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One Piece anime and J-rock band Radwimps pair up for awesome “Twilight” music video【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 6, 2021
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English-subtitled We Are One short drama about One Piece fans gets theme song from band famous for Your Name hit in celebration of manga volume 100, TV episode 1,000.

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• (anime • dramas • J-Pop • manga • music • One Piece • Radwimps • video)

Proclaim dedication to your special pirate-someone with deluxe One Piece-inspired jewelry

• SoraNews24
  Sep 3, 2021

Sometimes the ultimate treasure isn’t gold and diamonds, but the one you love.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • collaboration • fashion • jewelry • Luffy • manga • One Piece • rings • U-Treasure)

We hunt for a PS5 in a high-stakes capsule toy machine in Akihabara

• Master Blaster
  Sep 2, 2021

Our reporter doesn’t have a problem though. He can stop anytime he wants.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • capsule toy machine • Monster Hunter Rise • nintendo switch • One Piece • PS5 • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Anime character art doesn’t age, but it sure did change for these characters

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2021

Japanese anime Twitter takes a look back at characters who have been around so long you might not recognize them in their original forms.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • character design • Doraemon • Fruits Basket • Gegege no Kitaro • Higurashi no Naku Koro ni • Mobile Suit Gundam • One Piece • Sailor Moon)

President of France meets with manga, video game royalty in Tokyo【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2021

Head of state also picks up an amazing One Piece souvenir that any fan would treasure.

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• Europe, Japan
• (AKIRA • anime • awesome • cool • Dark Souls • Eiichiro Oda • Emmanuel Macron • Fairy Tail • france • Hidetaka Miyazaki • Hiro Mashima • Katsuhiro Otomo • manga • Naomi Kawase • One Piece • politicians • politics • video • video games)

Second round of One Piece inspired wedding dresses now on sale

• Katie Pask
  Jul 27, 2021

Look as elegant as Carrot, Hancock… even Big Mom!

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • big mom • boa • boa hancock • bonney • bride • carrot • dress • gown • linlin • marriage • One Piece • tashigi • Wedding • wedding dress • wedding dresses)

100 One Piece taxis hitting the streets of Tokyo to salute the hit manga’s latest milestone

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2021

Luffy is going to be the king of the cabs.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • manga • One Piece • taxis • Tokyo)

The results are in! One Piece World Top 100 characters chosen in global poll

• Master Blaster
  May 5, 2021

The world has spoken and the best pirates were chosen.

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• Global, Internet, Japan
• (anime • characters • Eiichiro Oda • manga • One Piece • ranking • Shueisha • video • Weekly Shonen Jump • World Top 100)

Female cast of One Piece takes center stage with One Piece Novel Heroines

• SoraNews24
  Apr 19, 2021

Short story collection follows four heroines on side adventures.

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• Japan
• (anime • books • COK • manga • novels • One Piece)

Entire crew of Going Merry arrested by police in Japan (no, not on April 1)

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2021

The sea cucumbers they poached along the way actually are a sort of treasure.

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• Japan
• (anime • crazy • crime • funny • Going Merry • manga • One Piece • poaching • sea cucumbers • weird • yakuza)

One Piece sets out to find its most popular character in the world in massive survey

• Master Blaster
  Jan 6, 2021

Everyone from Luffy to Camel the super penguin is in the running.

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• Global, Japan
• (anime • characters • Eiichiro Oda • manga • One Piece • survey • vote • Weekly Shonen Jump)

16 years’ worth of One Piece manga now free-to-read online to celebrate series 1,000th chapter

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 6, 2021

Need to catch up on 70-plus volumes of Luffy’s pirate adventures? Right now it won’t cost you a single yen.

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • COK • free • manga • One Piece)

Top 100 manga of all time chosen by survey of 150,000 Japanese people

• Master Blaster
  Jan 4, 2021

Which of the thousands of titles came out on top?

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• Japan
• (Demon Slayer • Detective Conan • Dragon Ball • election • manga • Manga General Election • One Piece • ranking • Slam Dunk • TV Asahi)

Straw Hat Brides – Official One Piece wedding dresses going on sale in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 4, 2020

Designers create wedding dresses for four of the anime/manga’s lovely ladies, and you can wear them too.
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• Japan
• (anime • bridal • bridal gowns • dresses • fashion • manga • marriage • One Piece • wedding dresses • weddings)

Get ready to set sail on the high seas looking your best with the Shu Uemura x One Piece collaboration

• Katie Pask
  Nov 17, 2020

Raise your pirate bounty and look fabulous doing it!

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• Japan
• (anime • collaboration • cosmetics • cute • fashion • Luffy • make-up • makeup • One Piece • Shu Uemura)

There’s a touching reason it took so long for samurai and ninja to show up in One Piece

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 22, 2020

Creator Eiichiro Oda wanted to incorporate Japanese elements sooner, but held himself back.

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• Japan
• (anime • Eiichiro Oda • manga • Naruto • One Piece • Wano Country)

One Piece anime/manga creator says when he wants the series to end, promises it’ll be “amazing”

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2020

Eiichiro Oda also gives his thoughts on the quality of One Piece’s first-ever chapter.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Eiichiro Oda • manga • One Piece • Shonen Jump)

One Piece teams up with Japanese fashion brand mis zapatos for funky, fashionable bags

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 21, 2020

Sanji and Zoro’s stylish geta-clad feet take center stage on this quirky, super-cool line of satchels and rucksacks.

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• Japan
• (anime • apparel • bags • fashion • merchandise • mis zapatos • One Piece • otaku goods • Village Vanguard)

The top 10 (plus one) Shonen Jump manga protagonists, as decided by Japanese netizens

• Katy Kelly
  Jul 19, 2020

Believe it or not, Naruto didn’t make the top cut.

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• Japan
• (anime • Death Note • Dr. Slump • Dragon Ball • Fist of the North Star • Kochikame • manga • One Piece • ranking • Shonen Jump • survey • top 10)

Busty anime pirate Nami is now flat as can be in new One Piece kokeshi figure line【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2020

Joins Luffy and friends as traditional kokeshi doll Straw Hat crew doubles in size.

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• Japan
• (anime • culture • dolls • figures • kokeshi • manga • Nami • One Piece)

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