Anime Reviews (2010-2019): One Piece: Season Ten, Voyage One (2012-2013)

“One Piece: Season Ten, Voyage One” is another fun, action-packed volume and also that we are now getting into a more deeper, darker and action-packed storyline with this Punk Hazard arc.Not only do you have the Straw Hat Pirates but you have the Marines, Trafalgar Law and others that have yet to make a presence. I could tell already that this arc is going to be exciting and full of action and I can’t wait for “Season Ten, Voyage Two”! Recommended!

DVD TITLE: One Piece: Season Ten, Voyage One

AIR DATE: 2012-2013

DURATION: Episodes 575-587 (Duration: 325 Minutes, 2 DVD’s)

DVD INFORMATION: 4:3, English 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound, English and Japanese stereo

COMPANY: FUNimation

RATED: TV 14

Release Date: June 9, 2020

Originally created by Oda Eiichiro

Directed by Miyamoto Hiroaki

Series Composition by Uesaka Hirohiko

Music by Tanaka Kouhei, Hamaguchi Shiroh

Character Design by Hisada Kazuya

Animation Production by Toei Animation

Featuring the following voice talent:

Tanaka Mayumi/Colleen Clinkenbeard as Monkey D. Luffy

Okamura Akemi/Luci Christian as Nami

Hirata Hiroaki/Eric Vale as Sanji

Ohtani Ikue/Brina Palencia as Tony Tony Chopper

Yamaguchi Kappei/Sonny Strait as Usopp

Yamaguchi Yuriko/Stephanie Young as Nico Robin

Yao Kazuki/Patrick Seitz as Franky

Nagashima Yuichi/Ian Sinclair as Brook

The Straw Hats help a tiny stowaway rescue her father, but the mission turns into an all-out brawl of gigantic proportions when the Neo Navy steps in. Then, when a distress signal draws half the crew to an island engulfed in flames, they find that they’re not the only ones split apart. While fending off a creature straight out of a fantasy tale, Luffy comes across the walking, talking, bottom half of a samurai who is searching for his son. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang gets caught in a laboratory, but their escape is foiled when they stumble upon a room full of quarantined children. It’s time for Nami to make a split decision!

The Straw Hat Pirates continue on to the New World and end up in an area where they see a volcanic island (known as Punk Hazard) that looks ominous and dangerous. While the crew are reluctant to go to the island, Luffy decides that they should. When they received a distress call, they hear words of being attacked by a samurai.

What happens when the Straw Hat Pirates arrive to Punk Hazard?

All this and more in “ONE PIECE: Season Ten, Voyage One”!

What is “One Piece”?

“ONE PIECE” is a popular anime series based on the popular manga series serialized in Shonen Jump by Eiichiro Oda. Suffice to say, “ONE PIECE” is the highest selling manga for Weekly Shonen Jump and its popularity has extended to various anime (via the TV series, OVA and films) and video games in America and also worldwide.

The series is so popular, the episode count currently in Japan is in its 20th season and a total of 938 episodes have been aired in Japan.

“ONE PIECE” is an adventure anime about a 17-year-old boy named Monkey D. Luffy who gained enormous strength (and stretching abilities) after eating a magical demon fruit. He eventually teams up with a group of pirates and have the name “The Straw Hats”. Luffy’s driven to one day obtain the most sought out treasure known as “One Piece” and eventually become the King of the Pirates.

The Straw Hat Pirates consists of:

Monkey D. Luffy – A 17-year-old guy who is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and dreams to be a pirate king by getting his hands on the “ONE PIECE” artifact. When he was young, he accidentally ate a devil fruit which made his body rubbery and can stretch and blow up. An airhead of sorts, loves to eat but always believes and fights for his friends.

Roronoa Zoro – A 19-year-old skilled swordsman. A skilled and very strong fighter. Wants to be the greatest swordsman in the world.

Nami – The navigator of the group. The main female crew member and really good at weapons.

Usopp – A 17-year-old marksman. A talented inventor and artistic. Known by his long nose, his marksmanship with slingshots and weapons are great. He quit the Straw Hat Pirates and took on a new identity.

Sanji – The chef of the crew. A skilled fighter that uses only kicks in battle and is passionate towards Nami.

Tony Tony Chopper – A reindeer with a blue nose. Ate a devil fruit known as human-human fruit which makes him human in someways but keeping his reindeer look. Able to speak to humans, walk upright and also able to have transformations to become a huge beast. But his talent is his medical skills as he was trained by the Doctrine to become a doctor. Has very low self-confidence because he had been treated badly not only by his kind but also by humans and has not really had a friend but the Doctor and Doctrine.

Nico Robin – The former Vice President of Baroque Works who has become the newest member of the Straw Hat Pirates despite some of the crew not trusting her since she was a former enemy. Has the ability to use her body parts and project them elsewhere and other mysterious abilities not yet known.

