One Piece

One Piece
One Piece is an ongoing manga written and drawn by Eiichiro Oda. Created in Aug. 1997 and has currently gotten over 430+ chapters.

History
Eiichiro Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump at a young age. As a child he was inspired by Vikings and he was aspired to become an manga artist. Later he created Pandaman for Yudetamago's Kinnikuman. In 1992 at age 17, he summited the manga called Wanted. In 1994 at age 19 he became an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsukai for Rurouni Kenshin. Before Aug. 1997, he created an 2 one-shot stories called Romance Dawn 1 and Romance Dawn 2.

In Aug. 1997 Oda started the manga series called "One Piece" It was frist serialized in Weekly Jump of Shonen Jump magazine owned by Shueisha. At this time, One Piece became the most popular manga in Japan and around the world.

The anime series was started by Toei Animation in Oct. 1999. By 2002, One Piece went around the world. Viz (Now Viz Media) atoped the manga, by 2004 4Kids dubbed One Piece which was critized and hated by fans for it's horrible editing and censorship

Originally, Oda wanted his series to run for 5 years (meaning One Piece could have ended in 2002) But he went longer then expected and has no idea how many more years his story will be.

Story
It's a story of Monkey D. Luffy who was inspired by Red-Haired Shanks. 22 Years in 1500 an Pirate name Gold D. Roger the Pirate King was excuted, before he dies he told the crowd to seach for his treasure, the "One Piece". His death sparked the Golden Age of Pirates as countless pirates sets out to look for his treasure. Luffy wanted to be an next Pirate King and sets out to gather crews and begin his adventures.

One Piece is more then just an pirate story, through the years One Piece has token new directions in the story, One Piece is the adventurous storys that takes place in the oceans; as they trak from islands to islands.

One Piece is known for it's complex storyline, bizzare characters, battle mixtures, character developments, in-depth details of the story, amazing plot twist, mixtures of emotions, mixtures of goofiness and serious levels, and unique story and sub-plots.