One Piece (1999– )
"Wan pîsu: One Piece" (original title)

There once lived a pirate named Gol D. Roger. He obtained wealth, fame, and power to earn the title of Pirate King. When he was captured and about to be executed, he revealed that his ... See full summary »

Stars:

Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Monkey D Luffy (533 episodes, 1999-2012)
Kazuya Nakai	...	Roronoa Zoro (406 episodes, 1999-2012)
Akemi Okamura	...	Nami (401 episodes, 1999-2012)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Usopp (400 episodes, 2000-2012)
Mahito Ôba	...	The Narrator (382 episodes, 1999-2012)
Hiroaki Hirata	...	Sanji (379 episodes, 2000-2012)
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Monkey D. Luffy (336 episodes, 1999-2007)
Ikue Ôtani	...	Tony Tony Chopper (310 episodes, 2000-2012)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Gold Roger (307 episodes, 1999-2012)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Nico Robin (271 episodes, 2001-2012)
Luci Christian	...	Nami (246 episodes, 1999-2006)
Christopher Sabat	...	Roronoa Zoro (239 episodes, 1999-2006)
Sonny Strait	...	Usopp (225 episodes, 1999-2006)
Kazuki Yao	...	Franky (222 episodes, 2000-2012)

Storyline

There once lived a pirate named Gol D. Roger. He obtained wealth, fame, and power to earn the title of Pirate King. When he was captured and about to be executed, he revealed that his treasure called One Piece was hidden somewhere at the Grand Line. This made all people set out to search and uncover the One Piece treasure, but no one ever found the location of Gol D. Roger's treasure, and the Grand Line was too dangerous a place to overcome. Twenty-two years after Gol D. Roger's death, a boy named Monkey D. Luffy decided to become a pirate and search for Gol D. Roger's treasure to become the next Pirate King.

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Plot Keywords:

pirate | treasure | navigator | doctor | cook | 

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Taglines:

The Mermen have gone too far!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 September 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

One Piece

Box Office

Budget:

JPY 10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

4 Kids Entertainment, FUNimation Entertainment, Toei Animation Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 24 min (original) 21 min (edited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Part of the names of Sanji's attacks are in French. Part of Nico Robin's are in Spanish

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Quotes

Roronoa Zoro: Was that a bribe?
Monkey D. Luffy: Yup.
[walks off]
Roronoa Zoro: Well, at least he's honest.

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Connections

Spin-off One Piece: Episode of Chopper: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Hikari e"
(Towards the Light)
Performed by the Babystars
(Third opening theme, episodes 116-168)

User Reviews

Another one bites the dust

An incredibly fun and entertaining anime that unfortunately had to be licensed by 4KIDS Entertainment. The end result is a mess that's missing it's soul; the original One Piece Manga was given a Teen Rating, but the 4KIDS dub is cut down to a Y7 - one of the lowest and most "family friendly" ratings currently available.

A lot of content was cut. Almost whole episodes are missing.

If you can look past that, and get your hands on some of the uncut footage, the show is very entertaining. Luffy's hopeless and never-ending optimism for pretty much any situation is extremely contagious and you can't help but smile right along with him, even when the chips are down. The character design and art style are extremely fresh when compared to most other anime (which all seem to look very similar), and the battle sequences are top notch. There is also a good helping of drama and back story for those of you who would rather have more substance to your anime. All in all, One Piece is an extremely well-rounded show that deserves to be seen by all.

It's great One Piece is becoming a world wide phenomenon, I just wish with all my heart it had been handled better for it's North American English Dub; I am a firm believer in "Do it right the first time or don't do it at all" - unfortunately for us 4KIDS has made every single dubbing mistake that's been written (and even a few they made up just for One Piece). Do not make a mistake and think that by getting up on a Saturday Morning you're seeing One Piece - because, if you will excuse the pun, you're only seeing one piece of One Piece. There is a whole different show 4KIDS cannot air because they gravely misjudged their demographic for the show.