well this is written on One Piece wiki:
In Japan, early episodes of One Piece aired at 7:00 to 7:30pm . 4Kids reportedly licensed the series based on its merchandising potential and success in Japan without looking at the content of the episodes themselves in detail; when 4Kids staff watched the series, they were shocked at how much unsuitable material they found but had already committed to localizing the series.
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