Eiichiro Oda
Eiichiro Oda
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Japanese Name:
尾田栄一郎
Romanized Name:
Oda Eiichirō
Official English Name:
Eiichiro Oda
Debut:
1992 (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)
Occupations:
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Epithet:
"Odacchi"(オダッチOdatchiYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)
Age:
40
Status:
Alive
Birthday:
January 1, 1975
Eiichiro Oda, born January 1,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., is a JapaneseYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., best known as the creator of the seriesYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. He is married to Chiaki Inaba.
Early Life
As a child, Oda was inspired byYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.and aspired to become a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.artist. He submitted a character namedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.for Yudetamago's classic wrestling mangaYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would also return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works. He is known to addYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.in his manga for fans to spot, includingYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Oda was inspired by the creator ofYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. When he was young, he liked to play football at school and was nicknamedOdacchiby his friends. He would later voice Odacchi in the "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now." short that was added to the thirdOne Piecemovie "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.".
Manga Career
Assistant Years (1992-1997)
In 1992, Oda at age 17 began his manga career starting as an assistant to three different mangakas for the weekly shonen manga magazineYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. In the same year he submitted his first work calledYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.for which he won second place atYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. At first he worked with Masaya Tokuhiro on Jungle King Ta-Chan in 1992. In 1994, he briefly worked with Shinobu Kaitani with Suizan Police Gang before going back to Tokuhiro. In the same year he left college as a freshman. After Jungle King finished its run in 1995, he and Tokuhiro went on to createYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., it ran from 1995 to 1996. Also in the same year he moved on to work withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.onYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.in 1996. During this time Oda metYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Oda drew scenes in that manga with his own art style.
During 1993 and 1994, he created other works such asYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1993),You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1994) andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1994), the last of which he would later mix withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
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The bomb fromRurouni Kenshin.
In late 1996, while still working with Watsuki, he created two one-shots for the upcoming manga artist showcase calledYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., which would become the first chapter of One Piece. In 1997, he later quit working with Nobuhiro to begin working on One Piece, doing many early One Piece sketches that would appear inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. He planned out the early stage of One Piece (chapters 1-8) before he officially started it.
However, he made many changes, such as changing Boogie toYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., changingYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.from being Buggy's henchman to being a wandering swordsman, and changingYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.appearance (he was originally supposed to look like a Sumo but Oda's editors wanted him to change it, which he did). Later Nobuhiro Watsuki would pay a tribute to Oda by drawing theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.jolly roger in one chapter of Rurouni Kenshin as a picture on a bomb used by Gein, one ofYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.subordinates.
One Piece (1997-Current)
Finally in August, 1997, he created his signature work, One Piece. Having been inspired bypirates, he made One Piece a pìrâ†é series.
In 1998, Oda did designs for the firstYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.and was happy to seeYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.getting animated. In 1999,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.adopted One Piece and the staff would often meet up with Oda to discuss how to handle the series.
In 2002, he met Chiaki Inaba, who playedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.during theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and the two started going out, and in 2004, they got married. In 2006, he and his wife had a daughter. In April 2006, Oda unexpectedly fell ill and One Piece was not released that week. However he recovered and resumed One Piece the next week. Because of his recent illness, Oda felt the fans needed to catch up so he createdYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
In 2007, at theJUMP Fiesta 2008, in the absence of Shūichi Ikeda, when the voice actors acted out theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.short, he wore a hot pink wig for the part and explained he would only do this because One Piece was in its tenth year.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.Later that year, he teamed up with Akira Toriyama to create a Dragon Ball/One Piece crossover calledYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
He was also involved in writing and directing theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., the first movie that he actually wrote the script for, in honor of the tenth anniversary of One Piece.
In 2011 after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster, Oda as well otherYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.drew messages to the victims.
Future
Oda stated in an interview that he wanted to create a robot manga after he finished One Piece. Later, however, he stated that after he finishes One Piece, he would take the same path Toriyama did and create short-story manga.
Assistant Credit
§ Suizan Police Gang withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1994)
§ Jungle King Ta-chan withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1992–1995)
§ Mizu no Tomodachi Kappaman with Masaya Tokuhiro (1995–1996)
§ Rurouni Kenshin withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1996–1997)
Works
§ You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1992)
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Writer
Oda wrote the story for the tenth One Piece movie,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., for the anime's 10th anniversary. This was the first time he wrote a script for any of the movies.
In Jump Festa 2011, Oda said that he would be directly involved in the production of the twelfth One Piece movie, which was released on December 15, 2012.
