Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release Official Site: toei-anim.co.jp/onep (Japan), onepieceofficial.com (US) Special Thanks to Tim Baxter

Packaging for ONE PIECE COLLECTION 8. Image courtesy of FUNimation Entertainment. © Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation

In September, FUNimation Entertainment will release their eighth DVD volume of the long-running anime series ONE PIECE (?????, Wan Piisu). The Straw Hats go from sailing on a cloud to being surrounded by Marines in this unedited twenty-seven episode collection of awesome! Lightning bolts rain from the heavens and cloud-dwelling citizens run for their lives as Luffy and Eneru go toe to toe to determine the fate of Skypiea! The rubber-man is determined to make this exceedingly evil villain pay for his sins against the innocent, but Eneru won`t be easily defeated. With his electric ark chock full of gold, the heinous holy man sets in motion a petrifying plan to obliterate life on Angel Island! Luffy is ready to rumble, but his shipmates are falling one by one, and his punching power bottoms out after Eneru encases his hand in a giant ball of gold. Only one hope remains: Nami and Luffy must risk their lives in a desperate attempt to ring the sacred bell of Shandora -- and chase away Eneru`s looming cloud of death! ONE PIECE Collection 8 contains episodes 183-205. DVD: Region 1 SRP: $34.98 Street Date: September 25, 2012 Discs: 4 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audio: English, Japanese Subtitles: English Rating: TV14 Running Time: 650 Minutes

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