The creative genius of the manga author Eiichiro Oda is being appreciated worldwide, and he will go down in the history of manga and anime as one of the best adventure shōnen manga and franchise creators, as One Piece has become one of the biggest manga and anime franchises of all time. To be able to create a masterpiece is one thing and to sustain a masterpiece for a long period is altogether another thing. However, Oda did the impossible by achieving these two different things, thus, making One Piece the great manga and anime phenomenon that it is known as today.