One Piece (航海王, "Sailing King", formerly 海賊王, "King of Pirates") is one of the most popular manga and anime in Taiwan.
Manga[]
One Piece was first introduced as "海賊王" in 1997 by Da Ran Culture (大然文化) and had been serialized on a weekly magazine, 熱門少年TOP. However, due to the bankruptcy of Da Ran Culture in 2004, the manga licence switched to Tong Li Publishing (東立出版社), as well as the name changed into "航海王", and continued the serialization on their weekly magazine Taiwan Junior Magazine (寶島少年). However, some fans do not accept the official name changing and would rather refer One Piece to 海賊王.
The manga released period of One Piece in Taiwan is very similar to the Japanese one. The serialization on Taiwan Junior Magazine releases the same chapter as Shonen Jump in the same week, and translated manga volumes are usually released one month after Japanese volume is released.
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Anime[]
MUSE Communication (木棉花國際) had published anime DVDs since 1999, with all uncensored sub episodes. DVD episodes had been published until the Impel Down Arc, special episodes DVD are published until Episode Special 4, and One Piece Movies had published until The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle. From the Impel Down Arc, MUSE Communication has no longer published any anime DVDs and special episodes. Even so, MUSE Communication is still the copyright holder of the anime merchandise. On the other hand, One Piece movie DVDs has still been published. However, the distributors of each movie are different.
The Mandarin Chinese Dub of One Piece in Taiwan has been airing on TTV (台灣電視公司) since 2005. The TTV dub on early days is uncensored. However, due to public concern about smoking, TTV has placed mosaic on smoking screens since 2009. The TTV dub also aired on Star Chinese Channel (衛視中文台). The TTV dub is usually closed to the Japanese sub (usually five or so episodes away from the current Japanese episode). All of the movies have been dubbed as well.
Voice Actors[]
Main voice actors of Taiwanese dub are Joy Chan(詹雅菁), Song Ke Jun(宋克軍), Maggie Hsu(許淑嬪), Clement Fu(符爽), and Sun Chung Tai(孫中台).
| Characters | TTV Voice Actors |
| Monkey D. Luffy, Tony Tony Chopper | Joy Chan |
| Roronoa Zoro, Brook, Jinbe | Song Ke Jun |
| Nami, Nico Robin | Maggie Hsu |
| Usopp, Franky | Clement Fu |
| Sanji, Narrator | Sun Chung Tai |
External Links[]
- Taiwan Junior Magazine
- TTV's website for One Piece
- One Piece on the Chinese Wikipedia.
- One Piece Wiki Chinese, the Chinese One Piece Fandom wiki.
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