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Funimation Posts One Piece Episode 403 Early (Updated Again)
From the AnimeNews tip line, vigilant readers have confirmed that Funimation has One Piece 403 ahead of its scheduled broadcast on Saturday.
The episode was meant to be simulcast at 9PM CST as a part of the online debut of the One Piece Japanese simulcast on its .
Update: Funimation has all One Piece streaming episodes due to “technical issues” with no word on availability.
Update 2: Funimation has the typical bolierplate statement as follows:
“As anime fans know, FUNimation Entertainment and Toei Animation had planned for the first ever online simulcast of the series ‘One Piece’ tonight at 9:00 pm CDT., just one hour after its premiere on Japan’s Fuji Television. Unfortunately, in the last 24 hours we have determined that the FUNimation servers were compromised, even though we employ strict security standards. An unknown individual accessed and posted episode 403 online and as a direct result of this illegal act, all U.S. and Canadian fans will be deprived of access to this great anime series for the immediate future. We will make every effort to locate and prosecute the perpetrator(s)to the fullest extent of the law and will provide updates regarding this most serious matter.”
Update 3: One Piece has been pulled from and , with Joost using a placeholder page, and Hulu removing all references to the show as the show was acquired from Toei. Hulu was originally going to offer subtitled episodes seven days after the aborted and now canceled Funimation simulcast.
Update 4: Funimation has replaced its previous “technical issues” statement with the following: “At this time there is no further information as to if, or when, the One Piece simulcast will start.”
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Hello there. I’d like to ask a question about this news tip.
According to ANN, this particular episode was “leaked” by an anonymous person before the scheduled date of streaming. Meanwhile, your site said that Funimation “released” the said episode.
I’d like to know if this news is referring exactly to what ANN reported as “leaking” of the episode, or if this was an action Funimation did after the said leaking. Right now, this news has become a bit complicating.
By the way, here’s ANN’s report on the “leaking”:
When the tip was submitted, it was discovered that Funimation had inadvertently posted the episode on its public webserver via the address found in the article. The link had been live for much of the day, when it was discovered around 9PM CST Friday.
The episode has subsequently been redistributed via Bittorrent and Japanese P2P before the link was shut down late last night, even though the link was working as far back as 2AM CST this morning after this report had been filed.
Will one piece still be broadcast? I really wanna continue this, one piece is best anime ever! =D I hope they fix it fast and continue it because this series getting very exciting.