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131-464: The story follows the life of high school student Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains Soul Reaper powers from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki . For transferring her Soul Reaper powers to a human, Rukia Kuchiki was sent back to the Soul Society and sentenced to death. In order to save Rukia from execution, Ichigo along with his friends goes to the enemy territory where he engages the members of Gotei 13,

262-512: A Hollow , a deceased spirit becoming a warped soul-eating monster which Soul Reapers deal with. After being wounded in an attempt to save Ichigo from a Hollow attack, Rukia transfers her Soul Reaper powers to him so he can save his family. In the following months, Ichigo acts in Rukia's place as the Soul Reaper in protecting Karakura Town from Hollows as their friendship continues to grow. Ichigo's past

393-473: A super deformed art style, began serialization in Saikyō Jump on December 5, 2011. Its final chapter was published on Shōnen Jump+ on February 2, 2021. One Piece: Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack! was produced by Production I.G for the 1998 Jump Super Anime Tour and was directed by Gorō Taniguchi . Luffy, Nami, and Zoro are attacked by a sea monster that destroys their boat and separates them. Luffy

524-576: A "tough guy with a heart of gold" had already been done in several series. Charles White from IGN praised Ichigo's climactic fight against Byakuya Kuchiki as one of the best fights in the Bleach series, and later Ramsey Isler gave additional praise to both the design and voice acting for Ichigo's inner Hollow. Ichigo's development during the Rescue arc in which he sets to save Rukia Kuchiki from being executed have been praised by ANN's Theron Martin. He praised

655-529: A Devil Fruit unless the fruit's appearance would entice one to eat it. The names of many special attacks, as well as other concepts in the manga, consist of a form of punning in which phrases written in kanji are paired with an idiosyncratic reading. The names of some characters' techniques are often mixed with other languages, and the names of several of Zoro's sword techniques are designed as jokes; they look fearsome when read by sight but sound like kinds of food when read aloud. For example, Zoro's signature move

786-517: A Fullbringer with ability to change people's memories, used him to take Fullbring powers for Xcution's use. Rukia transfers the Reiatsu of the Gotei 13's senior officers and other Soul Reapers through a special sword and restores Ichigo's Soul Reaper powers. Ichigo fights Ginjo with his improved Shinigami powers and during their duel, it is revealed that Ginjo was the first Substitute Soul Reaper. Despite learning

917-507: A cheerful smile. Kubo has stated that Ichigo's greatest strength is his considerate and thoughtful nature. He always thinks about other's needs. However, he noted it as his greatest weakness, since worrying about his friends tends to put him in danger. When asked in an interview if he had any plans to focus on the love triangle between Ichigo, Orihime, and Rukia, Kubo chose neither to confirm nor deny it as he did not want to focus on romance. Kubo attributes Ichigo's popularity among readers to

1048-418: A consistent look while leaving his staff to draw the backgrounds based on sketches he has drawn. This workload forces him to keep tight production rates, starting from five in the morning until two in the morning the next day, with short breaks only for meals. Oda's work program includes the first three days of the week dedicated to the writing of the storyboard and the remaining time for the definitive inking of

1179-583: A dimension known as the Soul Society . Ichigo appears in other media after the manga series, including the anime television series , four anime films, two original video animations , rock musicals , several video games , light novels and the 2018 live-action film . Ichigo is voiced by Masakazu Morita in the Japanese anime adaptation; Johnny Yong Bosch in the English dubbing ; and played by Sota Fukushi in

1310-457: A franchise that isn't even finished yet, trust me when I say that it is definitely worth it." EX Media lauds Oda's art for its "crispy" monochrome pictures, "great use of subtle shade changes" on color pages, "sometimes exquisite" use of angles, and for its consistency. Shaenon K. Garrity , who at some point edited the series for English Shonen Jump , said that, while doing so, her amazement over Oda's craft grew steadily. She states that "he has

1441-615: A kidō barrier, at the cost of Ichigo's power. Seventeen months later, Ichigo becomes a senior in high school. The start of the Lost Agent arc describes his life after losing his power. One day, he meets Kūgo Ginjō , a Fullbringer from the group Xcution . Ginjo offers to replenish Ichigo's Soul Reaper powers in return for helping him and his group to become ordinary humans. With their help, Ichigo unlocks his own Fullbring powers through his Substitute Soul Reaper Badge. However, Ichigo later learns that Ginjo and his ally Shūkurō Tsukishima ,

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1572-652: A limited release of three thousand DVDs as a collaboration with the House Foods brand. An anime television series adaptation produced by Toei Animation premiered on Fuji Television on October 20, 1999; the series reached its 1,000th episode in November 2021. Fourteen animated theatrical films produced by Toei Animation based on the One Piece series have been released. The films are typically released in March to coincide with

1703-428: A live action TV series adaptation in 2023 . One Piece has received praise for its storytelling, world-building, art, characterization, and humour. It has received many awards and is ranked by critics, reviewers, and readers as one of the best manga of all time. By August 2022, it had over 516.6 million copies in circulation in 61 countries and regions worldwide, making it the best-selling manga series in history, and

1834-496: A long fight, he defeats Byakuya, who confesses why he tried to kill his sister. Captain Sōsuke Aizen , who faked his death prior, have been behind Rukia's sentencing and the chaos that plagued the Soul Society. He leaves the Soul Society and flees to the realm of Hollows, Hueco Mundo . In time, Aizen targets Karakura Town with an army of Arrancars , Hollows that assumed human form with Soul Reaper powers, after subjecting them to

1965-467: A musical based on the Bleach series, Ichigo is played by Tatsuya Isaka . His character is featured in two volumes from the Bleach Beat Collection CD soundtrack series which features themes composed by his Japanese voice actor, Masakazu Morita . These include the first of them, in which he is the only character and the fourth season's fourth volume along with Rukia. Ichigo also appears in

2096-556: A natural, playful mastery of the often restrictive weekly-manga format," notes that "interesting things [are] going on deep in the narrative structure," and recommends "sticking through to the later volumes to see just how crazy and Peter Max -y the art gets". Mania Entertainment writer Jarred Pine commented: " One Piece is a fun adventure story, with an ensemble cast that is continuing to develop, with great action and character drama." He praised Oda's artwork as "imaginative and creative" and commented that "Oda's imagination just oozes all of

