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Volleyball anime Haikyu!! —based on the shonen manga by Haruichi Furudate—is making the leap to stage play in Japan later this year, with performances scheduled to begin in November. Worry Kinoshita, who helms the Tokyo One Piece Tower stage attraction based on Eiichiro Oda's mega-popular …Read more »
In the mid-1990s, the manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump was at the zenith of its success in Japan, with a per-issue circulation of over 6 million. This astonishing prosperity came during a time when Dragon Ball was concluding—before Naruto and Bleach existed. Eiichiro Oda, who …Read more »
The 2008 film One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura is getting a special edition, set for a New Year's Eve debut on Fuji TV and its affiliates. In celebration of the TV anime adaptation's 15th anniversary, new animated footage …Read more »
With Masashi Kishimoto's long-running Naruto manga coming to an end in the pages of Shonen Jump , One Piece author Eiichiro Oda is helping to send it off with a nice and subtle tribute. The title page of next week's One Piece chapter 766 is …Read more »
The previously announced One Piece special, One Piece '3D2Y' Ace no Shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama to no Chikai ( One Piece '3D2Y' Overcome Ace's Death! The Oath with Luffy's Crewmates ), is set to air on Japan's Fuji TV stations on August 30. The …Read more »
The sheer dominating power of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece can't be stopped. Not content with ruling the manga and anime worlds, having its own special exhibitions, and more, One Piece is getting a theme park at Tokyo Tower. The 333-meter-tall tower—located in Minato-ku, Tokyo—will be …Read more »
About a year ago, we reported a story about One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda going on temporary hiatus due to a case of peritonsillar abscess, a common complication of tonsillitis. Now he’s going to just have his tonsils removed and be done with it. That …Read more »
I never planned on reviewing every volume of One Piece , and obviously that hasn't changed, despite the fact that we also covered volume 67. Every now and then I can't help but chew the fat about Eiichiro Oda's seemingly neverending saga, mostly because it …Read more »
I love my subscription to Viz Media's digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump . However, I recently realized I don't particularly love reading Eiichiro Oda's One Piece on a weekly basis. Don't get me wrong, One Piece is still amazing, and I love where the …Read more »
Indomitable drawing machine Eiichiro Oda, the man behind the One Piece manga, is going on temporary drawing hiatus until June 3. That was announced by Shonen Jump publisher Shueisha last Tuesday, citing a complication from Oda’s recent bout of tonsillitis as the reason for his …Read more »
Toonami held a panel at this weekend's MomoCon, and they had a doozy of an announcement to make regarding new additions. The biggest reveal was the confirmation of One Piece joining the anime block's lineup, with FUNimation's dub of the Straw Hats' adventures set to debut …Read more »
Few anime or manga properties in history have inspired the kind of widespread adoration that Eiichiro Oda's One Piece enjoys, and that love extends from old to young alike. Heck, you can even make sure your baby properly represents One Piece with a special limited …Read more »
In the latest issue of Otaku USA , we feature a One Piece cover story that deals with the current goings-on of the anime and its latest film incarnation, One Piece Film Z . As a bonus, we're doing the same with the manga here, …Read more »
The results are in for the opening weekend of One Piece Film Z , which premiered in Japanese theaters this past Friday. The film, to which series creator Eiichiro Oda contributed heavily, debuted with a whopping ¥1,372,050,000 (about $16,339,700), topping Evangelion 3.0 's opening take, …Read more »
There have been plenty of teasers, TV spots, commercials, and so on for One Piece Film Z , which series creator Eiichiro Oda promises will rival the blockbustin' power of 2010's Strong World . That remains to be seen, but for now we can soak …Read more »
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