The Wano Country Arc is another best arc that reveals Luffy, Kaido, Big Mom, Worst Generation, and other pirates’ true strengths. Every Pirate’s goal was to reach Wano country and take Kaido’s head. This was like a competition where we saw Luffy competing with Captain Kid, who would defeat Kaido. Wano country was peaceful during Oden’s era before Kaido and Orochi took over. This arc reminds us of many battles and interesting things in Wano, which are yet to unfold in One Piece anime. We will reveal the e episode where Wano Arc begins and other interesting things about Wano.
Wano Arc is the thirty-first story arc in the One Piece series. This begins after the end of Levely Arc and Whole Cake Island Saga. During this arc, the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance assembles in Wano Country and plans to fight against the Beasts Pirates. This arc also reveals Oden’s history and how he left the country to travel with Whitebeard, where he was introduced to Gol D. Roger. Wano arc also revealed the greatest battle between Luffy and Kaido, and Alliance assaults Onigashima to dethrone Kaido and Big Mom. Many pirates heard to Wano with different goals.
What Episode Does Wano Start?
Wano Country Arc b begins in One Piece Episode 890. This began after Nekomamushi and the Guardians met Marco at Sphinx. However, Marco told Nekomamushi to give Luffy a message once he arrived at Wano Country. Luffy and his crew learn about Levely on their journey to Wano.
Nami also revealed the article about Kaido and Big Mom, but she failed to read it because Sanji and Chopper cut it. The crew encounters a stormy area that looks like Wano, manages to sail through it, and arrives at the bottom of a massive waterfall.
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Luffy managed to send the other flying, and they reached the land, but the octopus dragged him back. Kinemon, Zoro, Law, Robbin, and Frank arrive at Wano’s Flower Capital. Kinemon warned the crew about Kurozomi Orochi, who was the Shogun. But they planned how to invade Wano and manipulate Orochi to kill him after Robbin succeeded in her mission. Luffy and Sunny appear at Kuri Beach after being washed up. Later Luffy also met with Otama and learned about Kaido, making Luffy decide to defeat Kaido.
Luffy and Kaido’s First Encounter At Wano
Luffy met with Kaido for the first time during the night on the street before Luffy was imposed at Udon. Udon is a jail made for those who go against Kaido. Luffy challenged Kaido when he saw him, but Kaido was not impressed by Luffy and wondered what this brat was about to do. Kaido realizes that Luffy is the Straw Hat brat he has heard of and has destroyed many things.
Kaido decided to punish Luffy. Luffy fights Kaido for the first time. Even though Luffy used his Haki, it was nothing compared to Kaido’s strength. Luffy was defeated with a single blow. Kaido hits Luffy’s face with Kanobo, which makes Luffy fall unconscious. After that, Kaido told his men not to kill Luffy, but they could send him to Udon.
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Mysteries Behind Wano Country
Wano country changed after Kaido and Orochi began ruling while Kaido resided at Onigashima, and Orochi ruled over the Flower Capital. The two mistreated the Wano citizens and made other villagers starve due to a lack of good food and fresh water. It was also revealed that Kaido and Orochi are building a weapon factory, using smiles devil fruit to control other pirates.
We have also learned about the Udon prison, where prisoners are mistreated. Kaido and Orochi have also ruined Wano and destroyed many things for selfish interests, but this will end soon since Luffy and other pirates have come to a stop everything and fulfilled Otama’s promise.
“One Piece” is a beloved Japanese manga and anime series that chronicles the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew. Luffy, imbued with rubber powers from a mystical fruit Hito Hito no Mi, aspires to become the Pirate King. To achieve this, he seeks the ultimate treasure, the “One Piece,” hidden at the Grand Line’s end. Along the journey, Luffy gathers a diverse crew, confronts formidable foes, and uncovers world-altering secrets, all while promoting themes of friendship, freedom, and adventure.
