The Best One Piece Episode Since 1015? Fans Lose Their Minds Over Shanks Vs Eustass Kid!
The visual spectacle, the impact frames, the seamless transitions, the camera angles—all of them received praise worthy of a One Piece episode.
One Piece episode 1112, titled “Clash! Shanks vs. Eustass Kid” came out on July 14, 2024, and it sent the fandom into a frenzy! The animation staff went ballistic over the episode’s overall quality and the fluidity.
The production of the series has been ramping up quite lately since Director Nagamine’s work on episode 892.
The director of the episode was under the vision of Wataru Matsumi, a name that has since become acquainted with the One Piece series since 2021 by directing the “We Are One” shorts. Since then, she has directed episodes like 1051 and 1101, two other high-profile episodes.
Not to mention big names like Akihiro Ōta and Vincent Chansard. Just look at the scenes they’ve been in charge of and tell me why they shouldn’t be working more on One Piece!
Key Animation: Akihiro Ōta (太田 晃博)
Anime: One Piece (ワンピース) (#1112) pic.twitter.com/ahKURc3urZ
— Toei Perfect Shots (@ToeiShots) July 14, 2024
One Piece Episode 1112
Key Animator: Vincent Chansard pic.twitter.com/dJTCw0kDpo
— DruMzTV (@DruMzTV1) July 14, 2024
Akihiro Ōta casually pulls off Megumi Ishitani level stuff, so much so that episode 1100 is among his strongest works since his return after Gegege no Kitaro. Episode 1112 provides us with his pure skills in effects work and background animation, all amplified by his Ohira-like style that is always PEAK to see.
A short summary of One Piece episode 1112
A few hours before killing Shaka, York secretly planned the Seraphim’s attack, instructing them to target everyone in the Labophase except herself, Vegapunk, and the Cipher Pol hostages. To avoid suspicion, she had S-Snake temporarily petrify her with Mero Mero no Mi, reversing it later in secret.
Meanwhile, the Red Hair Pirates confront the Kid Pirates at sea for their attack on Elbaf. Kid, eager to fight Shanks, faces an unexpected assault from Shanks’ subordinate crews. Shanks, unaware of this initial attack, orders his crews to retreat. However, Kid prepares a massive attack, Damned Punk, intending to wipe out Shanks’ fleet. Shanks, foreseeing Kid’s move, counters with a powerful Kamusari, striking down Kid and severely injuring Killer, who tried to protect his captain.
The explosion from Shanks’ attack damages Kid’s ship and knocks out several crew members. The defeated Kid Pirates surrender, offering their Road Poneglyph copies. Shanks disregards their pleas, and as he boards his ship, Dorry and Brogy sink the Victoria Punk with Hakoku. Kid falls into the sea, marking his defeat.
The fan reaction for Shanks vs Eustass Kid will make you watch the episode
The One Piece fandom couldn’t contain themselves after watching episode 1112, with one Twitter user saying this could be the best episode of the series ever after the famous episode 1015 masterpiece!
The visual spectacle, the impact frames, the seamless transitions from scene to scene, the camera angles, all of them received praise worthy of a One Piece episode.
THE 2ND BEST EPISODE OF ONE PIECE EVER! (BEHIND 1015) TOEI STRAIGHT GOATED! #ONEPIECE #ONEPIECE1112 pic.twitter.com/IbhwN8aG7R
— Christopher aka T͟hē King Of Lightning (@KingOfLighting) July 14, 2024
Bcuz of the episode 1082, I was a bit sceptical about the episode but they cooked the episode masterfully. One of the best episode. Absolutely masterpiece 🔥🐐#ONEPIECE #ONEPIECE1120 #ONEPIECE1112 #Shanks #シャンクス pic.twitter.com/yVMAWRB1S8
— 👑 Ⓢⓗⓐⓝⓚⓢ👑Hinata💜 (@ShanksHinata) July 14, 2024
SHANKS ONE SHOTS KIDD WITH DIVINE DEPARTURE
OMG ONE OF THE GREATEST ONE PIECE MOMENTS EVER !!!!!#ONEPIECE1112 pic.twitter.com/gLJ0FD3ueP
— 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 (@MarcoGrandFleet) July 14, 2024
These impact frames from Shanks Vs Kid GO HARD! #ONEPIECE1112 #ONEPIECE pic.twitter.com/zOdZ32a0W0
— Christopher aka T͟hē King Of Lightning (@KingOfLighting) July 14, 2024
ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES IN THIS YEAR! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/JvdvBVzIZR
— Khalid (@Rm_5aled) July 14, 2024
Unfortunately for One Piece fans, they’ll have to wait for another week for episode 1113 to hit the streaming platforms.
About One Piece:
One Piece manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda.
It has been serialized in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 109 tankōbon volumes as of July 2024.
The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film by Production I.G. and an anime series by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in 1999.
Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation, and thirteen television specials.
The latest entry in the franchise, One Piece Film Red, premiered in Japan in August 2022.
It is the 8th highest-earning film of all time in Japan and also topped Japan’s box office for the year 2022 in terms of both yen earned and tickets sold.
One Piece Anime Synopsis:
The tale of One Piece takes place on a parallel Earth when the ‘Golden Age of Pirates’ is in full swing.
The seas are ruled by ruthless pirates, and only the strongest can claim the legendary ‘One Piece’ fortune left behind by the greatest pirate of them, Gol D. Roger.
Years after Gol D. Roger’s death, Monkey D. Luffy dreams of establishing his own crew, locating One Piece, and becoming the Pirate King.
Luffy has incredible strength and agility after eating a devil’s fruit that turns his body into rubber.
He leaves Foosha Village in East Blue on his epic expedition to become the next Pirate King.
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