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One Piece is a Japanese media franchise created by Eiichirō Oda in 1997. The initial manga, written and illustrated by Eiichirō Oda, has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 22, 1997, and has been collected into 110 tankōbon volumes.
Initial concept art for the Straw Hat Pirates. Several characters have been stated to be based on actual pirates and sailors such as: Eustass Kid (Eustace the Monk and William Kidd), X. Drake (Sir Francis Drake), Basil Hawkins (Basil Ringrose and John Hawkins), Capone Bege (Al Capone and William Le Sauvage), Jewelry Bonney (), Urouge (Aruj and Oruç Reis), Alvida (), Bartolomeo (Bartholomew ...
Eiichiro Oda (Japanese: 尾田 栄一郎, Hepburn: Oda Eiichirō, born January 1, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist and the creator of the series One Piece.With more than 516.6 million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide, One Piece is both the best-selling manga in history and the best-selling comic series printed in volume, in turn making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors.
Additionally, One Piece is the only work whose volumes have ranked first every year in Oricon's weekly comic chart existence since 2008. [149] [150] One Piece has also sold well in North America, charting on Publishers Weekly ' s list of best-selling comics for April/May 2007 and numerous times on The New York Times Manga Best Seller list.
Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (born Margot Elena Gertrude Taylor; 8 March 1887 – 24 September 1963) was a British sculptor and translator.She is best known as the long-time lesbian partner of Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, author of The Well of Loneliness.
Marguerite is a French female given name, from which the English name Margaret is derived. Marguerite derives via Latin and Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs) , meaning " pearl ". [ 1 ] It is also a French name for the ox-eye daisy flower. [ 2 ]
Ryoko Shiraishi (白石 涼子, Shiraishi Ryōko, born September 7, 1982) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kashiba, Nara.She is affiliated with Aoni Production. [1] [2]
She was the inspiration for Marguerite Gautier, the main character of the 1848 novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas the younger, one of Duplessis' lovers. [1] Much of what is known about her has been derived from the literary persona and contemporary legends.