ONE PIECE

Are you fun of watching anime cartoons? Do you find anime series very nice? As an anime lover, I find anime cartoons very amazing. They are too damn nice. I really admire anime cartoons. The graphics are very unique, yet amazing. I am an avid fanatic of anime series such as ghost fighter, naruto, flame of recca, hunter x hunter, shaman king and etc. But for me, I find the anime series “One Piece” as the best anime series ever.

What’s “One Piece” all about? One Piece is a manga and anime series created by manga artist Eiichiro Oda. One Piece focuses on a ragtag crew of pirates led by captain monkey D. Luffy . Luffy's greatest ambition is to obtain the world's ultimate treasure , One Piece, and become Pirate . The story is summarized below.

It was a time when pirates ruled the seas. Several bands of pirates were battling over the great hidden treasure, One Piece, which was left by the now legendary pirate king, Gol D. Roger. There was a young boy who had admired pirates. His name was Luffy. One day, he mistakenly eats a cursed fruit turning himself into a rubber man. Ten years have past since that incidence, Luffy sets out to see all alone. He sets out to become a great pirate captain and his great adventure begins. “I’m going to be the Pirate King! I’m going to get One Piece”.

The manga began its serial run in issue #34 of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen 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; however, the story has continued far beyond his expectations, and its popularity has swelled to enormous proportions. One Piece is the fourth highest selling manga in the history of Weekly Shonen Jump, and is currently Japan's most popular and all-time third-best-selling Shōnen Jump title. Volume 24 of the One Piece manga was the highest selling Japanese novel of all time, prior to the publication of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The popularity of One Piece has led to adaptations of both the manga and anime into many other languages including Korean , Chinese, English, Germans, French Italian, Basque, Spanish, Thai, Filipino. Catalan, Danish,Norwegian, Swedish, Malay, Indonesian, Portuguese, Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi and Finnish.

Every year or two, a one-hour special episode is aired in place of a normal episode. Special episodes include:

Adventure in the Ocean's Navel - The Straw Hats encounter a city in the middle of a whirlpool, called the Ocean's Navel, that is being destroyed by giant monsters. These monsters supposedly protect a treasure capable of granting wishes, but in the process of defeating these guardians, the crew ends up releasing another evil.

Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream! - The crew comes across three children and two adults, posing as a family. As it turns out, the oldest child knows the location of a great treasure discovered by her late father, and they are on the run from a pirate with a dangerous ability.

Protect it! The Last Great Performance - It is the last performance of a great actor and playwright, but several actors suddenly quit. Luckily, the Straw Hats offer to take their place. However, the quitting actors turns out to be more than a coincidence when they meet a Marine with a grudge against the playwright.

The Detective Memeoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy- In an alternate reality world that resembles Edo Period Japan, Luffy acts as a member of the police. This is made up of two adventures: in the first, Buggy makes trouble in the town; in the second, a mysterious girl named Vivi appears. This special contains several cameos from characters throughout the entire series.
Boss Luffy Returns! A Dream or Reakity Lottery Trouble

The Great Race at the Rice Cake Firewood Castle! Red Nose`s Conspiracy
Who are the cast of characters in One Piece? The castoff characters include Luffy, Usopp, Choper, Nami, Sanji, Zoro and Nico Robin. Luffy is the weird captain of the Strawhat Crew who has the ability to stretch his whole body like a rubber. Usopp is the so-called Sniper/Sharp shooter of the Strawhat Crew. He uses gadgets and his specialized slingshot in defeating his enemies. Choper is the doctor of the strawhat crew. He has the ability to enlarge himself by eating a specialized candy. Nami is the sailor of the strawhat crew. She is known for stealing. Sanji is the cook of the strawhat crew. He uses his feet in defeating his enemies. He usually uses his powerful kick in a fight. Zoro is known as the great swordsman of the East Blue Sea. He usually uses his three swords together in battling. Nico Robin has also a power of a cursed fruit. She can produce many hands/arms as she can. She uses her ability of producing many arms/hands in defeating enemies.

Sanji, Usopp, Choper, Luffy, Robin, Zoro, Nami belongs to the pirate group called “Strawhat Pirates”. They aimed to get the great hidden treasure, ONE PIECE.