Further artist research

  I would like to further continue my research on one particular artist and that is Eiichiro Oda. Oda's career is more in depth as compared to the other artists previously mentioned. 

 As previously mentioned with Oda, he is famous for his work One Piece which started in 1997. One Piece has gone to develop a long lasting story with unique characters and plot that is still being written as of writing this blog. Oda's one interesting element in his story is the height of the characters.

 Some of the tallest characters in anime in general are produced by Eiichiro and most of them are present in One Piece. Among the tallest characters he has created are Zunisha, an elephant like creature that is 35,000 meters tall. The character after this is Sea King with 5,000 meters tall and the character after that is Island Eater with 715 meters tall.

Zunisha, One Piece, E. Oda

Island Eater, One Piece, E. Oda

 All of Oda's top 6 tallest characters have one thing in similarity and that is that all of them are animal based characters. But the vastness in size of characters are dwarfed by the total number of characters Eiichiro has made for this series, a staggering 1094 conical characters have been present in the manga.

 Key characters: Straw Hat Pirates

The main protagonists characters are called 'Straw Hat Pirates' and this is the element which I reflect upon and I will use it for my major project. There are several factors that will help me which inlcudes interactions, character's elements and the designs. With my project, since there will be no main character, having to see this team is a good perspective because every character has a role to play. And because the it is character driven plot, the story is not of the top priority.

Key points regarding the author:

Eiichiro's work is 80% completed

Oda has often times cried while drawing his panel, showing his commitment and passion for his story

Eiichiro has himself devoted to the series so much that he would die for One Piece.

One Piece is actually a treasure, which Oda has revealed that this is a physical treasure, and in one particular arc that section of the story is related to the treasure itself.

Eiichiro had already determined the ending of the story many years ago including the final panel of the story. He has also stated that the story will be finished in five years time.

'Zunesha' (2006) One Piece Wiki. Available at: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Zunesha (Accessed: April 2021).

'Island Eater' (2006) One Piece Wiki. Available at: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Island_Eater (Accessed: April 2021).

'Eiichiro Oda' (2006) One Piece Wiki. Available at: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Eiichiro_Oda (Accessed: April 2021).

'How long One Piece is going to be? & 9 other things about Oda said about the series' (2021) CBR. Available at: https://www.cbr.com/one-piece-facts-eiichiro-oda (Accessed: April 2021).

'Creator/ Eiichiro Oda' (2018) TVTropes. Available at: hhttps://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=Creator.EiichiroOda (Accessed: April 2021).