Oda Eiichiro (teen)

[Kaiten]

Oda Eiichiro does not need an introduction. He's the author of the best selling manga ever, One Piece. With the exception of Full Metal Alchemist no manga has as much sentimental value to me than One Piece.

Wanted!

Serialized In: Akamaru Jump and Weekly Shonen Jump (compiled 1998)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Comedy
Japanese Status: One Volume (complete)
International Release: Unlicensed
Online Status: One Volume (complete)
Age Ranking: Teen
Mangaupdates

Spoiler: Summary From Mangaupdates

A collection of short stories drawn by Oda Eiichiro before One Piece became a major hit. Includes chapter called 'Romance Dawn' which was later re-envisioned as 'One Piece'.

Titles included are:
1) Wanted!
2) God's Gift For The Future
3) Ikki Yako
4) Monsters
5) Romance Dawn (second version)

Romance Dawn

Serialized In: Akamaru Jump (1996)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Japanese Status: One Chapter (complete)
International Release: Unlicensed
Online Status: One Chapter (complete)
Age Ranking: Teen
Mangaupdates

Spoiler: Summary Courtesy of Mangaupdates

Oneshot that led to the series One Piece.

*Note: There are actually 3 versions of Romance Dawn that were written: This one was written first, then the one featured in Wanted, and then the final version that is officially part of One Piece.

One Piece

Serialized In: Weekly Shonen Jump (1997- )
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Japanese Status: 601 Chapters (ongoing)
International Status: 55 Volumes, (ongoing)
Online Status: 601 Chapters, (ongoing)
Age Ranking: Teen
Mangaupdates

Spoiler: Summary From Mangaupdates

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming the King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber… at the cost of never being able to swim again! Now Luffy, with the help of a motley collection of pirate wannabes, is setting off in search of the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world...

Cross Epoch (Collaboration With Toriyama Akira)


Serialized In: Weekly Shonen Jump (2006)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Japanese Status: 1 Chapter (complete)
International Status: Unlicensed
Online Status: 1 Chapter (complete)
Age Ranking: Teen
Mangaupdates

Spoiler: Summary From Mangaupdates

Fusion between two of the greatest mangas of all time. (Dragon Ball x One Piece)

Special one-shot collaboration to celeberate One Piece's 10th anniversary.

 

[makhan]

Not sure if this is the right place, but I got a question:

Does anyone know of any public appearances of Eiichiro Oda? Any Manga/Anime conventions in Japan he is sure to show up at?
I'm currently in Japan and I'd really like to get his signature

 

[MattC302]

Not sure if this is the right place, but I got a question:

Does anyone know of any public appearances of Eiichiro Oda? Any Manga/Anime conventions in Japan he is sure to show up at?
I'm currently in Japan and I'd really like to get his signature

From what I have heard, he is a very private and busy guy. The only appearances I have ever heard that he shows up at are Jump Festa and I think those are hard to get into. Jump Festa 2012 is December 17-18 if you are still going to be around then. I'm not sure he gives out autographs though.

 

[makhan]

Thanks for the information! Couldn't find anything on that matter
You mean 2011? Yeah, I'll still be around. But you're right, from what I've seen online it doesn't seem like he was giving signatures :/ Oh well, I'll still try to get in and see him

 

[ukimix]

Oda creates an illustraction for a limited (and very expensive) set that includes a gold ballpoint pen, pen and lighter.

http://www.fashion-press.net/news/5033

If you have the money, and you are a generous person searching for ways to make people happy, I could accept one.

 

[Schabrak]

... 14k for something like that. :O The square one looks hard to write with, design looks nice though. One more thing to put on the if I ever get rich list. haha

 

[Asarii]

These are so pretty. If only I had money...

After Oda finishes One Piece, he can probably go live the rest of his life as a designer. His art style has character so it will look nice on merchandises.

 

[ukimix]

According to One Piece podcast, it is over 18000 U$.

 

[Bugzee]

Holy cow that's expensive! O.O

I like the look of the lighter but the detail on the ball point casing(?) looks pretty neat but for that price....I could buy a lot of basic stationary even enough to supply a fricking school.

 

[Asarii]

According to One Piece podcast, it is over 18000 U$.

D: I have no idea if it's the brand that's expensive or the fact that it's Oda who designed it. Hopefully in the future he'll design something similar but accessible for the 99%.

 

[thatguy3331]

Jesus thats alot of money... thats almost a half years worth of rent... or something along those lines.

The design is nice though, and for that much money that pen outta write well with quality ink... not that I know what quality ink is, nor will I ever be able to get that pen in my life...

 

[ukimix]

Tribute from Oda to Rurouni Kenshin. thanks to Redon from pirateking for Edited Manga:

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In this website you can find many drawings by Oda tributing characters from manda world.

Here some of them:

Naruto:

Jojo's bizarre adventure:

Vagabond

Kingdom (wow!)

Gundam

Akira Toriyama

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Text and translation of a recent interview to Oda:

Credits: for the images Redon from AP / for the writen text and translation to Franki-Aniki and Aohige_AP from AP




Japanese text:

・ルフィをどうしてゴム人間にしたんですか？

一番ふざけているからです。
僕は性格的に真面目な事を書き続けられないから、どんなに
真面目な戦いでもふざけたいんです。

ルフィは手足がビュンビュン伸びてその映像が面白いでしょ。
実はその為なんです。


・悪魔の実の能力はどうやって思いつくんですか？

読者がやってみたいと思う事をなるべく形にしています。


・食べてみたい悪魔の実は？

ハナハナの実。
手がいっぱいあったらマンガをいっぱい書けますから。


・漫画家への道

4歳の頃に漫画家という職業がある事を知って目指し始めました。
中学生の頃には連載で海賊漫画を描きたいと思い、ノートに漫画
を書いていましたが、漫画賞に投稿するにはページ制限があって
（31ページ以内に書く）全然収まりませんでした。

今もワンピースは68巻まで出ていてまだ書き足りないのに、たった
31ページじゃ足りるわけがない(笑)
ワンピースのコミックスでは、ファンの質問やむちゃなリクエストにも、とても楽しげに答えています。読者は どんな存在ですか？
友達！
活字にすると生意気に見える事もあるかもしれませんが、はがき
に書いてある時は子供ですから可愛いですし、楽しいし、和みます。

もしお手紙を貰ってなければ漫画家はやめているかもしれないです。
本当にそれぐらいの支えになっています。

・漫画家への思いは？

読者に元気になってもらいたいというのが一番強いです。
中学に入って漫画の話をしたらすぐに友達が出来ました。

同じマンガを読んている事で友達になれる。
これが漫画の仕事の中で一番凄いなと思いました。

みんなの共通の話題になりたいです。

English version:

Here's my version. I wasn't sure about some passages though.

Why did you make Rufy a rubber-man?
Because Luffy is the one that fools around the most. I can't keep drawing seriously all the time, so even when I'm doing serious fights, I want him fooling around. The image of his arms and legs stretching everywhere is funny to see, right? That's why.
How did you come up with the idea of the powers of the Devil Fruits?
I thought about the things readers would love to do and I tried as much as possible to give form to them.
Which Devil Fruit would you like to eat?
Hana Hana fruit.
If I had a lot of hands I could write a lot!
Your history as Mangaka.
When I was about 4, I found out that there was such an occupation as a manga writer and that was when I set my eyes on becoming one myself.
During middle school I had the idea of writing a serial manga about pirates. I wrote my manga on a notebook, but in order to submit it to a manga contest a page limit was to be observed (31 pages) and I wasn't able to do it at all. Even now, 68 volumes of One Piece had been published and yet I'm not done writing, no way a 31 page limit could be enough to me (laughs)
It's funny how in the manga you answer to the fans that ask you questions and strange requests. Who are them for you?
They're friends!
They might seem impertinent when you read them in the manga. However the postcards they send are really cute, enjoyable and they soften me up.
If I hadn't received so many letters I probably would have already gave up as mangaka.
Really, keep up this amount of support.
What do you think about being a mangaka?
I want to make the readers feel good, that's my strongest desire.
When I joined middle school, I immediately made friends talking about managas.
If someone reads the same manga you read he'll become your friend.
I thought that this was the most wonderful thing about this job.
I want to be the topic everyone has in common

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The one in the photo is the kid who interviewed Oda.(the article was published in "Elementary School Asahi Shinbun",so they had him interviewed by a kid) Law is his favorite character, and , as he said , that was the happiest moment of his life. (lucky bastard )

 

[enmymiguel]

oda you a hero,


not for noting but the gold status look like a huge p.

 

[Asarii]

The kids who interviewed Oda are nine and ten years old; what really got to me was that they weren't even born when ONE PIECE was serialized while the nine and ten year olds who read it in 1997 are now 24 and 25. Two separate generations are engrossed with the story, and that's really cool.

On a separate note, it's cute how he perceive the readers as friends.

 

[ukimix]

I haven't seen any reference to it here, so this is the right thread to quote it in extense. Credits: wispyhollow from one.piece.livejournal.com

..So my friend was recently showing me some pictures which surfaced on Chinese facebook (which is powerful)... of Oda's desk! Cool stuff these; I thought I should share; seeing my role model artist's desk and workplace gave me a lot of inspiration:

Things to notice:
- A line up of One Piece tankoubons directly in eye sight. Several volumes are open and at hand on the left for quick references of characters [eg. Hancock].
- Probably a small pocket translator under the books (the silver fold-up laptop-looking thing). For english words? For naming Sanji's Diable Jambe? Who knows.
- Opened drink can; probably for those moments of thirst riiight before the deadline
- Assorted erasers, inking tools, pens, etc, scattered all over the desk (what else would we expect?)
- Drawing eraser; the black, squishy, moldable kind
- A tissue SOAKED in ink, probably for cleaning off pen nibs... or maybe for wiping ink off tired hands...
- A long, white eraser tube
- A series of ink pens, various size set
- A draped pair of black headphones; I wonder what kind of music Oda listens to!
- Cordless phone; probably for when his editor needs to contact him~
- Japanese Reference books in the right corner of the table
- Finished inked pages lying in a pile on the right - looking sharp!
- A white sheet in the middle of the table for bleed from the pages Oda's working on - it's totally smeared in ink and splatters - and even what looks like some splotches of spilled tea!
And interestingly enough...
- A huuge ashtray with cigarettes smack in the middle. Can anyone confirm if they know Oda's a smoker? Haha, it kind of adds to his atmosphere and charisma... :P

