One Piece: The World’s Biggest Manga That America Tried to Censor

One Piece, Eiichiro Oda, Monkey D. Luffy, Weekly Shonen Jump, 4Kids, Funimation, Toonami, Dragon Ball Z, and Netflix all come together in this deep dive into the true story of how the best-selling manga in history nearly sank in America. In 2004, the biggest pirate story ever told came to American Saturday morning TV, and the company that brought it over went to work with the scissors. Guns became water pistols. Sanji's cigarette became a lollipop. A whole whale storyline was swapped for an iceberg, and the music was replaced with a rap. This video tells the story of how one man drawing alone every week since 1997 built a 600-million-copy phenomenon, how 4Kids nearly killed it on its way West, how Funimation rescued it with a faithful dub, and how the Netflix live-action series broke the live-action anime curse. It also looks honestly at what the decades-long marathon costs the man behind it. Whether you grew up with the Pirate Rap or you're just starting the journey from episode one, this is the One Piece story. #OnePiece #anime #animedocumentary