One Piece

**One Piece** is an action, adventure, drama, comedy, fantasy, science fiction, science fantasy, shonen battle, Japanese

    anime series.  It's based on a manga series which was written by Eiichiro Oda and published by Shueisha for the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump.  It originally ran from July 22, 1997 to present with a total of 89 volumes so far.  After that came the anime adaptation.  It was directed by Konosuke Uda for episode 1-278, Junji Shimizu for episodes 131-159, Munehisa Sakai for episodes 244-372, Hiroaki Miyamoto for episodes 352-679, Toshinori Fukazawa from episode 663 to present, Satoshi Itō from episodes 780-782, and Tatsuya Nagamine for episodes 780-782, written by Junki Takegami from episodes 1-195, Hirohiko Uesaka from episodes 196-798, and Shoji Nonemura from episodes 799 to present, musically composed by Kohei Tanaka and Shiro Hamaguchi, and produced by studio Toei Animation.  It originally aired from October 20, 1999 to present, and it has 842 episodes in total so far.  One Piece also has a total of 13 anime films and a bunch of OVA's, Specials, and Video Games.

## Plot

The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who, inspired by his childhood idol and powerful pirate "Red Haired" Shanks, sets off on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the famed treasure One Piece and proclaim himself the King of the Pirates. In an effort to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates (麦わら海賊団篇 *Mugiwara Kaizoku-danhen*), Luffy rescues and befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro, and they head off in search of the One Piece. They are joined in their journey by Nami, a navigator and thief; Usopp, a sniper and a liar; and Sanji, a womanizing chef. They acquire a ship named the *Going Merry* and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue. As Luffy and his crew set out on their adventures, others join the crew later in the series, including the doctor and anthropomorphized reindeer Tony Tony Chopper, the archaeologist and former assassin Nico Robin, the cyborg shipwright Franky, the skeletal musician Brook, and the fishman helmsman Jimbei, and they also acquire a new ship named *Thousand Sunny*.

## Movies

1. One Piece:  The Movie
2. One Piece:  The Movie - Clockwork Island Adventure
3. One Piece:  The Movie - Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals
4. One Piece:  The Movie - Dead End Adventure
5. One Piece:  The Movie - The Cursed Holy Sword
6. One Piece:  The Movie - Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
7. One Piece:  The Movie - Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle
8. One Piece:  The Movie - The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta
9. One Piece:  The Movie - Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom
10. One Piece Film:  Strong World
11. One Piece:  The Movie - Strawhat Chase
12. One Piece Film:  Z
13. One Piece Film:  Gold

## Video Games

1. One Piece:  Pirate Warriors
2. One Piece:  Pirate Warriors 2
3. One Piece:  Pirate Warriors 3
4. From TV Animation - One Piece: Become the Pirate King!
5. From TV Animation - One Piece: Grand Battle!
6. From TV Animation - One Piece: Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew!
7. From TV Animation - One Piece: Set Sail Pirate Crew!
8. From TV Animation - One Piece: Legend of the Rainbow Island
9. From TV Animation - One Piece: Treasure Wars
10. From TV Animation - One Piece: Grand Battle! 2
11. From TV Animation - One Piece: Grand Line Dream Adventure Log
12. From TV Animation - One Piece: Grand Battle Swan Colosseum
13. From TV Animation - One Piece: Treasure Battle!
14. From TV Animation - One Piece: Big Secret Treasure of the Seven Phantom Islands
15. From TV Animation - One Piece: Treasure Wars 2 Welcome to Buggyland
16. From TV Animation - One Piece: Aim! The King of Berry
17. From TV Animation - One Piece: Ocean's Dream!
18. From TV Animation - One Piece: Chopper's Big Adventure
19. *​​​​​​​*One Piece:  Grand Battle!
20. One Piece:  Going Baseball
21. One  Piece:  Round the Land
22. One Piece:  Great Battle! Rush
23. One Piece:  Dragon Dream
24. One Piece
25. Fighting for One Piece
26. One Piece:  Pirates' Carnival
27. One Piece:  Grand Adventure
28. One Piece:  Unlimited Adventure
29. One Piece:  Gear Spirit
30. One Piece:  Unlimited Cruise - Episode 1
31. One Piece:  Unlimited Cruise - Episode 2
32. One Piece:  Gigant Battle!
33. One Piece:  Unlimited Cruise SP
34. One Piece:  Gigant Battle! 2 New World
35. One Piece:  Romance Dawn
36. One Piece:  Grand Collection
37. One Piece:  Unlimitd World Red
38. One Piece:  Dance Battle
39. One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
40. One Piece:  Treasure Cruise
41. One Piece:  Burning Blood
42. One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum
43. One Piece:  Thousand Storm
44. One Piece:  Bounty Rush
45. One Piece:  Grand Cruise
46. One Piece:  World Seeker
47. Jump Super Stars
48. Battle Stadium D.O.N.
49. Jump Ultimate Stars
50. J-Stars Victory VS

