Oh yeah, I forgot about Cavendish! They did an amazing job with him as well. Looks like you can't resist his charm
I didn't know about Rebecca's age tbh, but her voice makes sense now. And yeah, Fujitora definitely has to be evil to some extent...he's a fucking admiral! Even Kuzan, despite his current standing and his aloof personality quirks, was pretty die-hard when he was in the marines (although still not to the extent of Akainu and Kizaru...those bastards are beyond cray cray). Can't wait to see when the 3rd new admiral appears. And on that note, I also can't wait to see what CP0 is up to! CP9 was without a doubt one of the crew's toughest enemies ever...i mean fuck, they pushed everyone to new levels! I wonder if Lucci will ever appear again? I don't know why, but he's just really bad-ass to me LOL. Although his skillset wouldn't stand a chance against the current straw-hat lineup.
About the pacing, yeah, that's probably what will happen. The Dressrose arc was/is definitely confusing to read, so watching the anime certainly makes things more clear. That's also a good point about them being able to flesh out scenes too...I just hope they don't resort to abusing flashbacks...especially of stuff that happened only an episode or 2 ago!