If you’re not caught up with One Piece, you may want to avert your eyes, because it’s not hard to imagine the showdown that’s about to happen during the upcoming anime special. The one-hour, double-episode event is set to air in Japan on October 1 …Read more »
Coming this October, we've got some new One Piece and Dragon Ball Super anime specials to look forward to. The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump has the early details, with One Piece 's special to debut on October 1, followed by Dragon Ball Super …Read more »
What’s the difference between America’s Playboy magazine and its Japanese counterpart? For one, we’re pretty sure the former has never featured One Piece cosplay on its cover. This week’s edition of Weekly Playboy features just that: actress and model Fumika Baba dressed as a female, …Read more »
20 years of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga means we have plenty of big news to look forward to, but I bet there weren't too many people who saw this one coming. Revealed at a 20th anniversary event in Japan, Tomorrow Studios has plans to …Read more »
The third One Piece Live Attraction event—which is part of a series of live character shows held at the Tokyo One Piece Tower theme park—is set to debut on April 29, and manga author Eiichiro Oda is supervising the attraction. Oda even designed an original …Read more »
Waterworks activated. Ranking site Goo, which seems to favor lists focused around Shonen Jump, is at it again with a simple yet enlightening question: which Jump series made you cry the hardest? Let’s find out which manga got the most dust into fans’ eyes. 10. …Read more »
Zou is about to be in the rearview mirror for Luffy and the Straw Hats, so it's time for the One Piece anime to move to a new arc. The next one will be the anime-original Marine Supernova arc, which has Luffy and co. infiltrating …Read more »
As ZZ Top once said, every anime fan crazy ‘bout a sharp dressed man. Okay, I might’ve taken some creative liberties with the lyrics there, but there is something to be said for an anime character in a really nice suit, am I right? The …Read more »
You’ve come a long way, young man. If anime fans were feeling particularly dadlike, that’s what they might say to these characters, who they chose for ranking site Goo’s list of anime and manga characters who “showed the most growth into adulthood.” Which boyz went …Read more »
Quick: which manga series pop into your mind when you think about Shonen Jump? Dragon Ball ? Naruto ? Bleach ? If there’s one thing Shonen Jump’s most famous manga have in common, it’s that they’re all… over. That was the premise behind a poll …Read more »
Thin, sleek and incredibly sharp: there’s just something cool about the katana. The history of the Japanese sword stretches back hundreds of years, and it’s no surprise modern Japanese books, movies and comics are full of characters who wield the katana. But who’s got the …Read more »
Whether intentional or coincidental, this is pretty hilarious. Japan’s Fuji TV ran a short segment Monday morning about a fashion trend that seems to be growing: women dressed like Donquixote Doflamingo from One Piece . Specifically, the outfit that seems to be booming right now …Read more »
The titular treasure of One Piece remains as elusive as ever, even as we approach the 20th anniversary of Eiichiro Oda's smash-hit series. That doesn't mean there hasn't been plenty of treasure worth hoarding along the way, and that goes way more than doubly …Read more »
Having a Shonen Jump hero as your boyfriend sounds great at first, right? They’re generally a strong, loyal, and handsome bunch, after all. But Japanese ranking site Goo has asked its readers to take another ponder in their latest poll, entitled “if he were my …Read more »
Some golden news for One Piece fans: Funimation has revealed all the details for its theatrical release of the new film in the series, One Piece Film: Gold (and released a new trailer to boot). The film, which will be presented in English dub, will …Read more »
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