## Why It Rocks

1. Amazing animation during dramatic scenes and fight scenes.
2. Incredibly unique and interesting villains.  From Big Mom and her pirate crew, to Kaido and his pirate crew, to Crocodile and his organization Baroque Works, to Blackbeard and his pirate crew, to all of the marines, especially the admirals and fleet admiral.
3. Excellent soundtrack.
4. Tons of awesome fight scenes.  The fight's aren't that interesting early on, as Luffy tended to just one hit everyone, but later in the story they become much more difficult, muchl onger, and much more interesting.
5. Unique art style and character designs.
6. Oustandingly unique abilities.  The Devil Fruits provide for lots of creativity, similar to the Zanpakuto in Bleach or Ninjutsu in Naruto.  There's standard abilities, such as elemental control, but there's non standard ones, such as turning into rubber.  Also, the power system is incredibly well fleshed out and complex.  From Devil Fruits, to Haki, ect.
7. Good voice acting both sub and dub (funimation dub).
8. Phenomenal worldbuilding, often the thing that fans praise the most.  The world of One Piece is unbelievably huge and vast, with tons of creative creatures, characters, and environments.
9. The show has some good comedy.
10. Aside from the anime, the series also has tons of video games, anime movies, speicals, and OVA's, so even if you finish the main story, you can still get sucked into other side stories with these characters.
11. Lots of plot twists that you won't see coming, but are still foreshadowed, sometimes years in advance.
12. While Luffy is boring and generic, he does get some character development later on which does make him less naive, although he still resembles the old Luffy.
13. Lots of dramatic moments that make you feel for the characters, stand outs being Brooke, Nami, and Robin.
14. The story arcs in One Piece also hold lots of variety, from one involving food, (Whole Cake Island), to arcs involving royalty, (Alabasta and Dresrossa), to arcs involving samurai and ninja, (Wano Kuni).
15. A perfect blend of amazing male and female characers, unlike many of its contemporaries.
16. While it doens't happen all the time, there are times when major characters die in the series.  The deaths are good to give the story a sense of realisim given the subject material, while it doesn't happen so often that it becomes predictable.
17. Also, when a character dies in this story, they're dead forever.
18. The villains aren't the only good characters; the protagonists also have tons of memorable and likable characters, including Zoro, Nami, Robin, and Red Haired Shanks, among others.
19. Exceptional foreshadowing.

## Bad Qualities

1. Like many long running anime, the anime version has an insane amount of filler content.
2. The fights aren't very interesting early on, with Luffy one hitting every single one of them; thankfully, they get much better and more length later.
3. The animation isn't usually that great unless there's a major dramatic scene or a major fight scene.
4. Even if you take all filler out, the extreme length of the series more often than not deters people from attempting to watch it.
5. Even episodes that adapt the manga can have filler due to Toei Animation adapting one chapter per episode.
6. The original 4Kids dub is infamous for how horrible it is.  In fact, there's even a page for that version on Terrible TV Shows wiki and Crappy Anime wiki.  Thankfully, later on 4Kids stopped dubbing it and Funimation took over, not only redubbing everything that 4Kids screwed up, but continuing to present after that.
7. The art style and character designs might not be appealing to some people.
8. While some of the comedy is good, other comedy can fall flat, especially when the comedy solely revolves around Luffy.
9. Incredibly boring and generic main character.

## Reception

The anime adaptations have also been very well-received. The first episode of the anime adaptation earned a viewer ratings percentage of 12.4, behind *Pokémon* and ahead of *Ojamajo Doremi*.[148] As of 2017, *One Piece* is among the top 10 anime in viewer ratings every week in Japan.[149][150] On several occasions the *One Piece* anime has topped Japan's DVD sales.[151][152]

In a review of the second DVD release of 4Kids Entertainment's dub, Todd Douglass, Jr. of DVD Talk called its adaptation a "shabby treatment" resulting in an "arguably less enjoyable rendition". Douglass said that the 4Kids original opening was "a crappy rap song" and that the removal of whole scenes leaves a "feeling that something is missing". He later went on to say that "Fans of the 'real' *One Piece* will want to skip picking [...] up [4Kids Entertainment's *One Piece* DVDs] until an uncut release is announced", and also stated that "kids may get into this version because it's what they have seen on TV".[153] Margaret Veira of activeAnime praised the TV series' "great" animation, stating that "It gives life and stays true to the style and characters of the manga." She notes the fight scenes in particular have "a lot of energy to them".[154] Patrick King of Animefringe comments that the art style of *One Piece* is "very distinctive and fresh".[155]

In a review of the first Funimation DVD release for Mania Entertainment, Bryce Coulter comments that *One Piece* is "not your typical pirate adventure" and that mixed with "the right amount of random fun along with a shonen style storyline" it becomes "an appealing and fun romp".[156] In a review of Funimation's second DVD release for Mania Entertainment, Bryce Coulter comments that "You can tell that they are giving One Piece the attention that was neglected by 4Kids" and that "One Piece is a great tale of high-seas fun that will leave you wanting more!"[157]

In Indonesia, Global TV was reprimanded by the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) for airing the anime television series. Nina Armando, member of the KPI and a lecturer at the University of Indonesia, said the show should not be aired at times when children are likely to watch.[158]