The character stamp of "Straw Pirates" that hero Rufi of "ONE PIECE" of a popular animated cartoon compose is put on the market in the post office in Japan on March 23.
It is 800 yen a seat that is put on the market for one set of 80 yen stamp that consists of ten units.
This is the 15th collection of "Animated cartoon hero & heroine series" that the Japan Post Holdings Co.,Ltd. issues.
The company has taken up a typical animated cartoon work of Japan, and, up to now, has issued 14 works such as "Pocket monster" and "New Age Evangelion".
The Japanese animation society cooperated in the selection of the work and the design.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One Piece (ワンピース, Wan Pīsu?) is a Japanese
shōnen manga series written and illustrated by
Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in
Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997. The individual chapters are being published in
tankōbon volumes by
Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 60th volume released as of November 2010. In 2010, Shueisha announced that they sold over 200 million volumes of
One Piece manga so far; volume 60 set a new record for the highest initial print run of any book in Japan in history with 3.4 million copies, being also the first book to sell over two million copies in its opening week on Japan's
Oricon book rankings.
[1] One Piece follows the adventures of
Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy who gains elastic abilities after inadvertently eating a mystical fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the
Straw Hats. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as the One Piece and to become the next Pirate King. On his journey, Luffy battles a wide variety of villains and makes several friends.
The series has been adapted into an
original video animation (OVA) produced by
Production I.G in 1998, and an
anime series produced by
Toei Animation, which premiered in Japan in 1999. Since then, the still ongoing series has aired more than four hundred episodes. Additionally, Toei has developed ten animated feature films, an OVA, and five television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game, and a
large number of video games.
The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America by
Viz Media, in the United Kingdom by
Gollancz Manga, and in Australia and New Zealand by
Madman Entertainment. The anime series was licensed by
Funimation Entertainment for an English language release worldwide, although the series has been dubbed previously by
4Kids Entertainment. Since its release,
One Piece has become one of the most popular manga series of its time in both Japan and North America. It enjoys a high readership, with over 200 million volumes of the series sold by 2010. Reviewers have praised the art, characterization, and humor of the story.
One Piece(on 2 February 2011 at 02:18.). In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece
