STAND UP

i'm now officially participating in the



movement.

this movement is started by arlongpark's the dude, to protest the licensing and potentially bad dubbing of one piece by 4kids. sorry, i won't interfere with you broadcasting companies trying to make money, but i can't bear the thought that i will end up with monkey D ruffy, ronald zoro, nancy, edwardo, samuel, tony reindeer, nina robin, or any ridiculous names along those lines. and another reason would be that one piece isn't appropriate for little kids. look at the cool zoro fighting with three swords and losing at least three liters of blood everytime he fights. look at sanji who's been smoking cigarette since he was 7 just because "grown-ups do it too." look at nami who thinks it's okay to steal from others as long as in benefits her. look at usopp who's famous for lying. these are not the kinds of things you want little kids to be watching on TV. i can already picture a seven-year old running around holding three kitchen knives, one in his mouth, thinking he's the best swordsman in the world.

here's a list of other things that are inappropriate for little kids to be watching, neatly put by John Silver who posted in arlongpark:

~ gold roger's execution.
~ captain morgan killing his own men.
~ most of the main characters background stories, which usually involve death.
~ don krieg's weapons, especially his nerve gas, and the idea that he's willing to sacrifice his crew to win.
~ all the guns used by the marines.
~ buggy stabbing zoro in the stomach
~ captain smoker smoking two cuban cigars and has a bunch more strapped to his shoulder belt.
~ sanji smoking cigarettes, which i've already pointed out.
~ the gun mr 5 uses.
~ almost all of arlong's arc, being violent, sadistic, and implicitly racist.
~ nico robin betraying many of her crewmates.
~ crocodile insulting the alabastan population.
~ swearing.
~ alcohol.
~ mr 2 bon clay-sama, who is an okama, and i doubt letting little kids know about the existence of cool okama like bon clay would help the gay population in the US.
~ the mushroom chopper struggled to find to save the dying hyluluk, which turned out to be poisonous and ended up killing him instead.
~ the frequent eat and run ace does.
~ zoro's new swords, since one is originally evil. this just promotes the idea that evil is cool, which isn't good for little kids.
~ zeff's sacrificing his leg to save sanji.
~ the survival on the desert island that sanji and zeff went through.
~ the episode about daddy masterson.
~ chopper being rejected and alienated by his fellow reindeer because he is different.
~ dory and brogy, the two giants who are fighting for over 100 years with no apparent reason.
~ god eneru, a really bad bad bad depiction of a god.
~ luffy attacking animals for food.
~ bellamy the hyena who likes to kill people for no reason and has whores all around him.
~ luffy's accident in logue town.
~ the cannibals in the buggy mini-story.
~ mihawk VS zoro combat.

many more, i should say, that are just inappropriate for little kids. so those of you fellow one piece fans, help the movement.

send emails (be polite please, we dont want to look like a bunch of ranting fanboys) to cwest@4kidsent.com and sraboin@4kidsent.com. yes, send to both.

send snail mails to:
4Kids Productions
148 Madison Avenue
16th Floor PH-1
New York, NY 10016

and if you're one of those people who just like to bitch, here's your chance:
(212) 758-7666 or (212) 679-4750

this movement might end up being completely ignored, but at least we're trying to save something that's worth saving.