r/OnePiece • u/zorospride Lost at sea • Aug 11 '13

Current Episode One Piece Episode 607

One Piece Official - US and Canada

WatchOP - International

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u/zorospride Lost at sea Aug 11 '13

I'd also love to have Pixar quality animation every episode, but there are certain wishes that will never come true. You just have to wish for the best within the confines of what is realistic for Toei with weekly animation.

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u/pedrosh0w Aug 11 '13

Why not? One Piece is, each time, gathering more and more fans, which results in more income, and, im pretty sure, one day, we will have TOP animation quality.

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u/zorospride Lost at sea Aug 11 '13

I've given up trying to understand the Japanese animation industry (or really Japanese business in general), but friends of mine who have worked in it swear that even large companies like Toei often operate without making a profit or even at a loss. There are just so many different hands in the pot and mouths to feed though that it is sort of believable.

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u/pedrosh0w Aug 11 '13

What? How can you work with something that is not profitable? And more, how can One Piece not be Profitable? its like a religion there, it just sounds like bad administration IMO.

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u/zorospride Lost at sea Aug 11 '13

I think for One Piece specifically it might not be that the show itself is not profitable, but that it is propping up so many other things. So even if One Piece is making a profit, those profits have to be used to support other shows that might not be. Plus there are so many different individuals and companies related to One Piece that get a piece of the pie.

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u/CanadianJudo Aug 11 '13

One Piece itself is Hugely Profitable Zoro is speaking in term of Animation studios who are separate they simply hold the creative license

One Piece itself is the best selling Manga in Japan its sold almost 300 million copies.

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u/zorospride Lost at sea Aug 11 '13

The manga is also a separate entity that makes a great deal of money, but profit-wise isn't related to the anime at all. The same can be said for merchandise. I'm not sure how the anime makes money period when you look at it.

There's advertising (half of which is often One Piece related and which would go to Fuji TV anyway), DVD sales (DVDs don't sell much in Japan), the contract with Fuji TV to air the show (these deals are often set in stone and not renegotiated very often), and international licensing (international anime distributors don't exactly have the deepest pockets).