8.5Season 23 • Episode 1165
LatestRobin, Chopper, Bonney, and Lilith enjoy the Owl Library.
Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!
Writing
Oda plants payoff seeds 500 episodes early like a madman
Score
Those horns hit and you KNOW someone's about to get wrecked
Acting
Mayumi Tanaka's Luffy laugh is permanently etched in your soul
Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Mari Yaguchi
Yoko (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Nami (voice)
Kappei Yamaguchi
Usopp (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Sanji (voice)
Ikue Otani
Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Nico Robin (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Franky (voice)
Katsuhisa Houki
Jinbe (voice)
Cho
Brook (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka
Donquixote Doflamingo (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One Piece outsold the entire Batman franchise globally — it's not just anime, it's Japan's biggest cultural export.
Oda originally planned five years max; 25+ years later he's still connecting dots from chapter one. The man's a narrative terminator.
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