Enel is the only main antagonist who is neither a pirate nor affiliated with the World Government. At the time, Oda stated that if Enel were actually a wanted pirate, he might have a bounty that could possibly be as high as 500,000,000 Berries. Although he is Birkan, Enel lacks the Birkan wings and instead has his ring of […] More
Question: What characters were hard to make their designs? Oda: Hancock and Shirahoshi. It really bothers me to make designs of beautiful women since the amount of female faces I like are limited considering the long serialization of ONE PIECE. I can make designs of male characters as many as I want. I can draw various female […] More
D: Heso! A question! Luffy gives nicknames to all sorts of people, however, why doesn’t he do so with his crewmates? P.N. Takataka Oda: Ah, I see! Well…Luffy’s a type of person who, basically, doesn’t really care about remembering someone’s name, so he’ll give people a nickname based on his impression of them whether they like […] More
Myth: X character in One Piece is in love with X other character in One Piece. Fact: It is not uncommon to see pairings mentioned like Luffy x Nami, Luffy x Boa Hancock, Sanji x Nami, Zoro x Nico Robin, Zoro x Tashigi, Franky x Nico Robin, etc. however some fans try to force the […] More
ROGER PIRATES (Gol D. Roger-Silvers Rayleigh-Scopper Gaban-Kozuki Oden) STRAW HAT PIRATES (Monkey D. Luffy-Roronoa Zoro- Vinsmoke Sanji-Jinbe) WHITEBEARD PIRATES (Edward Newgate-Marco The Phoenix-Portgas D. Ace-Jozu) BLACKBEARD PIRATES (Marshall D. Teach-Shiryu-Jesus Burgess-Laffitte) RED HAIR PIRATES (Shanks-Benn Beckmann-Lucky Roo-Yasopp) BIG MOM PIRATES (Charlotte Linlin-Charlotte Katakuri-Charlotte Smoothie-Charlotte Cracker) BEASTS PIRATES (Kaido-King-Queen-Jack) *by rapondaeoct More
The Straw Hat Grand Fleet is a fleet formed by seven organizations who vowed to serve under Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates. All seven leaders are extremely powerful and formidable fighters with five of them being strong enough to defeat executives of the Donquixote Pirates. In One Piece SBS Oda revealed the […] More
Recently a heartwarming interview between Oda and Watsuki in “Rurouni Kenshin Exhibition official artbook” was published. Shortly after One Piece started (1997-2000), Oda told Watsuki that Zoro would become a one-eyed character in the future. After hearing about it, Watsuki gave up his idea to create a one-eyed protagonist in Gun Blaze West that was […] More
In an SBS question, a fan asked what animals would they best resemble. When this question was first asked, the Straw Hats had 6 members. At a later SBS, Oda provided the other animals for the remaining crew members. Chapter 651’s color spread depicts each Straw Hat as an animal post-timeskip as well. Some of […] More
When it comes to preparing a TV program for broadcast, the most highly scrutinized are the shows intended for kids. Things like realistic violence, realistic guns, cigarettes, alcohol consumption and sexual acts will be cut out straight away. Censorship in anime is an interesting topic considering how it is censored within Japan as well as […] More
In the SBS of volume 83, a reader asked Oda why Viola and Doflamingo called each other “Violet” and “Doffy” in Chapter 788. Oda replied that there is a deep secret behind this, but because it is a pretty adult part of the story, he could not tell the reader more. Oda: “Why do Doflamingo and […] More
Here’s a report that details the current position of every current relevant character of One Piece. With the way the plot is heading, it’s nice to get a good reminder as to where everybody is. *by tutumaracas More