2227-580: A single continuity. Funimation has licensed the eighth, tenth, and twelfth films for release in North America, and these films have received in-house dubs by the company. In December 2023 at the Jump Festa '24 event, it was announced that Wit Studio would be producing an original net animation (ONA) series remake for Netflix , starting from the East Blue story arc, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of

2358-494: A story to boys and girls, adding that he goes far beyond the reader's expectations, with the belief in "don't fool the reader" and "there is something interesting ahead of it". One Piece was nominated for the 23rd Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 1999. It was a finalist for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize three times in a row from 2000 to 2002, with the highest number of fan nominations in

2489-407: A teenager and Mona Marshall as a child for the English dub. While describing Ichigo as one of his best roles, Morita notes that voicing him can be at times difficult. Bosch has enjoyed voicing Ichigo's character due to his personal interest in the character's morals. However, he experienced difficulty voicing him in some scenes where Ichigo shouts for a long time. Sota Fukushi played Ichigo in

2620-411: A trademark scowl, and removing the glasses. During the series' first chapter, Ichigo's wristwatch was based on one Kubo himself wore at the time. In later chapters, his wristwatch was based on Naoto Fukasawa 's W11K cellphone. According to Kubo, Ichigo, along with Orihime Inoue , are the most arduous characters to sketch. While illustrating one of Ichigo's scenes, Kubo found it awkward to draw him with

2751-530: A trading card game and numerous video games . The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Viz Media and in Australia by Madman Entertainment . The anime series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in North America in 2004 before the license was dropped and subsequently acquired by Funimation in 2007. Netflix released

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2882-410: Is Onigiri , which is written as demon cut but is pronounced the same as rice ball in Japanese. Eisaku Inoue, the animation director, has said that the creators did not use these kanji readings in the anime since they "might have cut down the laughs by about half". Nevertheless, Konosuke Uda , the director, said that he believes that the creators "made the anime pretty close to the manga". Oda

3013-536: Is a fictional character in the Bleach manga series and its adaptations created by author Tite Kubo . He is the main protagonist of the series, who receives Soul Reaper powers after meeting Rukia Kuchiki , a Soul Reaper assigned to patrol around the fictional city of Karakura Town. These powers come at the cost of her own, and as a result, he concedes to work as her stand-in, fighting to protect people from evil spirits called Hollows and sending good spirits, wholes , to

3144-535: Is also revealed as he faces the Grand Fisher, a hollow who killed his mother when he was nine years old. In time, the Soul Society sends two high-seated officers to take Rukia back for committing the crime of transferring her Soul Reaper powers to a human. In training with Kisuke Urahara in order to rescue Rukia, Ichigo obtains his own Soul Reaper powers and learns the name of his Zanpakutō , Zangetsu ( 斬月 , literally “Slaying Moon”) . He takes his friends with him to

3275-473: Is compiled by interviews with retailers and distributors, Nielsen BookScan 's Top 20 Lists of graphic novels and ICv2 ' s own analysis of information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors , One Piece came in fifteenth place. It rose to second place on their Top 25 Manga Properties Q3 2010 list. By August 2022, the manga has sold 2.9 million copies in print in North America (including single volumes and omnibus editions). In France, One Piece has been

3406-490: Is forced to give up after a threat is made to kill all the villagers. They rise against Ganzack, and while the islanders and pirates fight, Nami unlocks the three captives. Ganzack defeats the rebellion and reveals his armoured battleship. The Straw Hat Pirates are forced to fight Ganzack once more to prevent him from destroying the island. A second film, One Piece: Romance Dawn Story , was produced by Toei Animation in July 2008 for

3537-431: Is found on an island beach, where he saves a little girl, Medaka, from two pirates. All the villagers, including Medaka's father, have been abducted by Ganzack and his crew and forced into labour. After hearing that Ganzack also stole all the food, Luffy and Zoro rush out to retrieve it. As they fight the pirates, one of them kidnaps Medaka. A fight starts between Luffy and Ganzack, ending with Luffy's capture. Meanwhile, Zoro

3668-442: Is soon revealed to be a more complex character with a sad past. Los Angeles Times ' s Charles Solomon comments Ichigo's character has little in common with protagonists from other series due to his bad temper and how he tends to fight. However, he added that readers from the series still "love" Ichigo. The way Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper was found to be relatively common by Carlos Alexandre. He noted that Ichigo's character of

3799-701: Is split into two separate halves with the Red Line between being Paradise and the New World. The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy —a young man made of rubber after unintentionally eating the Gum-Gum Fruit—who sets off on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the deceased King of the Pirates Gol D. Roger 's ultimate treasure known as the "One Piece", and take over his prior title. Luffy sets sail as captain of

3930-691: Is the best-selling manga series in history; in 2012, Oricon , a Japanese company that began its own annual manga sales ranking chart in year 2008, reported that the series was the first to sell 100 million copies (the company does not report on sales figures before April 2008). The series had over 300 million copies in circulation by November 2013; it had over 440 million copies in circulation worldwide by May 2018; 460 million copies by December 2019; 470 million copies by April 2020; 480 million copies in circulation in forty-three countries worldwide by February 2021. It reached 490 million copies in print worldwide by July 2021. By August 2022,

4061-745: Is the first-ever manga series to hold a "Dome Tour", in which events were held from March 25–27, 2011, at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, and from April 27 – May 1 of the same year at the Tokyo Dome . In 2014, the first One Piece exhibition in South Korea was held at the War Memorial of Korea , and the second exhibition in Hongik Daehango Art Center. In 2015, a One Piece trompe-l'œil exhibition

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4192-617: Is the only manga that had an initial print of volumes of above 3 million continuously for more than 10 years, as well as the only one that had achieved more than 1 million copies sold in all of its over 100 published tankōbon volumes. One Piece is the only manga whose volumes have ranked first every year in Oricon 's weekly comic chart existence since 2008. The world of One Piece is populated by humans and other races such as dwarves (more akin to faeries in size), giants , merfolk , fish-men , long-limbed tribes, long-necked people known as

4323-462: Is the only work whose volumes have ranked first every year in Oricon's weekly comic chart existence since 2008. 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 . On ICv2 ' s list of Top 25 Manga Properties Fall 2008 for North America, which

4454-625: The Anime Grand Prix polls, ranking as one of the most popular male anime characters. At the first Seiyu Awards in March 2007, Masakazu Morita won in the category "Best Rookie Actor" for his role as Ichigo Kurosaki. Ichigo's voice actor in the English adaptation, Johnny Yong Bosch , has also been praised for his voice work on Ichigo's character by Anime News Network (ANN), which favorably compared Bosch and Morita's work. Various merchandise based on Ichigo's appearance has been created, including action figures, plush toys and key-chains. Since

4585-590: The Straw Hat Pirates , and is joined by Roronoa Zoro , a swordsman and former bounty hunter; Nami , a money-obsessed thief and navigator; Usopp , a sniper and compulsive liar; and Sanji , an amorous but chivalrous cook. They acquire a ship, the Going Merry —later replaced by the Thousand Sunny —and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates. As Luffy and his crew set out on their adventures, others join

4716-571: The Zanpakutō popularity polls. In the 2007 Japanese Newtype magazine poll, Ichigo was ranked one of the best male anime characters. In the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), Ichigo was elected for the best anime male character in 2008. The Japanese music distributor Recochoku has made two annual survey of which anime characters that people would like to marry. Ichigo ranked tenth in

4847-518: The best-selling comic series printed in a book volume. Several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records, including the highest initial print run of any book in Japan. In 2015 and 2022, One Piece set the Guinness World Record for "the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author". It was the best-selling manga for eleven consecutive years from 2008 to 2018 and

4978-554: The original video animations ; fighting against a Hollow called the Grand Fisher in the first one and combating the rogue Soul Reaper Baishin in the second. In the Bleach video games , Ichigo is a playable character, including the Heat the Soul and Blade Battlers series. In some games, his Hollow form and Bankai state are available as separate characters. In Rock Musical Bleach ,

5109-558: The "Book of the Year" list from Media Factory 's Da Vinci magazine, where professional book reviewers, bookstore employees, and Da Vinci readers participate; it ranked fifth in 2011; second in 2012; third in 2013; second in 2014, 2015 and 2016; third in 2017 and 2018; second in 2019; third in 2020 and 2021; second in 2022; and third in 2023. It ranked eighth in the 2023 edition of Takarajimasha 's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for male readers. The German translation of

5240-405: The 56th volume had a print run of 2.85 million, the highest initial print run of any manga by then. The 57th volume had a print run of 3 million in 2010, a record that was broken several times by subsequent volumes. The 60th volume had a first print run of 3.4 million and was the first book to sell over two million copies in its opening week on Oricon book rankings, and later became

5371-538: The 67th Advertising Dentsu Award in Newspaper Advertising Planning category. The forty-sixth volume of One Piece was the best manga of 2007, according to the Oricon's Japanese Book of the Year Action Committee. The series was chosen as one of the best continuing manga for all ages/teens in 2011 by critics from About.com , Anime News Network , and ComicsAlliance . The series has ranked on

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5502-549: The Espada Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez , Ichigo manages to save Orihime and defeat Ulquiorra. Soon after, Ichigo returns from Hueco Mundo to Karakura Town, and confront Aizen. During the battle interim, Ichigo learns a technique called the Final Getsuga Tenshō ( 最後の月牙天衝 , Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō , literally “The Final Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer”) that weakens and defeats Aizen, allowing Urahara to seal him within

5633-756: The Government, the ones who challenge their rule are the Revolutionary Army who seek to overthrow them. The central tension of the series pits the World Government and their forces against pirates. The series regularly emphasizes moral ambiguity over the label "pirate", which includes cruel villains, but also any individuals who do not submit to the World Government's authoritarian—and often morally ambiguous—rule. The One Piece world also has supernormal characteristics like Devil Fruits, which are mysterious fruits that grant whoever eats them transformative powers at

5764-564: The Grand Line, is therefore difficult. Unique and mystical features enable transport between the seas, such as the use of Sea Prism Stone employed by government ships to mask their presence as they traverse the Calm Belt, or the Reverse Mountain where water from the four seas flows uphill before merging into a rapidly flowing and dangerous canal that enters the Grand Line. The Grand Line itself

5895-565: The Hōgyoku. In order to defeat the Arrancars and to control his Hollow powers, Ichigo begins to train with the group of Soul Reaper outcasts known as the Vizard . During the invasion of Karakura Town, Ichigo's friend Orihime Inoue has been abducted by Ulquiorra Cifer , one of Aizen's strongest Arrancars: The Espadas. Ichigo and his friends independently head to Hueco Mundo to find Orihime. After defeating

6026-537: The Jump Super Anime Tour. It is 34 minutes in length and based on the first version of Romance Dawn . It includes the Straw Hat Pirates up to Brook and their second ship, the Thousand Sunny . In search for food for his crew, Luffy arrives at a port after defeating a pirate named Crescent Moon Gally on the way. There he meets a girl named Silk, who was abandoned by attacking pirates as a baby and raised by

6157-411: The Red Line. Within the oceans is a second global phenomenon known as the Grand Line, which is a sea that runs perpendicular to the Red Line and is bounded by the Calm Belt, strips of calm ocean infested with huge ship-eating monsters known as Sea Kings. These geographical barriers divide the world into four seas: North Blue, East Blue, West Blue, and South Blue. Passage between the four seas, and

6288-677: The Sacred Sword followed on March 22, 2004, and Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island on March 14, 2005. The light novel of The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle was released on March 6, 2006, and that of The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta on March 7, 2007. A novel adaptation of Episodes of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom

6419-585: The Snakeneck Tribe, and animal people (known as "Minks"). The world is governed by an intercontinental organization known as the World Government , consisting of dozens of member countries. The Navy is the sea military branch of the World Government that protects the known seas from pirates and other criminals. There is also Cipher Pol which is a group of agencies within the World Government that are their secret police . While pirates are major opponents of

6550-550: The Soul Reaper form to the point it would fit Ginjou Shinjo better. As a result, Kubo noted that readers were relieved reobtained his Soul Reaper as he once again wore a kimono despite being sightly different from the original one. Ichigo is voiced by Masakazu Morita as a teenager and Yuki Matsuoka as a child for the Japanese anime. Morita said that Ichigo was one of his favorite characters he ever played, alongside Tidus in Final Fantasy X . Johnny Yong Bosch voiced him as

