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One Piece (ワンピース, Wan Pīsu? )#) is a Japanese shōnen manga series authored and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Every week Shōnen Jump since August FOUR, 1997; the individual chapters are now being released in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, using the very first launched on December TWENTY FOUR, 1997, and also the 63rd volume launched as of August 2011. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old young man who increases flexible skills after inadvertently consuming a supernatural berry, and also his diverse crew of pirates, called the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy explores the ocean looking for the world's greatest treasure called the One Piece and to become the next Pirate King. Together his quest, Luffy makes several friends and also fights a wide variety of villains, a lot of whom try to catch the Straw Hats.

The chapters have been modified into an original movie animation (OVA) made by Production I. G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which started broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Since that time, the still continuing series has broadcast over 500 episodes. Additionally, Toei has developed 11 animated feature movies, an OVA, and also 5 tv specials. A number of companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game, and also a large number of video games.

The manga series was certified for an English language launch in North America by Viz Media, in the United Kingdom by Gollancz Manga, and in Australia and also New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. Most of the anime series has been certified by Funimation Entertainment for an English-language launch in North America, although the series hasn't always been certified and also dubbed by the same studio.

Since its release, One Piece has become the most popular manga series of all time in Japan and also one of the most popular manga series globally. It is the highest-selling manga of all time in the history of Every week Shōnen Jump, in addition to currently being it's most acclaimed manga. [1] 2010, Shueisha announced that they sold over 230 million volumes of One Piece manga so far; volume SIXTY ONE set a brand new record for the highest initial print run of any book in Japan in history with 3. 8 million copies (the previous record belonging to volume 60 together with 3. 4 million copies). Volume 60 is the first book to sell over two million copies in its opening week on Japan's Oricon book rankings. [2] One Piece is currently ranked as the best-selling series of all time in manga history. [3] It enjoys a very high readership, with increased than 240 million volumes of the series sold by 2011. One Piece has received wide critical acclaim from reviewers, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and also tale.