4kids One Piece Guns

This is probably one of the most visually obvious changes in the 4kids dub other than the guns which we ll talk about soon.

4kids one piece guns. One piece a show about superpowered pirates who can t swim looking for treasure would of course be full of flintlock pistols and swords being swung left and right. This dub includes nonsensical edits such as recoloring guns to make them look like toys or outright remove them in one instance helmeppo s gun was replaced with a spring loaded hammer in one episode changing any instance of alcohol into juice replacing asian food with american food. 5 pulls out the flintlock 44 caliber 6 shot revolver.

When the show first came to north america they had 4kids entertainment to do the english dub in 2004. 9 monster gun vito wielding dual revolvers. One of the most notorious examples of one piece censorship involves the gun that helmeppo points at coby s head.

Why this dub sucks edit edit source bad mediocre and unfitting voices. The presence of the flintlock guns in one piece caused an issue for 4kids as they too closely resembled real guns. Below are just a few of the changes that they made.

It is considered as one of if not the worst anime dubs to ever exist. In an attempt to get luffy to stop beating up his father helmeppo threatens to shoot coby. This was too violent for 4kids though so in one particular scene where a gun is pointed to one character s head the weapon in question gets a complete makeover into this monstrosity.

This meant that all of the firearms in the show were edited to look like water pistols or pop guns. 73 chapter 729 and episode 661 doflamingo firing his lead bullets loaded pistol at law. One piece manga vol.

Basically 4kids thought that one piece was a story meant for children but soon learned upon starting the adaptation that there was murder adult themes and violence throughout it. One piece manga and anime vol. One piece is a shonen jump anime animated by toei animation.

81 chapter 813 p. While this may not seem like a big deal 4kids is infamous for its censorship which in one piece s case ruined their adaptation of the story. In an interview on april 24 2005 4kids ceo al kahn suggested that one piece along with every other 4kids property would receive an uncut dvd release and added that anime fans would have to accept the fact that it s going to be available in two styles.