Allen Divers of Anime News Network remarks in 2003 the artwork design and style One Piece employs "at first looks quite cartoonish with Substantially with the character layouts demonstrating more North American influence than that from its Japanese origins", adding that the "artwork and settings come across as timeless in their presentation". He also notes that the impact of Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) shines through in Oda's style of writing with its "huge epic battles punctuated by a lot of humor" and that, in a single Piece, he "manages to share a loaded tale without the need of having slowed down by extremely challenging plots".[one hundred seventy] Rebecca Silverman of a similar web here page mentioned that on the list of collection' strengths will be to "Mix action, humor, and heavy fare alongside one another" and praised the artwork, but stated which the panels could get also crowded for easy looking at.

Over-all ENJOYMENT: Just one Piece is Probably the most, Otherwise probably the most pleasurable and various anime collection you'll find. It seriously excels in pretty much every single field There is certainly. It's the only anime series, or any sequence, I've seen with that lots of episodes and nonetheless manages to stay that very good(and trust me, have I seen a good deal).