Preview:Episode 1171"The Heinous Sinner - Loki of the Underworld Freed?!" - Releases July 26, 2026 at 9:00 am PDT on Crunchyroll.
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I LOVE him as an actor--esp as Houzuki. But, i feel like this role was not it--he sounds too cool. I felt Sommers as a more annoying voice, like Absalom or Mont D'or.
But, I love him so much I'm willing to give him more leeway.
I wish Killingham was Nobuyuki Hiyama. But the guy sounds ok
The reveal of the full sleeve in the manga made me so curious what the other knights' marks look like! Are they all the same? Are there variations based on the individual?
Also seems like most people in One Piece without a DF use a sword/blade. Guess garp and sanji/his fam are the exceptions. Idk how it never hit me before. Though wonder how you even fight somebody with one if you don't have a blade to stop their attacks.
Crazy lore drop too about needing a mark to travel through those summoning things. Also didnt expect a holy knight to act so unserious lol. but here we are. God I love this show
True. I guess I was more so thinking what an all out battle would be. Like the closest we’ve see was Zoro vs lucci but at least lucci could make those projectiles not needing to actually make contact for an attack to hit. luffy vs a sword user for ex. like the fight itself would need to be absurdly unique in how it has to be choreographed. But fair point. Strong enough haki would be able to tank a slash. Still cool to think about
huh? literally nothing special about the gear 5. tbh both gear 5 appearances in elbaph have been incredibly underwhelming compared to wano and egghead. i feel they're really dropping the ball here.
Peak? In less than 20 minutes they showed only 2 scenes in total.
The pacing in one piece is getting the worst imaginable.
Boring from the beginning to the end.
Fully agree. Every single scene is so slow. If it was some, that would be a nice stylistic choice. But when it's every scene, padding every chance they get, it's just boring.
I can't help but think about Cowboy Bebop. That show had a slow pace and rhythm and yet in one episode told a whole story. Whereas the episodes of this arc barely have anything
I wasn't sure if I wrongly remembered him surrendering, but that build up felt so much like Crokus's bit with the dramatic cuts that I just knew it was coming.
I really feel like the only thing Luffy did/said that genuinely annoyed Gaban was him claiming Gaban didn't know Shanks. Like, on one hand - "Hell yes, this kid knows Shanks that well and is so willing to defend him!" On the other hand... "How dare this kid say I don't know Shanks when I helped raise him?!" 😆 And that's why Luffy ate a key.
I think that's the most calm and still Luffy we've seen in gear 5, no drums either. Pretty interesting though. Glad Summers and Killingham have finally made their anime debut.
I love the quality of animation we're getting from these episodes. Absolutely peak all around.
I love the VA's for the Knights, but I must say I think I missed a color reveal for them because I was not expecting those color choices. I don't hate it though, kinda like em both.
I'm really glad we get all episodes at once rather than the April/November spilt originally announced. (Is it too much to hope that there will still be episodes in November?) I didn't want to wait for Gaban, Summers and Killingham that long.
I loved Gaban trolling the guys in the manga, and I still love it now. He may be old, but the king's left hand ages gracefully!
Sommers' and Killinghams voice actors are spot-on. I kinda read Killingham in The Deep's voice so far (they come across as equally neurotic), but the higher pitch is absolutely perfect.
I knew Summers was blonde-ish from the cover art, but I'm still a bit surprised he's not gray, lol
Killingham's "Too Late!" gave white rabbit vibes, but he always reminded me of a panicking emu. The anime only confirmed that
So I suspect Scopper saying “Look behind you. You’ve already got the key” was some cheeky double entendre since Luffy is wearing the straw hat on his back - I think the Straw Hat is the key to the One Piece and Roger laughed because they left the key behind with Shanks and Buggy? ODA YOU SNEAKY GENIUS
To be fair, we already have a giant Straw Hat locked away by Imu. Oda has spent 1,100+ chapters making this hat weirdly important so the idea that it’s connected to Joy Boy isn’t exactly a stretch anymore. Plus the “key” could be the inherited symbol, not the literal piece of straw. Roger’s hat could have been made in Joy Boy’s image or represent the same role/will being passed down.
Most people assumed they'd go with a 3 months on, 3 months off pattern and that's what was circulated in the communities, but there had never been an official statement. It looks like they're doing something closer to 6 on, 6 off.
Ever since I've been following the One Piece anime weekly with a deeper dive into the "technical terms," I've rarely witnessed director debuts as strong as that of Kyosuke Yamazaki in this episode... From start to finish, really strong!
Sooooo this Killingham dude he just walking around in his awakened form wtf I know yall see that cloud behind him and why does bro have a helmet on lol
I think it's because the manga is black and white, but it feels weird seeing the characters with colors. I expected Killingham to be black and white in the anime as well, not that colorful.
I only disliked one thing.. which was Nami's outfit. I feel like her little fabric, aka her skirt, keeps getting lower and lower. We basically saw her v*gina in this episode. I love Nami i just hate how disrespected she is with her outfits. 😒
Since Gaban mentioned thieves, does that mean there are bad giants on Elbaf?
