One Piece 

Follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger. The famous mystery treasure named "One Piece".

Creator:

Eiichiro Oda

Stars:

Mayumi Tanaka, Tony Beck, Laurent Vernin

Top Rated TV #102 | 3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Monkey D. Luffy / ... 705 episodes, 1999-2019
Tony Beck	...	Roronoa Zoro 578 episodes, 1999-2012
Laurent Vernin	...	Mr. 7 578 episodes, 1999-2012
Akemi Okamura	...	Nami / ... 520 episodes, 1999-2018
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Usopp / ... 493 episodes, 2000-2018
Kazuya Nakai	...	Roronoa Zoro / ... 491 episodes, 1999-2019
Hiroaki Hirata	...	Sanji / ... 468 episodes, 2000-2018
Ikue Ôtani	...	Tony Tony Chopper / ... 424 episodes, 2000-2018
Mahito Ôba	...	The Narrator / ... 384 episodes, 1999-2019
Colleen Clinkenbeard	...	Monkey D. Luffy / ... 368 episodes, 1999-2012
Yuriko Yamaguchi	...	Nico Robin / ... 355 episodes, 2001-2018
Chikao Ohtsuka	...	Gold Roger / ... 307 episodes, 1999-2012
Kazuki Yao	...	Franky / ... 293 episodes, 2000-2018

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 | anime | treasure | navigator | doctor | 

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Taglines:

Will Luffy save his legs?

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

Oda stated that Sanji was originally going to be named as Naruto. But this was changed to avoid confusion with manga series Naruto.

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Goofs

Leo shows an eager reaction when Sugar picks the poisoned grape out of her grape bowl. All the grapes look identical so from the spot where he and Robin are hiding it would be impossible to see which grape was the spiked one.

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Quotes

Monkey D. Luffy: [after seeing a skinny woman claiming to be Alvita] Don't you mean you're like half of her?

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Alternate Versions

The US version from 2004-2006 is heavily edited over the Japanese version. All blood is removed, all guns are changed to non-lethal weapons (pop guns, squirt guns, etc.), all alcohol is changed to juice, and all cigarettes are changed to lollipops, among other changes. When Funimation took over the dub production in 2007, it was a lot more faithful to the original.

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Connections

Followed by The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy (2005)

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Soundtracks

Memories
(First ending theme, episodes 1-30)

User Reviews

incredible epic ride

It is difficult to sum up the story of a series with hundreds of episodes, TV specials and movies, so I'd rather just try to tell you what it is about and why it is so incredibly good.

The series starts off with a guy named Luffy whose ultimate goal it is to become the one and only "King of all Pirates" and to find the greatest treasure in the world. The first episodes introduce him and some characters and make a lovely start that is entertaining and makes one want more. On his way Luffy meets a lot of very interesting characters who become his crew members and friends - each of them with an intense and captivating background story. Every character in this series - be it friend or foe - is either adorable, tragic, despicable or interesting at the least... no boring characters anywhere. Later on in the series, important events and story twists are often visualized or supported by huge appearances in the fabulous and unreal environments that our crew travels. This is perfectly done and helps the already epic feel of the story. I have seen 150 episodes, four movies and two specials so far and there were moments that made me cry, laugh, think and re-watch some episodes (especially 85-90) at least 30 times. You might come to the false conclusion of having a kids show here due to the presentation, but that is definitely wrong. People sometimes say about a movie or series that it is "not a life changer, but entertaining". That is definitely not the case here! I know it sounds nerdy, but this series has broadened my horizon in many ways and I recommend anyone to take the admittedly long time to get into this epic adventure. The best way to do so will be to watch the fan-subs which are as close to the original as a non Japanese will get (explanations of puns and traditions). There are of course some filler episodes in a huge project like this which won't blow you away, but that is only natural with hundreds of episodes and helps developing the characters. This show is an easy 10/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 September 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

One Piece

Box Office

Budget:

JPY10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min (original) 21 min (edited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD