One Piece, Vol. 2 - The Circus Comes To Town (2004) Review

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(More customer reviews)4kids is universally known throughout anime fandom for butchering all animes that they license.
As in my review of the 1st edited dvd of One Piece where I explained the incredibly lame 4kids edits, you will find the same inexplicable and stupid edits to the show as on the 1st DVD, such as edited out blood (from Zoro's fights) and edited out guns.
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Examples:
1) In the 4kids version, a gun that fires a piece of cork was pointed at Shanks' head.
In the original japanese version, it was a REAL gun with REAL bullets pointed at Shanks' head. The person with the gun had EVERY intention of KILLING Shanks.
2) Zoro's major fight in this arc has all of the blood removed from it, again, by 4kids.
In the original, he bleeds a lot after being stabbed IN THE BACK by the main bad guy of this arc.
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Cuts like these should make you question if what 4kids is showing you on Cartoon Network is the real story. Certain characters on this DVD are ALOT more ruthless in the original version, i.e. Buggy. You won't see that in this version. They are also quite willing to KILL if necessary in the original series. Again, you won't see that on the edited DVD.
In other words, One Piece is not a show for 7 year olds. This version is deliberately hiding the real story from you, and this should not be tolerated by anime fans.
And it's only going to get worse...
In future 4kids DVDs of One Piece, entire story arcs will be significantly SHORTENED or SKIPPED altogether. In fact, as of right now, the One Piece dub is at episode 64, which is approximately episode NINETY-FIVE of the original series. (As of Friday, April 21, 2006, Japan is currently at episode 262.) This alone should tell you that something is seriously wrong.
I am only giving fair warning to ALL Cartoon Network and 4kids TV watchers of One Piece. You are being seriously ripped off by 4kids Entertainment.
To make a long story short, this is not One Piece. If you know anyone who has the original One Piece anime in their possession, go to that person and watch it immediately. You won't be disappointed.
In other words, do not buy this severely edited DVD under any circumstances!
Otherwise, 4kids Entertainment will continue to assume that you are stupid and will continue to create such abominations that are excuses for dubs, such as this One Piece dub.
If you want to see the real story, pester 4kids to release uncut DVDs of One Piece. When you see the original story, you will wonder why you ever even thought of considering purchasing this or other edited 4kids One Piece DVDs...

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Episode titles: Ep.4. "The Passing of the Hat" Ep.5. "The Circus Comes To Town" Ep.6. "The Beast Breaker" Luffy and Zoro have set out on their quest for treasure, but soon realize that neither knows how to navigate. When they try to recruit a cute and crafty girl navigator, they get more than they bargained for, and are soon caught up in her scheme to steal a map from a scary band of clown pirates!

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