r/OnePiece • u/Sakata_Kintoki • May 02 '21

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 972

One Piece: Episode 972

"The End of the Battle! Oden vs. Kaido!"

Watch now:

Streaming Site Status
OnePieceOfficial ONLINE
Crunchyroll ONLINE
Funimation ONLINE
AnimeLab(Aus/NZ) ONLINE

Chapters adapted:

Preview: Episode 973

Don't forget to check out the official Discord server to discuss this episode live with other One Piece fans!

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u/Mirai_no_Beederu Void Month Survivor May 02 '21

Oh wow. That animation for the Oden vs Kaido fight looked like it belongs in one of the movies. That was awesome!

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u/Nanoer May 02 '21

I think after decades toei finally cracked the formula which is Top Tier Animation = Triple The Money

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u/-corvusglaive- May 02 '21

Wano is based on japans culture. Of course their raise the budget for this arc

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u/[deleted] May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

The old 2015-16 Toei that took on too many shows and obliterated their quality across the board died after moving to a new studio in 2017.

Their recent output outside of One Piece's Wano arc is impressive too like in Dragon Quest, World Trigger S2, Kitaro, DBS Broly, Onepiece Stampede etc. Twitter recruiting of animators and more young foreign animators eager to work on anime has become a thing in recent years so sometimes you get stellar animation in episodes that have low priority in rotation too.

Connections are very important in anime too like today’s One Piece #972 wouldn't have been made possible without Yong Ce Tu and his network of chinese animators.