One Piece season 4

The cover of the first DVD compilation released by Toei Animation of the fourth season

The fourth season of the One Piece anime series was produced in two chapters, the "Arrival at Alabasta Chapter" and the "Alabasta Kingdom Chapter" by Toei Animation, and directed by Konosuke Uda based on Eiichiro Oda's manga by the same name. It was originally licensed for a heavily edited^[1] dub by 4Kids Entertainment. Later, Funimation acquired the licensed to release the season uncut and mostly unedited, as well as releasing an English subtitled version along with the redubbing. ^{[citation needed]} The fourth season deals with the Arabasta arc and resolves the issue with the Baroque Works. At the end of the season, Nefertari Vivi leaves the Straw Hat Pirates to help her kingdom, while Nico Robin joins the crew.

The fourth season originally ran from December 16, 2001 through October 27, 2002 on Fuji Television and contained thirty-eight episodes. The 4Kids English version ran from February 25, 2006 though July 28, 2007 on Cartoon Network and, in contrast to the other seasons, also contained the same number of episodes as the original. It was released in two parts (called "Chapters") for the Japanese DVD release, the "Arrival at Alabasta Chapter" and the "Alabasta Kingdom Chapter".

The season makes use of six pieces of theme music: two opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme, "Believe", is performed by Folder5, and continues to be used as the first opening theme until episode 115. Starting with episode 116, the second opening theme Hikari e (ヒカリヘ, lit. Toward the Light), performed by The Babystars. "Before Dawn", performed by Ai-Sachi, continues to be used as the ending theme for the first two episodes. The second ending theme, from episodes 95-106, is "fish" performed by The Kaleidoscope. The third ending theme, from episode 107-118, is "Glory -Kimi ga Iru kara-" (Glory-君がいるから-, lit. Glory: Because You Are Here), performed by Takako Uehara. The fourth ending theme, starting from episode 119 onwards, is "Shining Ray", performed by Janne Da Arc. 4Kids used original music for their version, while Funimation opted to use the original theme songs for their version.

Episode list

"Arrival at Alabasta"

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"The Alabasta Kingdom Chapter"

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Notes

References

^ Daniels, Joushua M. (2008). "Lost in Translation: Anime, Moral Rights, and Market Failure" (PDF). Boston University Law Review. 88 (3): 710–711, 723. Retrieved January 9, 2009. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[censor-1] Daniels, Joushua M. (2008). "Lost in Translation: Anime, Moral Rights, and Market Failure" (PDF). Boston University Law Review. 88 (3): 710–711, 723. Retrieved January 9, 2009. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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