one piece

ONE PIECE One Piece (ワンピース, Wan Pīsu^?) is a long-running shōnen manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997. The individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997 and the 59th volume released as of Aug 2010. In 2010, Shueisha announced that they sold over 190 million volumes of One Piece manga so far; volume 59 set a new record for the highest initial print run of any manga in history. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy who gained incredible abilities by eating a magical fruit, and his ragtag crew of heroic pirates, named the Straw Hats. Luffy's greatest ambition is to obtain the world's ultimate treasure, One Piece, and thereby become the next Pirate King. MANGA

The One Piece manga series is written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It is available in various countries and languages. In Japan, the series is published by Shueisha – chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since the magazine's issue of August 4, 1997 and in tankōbon format since December 24, 1997.^[32] As of September 2008, the series spans over 595 chapters and more than 55 tankōbon volumes.^[33][update]

In North America, Viz Media is publishing its English-language adaptation of the series – chapterwise in the manga anthology Shonen Jump since the magazine's launch in November 2002 and in tankōbon format since June 2003.^[34][35][36] In the United Kingdom, the tankōbonGollancz Manga, starting March 2006,^[37] until Viz Media took over after the fourteenth volume.^[38][39] In Australia and New Zealand, the English volumes are distributed by Madman Entertainment since November 10, 2008.^[40] As of March 3, 2010, only 38 English language volumes have been published.^[41] However, in July 2009, Viz Media announced its plans to release five volumes per month during the first half of 2010.^[42] were published by (2010 -03-03)^[update]