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VIZ Media has denote that Eiichiro Oda’sWanted!will be arrive westwards later this year in the Fall . The short story collection show the author ’s early work , many of which position the foundations for his long - running magnum opus , One Piece . This will be the first chance overseas fans have to look at Oda ’s anterior body of work in prescribed English , and see the pieces that would eventually assemble into Monkey D. Luffy ’s sprawling sea adventure .
The book collects five short stories Oda wrote before startingOne Piece . Together , they supply a unique brainstorm into the generator ’s early days . WhileWanted!was originally issue in 1998 , officially licensed English transformation did not subsist until this year .
The acquittance seems to bewell - time amid renewed interest inOne Pieceand its Almighty , thanks to a variety of Oda - colligate version .
One Piece ’s highly awaited prequel , behemoth has been confirmed to be canyon , follow the same Shimotsuki Ryuma from Wano who return Zoro Shusui .
Wanted! Shows Oda And Luffy In Their Humble Beginnings
The short stories unveil concepts that predate and ultimately shapedOne Piece.
Wanted!‘scollection consist of the abide by five report :
The first level , which deal the same title as the physical compiling , is Oda ’s very first manga , make in his aged mellow shoal year that was put forward for the Tezuka Awards . The other four story spill light on Oda ’s creative physical process , show up his acquire artwork and even paradigm of futureOne Piececharacters , notably a previous draft of Luffy as he appears in the taleRomance Dawn . Meanwhile , Ryuma fromMonstersappears to have been revise for Zoro andOne Piece’ssubplot about the world ’s greatest swordsmen . stick in between the level are various commentaries written by Oda , express his thoughts on the macrocosm of each narration .
The VIZ Media release ofWanted ! , which was announce on theirofficial X bill , come amid a wave of Oda - related adaption being led by Netflix . The streaming service has already launched a successful live - action mechanism adaptation , and only last January premiered an adaptation ofMonsterscreated by E&H Production . moreover , it has been fund a reboot of the early narration electric arc , to be produced by WIT Studio ofSpy x Familyfame under the titleThe One Piece . For VIZ , it seems it is clock time to strike while the smoothing iron is spicy and give fans the consummate paperback Oda experience .
Currently , there is no indication what formWanted ! ’s unexampled publication will take , be it digital , forcible , or both . Given the X military post , though , it can be derive that the location will employ " Eiichiro Oda before One Piece " as the prescribed caption , whereas the original collection from Japan used " Eiichiro Oda Short Stories " . While it is not essential reading forOne Piece , which has long surpass any of Oda ’s honest-to-goodness stories in both length , oscilloscope , and quality , Wanted!still face the first opportunity in a long time to evolve more works from one of the Zanzibar copal diligence ’s most celebrated writers .
Source : VIZ Media(X account )
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