History Awesome / ONEPIECE

* Awesome/OnePieceLandOfWanoSaga
* Awesome/OnePieceFinalSaga

* A meta example. As of November 27th, 2023, over the course of 16 years, Creator/FUNimation has dubbed 24 years worth of animation (1034 episodes, 6 movies, and 6 specials), in the middle of the Wano arc part 3, now 51 episodes behind the anime broadcast. That's right, the English dub is catching up. Whether or not you're a fan of the dub, it's still an impressive milestone.

* A meta example. As of November 27th, 2023, over the course of 16 years, ''Creator/FUNimation'' has dubbed 24 years worth of animation (1034 episodes, 6 movies, and 6 specials), in the middle of the Wano arc part 3, now 51 episodes behind the anime broadcast. That's right, the English dub is catching up. Whether or not you're a fan of the dub, it's still an impressive milestone.

* A meta example. As of November 27th, 2023, over the course of 16 years, Creator/Funimation has dubbed 24 years worth of animation (1034 episodes, 6 movies, and 6 specials), in the middle of the Wano arc part 3, now 51 episodes behind the anime broadcast. That's right, the English dub is catching up. Whether or not you're a fan of the dub, it's still an impressive milestone.

* A meta example. As of November 27th, 2023, over the course of 16 years, ''Creator/Funimation'' has dubbed 24 years worth of animation (1034 episodes, 6 movies, and 6 specials), in the middle of the Wano arc part 3, now 51 episodes behind the anime broadcast. That's right, the English dub is catching up. Whether or not you're a fan of the dub, it's still an impressive milestone.

Ah, ''Manga/OnePiece'', a series in the high seas [[RuleOfCool where physics are ignored]] unless they ''add'' to the awesomeness; what with the {{Pirate}}s and [[LawfulEvil World Government]] clashing with one another constantly. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-21/one-piece-manga-has-345-million-copies-in-print-worldwide It's the number one best selling manga for a reason.]] It won't be easy listing all of the [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome hardcore moments]] this series brought us, but we'll sure as hell try.

* ''Anime/OnePieceStampede'': Towards the end of the film, Luffy comes into posession of the [[MacGuffin treasure]] that everyone's been chasing throuhgout the entire movie, an Eternal Log Pose to Laugh Tale, the island where the One Piece is located. Luffy is quite literally holding the thing that will guarantee that he achieves his dream, or would, at the very least, give him a colossal advantage. So what does he do? He destroys it. Crushing it in his hand without a moment of hesitation, telling Rob Lucci and Sir Crocodile that he "doesn't need it." Even better? A later flashback reveals that Gol D. Roger thought the same, saying that anyone who needed an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale would be incapable of finding the One Piece, and throwing it into the ocean. By destroying it, Luffy proved himself to be the exact kind of person who deserves to find the One Piece.

* At the end of ''Anime/OnePieceFilmRed'': Shanks is holding Uta in his arms as she dies. As the Marines try to arrest her, Shanks tells them, in no uncertain terms, that if they try to take her away, [[PapaWolf he will kill them]]. He then lets out quite possibly the most powerful blast of [[AwesomenessIsAForce Conqueror's Haki]] ever seen in any piece of ''One Piece'' media. Not only does it manage to knock out several Vice Admirals, but the two Admirals fcing Shanks, Fujitora and Kizaru, are visibly shaken by it. Fujitora decides to back down, and Kizaru is visibly sweating.

* ''Anime/OnePieceStampede'': Towards the end of the film, Luffy comes into posession of the [[MacGuffin treasure]] that everyone's been chasing throuhgout the entire movie, an Eternal Log Pose to Laugh Tale, the island where the One Piece is located. Luffy is quite literally holding the thing that will guarantee that he achieves his dream, or would, at the very least, give him a colossal advantage. So what does he do? He destroys it. Crushing it in his hand without a moment of hesitation, telling Rob Lucci and Sir Crocodile that he "doesn't need it." Even better? A later flashback reeals that Gol D. Roger thought the same, sayng that anyone who needed an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale would be incapable of finding the One Piece, and throwing it into the ocean. By destroying it, Luffy proved himself to be the exact kind of person who deserves to find the One Piece.

