One Piece (Season 1)

The first season of the One Piece anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Kounosuke Uda. The season is adapted from the first twelve volumes of the manga by Eiichiro Oda and aired on Fuji Television from October 20, 1999 through March 14, 2001, totaling 61 episodes. The first season depicts the exploits of the pirate captain Monkey D. Luffy and as he gathers his crew and heads to the Grand Line in search of the titular treasure, the "One Piece".
In 2004, 4Kids Entertainment licensed the series for a heavily edited English dubbed broadcast. 4Kids edited the episodes for content, merged one episode and left out 18 episodes, thus reducing the season's episode count to a total of 44 episodes. The series made its U.S. premiere on September 18, 2004 on Fox as part of its FoxBox TV programming block, lasting until July 30, 2005. Funimation Entertainment later licensed the series and released the first season in four unedited and uncut, bilingual-language compilations; the first was released on May 27, 2008 and the last was released on March 31, 2009.
The season uses four pieces of theme music: two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme is the award-winning title "We Are!" (ウィーアー!, Wī Ā!), performed by Hiroshi Kitadani in Japanese and Vic Mignogna in English (Funimation dub; Russell Velazquez initially performed the English version for the 4Kids dub before replacing it with the "Pirate Rap") for the first 47 episodes. The second opening, which was used for the rest of the season, is "Believe" by Folder5 in Japanese and Meredith McCoy in English. The first ending theme, titled "Memories" for the first 30 episodes, and was performed by Maki Otsuki in Japanese and Brina Palencia in English, who also performed the second ending theme song, titled "Run! Run! Run!" in Japanese, for the rest of the season. Caitlin Glass performed the English version of the second ending theme. 4Kids used original music in their adaptation, while Funimation opted for English-language versions of the theme music pieces.
==Season overview==
# 	Premiere 	Premiere 	Finale 	Finale
# 	Japan 	English 	Japan 	English
61	October 20, 1999	September 18, 2004	March 14, 2001	July 30, 2005
== Episodes ==
# 	# 	# 	Title 	Original Airdate 	English Airdate
1 	1 	1 	I'm Gonna Be King of the Pirates! 	October 20, 1999 	September 18, 2004
A band of pirates led by Alvida plundered a ship, only to find a barrel which contains a strange boy named Luffy. Luffy is on a quest to find the legendary treasure "One Piece" and he befriends the ship's cabin-boy, Koby, who actually wants to become a marine officer. Luffy defeats Alvida and the two journey on in search of crewmates.	A band of pirates led by Alvida plundered a ship, only to find a barrel which contains a strange boy named Luffy. Luffy is on a quest to find the legendary treasure "One Piece" and he befriends the ship's cabin-boy, Koby, who actually wants to become a marine officer. Luffy defeats Alvida and the two journey on in search of crewmates.	A band of pirates led by Alvida plundered a ship, only to find a barrel which contains a strange boy named Luffy. Luffy is on a quest to find the legendary treasure "One Piece" and he befriends the ship's cabin-boy, Koby, who actually wants to become a marine officer. Luffy defeats Alvida and the two journey on in search of crewmates.	A band of pirates led by Alvida plundered a ship, only to find a barrel which contains a strange boy named Luffy. Luffy is on a quest to find the legendary treasure "One Piece" and he befriends the ship's cabin-boy, Koby, who actually wants to become a marine officer. Luffy defeats Alvida and the two journey on in search of crewmates.	A band of pirates led by Alvida plundered a ship, only to find a barrel which contains a strange boy named Luffy. Luffy is on a quest to find the legendary treasure "One Piece" and he befriends the ship's cabin-boy, Koby, who actually wants to become a marine officer. Luffy defeats Alvida and the two journey on in search of crewmates.	A band of pirates led by Alvida plundered a ship, only to find a barrel which contains a strange boy named Luffy. Luffy is on a quest to find the legendary treasure "One Piece" and he befriends the ship's cabin-boy, Koby, who actually wants to become a marine officer. Luffy defeats Alvida and the two journey on in search of crewmates.
2 	2 	2 	"Roronoa Zoro: Pirate Hunter" 	November 17, 1999 	September 25, 2004
Luffy and Koby arrive at Shell Island, a Marine base. They meet the bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, held under arrest by the infamous marine, Captain Morgan, and his son Helmeppo. 	Luffy and Koby arrive at Shell Island, a Marine base. They meet the bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, held under arrest by the infamous marine, Captain Morgan, and his son Helmeppo. 	Luffy and Koby arrive at Shell Island, a Marine base. They meet the bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, held under arrest by the infamous marine, Captain Morgan, and his son Helmeppo. 	Luffy and Koby arrive at Shell Island, a Marine base. They meet the bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, held under arrest by the infamous marine, Captain Morgan, and his son Helmeppo. 	Luffy and Koby arrive at Shell Island, a Marine base. They meet the bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, held under arrest by the infamous marine, Captain Morgan, and his son Helmeppo. 	Luffy and Koby arrive at Shell Island, a Marine base. They meet the bounty hunter Roronoa Zoro, held under arrest by the infamous marine, Captain Morgan, and his son Helmeppo.
3 	3 	3 	"An Unlikely Pair: The Pirate & The Pirate Hunter" 	November 24, 1999 	October 2, 2004
Luffy convinces Zoro to join his crew, but they must first defeat Captain Morgan. After freeing the island from Morgan's oppressive rule, Koby is accepted as a marine while the other two continue on their journey. 	Luffy convinces Zoro to join his crew, but they must first defeat Captain Morgan. After freeing the island from Morgan's oppressive rule, Koby is accepted as a marine while the other two continue on their journey. 	Luffy convinces Zoro to join his crew, but they must first defeat Captain Morgan. After freeing the island from Morgan's oppressive rule, Koby is accepted as a marine while the other two continue on their journey. 	Luffy convinces Zoro to join his crew, but they must first defeat Captain Morgan. After freeing the island from Morgan's oppressive rule, Koby is accepted as a marine while the other two continue on their journey. 	Luffy convinces Zoro to join his crew, but they must first defeat Captain Morgan. After freeing the island from Morgan's oppressive rule, Koby is accepted as a marine while the other two continue on their journey. 	Luffy convinces Zoro to join his crew, but they must first defeat Captain Morgan. After freeing the island from Morgan's oppressive rule, Koby is accepted as a marine while the other two continue on their journey.
4 	4 	4 	The Passing Of The Hat 	December 8, 1999 	October 9, 2004
Out on the sea, Luffy almost loses his hat and reflects on his past, and how a pirate named Shanks influenced him. Afterwards, Luffy meets Nami, and Buggy the Clown's men. 	Out on the sea, Luffy almost loses his hat and reflects on his past, and how a pirate named Shanks influenced him. Afterwards, Luffy meets Nami, and Buggy the Clown's men. 	Out on the sea, Luffy almost loses his hat and reflects on his past, and how a pirate named Shanks influenced him. Afterwards, Luffy meets Nami, and Buggy the Clown's men. 	Out on the sea, Luffy almost loses his hat and reflects on his past, and how a pirate named Shanks influenced him. Afterwards, Luffy meets Nami, and Buggy the Clown's men. 	Out on the sea, Luffy almost loses his hat and reflects on his past, and how a pirate named Shanks influenced him. Afterwards, Luffy meets Nami, and Buggy the Clown's men. 	Out on the sea, Luffy almost loses his hat and reflects on his past, and how a pirate named Shanks influenced him. Afterwards, Luffy meets Nami, and Buggy the Clown's men.
5 	5 	5 	The Circus Comes To Town 	December 15, 1999 	October 16, 2004
In order to save herself and steal a map to the Grand Line, Nami tricks Luffy into allowing her to turn him over to Buggy. 	In order to save herself and steal a map to the Grand Line, Nami tricks Luffy into allowing her to turn him over to Buggy. 	In order to save herself and steal a map to the Grand Line, Nami tricks Luffy into allowing her to turn him over to Buggy. 	In order to save herself and steal a map to the Grand Line, Nami tricks Luffy into allowing her to turn him over to Buggy. 	In order to save herself and steal a map to the Grand Line, Nami tricks Luffy into allowing her to turn him over to Buggy. 	In order to save herself and steal a map to the Grand Line, Nami tricks Luffy into allowing her to turn him over to Buggy.
6 	6 	6 	"The Beast Breaker" 	December 29, 1999 	
 	 	 	 	 	
TBA