<P> The film was later released as a triple feature DVD with Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! and Tegami Bachi: Light and Blue Night, that was available only though a mail - in offer exclusively to Japanese residents . </P> <P> The One Piece Film Strong World: Episode 0 original video animation adapts the manga's special "Chapter 0", which shows how things were before and after the death of Roger . It received a limited release of three thousand DVDs as a collaboration with the House Foods brand . </P> <P> Toei Animation produces an anime television series based on the One Piece manga . The series, which premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on October 20, 1999, has aired more than 800 episodes, and has been exported to various countries around the world . Two cross-over episodes with the anime adaptation of Toriko were aired . The first of these, which was also the first episode of Toriko, aired on April 3, 2011 . A second special, which also crossed over with Dragon Ball Z, aired on April 7, 2013 . </P> <P> On June 8, 2004, 4Kids Entertainment acquired the license for distribution of One Piece in North America . 4Kids contracted Viz Media to handle home video distribution . 4Kids' in - house musicians wrote a new background score and theme song nicknamed "Pirate Rap". 4Kids' dub mandated edits for content and length, which reduced the first 143 episodes into 104 . Initially, 4Kids originally created an English version of the first opening theme, "We Are!" It premiered in the United States on September 18, 2004, in first - run syndication on the Fox network as part of the weekend programming block Fox Box, and later aired on Cartoon Network on their weekday afternoon programming block Toonami in April 2005 . Production was halted in 2006 after episode 143 / 104 . Viz also ceased its home video release of the series after volume 11 . On July 22, 2010, an interview with Anime News Network and Mark Kirk, senior vice-president of digital media for 4Kids Entertainment, revealed that 4Kids acquired One Piece as part of a package deal with other anime, and that the company did not screen the series before licensing it . However, once 4Kids realized One Piece was not appropriate for their intended demographic, the company decided to edit it into a more child - oriented series until they had an opportunity to legally drop the license . Kirk said the experience of producing One Piece "ruined the company's reputation". Since then, 4Kids established a stricter set of guidelines, checks, and balances to determine which anime the company acquires . </P>

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