Cameos
§ Voice of Odacchi inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ PlayedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.in the 2008 Jump Festa.
§ Name appeared on a book inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(minute 18:08) as anYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and on the mirror in Episode 21 (minute 2:53).
§ Oda's avatar (with the fish head on his head) is a support character inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.: he draws a manga panel which traps opponents.
§ Strangely, in a recent JapaneseYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., Eiichiro Oda is currently ranked the 31st Most Popular Character in One Piece, despite the fact that he has never included himself in any issue of the manga (except theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.).
Working Method
Like many other mangaka, Eiichiro Oda uses his signature tools to draw his manga. To make sketches and starting steps of page-drawing, he uses (like many other artists around the world, not only mangaka) pencils in conjunction with erasers and an art gum eraser to fix errors. To ink the pages, Oda utilizes the G-Pen, Maru Pen and sharp refillable pens for inking. For making corrections after inking, he uses white ink.
Oda painting color pages with Copic markers.
To paint the color pages, Oda uses Copic markers, a brand of refillable color markers that several other mangaka use for that purpose. Although it was not confirmed, he has recently shown a tendency to use watercolors for painting, too.
Like many other manga artists, Oda seems to not use digital methods. This is a characteristic he shares with many mangaka, in terms of making a manga the most handcrafted as possible. That is something that non-Japanese artists do not often do, especially Americans and Europeans, who prefer the digital way of working over the traditional tools, for its easiness and high quality. Although is not confirmed, Oda does not seem to employ evident digital effects on his manga pages.
He commented in one of the first SBS sessions that he is usually a few (approximately 5) chapters farther along than the Shonen Jump ongoing chapters, having a difference of time between when a chapter is finished and sent to Shueisha to be published in the magazine of about 5 weeks (sometimes more, sometimes less). He has also commented on other occasion that he has an average of 5 assistants that help him in the inking and penciling details or backgrounds and application of adhesive graytones.
He has commented that he prefers painting black instead of using graytones, making his art almost black and white, with no gray colors. He uses graytones only to perform special effects (like shadowing a character in a dramatic scene, to demonstrate an underwater panel, to show a scene in darkness or to separate planes), not to color (the only exception of this is for Shanks' hair).
Storyline Format
Since the manga focuses on the progress of the Straw Hat crew as it journeys through the Grand Line, it is not without a "format". Some of these were standard elements Oda had used before. As witnessed in his other one-shots, Oda likes to put his characters in extreme situations that they must overcome. While many of the situations are quite serious, he also enjoys placing a significant amount of humor into the series.
Oda is renowned for over using the sound effect "Don" and for giving his characters their own uniqueYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Oda also favors drawing animals, and is accountable for the numerous appearances of animals within the storyline. He has also been reported to enjoy drawing ships for the storyline. He often adds plot elements into the storyline and comes back to them many story arcs later, frequently with plot twists related to them, such as the case with the introduction of Luffy's grandfather,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., who was simply introduced as "Garp" in a front page story arc. He also introduced his one-shot "Monsters" into the storyline when there was no indication that any of his past works were going to be included.
Art Evolution
At the start of One Piece Oda was reported as worried about his art style. At the time it was more favored to have big-eyed characters than it was to have the more old fashioned dot-eyed style. One Piece is also noted for its numerous bizarre and extreme character designs, which became more and more common and exaggerated as the series progressed. One Piece's distinct style has changed quite a bit over its decade-long run. In the beginning it used many thick lines, giving the art a round, bouncy, cartoon like look. Over time the lines became thinner and crosshatching and line shading is now used extensively.
The characters' features have become more loose to the point where Zoro, for example, can look buffoonish one frame and a hard-boiled swordsman the next. Luffy can appear more grown up at one point before once again becoming more child-like later on. This carries over to many other characters. Chopper did not start out looking as chibi as he does now, though he was always considered cute.
The backgrounds and layouts were more simple in comparison to more recent ones. While they were functional and well drawn, the earlier panels do not quite reach the complexity that they have now.
The change in style is actually extremely appropriate, as the art seems to get more detailed and emotionally intense as the story gets progressively darker and more mature.
Signature
Oda's signature.
Chiaki Inaba
Chiaki Inaba(稲葉ちあき Inaba ChiakiYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)is Oda's wife and a former model. She cosplayedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.duringYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.performances in 2002. It is during this time that they met and started dating. They married in 2004, and had a daughter in 2006.
Chiaki Inaba.
Chiaki cosplaying as Nami.
Trivia
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§ Oda's avatar is a fish head stuck to a human body.
§ Oda's name often appears on the spines of books in the anime.
§ When Eiichiro Oda was the assistant of Nobuhiro Watsuki, his colleague wasYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Therefore, Oda has a strong respect for Takei.
§ Oda is a fan of rapperYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.and filmmakersYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda's three favorite movies areYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda's favorite real pìrâ†é isYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda is frequently called "Odacchi" and "sensei" or "Oda-sensei" by fans.
§ According to Oda in an interview for Shonen Jump in the early days of One Piece's run, his favorite villain in One Piece isYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.the Clown (he joked that he literally threw him together). Oda has also claimed if he could eat any of theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., he would eat theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda is a fan of Mexican food.
§ Oda was seen on the verge of tears (but he held them back) after the Straw Hats' voice actors asked the audience to say "Odacchi, itsumo arigatou" in a Jump Festa event. He then asked if they had planned that just now. Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy's voice actor) and Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp's voice actor) responded that they planned that just now, when Oda was still blindfolded after a certain game they played.
§ On that same day, Oda was wearing a fish head on his head, known as his other trademark (other than Pandaman).
§ In line withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.tradition of readers deciding the birthdays for characters, he agreed to a question requesting that Eiichiro Oda's birthday be on January (ichi = 1) 6th (ro = 6).
§ In a Shonen Jump question asking "If you could be any manga character, who would you be?" Oda said he would want to beYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.so that he could "sprout hands and draw manga twenty times as fast."
§ In the Oricon survey, as an answer to the question "The mangaka who changed the manga history" Eiichiro Oda took the 4th place.
§ Oda earns ￥2 billion (about 25 million US dollars) from the royalties related to One Piece each year.
§ He considersYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.the author of fellow Shonen Jump seriesNarutoas both a rival and a friend. In the same Shonen Jump volume as the release ofNaruto'sfinal two chapters along withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(whose cover art is also done as a tribute), Oda also left a comment in the author comments section as a sendoff message, where he commented that he was glad to have serialized with Kishimoto for 15 years.
§ Kishimoto in turn did a tribute to One Piece in theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.ofNaruto.
§ Oda is friends with fellow Shonen Jump authorYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., the creator ofYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Both authors even worked together to make aYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
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Voices of the main character in One Piece
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Eiichiro Oda
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Japanese Name:
尾田栄一郎
Romanized Name:
Oda Eiichirō
Official English Name:
Eiichiro Oda
Debut:
1992 (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)
Occupations:
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Epithet:
"Odacchi"(オダッチOdatchiYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)
Age:
40
Status:
Alive
Birthday:
January 1, 1975
Eiichiro Oda, born January 1,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., is a JapaneseYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., best known as the creator of the seriesYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. He is married to Chiaki Inaba.
Early Life
As a child, Oda was inspired byYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.and aspired to become a You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.artist. He submitted a character namedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.for Yudetamago's classic wrestling mangaYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Pandaman was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would also return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works. He is known to addYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.in his manga for fans to spot, includingYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Oda was inspired by the creator ofYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. When he was young, he liked to play football at school and was nicknamedOdacchiby his friends. He would later voice Odacchi in the "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now." short that was added to the thirdOne Piecemovie "You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.".
Manga Career
Assistant Years (1992-1997)
In 1992, Oda at age 17 began his manga career starting as an assistant to three different mangakas for the weekly shonen manga magazineYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. In the same year he submitted his first work calledYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.for which he won second place atYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. At first he worked with Masaya Tokuhiro on Jungle King Ta-Chan in 1992. In 1994, he briefly worked with Shinobu Kaitani with Suizan Police Gang before going back to Tokuhiro. In the same year he left college as a freshman. After Jungle King finished its run in 1995, he and Tokuhiro went on to createYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., it ran from 1995 to 1996. Also in the same year he moved on to work withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.onYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.in 1996. During this time Oda metYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Oda drew scenes in that manga with his own art style.
During 1993 and 1994, he created other works such asYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1993),You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1994) andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1994), the last of which he would later mix withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
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The bomb fromRurouni Kenshin.
In late 1996, while still working with Watsuki, he created two one-shots for the upcoming manga artist showcase calledYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., which would become the first chapter of One Piece. In 1997, he later quit working with Nobuhiro to begin working on One Piece, doing many early One Piece sketches that would appear inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. He planned out the early stage of One Piece (chapters 1-8) before he officially started it.