6681-672: The Soul Society: Sado “Chad” Yasutora, Orihime Inoue, and Uryū Ishida. Ichigo is confronted by members of Gotei 13 , the main military force in the Soul Society. As he approaches the prison where she is being held captive, Ichigo does battle with, faces and defeats other Soul Reapers, including Renji Abarai , Kenpachi Zaraki , and Byakuya Kuchiki , who adopted Rukia as his sister. For his match against Byakuya, Ichigo learns his Bankai , Tensa Zangetsu ( 天鎖斬月 , literally “Heaven Chain Slaying Moon”) , which highly increases his speed. After

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6812-414: The United Kingdom, the volumes were published by Gollancz Manga , starting in March 2006, until Viz Media took it over after the fourteenth volume. In Australia and New Zealand, the English volumes have been distributed by Madman Entertainment since November 10, 2008. Oda teamed up with Akira Toriyama to create a single crossover of One Piece and Toriyama's Dragon Ball . Entitled Cross Epoch ,

6943-687: The Wandenreich's high-ranked officers Quilge Opie . Later, Ichigo finds out that the Quincies are attacking the Soul Society. Arriving just after Captain Commander Yamamoto's death, Ichigo encounters the Wandenreich's leader Yhwach . During the fight against Yhwach that ends with a draw, Ichigo's Zanpakutō is shattered and Yhwach leaves the Soul Society. Ichigo returns to the World of the Living, where he learns

7074-649: The adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates , as he explores the Grand Line in search of the mythical treasure known as the "One Piece" to become the next King of the Pirates. The manga spawned a media franchise , having been adapted into a festival film by Production I.G , and an anime series by Toei Animation , which began broadcasting in 1999. Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation , and thirteen television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising and media, such as

7205-530: The anime television series' Logue Town story arc. The first feature film to be adapted was Clockwork Island Adventure on March 19, 2001. The second, and so far last, light novel adaptation of an anime television series arc, One Piece: Thousand-year Dragon Legend , was published on December 25, 2001. The adaptation of Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals was released on March 22, 2002, and that of Dead End Adventure on March 10, 2003. Curse of

7336-441: The anime's "Wano Country" story arc. A series of light novels was published based on the first festival film, certain episodes of the anime television series, and all but the first feature film. They feature artwork by Oda and are written by Tatsuya Hamasaki. The first of these novels, One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak! was released on June 3, 1999. One Piece: Logue Town Chapter followed on July 17, 2000, as an adaptation of

7467-672: The beginning of the "Arrancar" Arc from the series, starting at the "Arrancar: The Arrival" Arc, and ending right before the "Arrancar: Decisive Battle of Karakura" Arc. It also includes a segment of "The Past" Arc (Turn Back the Pendulum). The musical debuted in Tennozu The Galaxy Theater in Tokyo and ran from May 12th until May 26th, with a continued run in Cool Japan Park Osaka WW Hall between May 31st and June 2nd. The play

7598-419: The best-selling manga by volume in its twelfth consecutive year. It was the third best-selling manga series in 2020, with over 7.7 million copies sold, while volumes 95–97 were the 23rd–25th best-selling manga volumes of 2020, behind the first twenty-two volumes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba . In 2021, it was the sixth best selling manga with over 7 million copies sold, while volumes 98, 99, and 100 were

7729-517: The best-selling manga since 2011, with over 31.80 million copies sold by August 2022. The manga is very popular in the country, where its sales alone represent 8.5% of the French manga market by 2021. The first volume had sold more than 1 million copies in France by July 2021. The 100th volume had one of the biggest initial prints ever for a manga in the French market, selling 131,270 copies in just three days,

7860-418: The best-selling manga volume in a week in the country. The manga sold 6,011,536 copies in 2021. This amount represents almost 20% of the total sales in the country; almost one in five volumes of the series was sold in the year. In Italy, One Piece had 18 million copies in circulation by April 2021. which represents around 22.5% of the series market outside Japan. In September 2021, the limited edition of

7991-494: The boards and the possible colouring. When a reader asked who Nami was in love with, Oda replied that there would hardly be any love affairs within Luffy's crew. The author also explained he deliberately avoids including them in One Piece since the series is a shōnen manga and the boys who read it are not interested in love stories. Oda revealed that he originally planned One Piece to last five years and that he had already planned

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8122-525: The cast in recurring roles. The series was positively received by both fans and critics, and on September 15, 2023, Oda revealed that the show has been renewed for a second season. The One Piece franchise has been adapted into multiple video games published by subsidiaries of Bandai and later as part of Bandai Namco Entertainment . The games have been released on a variety of video game , handheld consoles , and mobile devices . The video games feature role-playing games , and fighting games , such as

8253-403: The cast. The closing musical "The All" was held at Shinjuku Koma Theater on March 24, 2008. The show is the part of "Rock Musical Bleach DX" performance and it features the complete Soul Society arc storyline from Bleach manga along with the main actors. "The Live Bankai Shows" are musicals with original script and they don't follow the manga plotline. The first "Live Bankai Show Code 001"

8384-466: The category "The Character I Want to Be My Groom" from the 2008 survey and eight in the 2009 poll. Wizard Entertainment considered Ichigo the best hero from 2007, commenting that he does not try to be a typical hero but he fights in order to protect his friends. He was also 20th in IGN 's "Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time" with comments focused on his design and personality. Ichigo has also appeared twice in

8515-534: The character designs showing more North American influence than that from its Japanese origins", adding that the "artwork and settings come across as timeless in their presentation". He also notes that the influence of Akira Toriyama ( Dragon Ball ) shines through in Oda's style of writing with its "huge epic battles punctuated by a lot of humor" and that, in One Piece , he "manages to share a rich tale without getting bogged down by overly complicated plots". Rebecca Silverman of

8646-490: The characters in One Piece ; for example, the character Marshall D. Teach is based on and named after the historical pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach . Apart from the history of piracy, Oda's biggest influence is Akira Toriyama and his series Dragon Ball , which is one of his favorite manga. While working as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki , Oda began writing One Piece in 1996. It started as two one-shot stories entitled Romance Dawn —which would later be used as

8777-456: The cost of becoming weakened in bodies of water, resulting in them losing the ability to swim. Another supernatural power is Haki, which grants its users enhanced willpower, observation, and fighting abilities, and it is one of the only effective methods of inflicting bodily harm on certain Devil Fruit users. The world itself consists of two vast oceans divided by a massive mountain range called

