Produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Konosuke Uda and Munehisa Sakai, the first eight seasons were broadcast on Fuji Television from October 20, 1999 to April 30, 2006.
The Singaporean company Odex released part of the series locally in English and Japanese in the form of dual audio video CDs.
This dub was heavily edited for content, as well as length, reducing the first 143 episodes to 104, and thus receiving large amounts of controversy and fan backlash.
[4] In April 2007, Funimation Entertainment acquired the license of One Piece from 4Kids and would use their in-house voice cast in preparation for the series' DVD releases[5] which also included redubbed versions of the episodes dubbed by 4Kids.
Funimation did not continue the practice of combining or cutting episodes, though some edits to the content started by 4Kids were still kept for broadcast purposes.
Gyanzack soon attempts to flee on his ship, using his new cannon to bomb the island, but the combined efforts of Luffy, Zoro, Nami and Medaka put a stop to his plan.