"Wan piisu: One Piece" (1999) TV series 1999-????

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Kônosuke Uda

Writers:

Michiru Shimada (writer)
Suminori Takegami (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

Release Date:

18 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

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

Tagline:

Set sail for One Piece!

Plot:

There once lived a pirate named, Gold Roger. He obtained Wealth, Fame, and Power to earn the title as the Pirate King...

Plot Keywords:

Pirate | Treasure | Navigator | Cook | Doctor

Cast

Mayumi Tanaka	...	Monkey D Luffy / ... (408 episodes, 1999-2009)
Kazuya Nakai	...	Roronoa Zoro / ... (372 episodes, 1999-2009)
Akemi Okamura	...	Nami / ... (359 episodes, 1999-2009)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Usopp / ... (352 episodes, 2000-2009)
Hiroaki Hirata	...	Sanji / ... (334 episodes, 2000-2009)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Gold Roger (287 episodes, 1999-2009)
Ikue Ootani	...	Tony Tony Chopper / ... (268 episodes, 2000-2009)
Mahito Ôba	...	The Narrator / ... (254 episodes, 1999-2009)
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Nico Robin / ... (230 episodes, 2001-2009)
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Monkey D. Luffy / ... (206 episodes, 1999-2004)
Luci Christian	...	Nami (193 episodes, 1999-2004)
Christopher Sabat	...	Roronoa Zoro / ... (188 episodes, 1999-2004)
Sonny Strait	...	Usopp / ... (173 episodes, 1999-2004)
Sean Hennigan	...	Gold Roger / ... (169 episodes, 1999-2004)
Kazuki Yao	...	Franky / ... (167 episodes, 2000-2009)

Also Known As:

"One Piece" (International: English title)
"Shonen Jump One Piece" (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:22 min | Japan:24 min (original version) | USA:21 min (edited version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English | Tagalog | French | Italian | Portuguese | Spanish | German | Thai

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG | Japan:U | South Korea:12 | Australia:G | USA:PG (TV version) | USA:TV-14 (uncut) | USA:TV-Y7 (edit) | Singapore:PG

Company:

4 Kids Entertainment

Trivia:

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

Quotes:

Sanji: [choosing between the IQ Iron, Swamp, Orb, and String tests] So which one should we choose?
Monkey D. Luffy: How about the Orb test?
Usopp: Why that one?
Monkey D. Luffy: Orb's like a ball, right? Sounds fun!
Usopp: That's your reason?
Monkey D. Luffy: Why? Which one would you pick?
Usopp: I don't know. I guess Orb does sound the least likely to kill us...
[thinks about each of the tests and envisions them all being scary]
Usopp: On second thought, they all sound scary!

Movie Connections:

Spin off Wan pisu: Anrimiteddo adobenchaa (2007) (VG)

One of the Greatest Animes Ever

Monkey D. Luffy has the ability to stretch like rubber, but he can't swim. A big problem for someone who wants to be pirate king! But he has gathered a crew of Zolo, a lazy swordsman who uses three swords, Nami, a redhead thieving navigator, Usopp, a lying and cowardly marksman, Sanji, a kicking (literally)cook, and Tony Tony Chopper, a reindeer doctor. (Unfortunately, Luffy is a real knuckle head, his crew even mocks him sometimes. However, when someone touches his straw hat, or hurts one of his crew, he gets highly infuriated and fights like a madman.) But he must find One Piece, the legendary treasure of Gol D. Roger, the last pirate king. For he said, "My fortune is yours for the taking, but you'll have to find it first. I left everything I owned in one piece." They say that One Piece is in the Grand Line (similar to the Equator), because there are terrible dangers only a true pirate could face. He faces countless pirates, marines, and bounty hunters along his journey. The English dub is a major disappointment though, including almost all blood being removed, things not as dramatic (in Japan Kuina died and Bellemere was shot before her daughters eyes), and almost all drugs and alcohol are removed, including Sanji's cigarette turning into a lollipop, Captin Smoker having his two cigars removed and having his named changed to Chaser, and altering all weapons other than knives or swords (including firearms) to become either toys (like Naval Marines' rifles) or odd contraptions. Even with all the editing, it still is a very good show. It is my favorite!