if he spends a good chunk of his time in the water.

Marc Thompson does a pretty solid job as Don Krieg. Honestly, I like the more gruff and commando voice 4Kids gave more than the portrayal Andy Mullins did.

And I know I'm probably gonna get some flack for this but.......Matt Hoverman's performance for Wapol is fucking hilarious. I don't why, but the thick Russian accent he does for the character is really funny and strangely fitting as well.

But despite most of the villains having pretty good performances, just like the Straw Hats, they have some stinkers. Specifically, Alvida and Captain Kuro.

Just like with Robin, Alvida was given a ridiculous Southern accent because of her cowboy hat.

And while Gary Mack does a solid job at portraying the sophisticated side of Kuro, he really lacks at trying to make him sound intimidating too.

That's all for now. I want you all to know that this is my opinion. I'm not sure if you guys agree with me or not, but I don't wanna get any flack for bringing up the 4Kids Dub.

I much as I do appreciate the English voice cast of One Piece, I was wondering what it would be like if more notable American voice actors played the roles of the characters. So I decided to give my thoughts on what LA voice actors could do the roles of the Straw Hat Crew and even their allies, and explain what kind of deliveries would they give. But before we start, I'd like to give you all a few heads up about the list. 1.-some of the Straw Hats will have two voice actors listed down as possible candidates for their voices, and 2.-two of the Straw Hats will actually be reprised by two previous voice actors.

.Kate Higgins or Jessica DiCicco as Monkey D. Luffy-(both would use an energetic and a bit of a wacky tone, but have a slightly gruff voice to indicate that their character is a male.)

.Marc Diraison as Roronoa Zolo-(I know he voiced the character in the infamous 4Kids dub...but he's just that good for Zolo! He would just use the same voice for the character like he did before.)

.Jill Talley as Nami-(She would use a normal voice, but with a youthful tone.)

.James Arnold Taylor as Usopp-(He would use the same voice he uses for Ratchet.)

.Phil LaMarr as Sanji-(He would normally use a smooth and youthful voice, but would make it goofy when the character becomes infatuated with women and gruff when he becomes mad. And just for fun, he would also give the character a slight Brooklyn accent, though not as ridiculous and nasally as David Moo.)

.Tara Strong or Kath Souice as Tony Tony Chopper-(Both would use an adorable child-like voice with an intellectual tone.)

.Veronica Taylor as Nico Robin-(Just like Zolo, she also voiced her specific character in the 4Kids. Luckily, she wouldn't be using that damn Southern accent this time. Instead, she would use a calm and elegant voice.)

.Kevin Michael Richardson as Franky-(He would the same voice he did for Mammoth, but a lot more energetic and having a bit surfer accent.)

.Jess Harnell as Brook-(He would use the same voice he used for Swanky, but bit more energetic.)

.Fred Tatasciore as Jinbe-(He would try his best to replicate Daniel Baugh's performance.)

.Laura Bailey as Nefertari Vivi-(She would use a normal yet elegant tone with a youthful voice.)

.Yuri Lowenthal as Portgaz D. Ace-(He would just use his Spider-Man voice.)

.Matthew Mercer as Trafalgar D. Law-(I don't even need to explain for this one.)

.Janice Kawaye as Carrot-(She would use just her Ami voice.)

.Steve Blum as Shanks-(He would use a normal voice, but with a bit of a swashbuckling feel to it.)

That's all for now. I hope you guys like the voice actors I choose for these characters. If you have any voice actors that could provide voices for other characters, let me know in the comments below.

I'm sure all of you are aware of the infamous escalation problem in shonen anime, where the protagonist gets a new power-up that's usually never mentioned or hinted at just to take down a more powerful foe who's threatening to destroy the entire world as oppose to relying on the skills they already possess and overall throwing away the training they did for several episodes.

Most anime fall victim to this trope, from Naruto, to Bleach (easily the biggest offender with this problem), to Dragon Ball (the one that pretty much started all of this).

But not all of them do though. There have been several animes that have subverted from this trope such as JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, Hunter x Hunter, My Hero Academia and One-Punch Man (the latter of those mentioned anime was a satire and commentary on this problem).

Despite being one of the big dogs of shonen anime, I don't see too many people bring up One Piece. So I wanted to know where do you guys think One Piece lands.

In my opinion, I feel like One Piece falls in the middle. While the characters do get power-ups over the course the series, there seems to be two major differences with this trope. 1. These power-ups seem to enhanced their natural abilites as oppose to giving them completely new abilities, and 2. These power-ups seem like they're kind of a rare thing when compared to other animes that fall victim to the escalation problem. Speaking of which, the villains of One Piece don't seem to fall to escalation problem. They're not like Cell and Kaguya, who are bent on destroying the entire world, they're just pirates who at best, are trying to conquer an entire land or even a section of the world.

Also, the Straw Hats getting power-ups, while essential to the story, also feels essential to the overall goal of Luffy. When compared to Goku, Naruto and Ichigo, Luffy's goal is much more bigger-and that's to become king of the pirates! But over the course of the series, we find that's there many powerful pirates out there, some of which who want to find the legendary treasure of Gol D. Roger for themselves. Because of that, it kinda makes sense for these power-ups story and goal-wise since Luffy's not gonna let anyone stand in his way, no matter how powerful they are.

I don't know, this question still seems kinda tricky. What do you guys think?