One Piece (ワンピース Wan Pīsu?) is a Japanese shōnen manga written and illustrated by Eiichirō Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since August 4, 1997. The individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997 and 52 volumes released as of December 2008. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy, who gained supernatural 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. When creating the series, Oda was heavily influenced by the manga Dragon Ball.
One Piece is licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media. The individual chapters are being serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump manga anthology and being published in tankōbon volumes. In the United Kingdom, the series is being released by Gollancz Manga. Madman Entertainment is releasing the series in Australia and New Zealand.
The series was adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced in 1998 by Production I.G. It was later adapted into a full anime series by Toei Animation that premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on October 20, 1999. As of December 15, 2008, 381 episodes of the series have aired. The anime series was licensed for a heavily edited English dubbed broadcast in North America by 4Kids Entertainment. It has since been licensed for a full Region 1 DVD release and broadcast by Funimation Entertainment. In addition to the anime series and OVA, One Piece has been adapted into nine feature films by Toei and multiple video games based on the series have been released.
With over 140 million copies sold, One Piece is the third highest selling manga in the history of Weekly Shōnen Jump. It is considered their most acclaimed and all-time third-best-selling title in Japan.
TOP TEN MANGA IN YEAR 2008(ORICON VERSION)
To wait upon last year Oricon publicating 50 chart the most popular manga in 2008.That chart arrange by holding company based of sale note from 24 December 2007 until 16 November 2008.
THIS THE TOP TEN CHART(TOTAL SALE)
1.ONE PIECE-ODA EIICHIRO
4.972.164(3 VOLUME)
2.NARUTO-KISHIMOTO MASASHI
3.801.235(4 VOLUME)
3.NANA-YAZAWA AI
3.076.463(2 VOLUME)
4.BLEACH-TITE KUBO
2.958.278(4 VOLUME)
5.NODAME CANTABILE-NINOMIYA TOMOKO
2.414.588(2 VOLUME)
6.KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN!-AMANO AKIRA
2.135.278(4 VOLUME)
7.HAGANE NO RENKINJUTSUSHI-ARAKAWA HIROMU
2.114.212(2 VOLUME)
8.D.GRAY MAN-HOSHINO KATSURA
1.808.014(3 VOLUME)
9.HUNTER X HUNTER-TOGASHI YOSHIRO
1.700.954(2 VOLUME)
10.MEITANTEI CONAN-AOYAMA GOSHO
1.647.249(3 VOLUME)
In the top chart of the most popular manga is ONE PIECE!Luffy placing 3 of his tankoubon(volume).Volume 50 leading with total sale 1.678.208 copy,followed by volume 51 with total sale 1.646.978 copy.Next is NANA volume 19 who written by Yazawa Ai with total sale 1.645.128 copy.Number 4 is ONE PIECE volume 49"only"sold 1.544.000 copy.With ottal sale like that,ONE PIECE is the serial with the highest sale number.Total,ONE PIECE to write down 4.972.164 copy.Shueisha the license holder form a income around 2 BILLION YEN!!
The most serious ONE PIECE rival is NANA the shoujo manga.This manga described band boys struggle to defeated Japan music industry fill in position number 3 and 5 in the chart the most popular manga 2008.From 2 volume tankoubon,NANA total sale is 3.076.463 copy.But if looked from total sale,NANA to be inferior to NARUTO which sold 3.801.235 copy.Naruto manga was in 4 rank in chart,that is Naruto 43 in 8th position,followed by Naruto 42 in 9th position.Naruto 44 and Naruto 41 in 16th and 19th position.
One Piece Most Downloaded Show on Earth
Nielsen Ratings have been the standard way for decades of judging how popular television shows are by looking at how many people are watching them. Trouble is, here in the 21st Century people are watching their TV shows in more ways than just on TV. More illegal ways, to be specific. Well now some sites are measuring how popular a show is by how many times it gets downloaded in a week via torrents. It doesn't go by individual episodes mind you, but series as a whole.
Now here's the interesting part. In the week ending in June, One Piece was the most downloaded show of the week. It ranked #4 the previous week, & was the only anime series in the top 20. In fact it seems ever since this practice of measuring TV show downloads began, anime has rarely if ever entered the list. So having One Piece at #1 is quite impressive. Way to go, One Piece fans! You rob profits from your favorite series more than any other show in the world! The list:
1. One Piece
2. Lost
3. Prison Break
4. Heroes
5. Smallville
6. Grey?s Anatomy
7. South Park
8. How I Met Your Mother
9. Desperate Housewives
10. Supernatural
11. Dexter
12. The Simpsons
13. Family Guy
14. Battlestar Galactica
15. My Name Is Earl
16. House, M.D.
17. One Tree Hill
18. Stargate Atlantis
19. Kyle XY
20. Weeds
