About One Piece

Author: Eiichiro Oda

First published in 1997 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo.

Published in July 1997 by Siam Inter Comics, Thailand.

Currently appear in Shonen Jump (Japan) and C-Kids (Thailand)

ISBN 974-8458-53-0

About Author:

Eiichiro Oda used to be an assistant of Watsuki Nobuhiko on Rurouni Kenshin before he started One Piece. Base on his answer section in my manga, he said that he didn't like to use screen tone, and this remind me of Watsuki Nobuhiko's work. Also, he said that he loved to draw animals. If you buy One Piece, you will find a lot of animals pictures in his work.

One Piece Animation:

On Jump's Super Anime Tour of 1998, One Piece has been chosen to produce an Original Animation Video or OAV. However, I have never seen it, but I heard that it was very good. Also, the OAV didn't call One Piece, they gave the story the different name. Only Rufi, Zoro, and Nami were appeared in the animation, and the story line is not on the manga.

Others:

Most of characters name are real! Mr. Oda said in one of his answering section that he usually name the character based on the real pirate name such as Roronoah Zoro or Albeda.

Before Mr. Oda worked on One Piece, he used to draw the story called "Romance Dawn" and his main character is Rufi, the rubber man. This story is the origin of One Piece. However, it's just a one chapter story, and the characters are different. (Except Rufi, of course)

Character Vote:

This poll comes from Jump and vote by 36,000 readers on 1997.

Monkey D. Rufi
Roronoah Zoro
Shank
Sanji
Nami
Ben Beckman
Baki
Usop
Captain Kuro (Kurahadol)
Kuina