Its creator, Eiichiro Oda, holds the Guinness world record for “most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author” – 490 million. The popularity of the manga version has also endured alongside the TV show. Today, however, hundreds of millions of fans tune in to watch the hunt for the eponymous One Piece, the treasure coveted by all pirates. Kochi said it had taken 13 years for the anime, following the adventures of hat-wearing hero Monkey D Luffy, to reach cult status. It was not easy to place on the TV,” he said, adding that creating a fanbase for the show was not easy either. “From the beginning, it was a tough title. “It’s a miracle,” Ryuji Kochi of Toei Animation, the Japanese company behind the anime series, said of the 1,000-episode landmark.
Since then the franchise has become a global cultural phenomenon, smashing records and winning fans around the globe. One Piece first appeared in manga (comic book) form in Japan in 1997, with an anime (animated TV series) version following two years later. Two decades after the Japanese cartoon series One Piece introduced the world to a swashbuckling pirate in a straw hat, anime fans are awaiting this weekend’s release of the 1,000th episode.
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