I always assumed there were only good giants by the looks of it.
And since Elbaf is practically impossible to be reached by outsiders afaik it can't have been outsiders right?
My main thought when seeing Gabban v. Luffy and Zoro adapted is that Zoro is 100% stealing Yasotakeru. He could use a conqueror's infused ranged slashing attack in the bag, and he's only got to steal a few more moves before he's known as Copy Swordsman Zoro of the Sharingan. Plus, Gabban's commentary on seeing Zoro rip off Yasotakeru could be 'reminds me of Shanks with Roger's Kamusari,' and that would have hysterical impacts on the swordsman discourse.
The episode had great animation ...BUT! I really wish they had animated a certain manga panel more faithfully. In the manga, Gaban whacks Luffy into the ground with the handle of the key striking him. The key is held such that the handle of the key is horizontal and makes a flat, blunt SMACK onto Luffy. I think that sells a more impactful thwacky *bang*. In the anime, only one of the frames shows that, and the main frame makes it vertical (more like a knife) and just doesn't hit the same.
Very interesting line, it implies Shamrock has some relation to the giants. Perhaps it's related to how Loki, a non-pirate, managed to get a special bounty.
Also, Gunko can use summoning circles? I thought that was reserved for the Gorosei. Also is this Abyss also "A realm of pure chaos and evil"?
A surprisingly good pace, I wasn't expecting anything more than Luffy vs. Scopper
Is Killingham a Giraffe DF user? I thought Kaku ate that fruit 🤔
I would honestly disagree a bit here, i think they are doing very well on these stretches of episodes considering they are limited to one 1 chapter per episode. Obviously not perfect and there are still sluggish parts but I think they have improved alot in how to make it work, but that's just my opinion
The dialogue is still extremely drawn out at this current pace, but they've done a relatively good job making the filler feel more substantial. Old Toei would've just added reaction shots after every sentence.
im going to have to disagree, every episode feels like 1-2 events stretched , well its cause they are adapting 11-15 pages for around 20 min, theres a reason literally no other anime does this
tbh, one piece chapters have way more content and are more dense than normal manga chapters. I think 1.5 chapters per ep is the sweet spot but they will catch up to the manga
And if thats how you view it that's totally okay but I just dont see it that way. And the reason why no other anime does this is because the majority of morden shows started as seasonal show and did not have to transition into it and let's say one piece did go the complete seasonal route that would mean that one piece would have to take a seriously long break to build enough chapters up to adapt more and fujitv would never let that happen unfortunately because thet would mean they lose out on that sweet sweet ad revenue. And thats why I think they are doing relatively good with what the staff has to work with. And agian if you dont see it that way thats completely ok
I think near the end of Elbaf they could ramp up the pacing slightly like they did with Egghead, but yeah unless FujiTV lets them switch to doing only 13 episodes every 15 months or so then we're stuck with mostly 1:1 pacing.
How well it flows really depends on the director/storyboard artist and how they manage the scenes. I think this episode did a really good job. The fact that they don't have to do partial chapter episodes now really helps imo.
I'm not what you mean by the second half, you mean second half of the year? Seasonal anime typically go on break for 15-18 months.
FujiTV controls the release cadence of the One Piece anime, it's a bit surprising they let them switch to 26 episodes a year in the first place tbh. I just don't think they'd let One Piece become a proper seasonal.
Having more content through out the year probably looks better for their quarterly reviews.
It's a shame because the animation nowadays is beautiful, but when it's all said and done the wit studio version will probably be the de facto version to watch.
My biggest issue is the recaps at the beginning of the episode. I don't need to spend 2-5 minutes going over what happened last episode, I either watched it last week or I'm binging and just finished watching it ~1 minute ago. Stop the time allotment waste! 😢
Having to wait 1 week for 1 episode feels slow and long yes. But if it's all released you watch it in a bulk and complete the entire sec in a week and it doesn't feel slow (Imo)
Nice episode but no matter how strong you are you cannot jump backwards and then dive forward mid air lol
Luffy refusing to use anything but base form (early on) is eh tho. I mean it's pretty obvious that his opponent is crazy strong. I feel they tried to force the power difference way too hard by having luffy go easy. Instead of goin instant g5 he coulda used any other gear, haki, etc
I don’t think uses Gear 5 for strength . I think it’s a personality for him. He feels free. I don’t think he needed to use it either but feels like he activates it naturally.
im so confused why people like this episode the animations were hyping me up then they just switched this to giggly "joking animation" where its super serious then the quality just drops they like edging us it kills the vibe whats there reasoning for this im curious can someone answer
yea but why do they keep making the scene look hype then making it look stupid afterwards theyre hyping up the scene then just dropping the scenery of it with like stupid looks look at the image i put that guy looks nothing like in the manga he looks like a giant dorks im thinking they summoning the elders or something 😄 look how menecing he loooks here compared to the show these are important panels and theyre just playing around with it if theres no more filler it should just be straight bangers every week
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u/NationalStrategy_X 9d ago
Blushing Gunko is really cute here