Fumi Hirano is a veteran voice actress with some classic roles under her belt, the most notable being Lum in Urusei Yatsura, based on the manga by Rumiko Takahashi. Next up is a role in the One Piece anime adaptation, in which Hirano will be …Read more »
Singer Namie Amuro is set to retire from the music business this September, but not before one more team-up with the Straw Hat Pirates. Amuro will take part in a One Piece collaboration this year, it was announced this week. Though it’s not yet clear …Read more »
With the Whole Cake Island arc in full swing in the anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, it’s time to cast one of the primary villains of the story. Charlotte Katakuri, a high-level member of the Big Mom crew that has a bounty of …Read more »
Luffy and the Straw Hats hit hard, so what could possibly be a more fitting tribute to One Piece than 30 tons of stone art? The piece is part of an exhibition placed at the Daikaku-ji temple in Kyoto, and the giant stone mural depicts …Read more »
Back in late 2016, plans were revealed for a ‘holographic’ 3DCG stage event based on One Piece, with the debut originally set for 2017. According to the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, that debut has been pushed back to early 2018, and the premiere …Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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