- Type: TV
- Studio: Toei Animation
- Publish Date 1999-10-20
- Status: Ongoing
- Genre: Action Adventure Animation Comedy Drama Fantasy
- Scores: 2.53 by 4,405 reviews
- Duration: 24 min
- Views: 2,474
One Piece
Monkey D. Luffy, a young man made of rubber who is the main character in the series, sets out from the East Blue Sea in search of the legendary treasure known as the One Piece in order to establish himself as the King of the Pirates. He is motivated by his childhood hero, the ruthless pirate Red-Haired Shanks. To put together his own band of pirates, the Straw Hat Pirates, After Roronoa Zoro, a pirate hunter and swordsman, is rescued by Luffy and becomes his friend, the two set out to find the wealth in question. A money-obsessed thief and navigator named Nami, a sniper and compulsive liar named Usopp, and a chivalrous but amorous cook named Sanji accompany them on their voyage. They purchase the Going Merry and engage in conflict with infamous East Blue pirates. Later in the series, other characters join the crew as Luffy and his companions embark on their adventures, including Tony Tony Chopper, an anthropomorphized reindeer doctor; Nico Robin, an archaeologist and former assassin for the Baroque Works; Franky, a cyborg shipwright; Brook, a skeleton musician and swordsman; and Jimbei, a fish-man helmsman and former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The Thousand Sunny, which Franky builds for the Straw Hat Pirates after the Going Merry is irreparably damaged, As they travel the seas in search of their goals, they come into contact with a variety of allies and enemies, including other pirates, bounty hunters, criminal groups, revolutionaries, secret agents, and troops of the corrupt World Government.