- I LOVE seeing Oda's names and roughs; it's so motivational--!... here's the finished pages of these drafts, as a reminder (Ch.522, Pg.02-03):

Spoiler

Pretty cool, right? It's so amazing seeing the genious' workplace; the place at which he creates stories and unravels adventures of unparalleled intricacy. It's where he works his hardest and dreams the hardest to create a fantastical world for his readers to marvel at.

 

[Asarii]

I have the book this came from, and you can see that the books on the right hand corner are things related to pirates or marine life.

A lot of mangakas seem to place their tankobons at close proximity for easy reference.

 

[ukimix]

Those are some sketches by Oda of the drawings for Dupont kit. Thanks to Redon from Pirateking for the images:

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Oda drew a little story about the mermaid of Dupont's kit. Thanks to Redon from AP for the image:

I wonder how will end the story...

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This should be the end of the story, the drawing in the cover: the crown sumerges and will end in a treasure that belongs to the mermaid:

What a really nice theme. I like the yawn and the suggested idea that the sleeping mermaid attracks the riches with it
Such a theme for wealthy people.

 

[zelllogan]

First thougt: it would be a nice christmas gift
Second thought: 18000$ ... Going back to sleep

 

[ukimix]

Aohige from AP translated some interesting texts of the One Piece newspapers published in Nov and Dec of this year:

BTW, I heard there was an article in one of these One Piece Newspaper that Oda stated One Piece is roughly 60% through.
I'm trying to find the source of that info.

EDIT: Ah, apparently it's this week's one. the one redon posted last page.
http://imgbox.com/abwMCpkx

It's not an exact science by any means, and he actually said at least 60% through.

Reading the two editors (Takeru Isaka and Hattori Jean-Baptiste - Akira) interview couple of interesting notes

- Both editors testify they get scolded by Oda sometimes.
- Apparently when an editor is assigned to Oda, one of the first thing they experience is Oda telling them all the major secrets of One Piece, up to and incluing the end. (!!!)


....... QUICK SOMEONE KIDNAP ONE OF THESE EDITORS OR PAST EDITORS!

The editor said as a reader of OP, it's somewhat saddening to learn all the spoilers ahead of time. I can see that.

When asked what sucks about being editors, they both testified Oda's obsessive perfectionist attitude getting in the way of deadline lol.
Apparently just the other day, Oda missed the deadline and it was hell getting the chapter in time. Oda's attitude is "The chapter is done when it's done".
As for editoral inputs, Oda mostly uses the editors as "first readers to read his work". He observe the reaction of the editors as a measure of how the readers would react. They testify they don't contibute much to Oda's work, since neither of them have anywhere near the talent Oda has, and it's sometimes painful that they can only stand by and wait, unable to help, when deadline is pressing.

Hattori says the most memorable scene of OP (for the chapters he was editing) was Sabo's comment about ashamed of his birth as a noble, and Dragon's shocked reaction to have such a young child come to that conclusion. It really drove home how talented a story writer he is.

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Oda drew the Dupont ligther in One Piece chapter 663 (thanks to Redon from AP for the image):

The whole panel:

The cigarrettes brand is funny: 'Death'. It is a clear message against smoking. I almost can see the negotiations with Dupont people:

Dupont: We will pay you $ x0000000000000.
Oda: Ok, I accept.
Dupont: please Mr Oda, would it be possible to include a little panel with a drawing of the lighter or the pen in your manga?
Oda: eh? that? mmmm (Inner thought: it is a lot of money). Just a single panel? .... ok.

Later in the intimacy of his study: "Damm you Dupont people. I wil draw the lighter but I will put a message against smoking."

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A vid from Dupont about their sets of pen and ligther and other stuffs. The vid close with a presentation of the Sleeping Mermaid set designed with the participation of Odachi. Introduction: 4:01, and presentation starts at 4:16


Two comments:

• In 5:06 the mermaid ministory is shown in a wall; it's confirmed, the ones above published are all the panels of the ministory.

• In the vid, the guy talks about two different sets. So I searched a bit and found that, there are three sets with one much more affordable then the other two made of gold: The Prime Collection (about 670 US), The Premium Collection, (made of gold, 2874 US) and the Prestige Collection, (18000 US). Here more info.

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Oda drew this for the 45th anyversary of the Shonen Jump.

Thanks to kaze1028 and redon from APforums for the pic.

 

[ukimix]

Another tribute from Oda to another famouse manga: Golgo 13. In the pic, tributes from Naoki Urasawa and Takehiko Inue also. More info here. Thanks to Redon from Pirateking for hosting the image.