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- Oct 20, 199992% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
One Piece Premieres
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Toei Animation's TV adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece begins airing, following Monkey D. Luffy as he sets out to find the treasure One Piece and become King of the Pirates.
- One Piece began airing on 20 October 1999, premiering in the Fall 1999 season, and is still listed as "Currently Airing" with an unknown episode total[1]
- It is a TV adaptation of the One Piece manga animated by Toei Animation, produced by Fuji TV and TAP, in 24-minute episodes rated PG-13, with genres Action, Adventure and Fantasy and a shounen demographic[1]
- Its original broadcast slot was Wednesdays at 19:00 from 20 October 1999 to March 2001, moving to Sundays 19:30 from April 2001 to December 2004, Sundays 9:30 from 6 October 2006 to 13 October 2024, and Sundays 23:15 from 6 April 2025[1]
- The story follows Monkey D. Luffy, who survives a whirlpool in a barrel and pursues "the coveted One Piece treasure and the King of the Pirates title that comes with it" after the late King of the Pirates Gol D. Roger disclosed the whereabouts of his hoard, gathering companions along the way[1]
- The first opening theme is "We Are! (Wiiaa!)" by Hiroshi Kitadani (episodes 1-47) and the first ending is "memories" by Maki Otsuki (episodes 1-30); Mayumi Tanaka voices Luffy, with Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro, Akemi Okamura as Nami, Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp and Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji[1]
- In North America the series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment in June 2004, which censored it and stopped production in December 2006; Funimation took over the licence in April 2007 with an uncut version[1]
- On MyAnimeList it holds a weighted score of 8.73 from 1,558,044 users, ranked #55 and 17th in popularity, with 2,728,325 members and 256,194 favourites[1]
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- [1]92%One Piece Premieresmyanimelist.net· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Oct 20, 1999· 100% of score
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