Real-Life Timeline

1975

 * January 1: Eiichiro Oda is born in Kumamoto, Japan

1984

 * Eiichiro Oda's favorite Manga  Dragon Ball  created by Akira Toriyama was serialized in Shonen Jump. Dragon Ball became an influencial hit for Oda to create  One Piece  13 years later.

1992

 * At the age of 17 Eiichiro Oda writes his first manga short story  Wanted!  and wins several awards.

1994

 * Eiichiro Oda became an assistant initially for Shinobu Kaitani for Weekly Shonen Jump manga Suizan Police Gang. He would eventually become an assistant after the completion of this series with Masaya Tokuhiro and ultimately Nobuhiro Watsuki for his popular Jump manga Ruroni Kenshin.

1996

 * Oda makes Romance Dawn V.1 and Romance Dawn V.2.

1997

 * August: The One Piece Manga series officially begun.
 * Arcs: Captain Morgan Arc, Buggy Arc.

1998

 * Arcs: Buggy Arc, Kuro Arc, Baratie Arc.


 * Anime: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack!

1999

 * Arcs: Arlong Arc, Loguetown Arc, Laboon Arc, Whiskey Peak Arc, first part of Little Garden Arc.


 * Anime: Morgan Arc, Buggy Arc.


 * Others: while doing Laboon arc, an early concept of Brook appeared in Oda's mind, but won't be finalized until 2007.

2000

 * Arcs: 2nd part of Little Garden arc, Drum Island Arc, 1st part of Arabasta Arc.


 * Anime: Kuro Arc, Baratie Arc, Arlong Arc, Buggy Side Story arc, 1st part of Loguetown arc, Movie 1, Episode Special 1.

2001

 * Arcs: 2nd part of Arabasta Arc


 * Anime: 2nd part of Loguetown arc, Warship Island Arc, Laboon Arc, Whiskey Peak Arc, Diary of Coby-Meppo, Little Garden Arc, Drum Island Arc, 1st part of Arabasta arc, Movie 2, Jango's Dance Carnival.

2002

 * Arcs: last part of Arabasta Arc, Jaya Arc, 1st part of Skypiea arc.


 * Anime: 2nd part of Arabasta arc, Post-Arabasta Arc, Goat Island Arc, Movie 3, Dream Soccer King!.

2003

 * Arcs: 2nd half of Skypiea arc


 * Anime: Rainbow Mist Arc, Jaya Arc, 1st part of Skypiea arc, Movie 4, TV Special 2, TV Special 3.

2004

 * Arcs: Davy Back Fight Arc, 1st half of Water 7 arc.


 * Anime: 2nd part of Skypiea arc, G8 Arc, 1st part of Davy Back Fight arc, Movie 5, Become the Pirate Baseball Kings!.

2005

 * Arcs: 2nd half of Water 7 Arc, 1st Half of Enies Lobby arc.


 * Anime: 2nd part of Davy Back Fight arc, Ocean's Dream Arc, Foxy's Return Arc, 1st part of Water 7 arc, Movie 6.

2006

 * Arcs: 2nd Half of Enies Lobby arc, 1st Half of the Post-Enies Lobby arc.


 * Anime: 2nd part of Water 7 arc, 1st Part of Enies Lobby arc, Movie 7, TV Special 4.

2007

 * Arcs: last bit of the Post-Enies Lobby arc, 1st part of Thriller Bark arc.


 * Anime: second half of the Enies Lobby arc, Post-Enies Lobby Arc, first part of Ice Hunter arc, Episode of Arabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates.


 * Others: Cross Epoch, a crossover between Dragon Ball and One Piece is made by the two mangaka Eiichiro Oda and Akira Toriyama.

2008

 * Arcs: 2nd part of Thriller Bark Arc, Sabaody Archipelago Arc, Amazon Lily Arc, first part of Impel Down arc.
 * Anime: second part of Ice Hunter arc, Thriller Bark Arc, first part of Spa Island arc, Episode of Chopper Plus, Romance Dawn Story.


 * Others: In a 2008 poll, conducted by marketing research firm Oricon, Oda was elected fifth most favorite manga artists of Japan. He shared the place with Yoshihiro Togashi, creator of Hunter X Hunter.

2009

 * Arcs: second part of Impel Down arc, Straw Hat's Separation Serial, first part of Marineford Arc, Chapter 0.
 * Anime: second part of Spa Island arc, Sabaody Archipelago Arc, Amazon Lily Arc, Straw Hat's Separation Serial, first part of Impel Down arc, One Piece Film: Strong World.

2010

 * Arcs: second part of Marineford Arc; Post-War Arc; Straw Hats Return Arc
 * Manga: One Piece sells over 20 million books in just this year.
 * Anime: Second part of Impel Down arc, One Piece Film Strong World Episode:0, Marineford Arc (ongoing)
 * Others: In a 2010 poll, conducted by marketing research firm Oricon, Oda was voted fourth in a list of the "The mangaka who changed the manga history".