East Blue Saga

East Blue Saga is the warm-up saga of the series. Luffy meets Shanks as a young boy living in East Blue. This is where he forms most of his Straw Hat crew and, ultimately, where the adventure begins. This saga is made up of six story arcs.

The saga starts off with a flashback of Gol D. Roger about to be executed. Before he dies, he tells the crowds to go out and search for his treasure. With that, he sparked the Golden Age of Pirates where countless pirates raise their flags and set off to find One Piece.

The East Blue Saga focuses mainly on Luffy setting off for the Grand Line and gathering crewmates. Throughout the saga, Luffy gains four comrades: Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji and earns a bounty of 30,000,000 on his head.

In the Japanese Anime DVD Releases, the East Blue Saga is officially the "First Season".

Chapters: 1-100 (Volumes 1-12)

Episodes: 1-61 (4kids dub: 1-43)

Years Ran 1997 - 1999
 * Captain Morgan arc: 1997
 * Buggy the Clown arc: 1997-1998
 * Captain Kuro arc: 1998
 * Baratie arc: 1998-1999
 * Arlong arc: 1999
 * Loguetown arc: 1999