In the process of developing the style, then. Stills are easy to make good-looking, the second you have to spend the resources to make 15 to 30 frames that look that good for every second of movement is when we'll really find out what the show might look like.

But then it is studio Wit. They'll do great, but there's no reason to trust that these images actually represent the final style.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I agree. The current one piece doesn't look that bad, but the animation 99% of the time is pretty poor, apart from special moments when they bring the big animation studios.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's been monstrously inconsistent over the full run.

And they haven't re-recorded the ost or created new tracks. Toei hasn't even produced new tracks with the same motifs we love, or bothered with varying what they use once in a while, instead whenever something cool, funny, sad, or tense happens, it's the same four tracks used over and over and over and over, for decades now.

Each arc of the series has literally zero musical identity. I cannot wait for someone to give every moment of OP it's own unique feeling. Each villain their own theme. Each straw-hat a motif that evolves throughout the series.

And don't even get me started on the 90s level, source-engine-ass SFX samples they are still using.

Toeis run became unwatchable for me a long time ago. Even as the animation team has been cooking hard in the last few years, the show is still let down by literally everything else.

Go listen to the Gravity Rush game OSTs, they are by the same composer, and hot damn there are some bangers in there that show we could have been getting new, absolutely fantastic tracks, every damn arc.

Just put some on and imagine some moments from the One Piece story, and FEEL how fresh it is.

I really hope Wit gets this guy to come back and do some new music for series. The guys music drips with OP energy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But weren't they planning on reusing the audio of the original anime? Or are they able to use just the voices separately?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I have no clue.

If the plan is to literally just animate over the original audio track of each episode, I've lost all interest.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

There's no way they would be able to get the voice actors to voice the whole thing all over again. I actually in all honesty love the soundtrack. And it's not true that all arcs have the same music. There have always been new songs mixed with the classics.

Whole cake island soundtrack

Paramount war

Dressrosa

Etc etc etc...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

There's no way they would be able to get the voice actors to voice the whole thing all over again.

I'm doubtful they'll even manage a complete production of the whole thing. Re-doing the voice acting of a series is hardly a hurdle in the grand scheme of things.

And ball-and-chaining themselves to Toeis original version by re-using the original audio track of each episode defeats the point of doing a remake.

It would leave a lot less leeway for addressing the production issues Toei ran into over the years.

Now, if the audio assets are all still available as individual original recordings, that'd be completely different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I really hope they have access to the separate voice audio. But this is the 90s we're talking about. They'll be lucky to have the audio separate from the video.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Not enough for me to ever notice.

I didn't say I didn't like the music. I adore it. And I want more. I'm frankly ticked off you intepreted my words any different.

I want evolving motifs and character themes. I want each arc to sound completely different, meaning that when using the same melodies, it be done with new instruments and progressions.

You can argue that the OP ost is good all you like, and I'll agree.

But you can't claim it's varied and evolving. It just isn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the reason you don't notice is because it's so good and fitting... But it is varied and evolving, specially post time skip.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

don't notice is because it's so good and fitting

I wish. I can't not notice the music. That's the problem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I meant if you didn't notice the new music