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INTEREST: Long Jump Gold Medalist Miltiadis Tentoglou Pays Tribute to One Piece




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The Not so Chosen One



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:22 pm Reply with quote
He did the pose as if he suffered severe joint pain lol it doesn't even look good.
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DamianSalazar



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:32 pm Reply with quote
Does anyone have an idea how popular One Piece is in Greece? I know it barely has a presence in the UK and US, I'm very curious about its popularity outside Japan.
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ssjokg



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:44 pm Reply with quote
DamianSalazar wrote:
Does anyone have an idea how popular One Piece is in Greece? I know it barely has a presence in the UK and US, I'm very curious about its popularity outside Japan.


Greek fan here.

It was a big hit when it started airing in 2002, even tho with several changes in character names it had no censorship a la 4kids.
Was cancelled early.

More info like the hilarious name changes.

https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Piece_in_Greece
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DamianSalazar



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:15 pm Reply with quote
ssjokg wrote:
DamianSalazar wrote:
Does anyone have an idea how popular One Piece is in Greece? I know it barely has a presence in the UK and US, I'm very curious about its popularity outside Japan.


Greek fan here.

It was a big hit when it started airing in 2002, even tho with several changes in character names it had no censorship a la 4kids.
Was cancelled early.

More info like the hilarious name changes.

https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Piece_in_Greece

Quote:

Luffy = Drake
Nami = Bonney



If only they had known that years later we would have characters with those names.

I have respect for trying to emulate "We Are" in their own weird way.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:21 pm Reply with quote
ssjokg wrote:

Greek fan here.

It was a big hit when it started airing in 2002, even tho with several changes in character names it had no censorship a la 4kids.
Was cancelled early.

More info like the hilarious name changes.

https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Piece_in_Greece

I'm sorry but I cannot stop laughing at the Straw Hats' loyal vessel, the "Seaworthy Mario." Laughing
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Dextres



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:00 pm Reply with quote
This community gives me life.


This topic today bought a smile on my face.
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Rob19ny



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:16 pm Reply with quote
Gia! Sekando!

It's 2021 and Japan is hosting the Olympics. Manga/Anime references are at an all time high. I love it. lol If there's a Yu-Gi-Oh! reference, I expect it from a Japanese player since they've had to have read the manga.
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Kirki



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:41 am Reply with quote
DamianSalazar wrote:
Does anyone have an idea how popular One Piece is in Greece? I know it barely has a presence in the UK and US, I'm very curious about its popularity outside Japan.


Hello, also Greek fan here. The big three (One Piece, Naruto, Bleach) were always very popular in Greece, along with Death Note. Before them, we had Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and of course Pokemon and Digimon (all those shows were on TV). From the new generation, Attack on Titan is very popular, and I think lately also Black Clover - shounen series tend to do extremely well here. But I think One Piece still remains the most popular one, since it's the longest running and most famous one.

Anime in general are actually very popular in Greece. Salonica organizes a lot of conventions (nothing big, but what little we can do, we do, a previous mayor of Salonica once made an effort to cosplay as Sanji) and there is also a greek manga published named R.u.N. (it's about parkour) Popularity has boomed in recent years - Netflix has helped a lot, online platforms like Crunchyroll also.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:06 pm Reply with quote
They've been playing anime/game music during victory celebrations

See if ya can recognize this one on NBC:

https://youtu.be/STKqzQjk3_A?t=180
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TsukasaElkKite



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 12:20 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
They've been playing anime/game music during victory celebrations

See if ya can recognize this one on NBC:

https://youtu.be/STKqzQjk3_A?t=180


This is great.
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"This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner."

Well, then.....
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