However, he made many changes, such as changing Boogie toYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., changingYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.from being Buggy's henchman to being a wandering swordsman, and changingYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.appearance (he was originally supposed to look like a Sumo but Oda's editors wanted him to change it, which he did). Later Nobuhiro Watsuki would pay a tribute to Oda by drawing theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.jolly roger in one chapter of Rurouni Kenshin as a picture on a bomb used by Gein, one ofYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.subordinates.
One Piece (1997-Current)
Finally in August, 1997, he created his signature work, One Piece. Having been inspired bypirates, he made One Piece a pìrâ†é series.
In 1998, Oda did designs for the firstYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.and was happy to seeYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.getting animated. In 1999,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.adopted One Piece and the staff would often meet up with Oda to discuss how to handle the series.
In 2002, he met Chiaki Inaba, who playedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.during theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., and the two started going out, and in 2004, they got married. In 2006, he and his wife had a daughter. In April 2006, Oda unexpectedly fell ill and One Piece was not released that week. However he recovered and resumed One Piece the next week. Because of his recent illness, Oda felt the fans needed to catch up so he createdYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
In 2007, at theJUMP Fiesta 2008, in the absence of Shūichi Ikeda, when the voice actors acted out theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.short, he wore a hot pink wig for the part and explained he would only do this because One Piece was in its tenth year.You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.Later that year, he teamed up with Akira Toriyama to create a Dragon Ball/One Piece crossover calledYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
He was also involved in writing and directing theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., the first movie that he actually wrote the script for, in honor of the tenth anniversary of One Piece.
In 2011 after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster, Oda as well otherYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.drew messages to the victims.
Future
Oda stated in an interview that he wanted to create a robot manga after he finished One Piece. Later, however, he stated that after he finishes One Piece, he would take the same path Toriyama did and create short-story manga.
Assistant Credit
§ Suizan Police Gang withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1994)
§ Jungle King Ta-chan withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1992–1995)
§ Mizu no Tomodachi Kappaman with Masaya Tokuhiro (1995–1996)
§ Rurouni Kenshin withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1996–1997)
Works
§ You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1992)
§ You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1993)
§ You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1994)
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§ You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(1997–present)
Writer
Oda wrote the story for the tenth One Piece movie,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., for the anime's 10th anniversary. This was the first time he wrote a script for any of the movies.
In Jump Festa 2011, Oda said that he would be directly involved in the production of the twelfth One Piece movie, which was released on December 15, 2012.
Cameos
§ Voice of Odacchi inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ PlayedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.in the 2008 Jump Festa.
§ Name appeared on a book inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(minute 18:08) as anYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. and on the mirror in Episode 21 (minute 2:53).
§ Oda's avatar (with the fish head on his head) is a support character inYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.: he draws a manga panel which traps opponents.
§ Strangely, in a recent JapaneseYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., Eiichiro Oda is currently ranked the 31st Most Popular Character in One Piece, despite the fact that he has never included himself in any issue of the manga (except theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.).
Working Method
Like many other mangaka, Eiichiro Oda uses his signature tools to draw his manga. To make sketches and starting steps of page-drawing, he uses (like many other artists around the world, not only mangaka) pencils in conjunction with erasers and an art gum eraser to fix errors. To ink the pages, Oda utilizes the G-Pen, Maru Pen and sharp refillable pens for inking. For making corrections after inking, he uses white ink.
Oda painting color pages with Copic markers.
To paint the color pages, Oda uses Copic markers, a brand of refillable color markers that several other mangaka use for that purpose. Although it was not confirmed, he has recently shown a tendency to use watercolors for painting, too.
Like many other manga artists, Oda seems to not use digital methods. This is a characteristic he shares with many mangaka, in terms of making a manga the most handcrafted as possible. That is something that non-Japanese artists do not often do, especially Americans and Europeans, who prefer the digital way of working over the traditional tools, for its easiness and high quality. Although is not confirmed, Oda does not seem to employ evident digital effects on his manga pages.
He commented in one of the first SBS sessions that he is usually a few (approximately 5) chapters farther along than the Shonen Jump ongoing chapters, having a difference of time between when a chapter is finished and sent to Shueisha to be published in the magazine of about 5 weeks (sometimes more, sometimes less). He has also commented on other occasion that he has an average of 5 assistants that help him in the inking and penciling details or backgrounds and application of adhesive graytones.
He has commented that he prefers painting black instead of using graytones, making his art almost black and white, with no gray colors. He uses graytones only to perform special effects (like shadowing a character in a dramatic scene, to demonstrate an underwater panel, to show a scene in darkness or to separate planes), not to color (the only exception of this is for Shanks' hair).
