As much as I love ritualistically reading One Piece every week with two grilled cheese sandwiches (one with prosciutto, one without) there's something I cherish even more, reading about how One Piece is crafted. When sitting down with an Oda interview there are so many chances for potentially new morsels of information: "Do fans' crazy theories have a leg to stand on?", "How long has Oda been planning a certain plot element?", "What was his source of inspiration for a character?" and of course, "How much longer until he completes One Piece?" If one chronologically follows the interviews with Oda over the years, it is easy to see his growth as he learns from his failures and recognizes his successes. All of this gives us the chance to have a deeper appreciation of the story itself.
These translations are my own and I've made efforts to acknowledge anyone that has aided me in the creation be it bringing them to my attention or helping directly with translation. If you are interested in making translations of these interviews into your own language based on mine, that's not a problem but I suggest you look for the original Japanese versions as a translation of a translation is bound to lose something important. If you're aiming to copy-and-paste this information for your own site, I'd ask that you refrain from that. Many fans in the English-speaking One Piece community are aware of my site and what I offer here. Stealing my material can only serve to detract from any credibility you're attempting to establish.
Interviews
| Title | Publication | ˜ Publication Date | Parties Involved | Status |
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| Color Walk | 7/24/01 | Akira Toriyama and Eiichiro Oda | Under Revision |
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| One Piece Animation Logbook | 2/28/02 | Eiichiro Oda, Kounosuke Uda and Shinji Shimizu | Under Revision |
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| One Piece Blue | 8/7/02 | Eiichiro Oda | Revised 12/09 |
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| Manga Tengoku | 12/NA/07 | Eiichiro Oda | Complete |
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| Switch | 11/29/09 | Eiichiro Oda & Kazutoshi Sakurai | Complete |
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| Switch | 11/29/09 | Eiichiro Oda | Complete |
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| MEN'S NON-NO | 12/10/09 | Eiichiro Oda | Complete |
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| AERA | 12/21/09 | Eiichiro Oda | Complete |
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| Strong World Artbook | 12/23/09 | Eiichiro Oda | Complete |
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| MEN'S NON-NO | 10/10/11 | Eiichiro Oda & Takuya Kimura | Complete |
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