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Eiichiro Oda (尾田 栄一郎, Oda Eiichirō?, born January 1, 1975 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime One Piece. His drawing style is notable for its originality and has influenced Hiro Mashima.[citation needed]
[edit] Biography
As a child, Oda was inspired by vikings and aspired to become a manga artist. He later submitted a character named Pandaman for Yudetamago's classic wrestling manga Kinnikuman, who was not only used in a chapter of the manga but would later return as a recurring cameo character in Oda's own works. At the age of 17, he submitted his work "Wanted!" and won several awards, including second place in the coveted Tezuka Award. That got him into a job at the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, where he originally worked as assistant to Shinobu Kaitani's series Suizan Police Gang before moving to Masaya Tokuhiro on Jungle King Tar-chan and Mizu no Tomodachi Kappaman, which gave him an unexpected influence on his artistic style. At the age of 19, he worked as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki on Rurouni Kenshin, before winning the Hop Step Award for new artists. During this time, he drew two pirate-themed one-shot stories, called "Romance Dawn", which would debut in Monthly and Weekly Jump in late 1996-early 1997. In 1997, One Piece appeared for the first time in Weekly Shonen Jump and promptly became one of the most popular manga in Japan. His biggest influence is Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump. They have also made a one-shot called Cross Epoch, a crossover containing characters from both Dragon Ball and One Piece.
- Dragon Ball x One Piece: Cross Epoch (2007)
- One Piece (since 1997)
- Wanted! (1998, Collection of the short stories below)
- Wanted! (1992)
- God's Gift for the Future (1993)
- Itsuki yakou (1993)
- Monsters (1994)
- Romance Dawn (Version 2, 1996)
[edit] Trivia
- Eiichiro Oda experienced being the assistant of Nobuhiro Watsuki. His colleague was Hiroyuki Takei. Therefore, Oda has a strong respect in Takei. [1]
- Eiichiro Oda is married to Chiaki Inaba, who had played Nami during Jump Festa One Piece stage performances.
- In a recent Japanese fan poll, Eiichiro Oda is currently ranked the 48th Most Popular Character in One Piece, despite the fact that he has never included himself in any issue of the manga (excluding SBS)[citation needed].
- He voiced the character "Odacchi" in a soccer-themed short that aired with the 3rd One Piece Movie. "Odacchi" is Oda's nickname, and he played soccer when he was younger.
- Oda is a fan of rapper Eminem, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and Tim Burton[2]
- Oda's 3 favorite movies are Seven Samurai, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Young Guns. [2]
- According to Oda in an interview for US Shonen Jump, his favorite villain in One Piece is Buggy the Clown (he joked that he literally threw him together).
- Oda's favorite real pirate is Blackbeard (Edward Teach). [2]
- One trait that Oda is renowned for is inserting easter eggs in his One Piece manga for fans to spot such. In the past, these have included the character Pandaman and the logo Doskoi Panda.
[edit] References
- ^ Interview to Oda Eiichiro in 2007
- ^ a b c Interview in One Piece BLUE: Grand Data File book.
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