“ONE PIECE” has sold over 500 million copies worldwide! Guinness World Record is broken!

The manga “ONE PIECE” has sold over 500 million copies worldwide.

ONE PIECE” began serialization in “Weekly Shonen Jump” on July 22, 1997.

The story follows Luffy, the hero who aspires to become the Pirate King, as he and his friends sail around the world in search of the “Greatest Treasure of All”.

It has been adapted into comic books and animated cartoons all over the world, and in December 2014, it was recognized by Guinness World Records as the “Most Published Comic Book Series by a Single Author”.

　On the official Twitter page of “ONE PIECE,” the official Guinness World Record certificate was uploaded to Weekly Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Nakano.