Storyline Format
Since the manga focuses on the progress of the Straw Hat crew as it journeys through the Grand Line, it is not without a "format". Some of these were standard elements Oda had used before. As witnessed in his other one-shots, Oda likes to put his characters in extreme situations that they must overcome. While many of the situations are quite serious, he also enjoys placing a significant amount of humor into the series.
Oda is renowned for over using the sound effect "Don" and for giving his characters their own uniqueYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Oda also favors drawing animals, and is accountable for the numerous appearances of animals within the storyline. He has also been reported to enjoy drawing ships for the storyline. He often adds plot elements into the storyline and comes back to them many story arcs later, frequently with plot twists related to them, such as the case with the introduction of Luffy's grandfather,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., who was simply introduced as "Garp" in a front page story arc. He also introduced his one-shot "Monsters" into the storyline when there was no indication that any of his past works were going to be included.
Art Evolution
At the start of One Piece Oda was reported as worried about his art style. At the time it was more favored to have big-eyed characters than it was to have the more old fashioned dot-eyed style. One Piece is also noted for its numerous bizarre and extreme character designs, which became more and more common and exaggerated as the series progressed. One Piece's distinct style has changed quite a bit over its decade-long run. In the beginning it used many thick lines, giving the art a round, bouncy, cartoon like look. Over time the lines became thinner and crosshatching and line shading is now used extensively.
The characters' features have become more loose to the point where Zoro, for example, can look buffoonish one frame and a hard-boiled swordsman the next. Luffy can appear more grown up at one point before once again becoming more child-like later on. This carries over to many other characters. Chopper did not start out looking as chibi as he does now, though he was always considered cute.
The backgrounds and layouts were more simple in comparison to more recent ones. While they were functional and well drawn, the earlier panels do not quite reach the complexity that they have now.
The change in style is actually extremely appropriate, as the art seems to get more detailed and emotionally intense as the story gets progressively darker and more mature.
Signature
Oda's signature.
Chiaki Inaba
Chiaki Inaba(稲葉ちあき Inaba ChiakiYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)is Oda's wife and a former model. She cosplayedYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.duringYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.performances in 2002. It is during this time that they met and started dating. They married in 2004, and had a daughter in 2006.
Chiaki Inaba.
Chiaki cosplaying as Nami.
Trivia
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§ Oda's avatar is a fish head stuck to a human body.
§ Oda's name often appears on the spines of books in the anime.
§ When Eiichiro Oda was the assistant of Nobuhiro Watsuki, his colleague wasYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Therefore, Oda has a strong respect for Takei.
§ Oda is a fan of rapperYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.and filmmakersYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda's three favorite movies areYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.,You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., andYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda's favorite real pìrâ†é isYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda is frequently called "Odacchi" and "sensei" or "Oda-sensei" by fans.
§ According to Oda in an interview for Shonen Jump in the early days of One Piece's run, his favorite villain in One Piece isYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.the Clown (he joked that he literally threw him together). Oda has also claimed if he could eat any of theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., he would eat theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
§ Oda is a fan of Mexican food.
§ Oda was seen on the verge of tears (but he held them back) after the Straw Hats' voice actors asked the audience to say "Odacchi, itsumo arigatou" in a Jump Festa event. He then asked if they had planned that just now. Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy's voice actor) and Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp's voice actor) responded that they planned that just now, when Oda was still blindfolded after a certain game they played.
§ On that same day, Oda was wearing a fish head on his head, known as his other trademark (other than Pandaman).
§ In line withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.tradition of readers deciding the birthdays for characters, he agreed to a question requesting that Eiichiro Oda's birthday be on January (ichi = 1) 6th (ro = 6).
§ In a Shonen Jump question asking "If you could be any manga character, who would you be?" Oda said he would want to beYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.so that he could "sprout hands and draw manga twenty times as fast."
§ In the Oricon survey, as an answer to the question "The mangaka who changed the manga history" Eiichiro Oda took the 4th place.
§ Oda earns ￥2 billion (about 25 million US dollars) from the royalties related to One Piece each year.
§ He considersYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.the author of fellow Shonen Jump seriesNarutoas both a rival and a friend. In the same Shonen Jump volume as the release ofNaruto'sfinal two chapters along withYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.(whose cover art is also done as a tribute), Oda also left a comment in the author comments section as a sendoff message, where he commented that he was glad to have serialized with Kishimoto for 15 years.
§ Kishimoto in turn did a tribute to One Piece in theYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.ofNaruto.
§ Oda is friends with fellow Shonen Jump authorYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., the creator ofYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Both authors even worked together to make aYou do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..
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Voices of the main character in One Piece
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