Why pirates?

Practical

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So, I was just thinking. Why would pirates be combined with Japanese names, words, and even the culture? I've read some articles on One Piece and the character's names are confusing too me. I'm not really into anime, but after seeing that pirates are in anime, I'm sure to get the series and episodes now.

But, yes. Why do you think they combined pirates with Japanese culture, names, etc.?
 
You don't know anything about one piece :D
According to this anime, pirates are the "free birds" who can do whatever they want and whenever they want :D
 
I am not too sure why pirates are in One Piece. It totally works though, I couldn't imagine it any other way. Luffy being anything other than a pirate would be crazy.
 
Sapett said:
Star_Of_Hope said:
You don't know anything about one piece :D
According to this anime, pirates are the "free birds" who can do whatever they want and whenever they want :D
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bro, learn to quote man. there is no HH in star;s profile.
your post. ....d you watch one piece, dude?
 
I am not sure about how Pirates are related to Japanese culture
But one thing I can say that Oda, in his childhood wanted to become a mangaka and write manga on pirates.
He was inspired by a series "the Vikings" which included pirates....
 
Undeniably, Oda was inspired by Akira Toriyama's work (notably, Dragon Ball) and aspired to become a manga artist. He also mentioned that his interest in pirates was sparked by the popular TV animation series called "Vicky the Viking".
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The above is a quote I took from this thread: http://onepieceforum.net/Thread-10-...bout-Eiichiro-Oda-by-orojackson?highlight=oda


This could be off topic but you maybe want to see this too...
http://onepieceforum.net/Thread-Oda-s-inspiration-for-One
 
Sapett said:
HHStar_Of_Hope said:
You don't know anything about one piece :D
According to this anime, pirates are the "free birds" who can do whatever they want and whenever they want :D
Click to expand...
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Well, if we were to take a historical approach, Japan did have pirates back in the day (in the middle ages). They were called Wokou. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wokou

But I doubt that it has anything to do with One Piece. This anime is not related to or inspired from historical facts.
 
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