I think the zanpakto filler arc was okay. Don't think it was better than canon, but many of us had lost interest in the main plot because of the slow pacing in the anime+ 3 interruptions by long pure filler arcs. The concept itself of the filler arc was very smart and was bound to be succesful. It was indeed one of the better filler arcs for sure. Same goes for the fake clone captains arc later.Michsi wrote:Pure filler arc can be fantastic if they put in enough effort. One of the best examples for this IMO is Bleach with it's Zanpaktou Rebellion arc. The pacing in the manga had gotten so bad that they couldn't even wait for a "break" in the canon plotline to squeeze in filler, and instead dropped an entire unrelated arc smack dag in the middle of the Hueco Mundo arc. But it worked!!! Because the arc itself was good. In fact, a lot of people argued it was better than the canon plotline and actually bemoaned going back to the Aizen fight once it was over.
So yes to filler in favor of painfully stretched out main plotline.
If there is one thing DBS does better than DBZ is pacing.
DBS doesn't really have to worry about fillers. But I think Toei is very good at pure filler arcs too. All DBZ and OP movies were pretty good. The Garlic Jr. and Other world tournament saga were pretty great too. The latter might be my favorite filler arc of all time.
They are very close to the manga and the series will at least go on for another 10 years. I can kinda understand but I really hope they will re animate the post time skip stuff in an OVA or something in the future. Especially starting from the Dressrosa arc.sintzu wrote:I thought Super's issues were due to the lack of pre-production time but One Piece has been airing since 1999. If anything it should've gotten a lot better as time went on.
The big fight we had all be waiting for such a long time:HeroR wrote:Calling One Piece animation 'early Super' shows that you don't remember what early Super looks like. People who follow the production of Super would killed to have the production value One Piece enjoys.
Also, pure filler nearly killed Naruto, so I hope not.
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Just look at the first 3 minutes. Aside of the Gear 4 scenes everything was shit. Is that how you treat the finale of a big arc? Normally it's even worse than that.
The current arc looks a lot better but you can expect a massive quality dip later on.