8908-612: The crew later in the series, including Tony Tony Chopper , an anthropomorphized reindeer doctor; Nico Robin , an archaeologist and former Baroque Works assassin; Franky , a cyborg shipwright ; Brook , a skeleton musician and swordsman; and Jimbei , a whale shark -type fish-man and former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea who becomes their helmsman . Together, they encounter other pirates, bounty hunters , criminal organizations, revolutionaries, secret agents, scientists, soldiers of

9039-415: The ending. However, he found it would take longer than he had expected as Oda realized that he liked the story too much to end it in that period of time. In 2016, nineteen years after the start of serialization, the author said that the manga has reached 65% of the story he intends to tell. In July 2018, on the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of One Piece , Oda said that the manga has reached 80% of

9170-559: The fact that he "looks cool". He also mentioned that as people read more about him they will discover that he is a warm and kind-hearted person. Following over fifty volumes of the manga's released, Kubo believes that Ichigo was the most developed character. He said that Ichigo leads the story and introduces readers to the events in it. When the Arrancar arc ended, Kubo rebooted the series which resulted in Ichigo losing his Soul Reaper powers. In

9301-424: The final fight in the manga between Ichigo and his allies against Yhwach for lacking any entertainment, giving a rushed feeling due to all characters assisting him briefly and how Ichigo became able to wield powers of every type of character in the process. During the serialization of the manga, Tite Kubo said he received a letter from a reader who decided to name his son "Ichigo". This brought joy as well as fear to

9432-469: The first Bleach character he introduced, was originally intended to be the protagonist . Through subsequent development of the series, however, Kubo decided to make her a valued ally and instead introduced Ichigo as the central character of the manga series. Initial design sketches show Ichigo wearing glasses, and having dark hair and softer eyes. When designing Rukia, however, Kubo modified Ichigo's appearance to contrast with hers, giving Ichigo orange hair,

9563-491: The first book to sell over three million copies in Oricon's history. In 2012, the 67th volume had an initial print run of 4.05 million, holding the record of the volume with the highest number of copies in the first print. One Piece is the only manga that had an initial print of volumes of above 3 million continuously for more than ten years. In May 2023, it was reported that each of the 105 volumes, published by then, had sold over 1 million copies. Additionally, One Piece

9694-535: The first two years. The manga was nominated for Favorite Manga Series in Nickelodeon Magazine ' s 2009 Comics Awards. In 2012, the series won the 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award Grand Prize, alongside Kimuchi Yokoyama's Neko Darake . In 2014, the series received the 18th Yomiuri Advertising Award's Golden Medal. It also won the 34th Newspaper Advertising Award in the Advertising category and

9825-580: The first volume of Bleach Breathless Collection CD soundtrack series together with the embodiment of his Quincy powers that posed as the Zanpakutō spirit Zangetsu. Ichigo is a playable character Jump Force . Amongst the Bleach reader base, Ichigo has been always highly ranked in the Weekly Shōnen Jump popularity polls for the series. He has usually taken first place, though in early 2008 he dropped to third. His sword, Zangetsu, also ranked third in

9956-503: The history of manga and the way of making it. Nakano said that Weekly Shonen Jump is "a game of weekly popularity", and before One Piece , he aimed for something "interesting this week without thinking about the next"; however, the series reached overwhelming popularity due to its style that involves a story concept and detailed hints, adding that the series had a huge impact on other series. Nakano lauded Oda for his "overwhelming passion, talent and power" and his "unwavering will" to deliver

10087-438: The live-action adaptation of the series with the storyline's first arc, with Bosch reprising his role in the English dub. Ichigo is one of the students attending Karakura High School and having the ability to see ghosts. He meets a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki from a secret organization called the Soul Society , who are in charge of sending souls to the afterlife. At the same time, Ichigo's younger sisters are attacked by

10218-454: The live-action film. Ichigo's character has been well received among both readers and reviewers. He featured often in Weekly Shōnen Jump character popularity polls, and was consistently ranked as the most popular character in Bleach . The 2007 Japanese Newtype magazine polls ranked Ichigo as one of the top 100 most-loved anime characters. He is also known as one of the big three anime characters, including Naruto and Luffy. Reviewers of

10349-516: The main military force in the Soul Society. The musical was first produced under the direction of Takuya Hiramitsu at Space Zero Hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo and opened officially on August 17, 2005. The script was adapted by Naoshi Okumura and music was originally produced by Shoichi Tama. The main role of Ichigo Kurosaki went to Tatsuya Isaka . The role of Rukia Kuchiki was played by Miki Satō . Rei Yoshii portrayed Orihime Inoue and Naofumi Yoshida played

10480-723: The manga artist due to how his work influenced other people. While feeling that he also made a good manga during this comment, Kubo decided to work more on the character in hopes that once the real Ichigo grows up, he would feel proud with his name. [REDACTED] Media related to Ichigo Kurosaki at Wikimedia Commons One Piece One Piece (stylized in all caps ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda . It has been serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its chapters compiled in 110 tankōbon volumes as of November 2024 . The series follows

10611-456: The manga had reached 516.566 million copies in circulation worldwide. By 2004, the brand's merchandise had made more than $ 1 billion in retail sales in Japan. One Piece was the best-selling manga series for eleven consecutive years from 2008 until 2018. In 2019, the manga did not top the chart for the first time in twelve years, ranking second in the annual manga sales ranking with over 10.1 million copies sold, although it remained as

10742-407: The mayor. Her upbringing causes her to value the town as her "treasure". The villagers mistake Luffy for Gally and capture him just as the real Gally returns. Gally throws Luffy in the water and plans to destroy the town, but Silk saves him and Luffy pursues Gally. His crew arrives to help him, and with their help, he recovers the treasure for the town, acquires food, and destroys Gally's ship. The film

10873-476: The morally ambiguous World Government , and various other friends and foes, as they sail the seas in pursuit of their dreams. Eiichiro Oda 's interest in pirates began in his childhood, watching the animated series Vicky the Viking , which inspired him to want to draw a manga series about pirates. The reading of pirate biographies influenced Oda to incorporate the characteristics of real-life pirates into many of

11004-425: The ninety-eighth volume ranked first in the best-selling books weekly ranking, making it the first time that a manga reaches that achievement. In Germany, One Piece is the second best-selling manga behind Dragon Ball . The manga had sold 6.7 million copies in the country. Allen Divers of Anime News Network comments in 2003 that the art style One Piece employs "initially seems very cartoonish with much of

