Kirk said the experience of producing One Piece 'ruined the company's reputation'. However, once 4Kids realized One Piece was not appropriate for their intended demographic, the company decided to edit it into a more child-oriented series until they had an opportunity to legally drop the license. On July 22, 2010, an interview with Anime News Network and Mark Kirk, senior vice-president of digital media for 4Kids Entertainment, revealed that 4Kids acquired One Piece as part of a package deal with other anime, and that the company did not screen the series before licensing it. Production was halted in 2006 after episode 143/104 Viz also ceased its home video release of the series after volume 11. It also aired in other blocks and line-ups, such as its Monday-Thursday night prime-time line-up and its Miguzi weekday after-school action block in 2006. It premiered in the United States on Septemon the Fox network as part of the weekend programming block FoxBox TV, and later aired on Cartoon Network on their Saturday night action programming block, Toonami in April 2005. Initially, 4Kids originally created an English version of the first opening theme, 'We Are!' by Russell Velazquez. 4Kids' dub mandated edits for content and length, which reduced the first 143 episodes into 104. 4Kids' in-house musicians wrote a new background score and theme song nicknamed 'Pirate Rap'. On June 8, 2004, 4Kids Entertainment acquired the license for distribution of One Piece in North America 4Kids contracted Viz Media to handle home video distribution.

Production English localization and broadcasting See also: List of One Piece episodes (seasons 1–8), List of One Piece episodes (seasons 9–14), and List of One Piece episodes (seasons 15–current) SeasonĪrrival in Alabasta, Fierce Fighting in Alabastaĭreams!, The Zenny Pirate Crew Sortie!, Beyond the RainbowĮscape! The Marine Fortress & The Foxy Pirate Crewįurther information: List of One Piece characters Character On international online video platforms, the One Piece anime got 1.9 million demand expressions per month in 2016, making it the year's most popular anime and fourteenth most popular TV show in the world, according to Business Insider. In Japan, One Piece has consistently been among the top five animated shows in television viewer ratings. Produced by Toei Animation, One Piece premiered in Japan on Fuji TV in October 1999, has aired over 1000 episodes, and has been exported to various countries around the world. With his crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the Grand Line in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as 'One Piece' in order to become the next Pirate King. Luffy, a boy whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. One Piece (stylized as ONE PIECE) is a Japanese anime television series based on Eiichiro Oda's manga series of the same name.

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