One Piece season 1

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The first season of the One Piece anime television series aired on Fuji Television from October 20, 1999, through March 7, 2001, totaling 61 episodes. Produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kounosuke Uda, it adapts the first twelve volumes of the manga by Eiichiro Oda. The first season depicts the exploits of the pirate captain Monkey D. Luffy as he gathers his crew at the East Blue and prepares to head to the Grand Line, all while defeating dangerous local captain pirates at the East Blue in their path as Luffy gains his infamy as "Straw Hat" Luffy. The last 8 episodes, set on Warship Island, are the first anime-original filler material in the series. In 2004, 4Kids Entertainment licensed the series for a heavily edited English dubbed broadcast. 4Kids edited the episodes for content, merged one episode and left out 18 episodes, thus reducing the season's episode count to a total of 53 episodes. The series made its U.S. premiere on September 18, 2004, on Fox as part of its FoxBox TV...

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