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Myths vs Facts
I decided to make this page since there's an aweful lot of rumors and myths going on about the One Piece dub and I'd like to clear a few things up.
Myth: Funimation had the rights to One Piece but Toei took it away because of the horrible job they did with Dragonball.
Fact: I think anyone can figure out why this is a myth. As fun as it would be to think of Toei shooting themselves so horribly in the foot, fact of the matter is 4kids got the rights to One Piece by putting in the highest bid (at the last minute).
Myth: Toei hates the way 4kids is dealing with One Piece because of all the edits.
Fact: Again, this is a fun one to think of, but it's just not true. Think about it. If Toei really hated editing in their shows, would they have sold their biggest liscence to 4kids? Obviously not. Toei might be upset that the show isn't the huge sucess it SHOULD and certainly COULD be, but as long as they get money, they really don't care.
Myth: R and L are interchangable in Japan so changing Zoro to Zolo and Lougetown to Rougetown isn't a change.
Fact: This is more of a missunderstanding. First of all, there is no "l" in the Japanese language. It does NOT exist, at all. Period! There is no Kanji that involves the letter L so they use R. So that means the myth is sorta true right? Zoro could be Zolo, right? Wrong! Because Oda has written out Zoro's name several times in English as "Zoro". The same is for Lougetown and any other R and L mess ups (like all of them) Also, when Japanese actors try to say the letter L, it comes off as an "r"ish sound or a "d" sometimes even. It's kind of like that harsh H they have in the German language that English speaking places don't use.
Myth: Toei picked out the American actors for One Piece.
Fact: I have no idea if this is true or not. I think maybe 4kids sent Toei the main cast's credentials and they approved it or something like that. But if anyone can find the supposed magazine that printed this, I'd love to see it.
Myth: Dub DVDs aren't selling at all.
Fact: Unfortunately, they're selling quite well, but that does seem to be the only thing. Most of the time I go to any stores that carry One Piece toys, they're marked on clearence or something.
Myth: 4kids promised to use a dubbed version of the song "We Are" for the dub, but then went back on their word and used the rap.
Fact: I've yet to see any sites or anything that say 4kids promised to use the dubbed We Are. I think they made the dubbed We Are to shut the One Piece fans up to make us THINK they were going to use it, but didn't in the end. But I've yet to see anything that says they said they'd use it.
