Global InformationOne Piece season 2 information
| One Piece | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 Entering into the Grand Line | |
 The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Avex Entertainment of the second season. | |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fuji Television |
| Original release | March 21 – August 19, 2001 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation.[1] It contains a single story arc, called "Gurando Rain Totsunyū" (グランドライン突入, lit. "Enter the Grand Line"), which adapts Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga from shortly after the beginning of the 12th through the beginning of the 15th volumes over 15 episodes,[n 1] following the first adventures of Monkey D. Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates in a fictional sea, called the Grand Line. Stuck in the bowels of the giant whale Laboon, they encounter the whale's caretaker, an old man named Crocus, and Nefeltari Vivi. Taking her with them, they make enemies of the Warlord Sir Crocodile's secret organization, Baroque Works, and befriend the giants Dorry and Broggy on the prehistoric island Little Garden.[2]
The season initially ran from March 21 through August 19, 2001 on Fuji Television in Japan.[3][4] In Video Research's audience measurements in the Kantō region, these initial airings received household ratings ranging from 12.5 to 17.2, which earned every episode a place in Video Research's weekly Top 10 ranking of anime shows. Avex Entertainment released the season's episodes on VHS in five compilations,[n 2] and on DVD in six compilations,[n 3] each containing three episodes, between April 3 and September 4, 2002.[7][8] In the English language adaptation of the series by former licensee 4Kids Entertainment, the season's 16 episodes were cut down to a mere four. They were first aired from July 30 though August 20, 2005[9][10] by the Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its FoxBox programing block.[11] The series' new licensee, Funimation, released the season's episodes as part of their fifth and sixth uncut DVD compilations on June 30 and August 25, 2009.[12][13]
Toei Animation's version makes use of four pieces of theme music (same amount from the previous season): one opening theme and three ending themes. The opening theme is "Believe" by Folder5 in Japanese and Meredith McCoy in English.[14] The ending themes are "Run! Run! Run!" by Maki Otsuki in Japanese and Caitlin Glass in English for the first two episodes of the season,[14] "Watashi ga Iru Yo" (私がいるよ, lit. "I Am Right Here!") by Tomato Cube in Japanese and Leah Clark in English was used from the third episode to episode 12[15] and "Shouchi no Suke" (しょうちのすけ, lit. "That's a Fact!") by Shōjo Suitei in Japanese and Stephanie Young in English for the last four episodes of the season.[16] 4Kids Entertainment used original theme music in their adaptation,[17] while Funimation Entertainment opted for English language versions of the theme music pieces used by Toei Animation.[18][19]
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- ^ a b One Piece: Rainbow (in Japanese). Shueisha. May 1, 2007. p. 19. ISBN 978-4-08-874099-7.
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- ^ "2ndシーズン グランドライン突入篇 Piece.01". Toei Animation. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "3rdシーズン チョッパー登場 冬島篇 Piece.01". Toei Animation. Archived from the original on July 27, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
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- ^ Veira, Margaret (July 19, 2009). "One Piece – Season Two: First Voyage". activeAnime. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ Veira, Margaret (August 26, 2009). "One Piece – Season Two: Second Voyage". activeAnime. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ a b "男の約束! ルフィとクジラ再会の誓い". One Piece. Episode 63 (in Japanese). March 21, 2001. Fuji Television.
- ^ "ブロギー勝利の号泣! エルバフの決着". One Piece. Episode 73 (in Japanese). June 24, 2001. Fuji Television.
- ^ "魔のキャンドル! 無念の涙と怒りの涙". One Piece. Episode 74 (in Japanese). July 15, 2001. Fuji Television.
- ^ "Baroque Works". One Piece. Episode 45. August 6, 2005. Fox Broadcasting Company.
- ^ One Piece: Season Two, First Voyage (DVD). Funimation Entertainment. June 30, 2009. ISBN 1-4210-1888-8.
- ^ One Piece: Season Two, Second Voyage (DVD). Funimation Entertainment. August 25, 2009. ISBN 1-4210-1889-6.
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