Franky – A cyborg who can rebuild his body using pieces of metal and his dream is to build a ship and become its shipwright and sail to the end of the world.

Brook – A pirate from before the time of Roger, he was killed but because of the Paramecia-type-Revive-Revive Fruit, he rose again as a skeleton. An excellent musician, he becomes a member of the Straw Hat Pirates.

VIDEO :

For most television series, because they are created nearly before they are aired on television, unlike film and OVA’s, there typically is not much detail involved in a Japanese animated television series. “ONE PIECE” is probably one of those rare exceptions in that it has really cool character designs and very detailed artistic backgrounds. Of course, since it is on DVD, you will see some artifacting, combing and edge enhancement but it’s not so noticeable unless you are really looking for it.

The anime series is presented in standard 4:3 definition but for a television series, “ONE PIECE” sports cool and unique character designs and beautifully painted artistic backgrounds. Definitely one of the better looking anime series that has remained consistent and has not downgraded since it first aired on television. Character designer Kazuya Hisada (who worked on the “Dragon Ball” and “Dragon Ball GT” series) and Noboru Koizumi (who worked on “Giant Robo”, “Dragon Ball GT” and “Tenchi Universe”) have been very good of capturing “One Piece” creator Eiichiro Oda’s unique style.

AUDIO & SUBTITLES:

As for the audio, “One Piece” is presented in English 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound, English Stereo and Japanese Stereo. Of course, the English 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound is the better audio choice to listen to, although one who has a receiver that can set their audio to all channels can definitely enjoy the Japanese stereo track as well. But both audio tracks are done very well and I have to admit that “ONE PIECE” has one of the most solid English dub tracks for an anime TV series. Very well done on both audio tracks but again, have been very impressed by the voice talent for the series thus far.

Subtitles are in English.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“One Piece: Season Ten, Voyage One” comes with the following special features:

EPISODE 576 Audio Commentary
Commercials
Textless Opening Song

With the release of “One Piece: Season Ten, Voyage One”, these episodes are the final episodes of “ONE PIECE” Japan’s 15th season (featuring episodes 575-578) as this volume features Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates helping Lily, who at the Mini Mini no Mi devil fruit which allows her to shrink and grow large. As she goes to seek her father, Panz Fry (who is a giant chef who is known for his magnificent cooking) who was caught by the Marines who intend to imprison him at Impel Dawn.

Wanting to eat his food badly, Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates go to assist Lily in finding her father. But also looking for Panz Fry is Shuzo who leads his group known as the Neo-Marines.

Meanwhile, Episodes 579-587 kick off what is “ONE PIECE” Japan’s 16th season and begins the “Punk Hazard” arc.

After a confrontation with a dragon, Luffy, Zoro, Usopp and Robin are separated from the other crew members and discover people who are like Centaur’s, half human with animal legs. Meanwhile, Sanji, Nami, Chopper and Franky who were on the ship all succumb to a sleeping gas and are captured by people in hazmat suits and are working for someone they refer to as “master”. But while incarceration, they find a severed samurai head that is talking to them. The head tells them that he is looking for his son that was kidnapped and someone cut up his body but for some reason, he is still alive.

As the group escapes, Sanji decides to take the samurai head along with them and they discover a room filled with children who are like giants. When they find out the children are being held against their own will and were probably kidnapped, Nami decides that they will aid the children and immediately an army of people in hazmat suits go to fight them. While Nami and Chopper run to find an escape route for the children, Sanji and Franky must protect them from those shooting at them.

Meanwhile, Brook is left out in the middle of nowhere alone and Luffy, Zoro, Usopp and Robin must find a way to cross over to the icy region and find their other crew mates.

Also, approaching the island is the Navy and when they try to get into the area, they come into contact with Trafalgar Law, the captain and doctor of the Heart Pirates and one of the eleven pirates that are referred to as “The Eleven Supernovas”.

Needless to say, this latest “One Piece” DVD release is fantastic and fans of the long-running anime series will not be disappointed!

As for the DVD, picture quality is very good on DVD, audio is also crystal clear with both voice acting soundtracks are well done, as “One Piece” is one of the best cast anime series, everyone is right for their role and considering that Toei was strict on the casting for the English dub, FUNimation did a fine job in their cast selection and I was pleased with both Japanese and English dub soundtracks.

Overall, “One Piece: Season Ten, Voyage One” is another fun, action-packed volume and also that we are now getting into a more deeper, darker and action-packed storyline with this Punk Hazard arc.

Not only do you have the Straw Hat Pirates but you have the Marines, Trafalgar Law and others that have yet to make a presence. I could tell already that this arc is going to be exciting and full of action and I can’t wait for “Season Ten, Voyage Two”!

Recommended!

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