11135-762: The one-shot was published in the December 25, 2006, issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump and the April 2011 issue of the English Shonen Jump . Oda collaborated with Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro , author of Toriko , for a crossover one-shot of their series titled Taste of the Devil Fruit ( 実食! 悪魔の実!! , Jitsushoku! Akuma no Mi!! , lit.   ' The True Food! Devil Fruit!! ' ) , published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on April 4, 2011. The spin-off series One Piece Party ( ワンピースパーティー , Wan Pīsu Pātī ) , written by Ei Andō in

11266-412: The original anime series. The remake will be titled The One Piece . It will be directed by Masashi Koizuka, with Hideaki Abe serving as assistant director, and Kyoji Asano and Takatoshi Honda as character designers and chief animation directors. Yasuhiro Kajino will be in charge of the image board and creature design, and Eri Taguchi will be in charge of the prop design. Taku Kishimoto will be in charge of

11397-457: The original cast member list. "No Clouds in the Blue Heavens" is a sequel of previous musical and it focuses on Rukia's execution. The performance was held at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall in Tokyo on March 21, 2007, following the next premiere at Hyōgo Theater on April 3, 2007. The show features new cast members and new songs. Asuka Sekine, Hiroko Kasahara and Masahiro Kuranuki were added to

11528-573: The original editor of One Piece , revealed that the manga was rejected by Weekly Shōnen Jump three times before they agreed to publish the series. Kazuhiko Torishima , then the magazine's editor-in-chief, explained that they debated for two hours on whether or not to serialize One Piece . Although acknowledging that it had potential, he was one of those against the work because it was "incomplete". But Torishima ultimately approved serialization due to Asada being so "annoyingly earnest" that another editor suggested both Oda and Asada would be crushed if it

11659-419: The panels [ sic ]". He also noted that "Oda's panel work [...] features a lot of interesting perspectives and direction, especially during the explosive action sequences which are always a blast". In March 2021, Mobile Suit Gundam ' s creator, Yoshiyuki Tomino , said in his interview that One Piece is the "only manga to trust". He praised the manga, commenting: "Still, we are working in

11790-521: The plot. In a television special aired in Japan in January 2019, Oda said that One Piece is on its way to the conclusion, but that it would exceed the 100th volume, also commenting that he would be willing to change the ending if the fans were to be able to predict it. When asked if the titular treasure is "family bonds", Oda replied: "No, I hate that kind of thing", mentioning the ending of The Wizard of Oz and claiming that he does not endure stories where

11921-451: The reward of adventure is the adventure itself, opting for a story where travel is important, but even more important is the goal. In August 2019, Oda said that, according to his predictions, the manga would end in five years. However, Oda stated that the ending would be what he had decided in the beginning; he is committed to seeing it through. In August 2020, Shueisha announced in the year's 35th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump that One Piece

12052-481: The role of Yasutora Sado. The show was performed until August 28, 2005. The second musical was performed under name "Saien" and it was officially premiered at Meil Park Hall in Osaka on January 5, 2006. The Tokyo premiere of "Saien" was held at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall on January 14, 2006. The production added the new cast member for the show, Eiki Kitamura to play a role of Izuru Kira. The third Rock Musical Bleach

12183-780: The same location every year since 2010. (except in 2020, when the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ). By 2018, the event has attracted over 1 million visitors. The Baratie restaurant, modeled after the restaurant of the same name in the manga, opened in June 2013 at the Fuji Television headquarters. An indoor theme park located inside the Tokyo Tower called the Tokyo One Piece Tower , which includes some attractions, shops and restaurants, opened on March 13, 2015. One Piece

12314-408: The same site stated that one of the series' strengths is to "blend action, humor, and heavy fare together" and praised the art, but stated that the panels could get too crowded for easy reading. The website activeAnime describes the artwork in One Piece as "wonderfully quirky and full of expression". Mario Vuk from Splash Comics commented that Oda's "pleasantly bright and dynamic" art style suits

12445-448: The same studio and I saw storyboards near the photocopier. Unlike mine, those storyboards are good. But, you know, among the popular manga there is manga with very beautiful art and manga with bad art, but interesting nonetheless. And I don't trust manga with very beautiful art unless it is One Piece . After the release of the hundredth volume, Weekly Shonen Jump ' s editor-in-chief, Hiroyuki Nakano, explained how One Piece changed

12576-401: The same way Ichigo became a Soul Reaper during the series' first chapter; he starts searching for methods to recover his original powers. During the story arc, Ichigo wears a new outfit after developing his Fullbring powers. Kubo wanted to bring the readers a feeling of uneasiness when creating this design as it resembles more of a tokusatsu character rather than his kimono counterpart from

12707-445: The scenes in which Ichigo manages to stop Rukia's execution and his subsequent demonstration of his Bankai as one of the "eminently satisfying landmark moments in the series". Wired News 's Corrina Lawson stated that she liked Ichigo's strong sense of responsibility, and commented it was one of the reasons of the series' popularity. However, the early dynamic between Ichigo and Rukia was the subject of criticism as Film School Rejects

12838-478: The second invasion by the Wandenreich, Ichigo and his friends confront Yhwach at the Soul King's Palace. Ichigo gets overwhelmed, but Tsukishima and Orihime's combined efforts fixed his broken True Tensa Zangetsu. Together with Uryū, Renji and Aizen, Ichigo defeats Yhwach. As revealed in the light novel Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World , Ichigo was a potential heir of the Soul King due to the nature of his origins and

12969-430: The serialization in Japan. Following the discontinuation of the print Shonen Jump , Viz began releasing One Piece chapterwise in its digital successor Weekly Shonen Jump on January 30, 2012. Following the digital Weekly Shonen Jump' s cancelation in December 2018, Viz Media started simultaneously publishing One Piece through its Shonen Jump service, and by Shueisha through Manga Plus , in January 2019. In

13100-508: The series codename is Project Roger . In November 2021, it was announced that the casting for the series includes Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy , Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro , Emily Rudd as Nami , Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp and Taz Skylar as Sanji . In March 2022, Netflix added Morgan Davies as Koby , Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida , Aidan Scott as Helmeppo , Jeff Ward as Buggy , McKinley Belcher III as Arlong , Vincent Regan as Garp and Peter Gadiot as Shanks to

