The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film by Production I.G, and an anime series by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in 1999. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, where he explores the Grand Line in search of the mythical treasure known as the 'One Piece' in order to become the next King of the Pirates. The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled in 107 tankōbon volumes as of November 2023.
One Piece (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda.