* "Buggy's Crew: After the Battle!": Buggy rescuing his crew from the Bear Claw Tribe, especially since he had recently gotten his ButtMonkey status cemented. He ends it by firing a Buggy Ball into the village, completely obliterating it.

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* Creator/EiichiroOda deserves a little special mention here. He created one of the most awesome manga ever, and upon closer inspection, [[FridgeBrilliance he separated the Straw Hat Pirates for two years IRL, and separated them for two years in-story]]. ''This man is a genius.''
* Gecko Moria is voiced by a guy called Chris Guerrero. Seems tame, until you realize what he's also known by: '''General Ivan of Creator/TeamFourStar.''' Creator/{{Funimation}} has a voice from [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged an abridged series]] doing an official role! [[SincerityMode And he's]] ''[[SincerityMode amazing.]]''
** He's not the only [=TeamFourStar=] alumni to get an important role. Corinne Sunberg, AKA [=Megami33=] (the voice of Bulma) has been cast as Kozuki Momonosuke, the future Shogun of Wano.
* Oda and ''One Piece'' have earned the Guinness World Record for "most copies printed for a comic book by a single author", having 320,866,000 printed between December 1997 and December 2014.
* Oda has a massive love for [[ChekhovsGun/OnePiece name-dropping things early on in the series and then bringing them up much later in a big way.]] Because of this, he has generally managed to avoid the dreaded AssPull many writers get accused of for simply throwing in things as they go, which come unannounced and way out of left field. In addition, Oda continuously surprises readers with the satisfying payoffs to these floating plot points -- some which were waiting for resolution ''decades'' in advance. It was also revealed that he has ''[[CrazyPrepared entire volumes of composition notebooks dedicated to keeping notes about his story arcs]]'', so he knows how to keep everything happening in his story straight.
* ''One Piece'' has sold 430 million copies: that is to say it has ''completely outnumbered'' every manga to ever exist in sales by a huge margin, the big three is a ridiculous concept when you realize ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' combined don't even compare to One Piece: which has sold more than a ''hundred million more than both''. ''One Piece'' is to Manga and Anime what ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' is for movies. Even the legendary ''Franchise/DragonBall'' is a distant second, with 240 million copies to ''One Piece's'' 430 million and counting.[[note]]Though in fairness, ''One Piece'' already has more than twice as many volumes as Dragon Ball.[[/note]]
* Regardless of your anime preferences, [[Creator/{{Funimation}} FUNimation]] deserves a round of applause for their English dub of the anime. They not only kept it true to the original source material unlike what [[Creator/{{FourKidsEntertainment}} 4Kids]] did, they went so far as to go back to Episode 01 and redubbed ''everything'', effectively making the 4Kids dub obsolete!
* After Eiichiro Oda donated 800 million yen ($8 million US) to the Kumamoto prefecture (his birthhome) to help with earthquake relief, the prefecture paid tribute with [[https://twitter.com/Eiichiro_Staff/status/1068353190200979456 a Luffy statue]]. Looks like Luffy finally got that bronze statue he always wanted.
** More than just Luffy - as thanks for Oda [[https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Kumamoto_Revival_Project funding relief for Kumamoto prefecture]], ''all 8'' of the Pre-Timeskip Straw Hats are getting statues. Five were finished prior to the onser of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic; the project was finally completed on 22 July 2022, with the extra inclusion of Jimbei.
* One of the biggest fans of ''One Piece'' is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. It's believed his interest in the series has motivated him to lead economic reforms for the country, opening up a large venue of opportunities for Japanese animation. The Crown Prince has even started up his own animation studio to get Saudi Arabia on the world map of animation.
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** More than just Luffy - as thanks for Oda [[https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Kumamoto_Revival_Project funding relief for Kumamoto prefecture]], ''all 9'' of the Pre-Timeskip Straw Hats are getting statues. All but Zoro, Nami, and Robin have been unveiled, mainly due to their statues not being completed prior to the onset of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.