One Piece in Finland

In Finland One Piece has been out in manga form since 2005. It is published by Sangatsu Manga which is a company in Bonnier group. When One Piece manga first came out in Finland, new volumes hit the stores once a month on the last Friday of every month. Later when volumes were closing in on the Japanese releases they started to bring a now volume out six times a year. The latest volume came in August 2010. It was the 53rd volume. There hasn't yet been a One Piece anime out in Finland in any form at the moment.

One Piece is the second best-selling manga in Finland (the first being Dragon Ball, which is also published by Sangatsu Manga), but One Piece is catching up fast with the help of re-releases of the earlier volumes.

One Piece is translated straight from Japanese to Finnish by Antti Valkama, but with earlier episodes he was assisted by Heikki Valkama. Translations are said to be faithful to the original release, and by the request of readers thety have decided to keep the original sound effects with translations in Finnish in a small font above them. Also, a number of names have been translated to help the readers understand their meaning more. Keimi also ends everyone's names with a -"li "instead of -"chin".
 * Chew became Pusi (the sound that comes from a kiss).
 * Hatchan became Musti (means ink, an abbreviation of the finnish word for octopus, mustekala).
 * Whitebeard and Blackbeard became Valkoparta and Mustaparta, respectively (literal translations).
 * Sogeking became Ampunaamio (a mix of two words, ampuja (shooter) and naamio (mask)).