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It was a time when pirates ruled the seas. Several bands of pirates were battling over the great hidden treasure, One Piece, which was left by the now legendary pirate captain, Gold Roger. There was a young boy who admired the pirates, his name was Monkey D. Luffy. One day, he mistakenly eats the devil's fruit and turns himself into a rubber human being.

Cast
Akemi Okamura as Nami
Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji
Ikue Ohtani as Tony Tony Chopper
Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp
Kazue Ikura as Tony Tony Chopper (eps 254-263)
Kazuki Yao as Franky
Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro




As for the dub, well, it's pretty terrible. Nearly the entire cast is generic males and females, so everyone sounds basically the same. Jinto looks like he's 16 but sounds like he's 30, while Lafiel sounds like the whiniest, most stuck-up 15-year-old princess in the galaxy. The Japanese voice is considerably more regal and dignified. It's not that voice matching is an issue, but the English voice colors Lafiel in a fairly inaccurate light. Jinto's narration through the series winds up sounding a lot like The Wonder Years in the dub, but the Japanese sounds more introspective. I kept waiting for the dub actor to say "It was at that moment, I realized, Lafiel and I would be together forever."

The DVD itself is a nice package. It comes with an attractive reversible cover that features large, expressive cast shots. Banner of the Stars is a thirteen-episode series, but Bandai has decided to release five episodes on the first disc--an amazing value for a series so short--while maintaining superior video quality. Extras include a "newsletter" which contains some very insightful comments from the novelist who wrote the books from which the series was created. Also present is a summary of Crest of the Stars, which will be helpful to anyone confused by the start of this series.