Eiichiro Oda: Great Manga Artists

Creator of One Piece

The One Piece anime series is one of the most popular anime shows of all time. In the previous article, we talked about the Naruto series and its Manga artist Masashi Kishimoto. We will talk about the One Piece Manga creator in this article Eiichiro Oda.

Eiichiro Oda Manga Artist

Eiichiro Oda

Eiichiro Oda is a famous Japanese manga artist and the creator of the popular One Piece series. The One Piece series has over 470 million copies in circulation worldwide. Thus One Piece is considered the best-selling manga and the best-selling comic series of all time. Thus making Oda one of the best selling fiction authors. Also, the series’ popularity makes him one of the manga artists that changed history.

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Oda’s Hometown is Kumamoto, Japan. He was born on January 1, 1975. Oda was formerly Nobuhiro Watsuki’s assistant. Watsuki is the creator of the Rurouni Kenshin series. Also, He was Shinobu Kaitani’s assistant. Oda started to work for Shueisha‘s Shonen Jump at 17. In a recent Japanese fan poll, Eiichiro Oda was the 48th Most Popular Character in One Piece. Despite the fact that he has never included himself at all in the manga.

Personal Life And Interests

 

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Oda is married to Chiaki Inaba, who played Nami in the Jump Festa One Piece stage performances. Oda and Inaba have two daughters. He is a fan of Eminem, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino as well as Tim Burton. Also, he played soccer when he was younger.

Oda’s 3 most favourite movies are Seven Samurai, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Young Guns. According to Oda in a meeting for the US Shonen Jump, his favourite villain in One Piece is Buggy the Clown. Oda’s favourite type of music is soulmusic. He considers BrookBenton as his favourite in the genre. His other favourite musicians include BryanAdams, Eminem, and Izumi Kato.

Other Works (Manga)

Oda’s has other works beside One Piece as well.

  • Cross Epoch (Finished)
  • Romance Dawn (One-Shot)
  • Wanted! (Finished)

Source: MAL, Fandom.