10 things you should know about the creator of One Piece eiichiro oda
10. Age and Born Date
Let's begin with the basics
Eiichiro Oda was born on January 1, 1975 in Kumamoto City-Japan.
As of May 2014, he is 39 years old.
Oda claimed that he resolved to become a manga artist at age of four in order to avoid having to get a "real job".
9. What inspired Oda to start One Piece:
Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's work (notably, Dragon Ball) and aspired to become a manga artist.
He also mentioned that his interest in pirates was sparked by the popular TV animation series called "Vicky the Viking".
Oda began his manga career in 1992 at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy manga Wanted!
won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards.
before winning the Hop Step Award for new manga artists.
Oda went on to work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki,
His pirate adventure One Piece, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997
quickly became one of the most popular manga in Japan with sales of over 65 million copies.
8. Favorite Villain , Devil Fruit , Character
Fans of One Piece asked these questions to which Oda replied to.
Favorite One Piece Villain: Buggy The Clown
What Devil Fruit Would He Eat: Bara Bara No Mi / Chop-Chop Fruit
Manga Character He Would Like To Be: Nico Robin
(so that he could "sprout hands and draw manga twenty times as fast.")
7. His Family
In 2002, he met Chiaki Inaba, who played Nami during the Shonen Jump Fiesta and the two started dating
In 2004, they got married, and in 2006, he and his wife had a daughter. He named her Nami
6. Lifestyle
He is a chain smoker and fans believe this is due to the "stress" involved in the profession
He prefers to work with the few of assistants required, and draw majority of the chapters himself
he doesn't copy and paste old art, if events have already been illustrated he draws them agai
He wakes up at 5 am, works until 2 am (21 hours!) and sleeps from 2 am until 5 am (3 hours)
He "lives" in his workplace, his family visits him at his workplace
when does he blow of stress Oda stated "writing an interesting manga."
when does he feel the happiest Oda stated "while writing an interesting manga"
He listens to "Soul" music at his workplace
his schedule for the week "three days of sketching and three days of working on the final piece"
Eiichiro Oda dreams about products that can’t be made with present technology.’
5. He is a fan of
He highly respects mangaka Hiroyuki Takei.
He is a huge fan of rapper Eminem
He is a fan of singers Avril Lavigne, Bryan Adams, Izumi Katou and Brook Benton
His favorite music is '70s Soul Music
He is a fan of the following directors, actors & actress: Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, Akira Kurosawa, Hayao Miyazaki and Baz Luhrmann
He likes Hayao Miyazaki's animated works
He is a fan of the Dragon Quest game series
His top three favorite movies are: Seven Samurai, Young Guns and Nightmare Before Christmas
His favorite real pirate is Blackbeard (Edward Teach)
He is a fan of Mexican Food
He wishes to visit Mongolia, Maldives and India at least once
His favorite animals are big, gentle dogs
He is not a fan of television programs, but likes comedy shows
He is a fan of Westerns movie genre
4. Dedication!:
if you though his dedication ended with just working 21 hours a day, 6 days a week, you are wrong!
When Eiichiro Oda was hospitalized in 2013, Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto's mangaka) visited him at the hospital and witnessed Oda drawing next chapters of One Piece while being bedridden!
he does not need to drawing because he earns approximately 2 Billion Yen (about 25 million U.S Dollars) from the royalties related to One Piece each year!
3. Murder threats
in 2007 Eiichiro Oda received one hundred threats (via e-mail) from a woman between September to December.
The woman's husband was an assistant at Oda's office who had been dismissed,
the woman was arrested in 2009.
2. Future plans
Eiichiro Oda had stated that he would want to create a robot (mecha) manga after One Piece finishes,
And he would like to take the same path Toriyama did and create short-story manga
1. He issued an apology for making fans wait "2 weeks" when he was in hospital year 2013:
"I messed up! I put up with my illness for too long, and my condition got worse. I apologize to all the readers who were looking forward to the next chapters, as well as to all the Straw Hats who were really looking forward to wreaking some havoc. But I'm currently going through some painful treatment. The story was just about to take a new turn, so I really really wanted you all to read the next chapter as soon as possible. I know how long two weeks can feel for all the shonen out there, but please wait for just a bit longer."