forum linked

this blog is linked in an indonesian forum. ha ha ha. i just noticed it this morning from the referring URL list in the counter. it's great to see how many people love one piece as well. =)

i must admit, one piece the anime is definitely inferior in terms of quality, compared to the likes of naruto, bebop, champloo, or kenshin. that's why even though i collect all of the episodes, i hardly watch them. honestly, they sort of ruin the manga, which i worship with all my heart.

BUT.

there's one good thing about the anime: the endings and openings. the synchronization between movements of characters and beats are perfect. plus i must give hella props to whoever picked the songs; all 13 ending songs and 4 opening songs FIT PERFECTLY to the whole sailing, voyage, pirates, friendship, sea thing. they all fit perfectly to the theme, and when you watch the ending and the openings, you'll never ever get bored. they sometimes even bring you to tears, even if you hardly understand the meaning of the words. ending 5 BEFORE DAWN by ai-sachi is my personal favorite, followed by ending 11, A TO Z by ZZ. then there's ending 12 TSUKI TO TAIYOU by SHELA and ending 10 FAITH by ruppina, ranked third. as for the opening, i'm indifferent between opening #4 BON VOYAGE by BON-BON BLANCO (which reminds me of bon-clay the okama) and the third opening HIKARI E! by THE BABYSTARS.

go download them people. with streamload as the host, the download should be fast.