One Piece

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One Piece

Sixty-first volume of One Piece, released in Japan by Shueisha on February 4, 2011

ONE PIECE
(Wan Psu)

Genre

Action, Adventure, Comedy-drama

Manga

Written by

Eiichiro Oda

Published by

Shueisha

English publisher

AUS

Madman Entertainment
NA

Viz Media
UK

Viz Media Gollancz Manga

Demographic

Shnen

Magazine

Weekly Shnen Jump

English magazine

NA

Shonen Jump (former) Weekly Shonen Jump

Original run

August 4, 1997 ongoing

Volumes

72 (List of volumes)

Original video animation

One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzack!

Directed by

Gor Taniguchi

Produced by

Tetsuo Daitoku Hidekazu Terakawa

Written by

Hiroaki Kitajima

Music by

Toshiya Motomichi

Studio

Production I.G

Released

July 26, 1998

Runtime

29 minutes

Anime television series

Directed by

Konosuke Uda (19992006) Munehisa Sakai (20062008) Hiroaki Miyamoto (2008present)

Produced by

Makoto Seino Hiroyuki Sakurada

Written by

Junki Takegami (19992006) Hirohiko Uesaka (2006present)

Music by

Kohei Tanaka Shiro Hamaguchi

Studio

Toei Animation

Licensed by

AUS

Madman Entertainment
NA

4Kids Entertainment (20042007) Funimation Entertainment(2007present)

UK

Manga Entertainment

Network

Fuji TV (and other FNS stations)(1999-present)

English network

AU

Network Ten Cartoon Network (Toonami)(2005-2009)

CA

YTV
NZ

Cartoon Network(2005-2008)
UK

Toonami(2005-2008), CN Too
US

Fox (4Kids TV)(2004-2007) Cartoon Network (Toonami)(2005-2008) Adult Swim (Toonami)(2013-present)

Original run

October 20, 1999 ongoing

Episodes

621 (List of episodes)

Original video animation

One Piece: Romance Dawn Story

Directed by

Katsumi Tokoro

Produced by

Yosuke Asama

Written by

Tsuyoshi Sakurai

Music by

Kohei Tanaka Shiro Hamaguchi

Studio

Toei Animation

Released

September 21, 2008

Runtime

34 minutes

Original video animation

One Piece Film Strong World: Episode 0

Directed by

Naoyuki Ito

Produced by

Hiroaki Shibata

Written by

Hitoshi Tanaka

Music by

Kohei Tanaka Shiro Hamaguchi

Studio

Toei Animation

Released

December 12, 2009

Runtime

30 minutes

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One Piece ( Wan Psu?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shnen Jumpsince August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 72nd volume released as of November 2013. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young boy whose body gains the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as One Piece in order to become the next Pirate King.

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. Since then, the still ongoing series has aired over 600 episodes. Additionally, Toei has developed eleven animated feature films, an OVA, and five television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game, and a large number of video games. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, in the United Kingdom by Gollancz Manga, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. 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. In 2008, One Piece became the highest-circulating manga series.[1] In 2010, Shueisha announced that they sold over 260 million volumes of One Piece manga so far; volume 61 set a new record for the highest initial print run of any book in Japan with 3.8 million copies (the previous record belonging to volume 60 with 3.4 million copies). Volume 60 was the first book to sell over two million copies in its opening week on Japan's Oriconbook rankings.[2] One Piece is currently ranked as the best-selling manga series.[3] As of 2013, the series has sold over 345 million volumes worldwide,[4] of which 300 million were sold in Japan alone.[5] One Piece has received wide critical acclaim from reviewers, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story.