Luffy, a young pirate inspired by Red Haired Shanks, has since set off on a journey from the East Blue Ocean to succeed Roger and find the legendary treasure. Twenty-two years have passed since Roger's execution, and Monkey D. As a result, countless pirates set out to the Grand Line to look for the treasure. Just before his death, Roger announces that his treasure, the One Piece (ひとつなぎの大秘宝 (ワンピース) Wan Pīsu), will be up for the taking, causing the Great Pirate Era (大海賊時代 Dai Kaizoku Jidai) to begin.
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The series begins with the execution of Gold Roger, a man known as the King of the Pirates (海賊王 Kaizokuō). One Piece is currently ranked as the best-selling series of all time in manga history.
In 2011, Shueisha announced that they sold over 260 million volumes of One Piece manga so far. In 2008, One Piece became the highest-circulating manga series. The anime series has been licensed by Funimation Entertainment for an English-language release in North America, although the series was originally licensed and distributed by 4Kids Entertainment. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game, and a large number of video games.
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Additionally, Toei has developed eleven animated feature films (twelfth movie coming December 15, 2012), an OVA, and five television specials. Since then, the still ongoing series has aired over 575 episodes. The chapters have been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999.
Along his journey, Luffy makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom try to kill the Straw Hats. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as the One Piece to become the next Pirate King. Luffy, a young man whose body gains the properties of rubber after inadvertently eating a supernatural fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since Augthe individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 67th volume released as of August 2012.
One Piece (ワンピース Wan Pīsu) is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).įirst DVD Volume Of The English Release Of One Piece.Ĭartoon Network ( Toonami) & Fox ( 4Kids TV)