13231-447: The series have praised his personality, though some consider him to be a stereotypical anti-hero . Critics have expressed dislike, however, for Ichigo's anticlimactic fights in the latter half of the series' due to his lack of memorable scenes at those points. Merchandise based on Ichigo's likeness has also been released, including toys, clothing and action figures. When drawing the manga series, Tite Kubo commented that Rukia Kuchiki ,

13362-487: The series scripts, and Ken Imaizumi and Shuhei Fukuda will serve as action animators. Tomonori Kuroda will be the art director, and Ryōma Kawamura will be the animation producer. On July 21, 2017, Weekly Shōnen Jump editor-in-chief Hiroyuki Nakano announced that Tomorrow Studios (a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios ) and Shueisha would commence production of an American live-action television adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga series as part of

13493-598: The series was originally set to begin filming in Cape Town sometime around August, but has since been delayed to around September due to COVID-19 . He also revealed that, during the same interview, all ten scripts had been written for the series and they were set to begin casting sometime in June. However, executive producer Matt Owens stated in September 2020 that casting had not yet commenced. In March 2021, production started up again with showrunner Steven Maeda revealing that

13624-402: The series was released, replica models of Ichigo's Zanpakutō and Bankai have been produced for purchase by collectors and fans. Several publications for manga, anime, video games, and other related media have provided praise and criticism on Ichigo's character. ANN's Melissa Harper commented that Ichigo's initial rebellious actions make him almost a stereotypical anti-hero, but note that he

13755-420: The series' 20th anniversary celebrations. Eiichiro Oda served as executive producer for the series alongside Tomorrow Studios CEO Adelstein and Becky Clements. The series would reportedly begin with the East Blue arc. In January 2020, Oda revealed that Netflix ordered a first season consisting of ten episodes. On May 19, 2020, producer Marty Adelstein revealed during an interview with SyFy Wire , that

13886-437: The series. Kohei Tanaka and Shiro Hamaguchi composed the score for One Piece . Various theme songs and character songs were released on a total of 51 singles . Eight compilation albums and seventeen soundtrack CDs have been released featuring songs and themes that were introduced in the series. On August 11, 2019, it was announced that the musical group Sakuramen is collaborating with Kohei Tanaka to compose music for

14017-574: The series. The musical debuted in AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo and ran from July 28 until August 7, 2016 before continuing their run from August 24–28, 2016 at the Kyoto Gekijō. The play was directed and written by Tsutsumi Yasuyuki who previously worked on several One Piece projects. After about 8 years since the latest Bleach Rock Musical in 2016, a new adaptation was revealed in February of 2024. The play follows

14148-403: The sixth, eighth, and ninth best-selling manga volumes, respectively. It was the fourth best-selling manga series in 2022, with over 10.3 million copies sold; volumes 101–104 were among the 10 best-selling manga volumes of the year. It was the fifth best-selling manga series in the first half of 2023 (period between November 2022 and May 2023), with over 3.5 million copies sold, while volume 105

14279-450: The spring vacation of Japanese schools. The films feature self-contained, completely original plots, or alternate retellings of story arcs with animation of a higher quality than what the weekly anime allows. The first three films were typically double features paired up with other anime films and were thus usually an hour or less in length. The films themselves offer contradictions in both chronology and design that make them incompatible with

14410-494: The story's "funny and exciting" atmosphere. Isaiah Colbert of Kotaku called One Piece a "masterpiece", highlighting Oda's character writing, world-building and the balance between "fun and serious subject matter". Dale Bashir of IGN wrote that One Piece is more about the world-building, adventuring, and the meaning of freedom instead of the "usual shonen battling" from series like Dragon Ball and Naruto . Bashir concluded: "While not everyone would want to go so far for

14541-607: The title for One Piece ' s first chapter and volume. They both featured the character of Luffy and included elements that would appear later in the main series. The first of these short stories was published in August 1996 in Shueisha 's Akamaru Jump , and reprinted in 2002 in One Piece Red guidebook. The second was published in the 41st issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1996, and reprinted in 1998 in Oda's short story collection, Wanted! In an interview with TBS , Takanori Asada,

14672-627: The titles of the Grand Battle! meta-series. The series debuted on July 19, 2000, with From TV Animation – One Piece: Become the Pirate King! . Over forty games have been produced based on the franchise. Additionally, One Piece characters and settings have appeared in various Shonen Jump crossover games, such as Battle Stadium D.O.N , Jump Super Stars , Jump Ultimate Stars , J-Stars Victory VS and Jump Force . Music soundtracks have been released that are based on songs that premiered in

14803-544: The truth that his mother was a pure-blood Quincy who was on a verge of hollowification after she was infected by White, Aizen's experimental Hollow. She was saved by Isshin at the cost of his Soul Reaper powers. Ichigo later learns that entity he believed to be Zangetsu is actually the embodiment of his Quincy powers while his inner Hollow is the True Zangetsu. Despite this, Ichigo still accept him as he gains his reforged true Zanpakutō in its new split true Shikai form. During

14934-489: The truth, Ichigo resolves to protect everyone and help other Soul Reapers defeat Ginjo. Though learning from Ginjō that the Soul Society monitor and limit their powers, Ichigo promises the Soul Reapers to continue fighting by their side. While patrolling Karakura Town, Ichigo is informed about the invasion of Hueco Mundo by Wandenreich , a group of Quincies. He goes to Hueco Mundo with his friends to liberate it from one of

15065-557: Was "headed toward the upcoming final saga." On January 4, 2021, One Piece reached its thousandth chapter. In June 2022, Oda announced that the manga would enter a one-month break to prepare for its 25th anniversary and its final saga, set to begin with the release of chapter 1054. Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda , One Piece has been serialized by Shueisha in the shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 22, 1997. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume

15196-423: Was "sensitive" about how his work would be translated. In many instances, the English version of the One Piece manga uses one onomatopoeia for multiple onomatopoeiae used in the Japanese version. For instance, " saaa " (the sound of light rain, close to a mist) and " zaaa " (the sound of pouring rain) are both translated as "fshhhhhhh". Unlike other manga artists, Oda draws everything that moves himself to create

