One Piece celebrates its 1000th episode and opens global character popularity voting to be published in Time magazine

"One Piece", which has just been selected as the number one national comic, ushered in its 1000th episode on January 4th, the first issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump" released in the new year. To commemorate this, the official announced that it will launch a worldwide popularity vote for the characters and published a full-page advertisement in "Time" magazine.

In the "Favorite Manga General Election" held late at night on January 2, 150,000 people voted, and "One Piece" topped the list, winning the recognition of the whole nation. Today is an important day for "One Piece" to celebrate its 1,000th episode. As a commemorative event, this time it is not only for Japanese readers, but will also open character popularity voting worldwide, and published an official advertisement in "Time" magazine.

So, among all the characters with different personalities, legendary experiences, and powerful abilities in One Piece, which one do you think is the most recognized character? Interested fans can go to vote (one chance per day, select the language in the upper right corner): click to enter.

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"One Piece" global character popularity voting promotional video: