Manga[edit]
Main article: List of One Piece manga volumes
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece has been serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump starting on August 4, 1997. The chapters have been published into tankōbon volumes by Shueisha since December 24, 1997.[37] As of April 8, 2013, there are 719 chapters and 70 tankōbon volumes.[38]
The One Piece series was licensed for an English language release by Viz Media, who publishes it chapterwise in the manga anthology Shonen Jump, since the magazine's launch in November 2002, and in bound volumes since June 2003.[39][40][41] In 2009, Viz Media announced the release of five volumes per month in North America during the first half of 2010, greatly increasing that number.[42] In the United Kingdom, the volumes were published by Gollancz Manga, starting March 2006,[43] until Viz Media replaced it after the fourteenth volume.[44][45] In Australia and New Zealand, the English volumes have been distributed by Madman Entertainment since November 10, 2008.[46] In Poland, Japonica Polonica Fantastica is publishing the manga – as of June 2011, four volumes have been released.[47]