The beloved show Game of Thrones is known for many things. Such as its intriguing story, exciting actions, graphic violence, and the list goes on. But one of the main reasons that made the show epic on every scale is its astonishing visuals. Being a show based on the medieval era, Game of Thrones gave us a first-hand glimpse of a world that hasn’t been riddled with buildings or pollution. It gave us a world full of castles, mountains, forests, quaint villages, and the pure serene beauty of nature.
It’s obvious that portraying all of these things on the mini-screen requires a lot of CGI work. But that doesn’t mean that everything you see on the mini screen as a part of the show is pure computer graphics. In order for a CGI image to be believable, there has to be some amount of the real thing included in it. And likewise, all the incredible CGI places portrayed on the show have been based on real-world locations on which the CG has been built on.
Such an immensely beautiful place portrayed on the show is the Dragonstone Island, which hosted the ancestral home of Daenerys Targaryen, the Dragonstone Castle. Here are some insights into the actual locations on which Dragonstone Island was based.
Importance of Dragonstone Island
Dragonstone Island had quite a bit of importance in the epic story of Game of Thrones. It’s a volcanic island in the Narrow Sea, and it defends the entrance to Blackwater Bay. It was also an ideal strategic piece as it guarded against any approaches to the King’s Landing by sea means.
Apart from its strategic values, it served as the ancestral abode of the House Targaryen, as it hosted their ancestral home, the Dragonstone Castle.
Dragonstone Castle
After surviving the fall of Valyrian Freehold, the Targaryens settled in and made Dragonstone Island their stronghold. Even when Aegon I Targaryen conquered the seven kingdoms and the seat of House Targaryen was moved to King’s Landing after it was proclaimed as the capital of the empire, Dragonstone castle remained as the ancestral home of the Targaryens.
After Aerys II, the Mad King was killed, and the House of Targaryen was truly fallen, Stannis Baratheon conquered the Dragonstone Island and Castle, which was left vacant by the last surviving Targaryens when they fled. The newly crowned Robert Baratheon made Stannis the ruler of Dragonstone to make sure the Targaryen territory is within their reins. Stannis later made Dragonstone home of the newly formed branch of Baratheon, House Baratheon of Dragonstone.
Dragonstone island saw quite a bit of action as it was the main base of Stannis Baratheon during the War of the Five Kings, and he left the island for good when he went to intervene in the Battle of Castle Black.
Dragonstone was later captured by its rightful owner, Daenerys Targaryen, as it was the first place that her massive fleet was stopped en route to the seven kingdoms. It served as an ideal strategic position because of its closeness to King’s Landin, as well as symbolic because it was where she was born.
One other thing that gave Dragonstone Island its key importance in the story of the show was that it hosted an immense deposit of Dragon Glass. Apart from Valyrian Steel, it was the only material that could kill the undead White Walkers, and Dragonstone Island had mountains of it.
The abundant availability of Dragon Glass, which was once viewed as rare and more precious than gold, made the importance of the island grow exponentially. The Dragon Glass exported from Dragonstone Island was used to make the weapons that won the Great War against the white walkers.
Dragonstone Island Filming Locations
The different aspects of Dragonstone Island were shot from different real-world, which were then collaborated and combined with Computer Graphics to produce the image of Dragonstone Island that we adore on the screen.
Itzurun Beach in Zumaia, Spain
The interior scenes of Dragonstone Castle were shot on a sound stage in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The beach and the caves were shot from real places in Spain, which were Itzurun Beach in Zumaia and Muriola Beach near Barrika.
The real-life Dragonstone stairs setting if you want to visit: San Juan de Gaztelugatxe @GameOfThrones pic.twitter.com/a7CRVVQVNO — James Hibberd (@JamesHibberd) July 31, 2017
One of the most captivating parts of Dragonstone Island was the winding staircase on the island. Surprisingly enough, this is a real place and not a CGI. The place is called San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain.
However, the Dragonstone Castle itself is not real as it is purely made with Computer Graphics.
Epic fantasy drama set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and beyond, where noble families waged war for the Iron Throne, ancient threats return, and alliances are forged and broken, based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.
