SM3 2009 - Group 6

One Piece---A cartoon that shouldn’t be ignored

Today I’ll have the 392 episode of the One piece. One piece is a famous Japanese cartoon which was show weekly ever since 1998. Produced by Toei Animation, the One Piece anime series debuted in Japan on Fuji TV on October 20, 1999, where it continues to air today.

The story is about a boy named Monkey D. Luffy, inspired by his childhood hero "Red-Haired" Shanks, and sets out on a journey to find the legendary One Piece, and to become the new King of the Pirates. To accomplish this goal, he must reach the end of the most deadly and dangerous ocean: The Grand Line. So he formed the Straw Hat Pirates which finally went through the sea of East Blue and then through the Grand Line. He follows the path of the deceased Pirate King, Gold Roger, from island to island on his way to the great treasure One Piece.

On his way his crew grows to have a swordsman who wants to be the strongest man in the world, a navigator who wants to draw a map of the world, a sniper, a cook who wants to find the all blue, a doctor, an archaeologist who wants to find the original script if the history, a ship builder, and a musician. During the course of the story, the crews contend with both other less moral pirate crews and the Navy. The background of the cartoon is always the sea. The clear blue color and the endless edge of the sea makes you feel relaxed and comfortable. What’s more it also teaches you how to treat friends, how to reach your goal, how to live your life and so on.

According to some of the fans, One piece has special meaning which shows some of the main ideas of the whole story. Though some of them has been repeated for many times, they make you like it every time you watch it.