15327-490: Was added to portray Shūhei Hisagi while Kengo Ohkuchi didn't perform his role of Sōsuke Aizen in the third show. Celebrating the Bleach manga 10th anniversary a new production under name "Shinsei" was opened in July 2011. The tour ran nationwide in six different cities. The show featured a new set of cast members along with the new script and music. The leading role of Ichigo Kurosaki was portrayed by Norizuki Kouhei. Miki Satō reprised her role of Rukia Kuchiki. The musical

15458-507: Was disappointed that the latter was reduced from a strong Soul Reaper into a weak supporting character as the former becomes the lead character with her powers. Anime News Network criticized the handling of how Ichigo faced off his biggest nemesis in the following arcs, Aizen and Ginjou. While the former was seen as anticlimactic and might have given the series a proper ending, the latter instead made no impact to his character despite their misrelationship caused by Ginjou's plans. Similarly, for

15589-566: Was held at Aoyama Theater in Tokyo on January 10, 2007. The next one, "Code 002" was opened at Shinjuku Koma Theater on March 24, 2008 as a part of "Rock Musical Bleach DX" show. In 2010, the third show "Code 003", was performed across the country starting at Momochi Palace in Fukuoka , following the performance at Theater Brava in Osaka and closing show at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall in Tokyo. The shows features new songs and new cast members. Naoya Gomoto

15720-580: Was held at the Hong Kong 3D Museum . One Piece on Ice: Episode of Alabaster premiered on August 11, 2023, in Yokohama , starring two-time reigning world champion Shoma Uno in the lead role of Monkey D. Luffy and junior world champion Marin Honda as Princess Vivi. Other cast members included Four Continents champion Nobunari Oda , Kazuki Tomono , Keijii Tanaka , Koshiro Shimada , and Rika Hongo . One Piece

15851-421: Was later released as a triple feature DVD with Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! and Tegami Bachi: Light and Blue Night , that was available only through a mail-in offer exclusively to Japanese residents. The One Piece Film Strong World: Episode 0 original video animation adapts the manga's special "Chapter 0", which shows how things were before and after the death of Roger. It received

15982-555: Was opened at Miel Park Hall in Osaka under name "The Dark of the Bleeding Moon" on August 10, 2006. In Tokyo, the musical was held at Nippon Seinenkan Great Hall on August 16, 2006. The show added Kumiko Saito to portray Yoruichi Shihōin. The production also added Kohei Murakami to portray Hanatarō Yamada, Harumi Inoue to play Rangiku Matsumoto, Shogo Suzuki to play Kenpachi Zaraki, and Takuya Usui to play Ikkaku Madarame. Yousuke Ito , Rei Yoshii and Naofumi Yoshida were removed from

16113-557: Was rejected at that time. Oda's primary inspiration for the concept of Devil Fruits was Doraemon ; the Fruits' abilities and uses reflect Oda's daily life and his personal fantasies, similar to that of Doraemon 's gadgets, such as the Gum-Gum Fruit being inspired by Oda's laziness. When designing the outward appearance of Devil Fruits Oda thinks of something that would fulfill a human desire; he added that he does not see why he would draw

16244-423: Was released on December 24, 1997. By November 1, 2024, a total of 110 volumes have been released. The first English translation of One Piece was released by Viz Media in November 2002, who published its chapters in the manga anthology Shonen Jump , and later collected in volumes since June 30, 2003. In 2009, Viz announced the release of five volumes per month during the first half of 2010 to catch up with

16375-464: Was released on February 25, 2008. Five art books and five guidebooks for the One Piece series have been released. The first art book, One Piece: Color Walk 1 , released June 2001, was also released in English by Viz Media on November 8, 2005. A second art book, One Piece: Color Walk 2 , was released on November 4, 2003; and One Piece: Color Walk 3 – Lion the third art book, was released January 5, 2006. The fourth art book, subtitled Eagle ,

16506-495: Was released on March 4, 2010, and One Piece: Shark , the fifth art book, was released on December 3, 2010. The first guidebook One Piece: Red – Grand Characters was released on March 2, 2002. The second, One Piece: Blue – Grand Data File , followed on August 2, 2002. The third guidebook, One Piece: Yellow – Grand Elements , was released on April 4, 2007, and the fourth, One Piece: Green – Secret Pieces , followed on November 4, 2010. An anime guidebook, One Piece: Rainbow! ,

16637-728: Was released on May 1, 2007, and covers the first eight years of the TV anime. Other One Piece media include a trading card game by Bandai called One Piece CCG and a drama CD centering on the character of Nefertari Vivi released by Avex Trax on December 26, 2002. A Hello Kitty -inspired Chopper was used for several pieces of merchandise as a collaboration between One Piece and Hello Kitty. A kabuki play inspired by One Piece , Super Kabuki II: One Piece , ran at Tokyo's Shinbashi Enbujō throughout October and November 2015. An event called " One Piece Premier Show" debuted at Universal Studios Japan in 2007. The event has been held at

16768-467: Was reprised at Shinagawa Stellar Ball in Tokyo on August 9, 2012. The "Shinsei 2012" performance featured the original set of cast members with addition of Oyama Masashi who portrayed Urahara Kisuke. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Bleach , a new production of Rock Musical Bleach was revealed in May 2016. The play was based on "The All" which was held in 2008 and the story covered the "Soul Society" Arc from

16899-415: Was spared the burden when a new Soul King was created from Yhwach's remains. The manga's epilogue, taking place ten years after Yhwach's defeat, Ichigo and Orihime had a son named Kazui , who destroys the remnants of Yhwach's power. Ichigo appears in four films for the series, including Memories of Nobody , The DiamondDust Rebellion , Fade to Black and Hell Verse . He also appears in both of

17030-406: Was the best-selling manga volume from the same period; volume 104 placed nineteenth. Volumes 105–107 were among the best-selling manga volumes of 2023. Volume 108 was Shueisha 's highest first print run manga volume of 2023–2024 (period between April 2023 and March 2024), with 3.2 million copies printed. Individual volumes of One Piece have broken publishing and sales records in Japan. In 2009,

17161-435: Was written and directed by Akiko Kodama, featuring music by Shu Kanematsu. The principal cast members from the original musical Rock Musical Bleach . Aniplex has released three albums featuring songs from the musical Rock Musical Bleach . Rock Musical Bleach was seen by more than 130,000 people since its creation in 2005. Ichigo Kurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki ( 黒崎 一護 , Kurosaki Ichigo )

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