One Piece Sets Guinness World Record
Oda Eiichirou has set new record in his career as mangaka. His masterpiece, One Piece, has set a Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author. The surprising news was announced yesterday in One Piece official website.
WORLD RECORD: Luffy D. Monkey proudly holds the Guiness certificate.
Since Oda launched the series in 1997, One Piece manga has been published in more than 30 countries, including Indonesia. As of the end of December 2014, One Piece has 320,866,000 copies printed worldwide. On April 3 Shueisha released the 77th volume with an initial print run of 3.8 million copies.
Oda shows his gratitude through a written statement.
"Thank you for this certification for the Guinness World Record. Manga is an amusing way to pass time, but when I receive reports that say 'through One Piece I made friends,' or 'through One Piece I found my sweetheart,' I am really happy."
He also said that the record number has the possibility to bring the same number of people together. "I will not forget my predecessors in the manga world, the colleagues whom I work with, and my readers, and from now on I want to continue to draw a work that will not shame this record," Oda added.
A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to present the award but the record breaker didn't show up. Weekly Shounen Jump editor Heishi Yoshihisa attended on his behalf.
BRING THE AWARD HOME: Weekly Shonen Jump editor Heishi Yoshihisa attended
the awarding ceremony which was held yesterday on behalf of Oda Eiichirou.
Source 1: One Piece official website
Source 2: Oricon Style
Source 3: animenewsnetwork
WORLD RECORD: Luffy D. Monkey proudly holds the Guiness certificate.
Since Oda launched the series in 1997, One Piece manga has been published in more than 30 countries, including Indonesia. As of the end of December 2014, One Piece has 320,866,000 copies printed worldwide. On April 3 Shueisha released the 77th volume with an initial print run of 3.8 million copies.
Oda shows his gratitude through a written statement.
"Thank you for this certification for the Guinness World Record. Manga is an amusing way to pass time, but when I receive reports that say 'through One Piece I made friends,' or 'through One Piece I found my sweetheart,' I am really happy."
He also said that the record number has the possibility to bring the same number of people together. "I will not forget my predecessors in the manga world, the colleagues whom I work with, and my readers, and from now on I want to continue to draw a work that will not shame this record," Oda added.
A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to present the award but the record breaker didn't show up. Weekly Shounen Jump editor Heishi Yoshihisa attended on his behalf.
BRING THE AWARD HOME: Weekly Shonen Jump editor Heishi Yoshihisa attended
the awarding ceremony which was held yesterday on behalf of Oda Eiichirou.
Source 1: One Piece official website
Source 2: Oricon Style
Source 3: animenewsnetwork