Quote Originally Posted by DarthEnderX View Post
It definitely has been.

I distinctly remember in the Alabasta arc, when the bomb in the clock tower was set to go off, the last 10 seconds of the countdown took the entire half of an episode.
You're right, it's been so long I confused that arc with movie 8 and remember it being shorter. In my defense I haven't watched One Piece in a couple of years up until recently.

That reminds me, I still haven't seen the last three One Piece movies.