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However, once 4Kids realized One Piece was not appropriate for their intended demographic, the company decided to edit it into a more child-oriented series until they had an opportunity to legally drop the license. Kirk said the experience of producing One Piece "ruined the company's reputation". Since then, 4Kids established a stricter set of ...
Additionally, One Piece is the only work whose volumes have ranked first every year in Oricon's weekly comic chart existence since 2008. [150] [151] 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.
More than 100 musical CDs have been created for the media franchise built around Eiichiro Oda's manga One Piece.Various theme songs and character songs were released on a total of 51 singles, many of them were also released in collected form on the 8 compilation albums or the 17 soundtrack CDs, along with background music from the anime television series, the feature films, and video games.
The first half was released on DVD in six compilations, each containing one disc with two or three episodes, by Toei Animation between February 5 and July 2, 2003. The second half was released on DVD in seven compilations between August 6, 2003, and February 4, 2004.
One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy whose body has gained the properties of rubber from accidentally eating a supernatural fruit, and his crew of diverse pirates, the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy's greatest ambition is to obtain the world's ultimate treasure, One Piece, and thereby become the next King of the Pirates.