Rookie Pirate Radio – A One Piece Podcast

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, Jon Negroni and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “A,” or "also" or "another" depending on the translation.  One Piece  1117  is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, you can either email us (rookiepirateradio@gmail...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, Jon Negroni and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Inner Conflict.”  One Piece  1116  is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, you can either email us (rookipirateradio@gmail.com) or  join our Discord , where we have...

This week, Jon Negroni and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Pieces of a Continent.”  One Piece  1115  is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, please  email us (rookipirateradio@gmail.com) or join our Discord !  Discussion Points for One Piece 1115...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio,  Jon Negroni  and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “The Wings of Icarus.” One Piece  1114  is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! You can email us (rookipirateradio@gmail.com) or  join our Discord  to share your own theories, speculation, and suggestions. Discussion Points for One Piece 11...

This week, Travis Hymas invites contributor Kayla Chu to discuss the flavorful details of Delicious in Dungeon (or Danjon Meshi ), which is currently available to stream on Netflix. We want your feedback! You can also email us via rookipirateradio@gmail.com or join our Discord !  Extra Credits: Our intro music is a remix version of “Overtaken” from the  One Piece anime, cut together by Jon Negroni...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Stalemate.” Though based on that stellar color spread, maybe it should be called Checkmate ... One Piece  1113  is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, please leave us a comment below. Y...

This week, Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Hard Aspects.” And don't worry, not an aspect of this conversation is hard to understand.  One Piece  1112 is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, please email us (rookipirateradio...

On a Jon-less Rookie Pirate Radio, Travis Hymas (Me) and Ally Johnson take a look at the Spring 2024 anime season. We discuss new and returning series of interest, one that isn’t worth your time, and lament the state of anime on one streamer in particular. It’s a packed season! Here’s what we talk about in detail:  New series: Wind Breaker, A Condition Called Love, Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets t...

One Piece   1111 is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week,  Jon Negroni and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Sun-Shield.” And you'll have to shield our eyes from the sun after reading such an unbelievably wild chapter.  One Piece  1111 is currently available to read fo...

One Piece   1110 is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week,  Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Starfall.” And trust us, we're wishing upon several stars when it comes to. a certain "giant" character finally waking up! One Piece  1110 is currently availabl...

Our resident One Piece "first-timers" — InBetweenDrafts EIC Allyson Johnson and Games Editor Evan Griffin — are back on Rookie Pirate Radio, this time to discuss the first half of the Grand Line! That's right, Ally and Evan are watching/reading One Piece for the first time, and after checking in with them last year on their thoughts about East Blue Saga , they've returned to let us know all their...

On a more somber episode of Rookie Pirate Radio than usual, Jon and Travis discuss the legacy and cultural impact of the late Akira Toriyama, best known for creating the long-running Dragon Ball manga and anime. We celebrate the history of Toriyama's prolific career, from his early success with Dr. Slump to the worldwide domination of Dragon Ball Z through the 1980s and 90s. Plus we get into much...

One Piece   1109 is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week,  Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Interception.” But you don't have to wait 10 whole minutes to start listening because the episode is out right now!  One Piece  1109 is currently availabl...

One Piece   1108 is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week,  Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Come In, World." So you should come on in and listen along as we reveal the truth of this podcast. One Piece  1108 is currently available to read for free...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, we chat about  One Piece 1107 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. The Blackbeard Pirates finally show up on Egghead! Caribou betrays...well the readers, really. Bonney gets a martial arts lesson. Do we have to talk about Zoro and Sanji power-scaling? Because we will. It's almost like the powers and abilities of One Piece chara...

Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss the two latest chapters of the  One Piece  manga, titled “The Height of Folly” (1105) and "On Your Side" (1106). And yes, missing last week was the height of our folly, but we hope you all stay on our side! We chat about  One Piece  1105 and One Piece 1106 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. Saturn digs Vegapunk int...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Thank You, Daddy.” And hey let's take this moment to thank YOU! The listeners! For not overly criticizing us for when we get our theories wrong! Also, we finish the show with a super brief anime check-in. We chat about  One Piece  1104 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeli...

Special guest Evan Griffin joins us to discuss  Scott Pilgrim Takes Off . Based off of both the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley and the cult hit movie adaptation ( Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ) directed by Edgar Wright in 2010, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off powers up the familiar tale with a fresh take on the story that sees the return of the film's live-action cast as its voice actors. We ki...

This week,  Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “I'm Sorry, Daddy.” We're sorry too for how late this episode is... We chat about  One Piece  1103 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. This week, we get a new mystery (who gave Luffy food this time?!) Kuma cleans up a spider-web. Bonney wants to LIVE. Kizaru,...

One Piece 1102 is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week, Travis Hymas (me) is joined by oft-mentioned but never before heard Quinn Paruils to discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Kuma’s Life” plus we talk about Quinn’s history with manga, anime, and InBetweenDrafts! We chat about One Piece...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, special guest Kayla Chu joins Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  to discuss  Frieren: Beyond Journey's End . Also known as Frieren, the Final Farewell to the Dead , this is a new cozy fantasy adventure anime produced by Madhouse Inc. and currently streaming on Crunchyroll. Based on the manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe, Frieren has...

This week, Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “To Bonney." And we think Oda is really writing this chapter "to" his daughters. One Piece  1101 is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, please email us (rookipirateradio@gmail.com)...

This week, Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Thank You, Bonney,” plus we read out a listener email about power-scaling and leveling up in the One Piece world! One Piece  1100 is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, please ema...

This week on the show, we discuss One Piece chapter 1099, titled “Pacifist,” truly one of the most ironic names given to Kuma considering how this chapter opens. And after our manga recap, we talk for a little about the recent controversy surrounding Scott Pilgrim Takes Off , which recently debuted on Netflix, and whether or not it's an anime. One Piece  1099 is currently available to read for fre...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Bonney's Birth,” and it's just too bad Oda didn't release this chapter on Father's Day... We chat about  One Piece  1098 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. This week, Oda is going full grim-dark on us with one of the most harrowing, emotional backstories yet...