[22] Geneon distributed Fighting Spirit on 15 DVDs with five episodes per disc. The
on July 6, 2004 and the fifteenth released on December 19, 2006. [23][24] The DVDs included English and Spanish language tracks, as well as the original Japanese. The TV film Champion Road was released on North America on
9, 2007. [25] There were no plans to release the OVA, Mashiba vs. Kimura. Disc sales of the series did not perform well. [17] In September 2020,
Media announced that they have licensed the series for a 2021 release, including the 76 episodes, Champion Road and, for the first time in North America, the OVA Mashiba vs. Kimura. [18] The first Blu-ray Disc set (episodes 1–24) was released on January 26, 2021. [19] The second set (episodes 25–48) was released on March 30, 2021.
"The True Food! Devil Fruit!!"),[51] which ran in the April 4, 2011, issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. The spin-off series One Piece Party (ワンピースパーティー, Wan Pīsu Pātī), written by Ei Andō in a super deformed art style, began serialization in the January 2015 issue of Saikyō Jump. [52] Its final chapter was published on Shōnen Jump+ on February 2, 2021. [53] Anime Festival films and original video animation One Piece: Defeat Him! The
Ganzack! was produced by Production I. G for the 1998 Jump Super Anime Tour and was directed by Gorō Taniguchi. [54] Luffy, Nami, and Zoro are attacked by a sea monster that
[37][38][39] Volume list[edit] No. Title Original release date North American release date 1Tetsuo (鉄雄)September 21, 1984[40]
4-06-103711-0December 13, 2000
978-1-56971-498-0 (Dark Horse)[4]
October 13, 2009
978-1-935429-00-5 (Kodansha)[35]Chapters 1–18, originally serialized from December 1982 to September 1983. [41] 2Akira I (アキラ I)September 4,
1985[42]
4-06-103712-9March 28, 2001
978-1-56971-499-7 (Dark Horse)[43]
June 22, 2010
978-1-935429-02-9 (Kodansha)[44]Chapters 19–33, originally serialized from September 1983 to May 1984. [45] 3Akira II (アキラ II)September 1, 1986[46]
4-06-103713-7June 27, 2001
978-1-56971-525-3 (Dark Horse)[47]
July 13, 2010
978-1-935429-04-3 (Kodansha)[48]Chapters 34–48, originally serialized from May 1984 to January 1985. [49]
4Kei I (ケイ I)July 10, 1987[50]
4-06-103714-5September 19, 2001
978-1-56971-526-0 (Dark Horse)[51]
November 30, 2010
978-1-935429-06-7 (Kodansha)[52]Chapters 49–71, originally serialized from March 1985 to April 1986. [53] 5Kei II (ケイ II)December 11, 1990[54]
4-06-313166-1December 19, 2001
978-1-56971-527-7 (Dark Horse)[55]
March 1, 2011
978-1-935429-07-4 (Kodansha)[56]Chapters 72–96, originally serialized from May 1986 to April 1989[57] 6Kaneda (金田)March 23, 1993[58]
4-06-319339-XMarch 27, 2002
978-1-56971-528-4 (Dark Horse)[33]
April 12, 2011
978-1-935429-08-1 (Kodansha)[36]Chapters 97–120, originally serialized from May 1989 to June 1990. [59] Reception[edit] Sales and awards[edit] The first tankōbon volume, which was released on September 14, 1984, significantly exceeded sales expectations, with its print run increasing from an initial 30,000 copies up to nearly 300,000 copies within two weeks, becoming the number-one best-seller in Japan before eventually selling about 500,000 copies. By 1988, Akira had sold approximately 2 million copies in Japan, from four volumes averaging about 500,000 copies each. [60] The manga was published in the United States in 1988, followed by Spain in 1990, France and Italy by 1991, and then Germany, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Brazil. It was reported by Critique international that by 2000 Akira had sold 7 million copies worldwide, including 2 million in Japan and 5 million overseas. [61] As of 2005, Akira has been published in more than a dozen languages worldwide.
