@Maajin: Yes. I love it. Also, I'm gonna go against some people and say start from the beginning. It stats off a little iffy, but once you get to Arlong it starts to get Awesome. If you don't like it after the Arlong arc, I don't think you'll like it. People saying skip to Enies Lobby/Water 7 aren't wrong, since that's arguably the best arc(though I personally really liked the saobody/impel down/marineford arc. Also, Trafalgar Law is a badass), but I always prefer to start things from the beginning, it'll make some things mean so much more and I think you'll be missing out on some important stuff if you skip so much. Especially since I except we haven't seen the last of a large majority of the characters.
As for the characters, they're some of the best there is for anime/manga in my opinion. Luffy is just awesome. If you've seen Legend of Korra, him and Korra have a lot in common, but Luffy is a more extreme version. Zoro is really awesome too. He seems like your typical quiet tough guy, but he's got a lot to him. The ending thing with him at Thriller Bark was powerful. Hell, I even like a lot of the minor characters. I do wish they would lean away from humor sometimes though.
This part applies to you and @FluxWaveZ: Read the manga. I usually prefer watching things too, and I watched a significant portion of the anime before switching to the manga, and it's the better experience. While the anime has the benefit of sound(and my god is it a benefit at one specific point...when you get to it, I recommend the anime version of Brooke's back story), and motion, the manga is paced a lot better. It's not even that there's too many filler episodes(though there are), they fill episodes with heavy breathing and shots of everyone gasping and stuff just to kill time so they don't get too close, it's annoying and really detracts from it.
Anyway, it's quite an undertaking, but it's worth it. Your heart will be wrenched.
Edit - @envane: Don't forget Paulie! There was a huge debate between him and Franky during Water 7. I wanted Paulie. Also, Smoker for crew! Calling it!
Edit2 - To everyone saying it's not gonna end, it is. Luffy is totally gonna die(executed is where my money's at right now) at the end and I'm gonna be sooooooooo fucking sad.
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