ONE PIECE

What is ONE PIECE about?

ONE PIECE is a TV anime series animated by Toei Animation, adapted from a manga. It began airing in October 20, 1999 and is still releasing new episodes. AniList classifies it as action, adventure, comedy and drama. It continues from MONSTERS: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation, which is worth watching first.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Pirates, Travel, Shounen, Ensemble Cast, Super Power, Found Family, Male Protagonist, Ships, Conspiracy, Slapstick.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Luffy Monkey モンキー・D・ルフィ

  Main character

  Luffy is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and is best friends with all of them and values them over all else. At first glance, Luffy does not appear to be very intelligent, often seeing things in childish manner and can easily be amazed by the simplest things.

  Japanese voice: Mayumi Tanaka

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  Robin Nico ニコロビン

  Main character

  Robin is the seventh member of Straw Hat's Crew. She had a bounty of 79 million beri since she was eight years old, during an incident in which she supposedly destroyed six Buster Call ships through the use of the powers she gained by eating the Hana Hana no Mi (Flower Flower or Blooming Blooming Fruit).

  Japanese voice: Yuriko Yamaguchi

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  Zoro Roronoa ロロノア・ゾロ

  Main character

  Zoro was the first crew member to be recruited by Luffy. Zoro is a skilled swordsman who fights with his own unique sword style known as santoryu (three katana fighting style). This is achieved by using one katana in each hand, and another in his mouth. He is also seen fighting with only one or two swords.

  Japanese voice: Kazuya Nakai

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  Franky フランキー

  Main character

  Franky is a cyborg who is the shipwright of the Straw Hat Pirates. He first appeared in the Water 7 arc. Franky is one of "Tom's Workers". Franky's dream is to build a ship that would travel to the end of the Grand Line.

  Japanese voice: Kazuki Yao

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  Sanji サンジ

  Main character

  Sanji is the chain-smoking chef of the Straw Hat Pirate Crew. He has superb fighting skills that only make use of his legs, in an effort to minimize damage to his hands which would impair his cooking skills. Sanji uses an array of powerful and varied kicking moves when he fights.

  Japanese voice: Hiroaki Hirata

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  Chopper Tony Tony トニートニー・チョッパー

  Main character

  Chopper is the 6th member to join the Straw Hat Pirates, acting as their general physician, despite being a reindeer. After a set of unusual circumstances, he ate the Hito Hito no Mi (Human Human Fruit), which permitted him the ability to speak, think, and (to a limited extent) change into a human.

  Japanese voice: Ikue Ootani

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  Nami ナミ

  Main character

  Nami is the third person to align herself with Straw Hat Pirates, and the fifth to actually join as an official member. Possibly one of the best navigators currently sailing the Grand Line, she has the ability to recognize and analyze even the slightest changes in the weather through sheer intuition, thus saving the…

  Japanese voice: Akemi Okamura

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  Usopp ウソップ

  Main character

  Usopp is a liar and likes to play pranks on his crew members or just goof off with Luffy and Chopper. He loves to tell tall tales to Chopper (who believes him blindly) or anyone who's listening. The other aspect of Usopp besides his lying is his cowardice; he is a very timid person, or so he thinks.

  Japanese voice: Kappei Yamaguchi

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  Brook ブルック

  Main character

  Brook known as the "Gentleman Skeleton", is a pirate inhabiting the Florian Triangle region of the Grand Line. Although he claims to be a gentleman, and talks in the dialect of one, Brook's etiquette has severely degenerated over the course of his isolation.

  Japanese voice: Choo

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  Jinbe ジンベエ

  Main character

  Jinbe is a whale shark fishman who was the second captain of the Sunny Pirates after Fisher Tiger, and who became a Shichibukai eight years ago. Jinbe's name comes from jinbei-zame (甚平鮫), which means "whale shark" in Japanese. His epithet, Kaikyou would normally translate into "Strait" or "Channel".

  Japanese voice: Daisuke Gouri

Supporting characters

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  Buggy バギー

  Supporting character

  Buggy accidentally consumed the Bara Bara no Mi, (Chop Chop fruit) a Devil Fruit, which allows him to separate his body parts and control them independent of each other, but robbed him of the ability to swim.

  Japanese voice: Shigeru Chiba

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  Vivi Nefertari ネフェルタリ・ビビ

  Supporting character

  Nefertari Vivi first appears as a member of Baroque Works, a criminal organization that was behind several scandals in the country of Alabasta, under the alias Miss Wednesday.

  Japanese voice: Misa Watanabe

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  Shanks シャンクス

  Supporting character

  Red-Haired Shanks is a legendary and powerful pirate in the Grand Line, being the captain of the Red-Haired Pirate Crew. Furthermore, he is Monkey D. Luffy's childhood hero.

  Japanese voice: Shuuichi Ikeda

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  Enel エネル

  Supporting character

  Upper Yard (former); Birka (former) Enel thinks of himself as an invincible god - quite literally. He believes that he is a divine and immortal being, with the authority to do, take or destroy whatever he pleases. As the result, he appears fearless, childish, and without a care in the world.

  Japanese voice: Toshiyuki Morikawa

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  Dracule Mihawk ジュラキュール・ミホーク

  Supporting character

  Mihawk is said to be the strongest swordsman in the One Piece world, and he is commented as being a monster superior to monsters. Because of his status and power, defeating him is Roronoa Zoro's ultimate goal.

  Japanese voice: Takeshi Aono

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  Ace Portgas ポートガス・D・エース

  Supporting character

  One of the most obvious features on Ace is his tattoos. Ace's back tattoo is left intact in the English version of the dub despite 4Kids' previous edits to crosses. At the same time Ace also promotes his tattoo to Luffy, something which is truly considered odd by 4Kids standards.

  Japanese voice: Daisuke Sakaguchi

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  Kuro クロ

  Supporting character

  Kuro is the former Captain of the Black Cat Pirates. He is known as "Kuro of the Thousand Plans" for his elaborate plans that virtually never fail. Thusly, he earns the title of the second most intelligent person in the East Blue behind Ben Beckman. He has super-human speed with which to deliver his attacks.

  Japanese voice: Kouichi Hashimoto

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  Bellamy ベラミー

  Supporting character

  Bellamy "The Hyena" is the captain of the crew and has a 55,000,000 Beli bounty. Bellamy earned his nickname from his trademark grin and his reputation for scavenging riches from other pirates, much like a hyena scavenges its food.

  Japanese voice: Wataru Takagi

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  Crocodile クロコダイル

  Supporting character

  Crocodile is the leader of Baroque Works, a secret organization of assassins and spies, and a member of the Shichibukai. Utilizing Baroque Works, he incites rebellion in the kingdom of Alabasta in order to gain access to the Poneglyph hidden beneath the palace.

  Japanese voice: Ryuuzaburou Ootomo

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  Tashigi たしぎ

  Supporting character

  Sergeant Tashigi is a Naval officer serving under Smoker. She is first introduced, at the rank of Master CPO, when the Straw Hat Pirates dock in Loguetown. While adept at sword fighting, she is unusually clumsy, almost stabbing herself accidentally with her own sword on one occasion.

  Japanese voice: Junko Noda

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  Newgate Edward エドワード・二ューゲート

  Supporting character

  Edward Newgate, also known as Whitebeard, is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.

  Japanese voice: Kinryuu Arimoto

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  Kuzan クザン

  Supporting character

  Kuzan, better known by his former alias Aokiji, is one of the three Marine admirals. Kuzan is a very laid back man, showing no shock or surprise from almost anything.

  Japanese voice: Takehito Koyasu