Allen Divers of Anime News Network feedback in 2003 that the art style One Piece employs "initially appears to be pretty cartoonish with A great deal of your character models exhibiting far more North American affect than that from its Japanese origins", including that the "artwork and settings come upon as timeless of their presentation". He also notes the affect of Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) shines via in Oda's style of crafting with its "big epic battles punctuated by many humor" and that, in One Piece, he "manages to share a rich tale without the need of finding bogged down by overly sophisticated plots".[a hundred and seventy] Rebecca Silverman of precisely the same web site stated that on the list of sequence' strengths is always to "blend site motion, humor, and large fare together" and praised the artwork, but said that the panels could get far too crowded for simple reading.

2021 update: I've been on the fence about deleting this as it's so inadequately composed, I was seventeen at enough time of creating and not a local speaker, and my impression on a single piece and anime in general has improved considerably to the worse.