BBC iPlayer Acquires Rights to ONE PIECE English Dub in the UK

[Joshawott]

The One Piece English Dub is real! The BBC has confirmed that they have acquired UK streaming rights for the incredibly popular anime's English dub, with over 1,000 episodes releasing on BBC iPlayer between September and December.

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[RonJB]

This is a better option that trying the show out by buying the hundreds of DVDs. I just hope I don't enjoy it too much.

 

[BrokenPhoenix]

Wow, that's a big pick up for the BBC.

 

[bakura]

My mouth has actually dropped, this was never a possibility for the BBC when I was young, he'll I don't think the BBC even wanted pokemon originally, now they have all this anime many of which you could only watch on cartoon network before (which means only the kids whose parents were rich enough for cable could watch anime). Time's really have changed for the younger generation.

 

[BrokenPhoenix]

My mouth has actually dropped, this was never a possibility for the BBC when I was young, he'll I don't think the BBC even wanted pokemon originally, now they have all this anime many of which you could only watch on cartoon network before (which means only the kids whose parents were rich enough for cable could watch anime). Time's really have changed for the younger generation.

It highlights how popular and mainstream anime has become in the UK, which is a great thing. While there are bigger markets out there like France, the industry is growing in the UK and more companies will be wanting a slice of the pie. Anime has never been more accessible.

We have English premier league footballers, like Dominic Solanke, doing anime inspired celebrations when scoring goals.





This is the kind of cultural penetration anime has now in the UK - it wasn't long ago when kids were getting bullied in school for watching "funny Japanese cartoons", now it's something that is cool!

 

[Gigabomb]

I keep hearing good things about this series but the 1000+ episodes always put me off starting it. Now with it being so easily available on iPlayer I'm going to have to check it out.

 

[bakura]

I keep hearing good things about this series but the 1000+ episodes always put me off starting it. Now with it being so easily available on iPlayer I'm going to have to check it out.

But young kids will love watch 1000+ episodes

 

[Ian Wolf]

Here is the page on the iPlayer for the series.

ETA: It's the first time I've seen One Piece being described as sci-fi.

One Piece

Find the One Piece, become King of the Pirates. Luffy and crew set sail, searching for the world's greatest treasure. Come aboard and bring your hopes and dreams! Epic anime.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Gigabomb]

I hope they negotiated a long license agreement because it's going to take years to get through all of it.