One Piece Uncut DVDs

I, being an anime fan, am a big fan of a particular anime called One Piece. It's a great anime series that has action, comedy and drama all in between. It's about a young pirate named Monkey D. Luffy, who dreams of becoming King of the Pirates, and gathers crew members to help him and there dreams come true. Examples include Roranoa Zoro/Zolo (the First mate), a swordsman and former pirate hunter who dreams of becoming the worlds best swordsman, Nami (the Navigator), a thief who once hated pirates because of her traumatic childhood, Ussop (the Marksman), a liar and coward who is a gifted marksman, Sanji (the Chef), a cook who smokes and only uses his legs in battle and more to come. Together, they face powerful foes, such as Buggy the Clown and Arlong to find One Piece, Gold Roger's treasure that will help there dreams come true.







Unfortunately, the series is heavily edited on American television to appeal to kids ages 6-11. The reason for this is because the series main audience in Japan is also kids, but it also appeals to adults and teens aswell. However, 4Kids Entertainment, the team that owns the series have also refused to release uncut DVDs.







4Kids has once given Funimation the license to create uncut dubs of two other anime owned by 4Kids, Shaman King and Yu-Gi-Oh!. The DVDs, however, were seemingly cancelled. 4Kids CEO Alfred R. Kahn has claimed that the reason for this is because they did not sell that good and he didn't want DVD and TV versions to compete. However, this is strange, because the uncut DVD did infact sell well (even better than 4Kids's edited DVDs) and because they have already released episodes on DVD.







While Funimation doesn't own the DVD license for One Piece, Viz Media, a company that already owns the DVD license to another 4Kids licensed show Pokemon, does, however. There are plans for upcoming One Piece DVDs, but they are the English edited version. In all do respect, we anime fans would much prefer it if 4Kids let Viz Media create an uncut dub with the original Japanese dialogue also included. We would also like it if the subtitles were actual subtitles, not dubtitles with different names.







Please try to consider it, 4Kids Entertainment and Viz Media. We anime fans would really appreciate it.