On The Spot - One Piece

Anime Title: One Piece (Wanpīsu)
Author: Eiichiro Oda
Genre: comedy, pirates, fantasy, action, adventure
Number of Episodes: 323 on going
Runtime per Episode: 25 minutes
Published: August 04, 1997
Publisher: Shueisha
Studio: Toei Animation

One Piece is an anime and manga series created by mangaka Eiichiro Oda. One Piece focuses on a ragtag crew of pirates called Straw Hat Pirates formed and led by Captain Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy's greatest ambition is to obtain the world's ultimate treasure, One Piece, and become Pirate King.

The Story
As the Pirate King Gold Roger was executed he revealed that his treasure, known as "One Piece", was hidden somewhere on the Grand Line. Monkey D. Luffy dreams of finding the legendary treasure and becoming the Pirate King, and after eating the devil's fruit gains the power to do so. But first he must find a crew...
Greatness,Glory,Gold. A Pirate Named Gold Roger also known as the Pirate King has conquered this all. He was executed with an unknown reason but before he died he had revealed his last word about The legendary Treasure named One Piece which was hidden in the Grand Line. 22 years after his Death, A Pirate named Monkey D. Luffy appeared and has only one Goal, To Become the Next "Pirate King" and Find The Treasure "One Piece". This Start The Never Ending Adventure...

The manga began its serial run in issue #34 of Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine on August 4, 1997, while the anime adaptation produced by Toei Animation premiered on Fuji TV on October 20, 1999.

Eiichiro Oda originally planned One Piece to last five years, and he had already planned out the ending, but he found himself enjoying the story too much to end it in that amount of time, and now has no idea how long it will take to reach that point. Nevertheless, the author states (as of July 2007) that the ending is still the one he had decided on from the beginning, and he is committed to seeing it through to the end, no matter how many years it takes.

One Piece is the third highest selling manga in the history of Weekly Shonen Jump, (being beaten by Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (Kochi Kame) and Dragon Ball) and is currently their most acclaimed and all-time third-best-selling title in Japan. The manga is so well-liked that it is the first to increase the sales of Weekly Shonen Jump in eleven years. Volume 27 of One Piece holds a manga sales record in Japan, with 2,630,000 units sold in its first printing alone; as of Volume 46, the series has sold over 140,000,000 copies domestically, and is the fastest manga to reach sales of 100,000,000.

One Piece - First Opening Theme



One Piece - First Ending Theme



One Piece Movie(s):
Since the debut of the series on television, Toei Animation has also produced eight One Piece feature films, released each spring since the year 2000. In typical fashion for movies based on serialized manga, the films feature self-contained, completely original plots w'ith animation of higher quality than what the weekly anime allows for. Additionally, three of these movies have had special features, showcasing the characters engaged in various activities unrelated to the series (specifically dancing, playing soccer, and playing baseball). These movies, and their attached features, are as follows:

• One Piece: The Movie (2000)
• Clockwork Island Adventure (2001)
• Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (2002)
• Dead End Adventure (2003)
• Curse of the Sacred Sword (2004)
• Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005)
• The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006)
• Episode of Alabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates (2007)
• Episode of the Island of Perpetual Winter (2008)

Opening Theme(s):
1: "We Are!" by Hiroshi Kitadani (eps 1-47)
2: "Believe" by Folder5 (eps 48-116)
3: "Hikari E" by The Babystars (eps 117-168)
4: "Bon Voyage!" by Bon-Bon Blanco (eps 169-206)
5: "Kokoro no Chizu" by BOYSTYLE (eps 207-263)
6: "Brand New World" by D-51 (eps 264-279)
7: "We Are!" by the Straw Hat Pirates (eps 279-283)
8: "Crazy Rainbow" by Tackey & Tsubasa (eps 284-)

Ending Theme(s):
01: "memories" by Maki Otsuki (eps 1-30)
02: "RUN! RUN! RUN!" by Maki Otsuki (eps 31-63)
03: "Watashi ga iru Yo (私がいるよ)" by TOMATO CUBE (eps 64-73)
04: "Souchinosuke" by Suitei-Shoujo (eps 74-81)
05: "Before Dawn" by AI-SACHI (eps 82-94)
06: "Fish" by The Kaleidoscope (eps 95-106)
07: "Glory ~Kimi ga iru Kara~" by Takako Uehara (eps 107-116)
08: "Shining Ray" by Janne da Arc (eps 117-132)
09: "Free Will" by Ruppina (eps 133-155)
10: "faith" by Ruppina (eps 156-168)
11: "A to Z" by ZZ (eps 169-181)
12: "Tsuki to Taiyou (月と太陽; Moon and Sun)" by shela (eps 182-195)
13: "Dreamship" by Aiko Ikuta (eps 196-206)
14: "Mirai Koukai (Future Voyage)" by Tackey & Tsubasa (eps 207-230)
15: "Eternal Pose" by Asia Engineer (eps 231-245)
16: "Dear Friends" by TRIPLANE (eps 246-255)
17: "Asu wa Kurukara" by Dong Bang Shin Gi (eps 256-263)
18: "Adventure World" by Delicatessen (eps 264-278)


Related Links:
One Piece Episode List
One Piece Games

External Links:
One Piece at Shone Jump
One Piece Official Site (japanese)

source(s): wikipedia.org, veoh.com, animenewsnetwork.com