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One Piece is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name. As of 2024 it has more than 1,100 episodes.
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The storyline of One Piece—manga and anime alike—is commonly divided into individual story arcs for easier understanding. While the exact divisions are somewhat fluid, it is generally understood that an arc begins when the Straw Hat Pirates land on a specific island and ends when they leave.
All story arcs are grouped into larger sagas, which tend to reflect goals and/or enemies that the Straw Hats pursue across multiple islands.
The manga can currently be broken down into 11 parts, following the feats of the Straw Hat Pirates: the East Blue Saga, the Arabasta Saga, the Sky Island Saga, the Water 7 Saga, the Thriller Bark Saga, the Summit War Saga, the Fish-Man Island Saga, the Dressrosa Saga, the Whole Cake Island Saga, the Wano Country Saga, and the Final Saga. Each saga ...
Due to the One Piece manga's nature as a weekly serial, each individual chapter has its own title page to start that series' section of Weekly Shonen Jump. While most manga artists use this space either to expand the chapter's length by a page or to draw a one-off illustration, Oda will take minor characters and defeated villains, and give them their own story arcs, which sometimes end up coinciding with the goings-on of Luffy and his crew at some point. Each of these stories, known officially as Short-Term Focused Cover Page Serials (短期集中表紙連載, Tanki Shūchū Hyōshi Rensai?), or "Cover Stories" for short, run for 20 to 40 or more consecutive installments, interrupted only by title pages drawn in color. Each "episode" is one panel, with a caption that includes the title of the arc (given by Oda himself) and a description of what happens in the image. After each arc has run its course, there is a set of "normal" chapter title pages that showcases each member of the Straw Hat Pirates, and then a new story arc is introduced. Starting from just prior to the ninth cover arc, a new segment called "Where They Are Now" began, catching up with other characters from a specific arc and their current day to day life prior to the specific story connected to the full cover arc.
While these "Cover Stories" (as fans call them) are part of the canon manga story, only three have appeared thus far in the anime: Buggy's Crew Adventure Chronicles (episodes 46-47), Diary of Koby-Meppo (episodes 68-69) and Straw Hat's Separation Serial (episodes 453-456). However, it is not infrequent that the encounters caused by the mini arc do appear in the anime without any explanation, including Jango's recruitment into the Marines.
Because the One Piece manga is still ongoing, Toei Animation uses non-manga material (filler) as a way to slow down the progression of the plot. If the anime were to catch up with the manga, Toei would either have to wait for Oda to release more manga chapters, take the story in a direction independent of the manga (as was done in Rurouni Kenshin, Elfen Lied, InuYasha and Fullmetal Alchemist), or simply end it; any of these would likely damage the popularity of the series, and would not reflect well on either Toei Animation or Oda. Thus, additional material is the only viable alternative.
Unlike non-manga material in many other shows, most One Piece filler takes place in story arcs independent from the main plot and having little to no effect on the subsequent canon story. These arcs also generally consist of lighter fare than Oda's own work, containing much more comedy, the presence of child characters, and little in the way of drama. Currently, the anime has sixteen story arcs not present in the manga:
1.Warship Island Arc (a.k.a. Apis Arc): comes between the East Blue and Arabasta sagas. The crew attempt to help a mysterious girl named Apis and a "Thousand Year Dragon" named Ryu, while combating the nefarious Eric and the Marines after the dragon.
•Episodes: 8 (54-61)
2.Post-Arabasta Arc: a series of character-centered episodes taking place immediately after the Arabasta Arc.
•Episodes: 5 (131-135)
It should be noted that discrepancies and debates exist over many of the above names, as Eiichiro Oda rarely if ever gives "official" names to different sections of the storyline. During the early years of the manga and anime, names often referenced the Straw Hats' introductions (e.g., "the Usopp arc") and/or major antagonists (e.g., "the Don Krieg arc"); location-based names became the norm after the Straw Hats entered the Grand Line, and the story increased emphasis on exploration.[citation needed]
Similar debates exist over what qualifies as a "saga"—particularly post-timeskip, where the Straw Hats have entered nearly every new island with at least two carryover plotlines from a prior one.
1.December 2005 Special is referred to as TV Special Episode 4
2.ワンピース キャラクター Log[broken link]
3.See ONE PIECE WEB,[broken link] Shueisha's original website for the manga.
4.See also One-Piece.com,[broken link] the current site for the One Piece franchise as a whole.
5.Weekly Shonen Jump 2006 Issue 51, Author Comment: "来年の映画はアラバスタ編です!!!新規読者やワンピースを知らない人にも観て欲しい" [Next year's movie will cover the Arabasta-hen!!! I want new readers and even people who don't know One Piece to watch it.]
6."アラバスタ編 | これまでのストーリー". [Arabasta-hen | The Story Until Now] (in Japanese). ONE PIECE.com. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
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Anime and manga portal. 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 individual chapters compiled in 108 tankōbon volumes as of March 2024.
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- July 26, 2000
- East Blue Saga. The first One Piece saga is called the East Blue Saga. Given that it takes place in this East Blue Sea, it is called East Blue Saga. Following are the arcs that make up the East Blue Saga
- Arabasta Saga. The Arabasta Saga derives its name from the nation that the Straw Hat visits and where most of the drama occurs. This is the second saga in the show.
- Sky Island Saga. The Skypiea (floating island), which is the setting for most of the action, gives rise to the name of the Sky Island Saga. It is the third saga in the show.
- Water 7 Saga. The Venice-like paradise Water 7 island that the Straw Hat reaches after Skypiea is the inspiration for the name of the Water 7 Saga. This is the anime show’s fourth saga, and it is divided into the following arcs
This is a complete Episode Guide for all the animation produced for One Piece (ワンピース, Wanpīsu?) based on the manga authored by Eiichiro Oda. The series currently consists of 1109 Episodes (ongoing), 5 OVAs, 13 TV specials and 15 movies.
Category page. This category contains the Story Arcs of One Piece manga and anime .
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Aug 1, 2023 · From the East Blue Saga to the Final Saga, here are all the One Piece story arcs in order!
