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| Topic | Flexing the Funimation App as hard as I can, Ol Pun Watches One Piece! |
| Punnyz 06/27/20 8:02:46 PM #104: | The reason Zoro's name was changed to Zolo in both the 4Kids dub and Viz Media's translation of the manga; his name was a homage to Zorro, which at the time One Piece was initially licensed, was the subject of a copyright lawsuit despite that property having fallen into the Public Domain years prior. 4Kids, Viz and (initially) Toei all agreed to change his name rather than risk getting caught in a lawsuit. By the time Funimation got the anime license, Toei decided this was no longer a concern, so their dub was allowed to use his original name, though Viz Media's agreements with Shueisha specifying that he be called Zolo still stands to this day. so its actually supposed to be Zoro and Zolo is still used due to some clause --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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