One Piece
One Piece
One Piece
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One Piece
ONE PIECE
(Wan Psu)
Genre
Manga
Written by
Eiichiro Oda
Published by
Shueisha
English publisher
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Viz Media
UK
Demographic
Shnen
Magazine
English magazine
NA
Original run
Volumes
72 (List of volumes)
Directed by
Gor Taniguchi
Produced by
Written by
Hiroaki Kitajima
Music by
Toshiya Motomichi
Studio
Production I.G
Released
Runtime
29 minutes
Directed by
Produced by
Written by
Music by
Studio
Toei Animation
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Manga Entertainment
Network
English network
AU
YTV
NZ
Cartoon Network(2005-2008)
UK
Toonami(2005-2008), CN Too
US
Original run
Episodes
Directed by
Katsumi Tokoro
Produced by
Yosuke Asama
Written by
Tsuyoshi Sakurai
Music by
Studio
Toei Animation
Released
Runtime
34 minutes
Directed by
Naoyuki Ito
Produced by
Hiroaki Shibata
Written by
Hitoshi Tanaka
Music by
Studio
Toei Animation
Released
Runtime
30 minutes
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.