In Real Life

Don’t Put The Fake Swords In Your Mouth

At Osaka’s Hirakata Park, there’s a new One Piece exhibit called One Piece Memorial Log. It’s filled with life-size One Piece statues and replica props.


May 23, 2012
Uncategorized

Remember That Chinese One Piece Theme Park? Well, It’s A Rip-Off.

Surprise! While earlier reports appeared to confirm that the famed pirate manga (and anime) was getting an officially approved One Piece theme park, that doesn’t appear to be the case.


May 21, 2012
In Real Life

China Is Building A One Piece Theme Park

The coastal city of China’s Dafeng will soon play host to One Piece fans across the country — and perhaps, even the globe.


April 10, 2012
In Real Life

Japan Tries To Figure Out Why Everybody Loves One Piece

While the overall sales in manga are slowly declining in Japan, there is one notably strong on-going series: One Piece. The manga’s latest volumes, volume 64 and 65, have both sold over four million copies each in their first print run.


March 22, 2012
In Real Life

One Piece’s Creator Doesn’t Sleep Much, Sounds Totally Burnt Out

Since 1997, Eiichiro Oda has produced One Piece. According to a recent Japanese Jump magazine article, he has zero days off. And every night, he gets around four hours of sleep on average.


March 7, 2012
PlayStation

Pirates, Plunder And One Piece Gaming Booty

Hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors is infamous for evolving very little — if at all — with each new iteration in the series. The biggest changes seen so far have been to either the cast or the setting.


March 6, 2012
PlayStation

The Diary Of A One Piece Virgin

I know next to nothing about One Piece. In fact, going into the newest Dynasty Warriors game, One Piece: Pirate Warriors, the only One Piece related thing I had seen was the movie Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom on a date back in 2008.


February 29, 2012
In Real Life

Man Builds One-Piece Slingshot. He Shoots It, Throws It, Scares Me.

Joerg Sprave doesn’t just build slingshots, he builds them and then shoots (slings?) them. His latest creation? A slingshot that will look familiar to any One Piece fan.


February 9, 2012
In Real Life

Truly Nerdy Snow Sculptures

The Taj Mahal built in snow? Aizuwakamatsu Castle? Taiwan’s National Palace Museum in ice? Meh! (OK, all these are pretty cool, but stick with me.) The Sapporo Snow Festival isn’t only frozen famous landmarks, it also showcases some of the geekiest snow sculptures on Earth.


February 1, 2012
In Real Life

How The Great One Piece Manga Heist Went Wrong

There are 64 volumes of popular Japanese manga One Piece. Each copy is about half an inch thick and weighs 5.30 ounces. All 64 volumes stacked are over three feet high and weigh nearly 22 pounds. You’d be insane to try to steal all 64 volumes at once.