303. Why Do Many Fans Crown ‘One Piece’ King of the Anime?

Kaizoku ou ni ore wa naru! Today around the world, millions of fans who love Japan’s hit manga/anime series, One Piece, are rejoicing for many reasons, including today’s release of the live-action series season 2 on Netflix. Why do so many fans love these comical, earnest adventures of Captain Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates?

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Quotes and notes

• The hit manga just reached 600 million, matching Superman
• After 1,170+ chapters and nearly 30 years, creator Eiichiro Oda’s pirates-with-powers story is sailing toward its final arcs.
• The popular anime is ending hiatus to resume in April.
• And today Netflix is christening the live series Season 2, after 2023’s Season 1 happily broke the “anime to live-action curse.”
• Oh, and this just in: last week Oda and crew made the meme come true.
• He really did write down the answer to “what is the One Piece,” the treasure sought by every pirate.
• He locked this in a chest, buried it deep in the sea, and initiated a great fan-pirate era.
• But spoiler alert: I think I know the secret of the One Piece. And by the end of this episode, I shall spell out my grand fan theory.

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