The first ever ONE PIECE anime was an OVA episode from 1998, which was animated by Production I.G. and directed by Goro Taniguchi, has received a special revival stream as part of the ONE PIECE Day 2 live-stream. The title of the OVA is Take Down! The Pirate Ganzack! and you can watch the live-stream (the episode begins around the 1h30m mark in the stream):
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The episode has an original story and follows Luffy, Zoro and Nami as they encounter an evil pirate called Ganzack, who wants to become The King of the Pirates. There is a big difference between the first ONE PIECE The Pirate Ganzack OVA and the currently ongoing TV anime adaptation by Toei. The main noticeable difference is the completely different voice cast, which includes:
Zoro’s voice actor from the anime would go on to become the voice of Bellamy in the Toei adaptation, while Skid’s voice actor voices Sengoku and Herring/narrator voices Fujitora. The director of the OVA, Goro Taniguchi, will now be directing the ONE PIECE FILM RED. It comes 24 years later!
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Source: Official YouTube
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