name	One Piece
ja kanji	ONE PIECE（ワンピース）
ja romaji	Wan Pīsu
genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy-drama }}

type	manga
author	Eiichiro Oda
publisher	Shueisha
publisher en	Viz Media Gollancz Manga Madman Entertainment
demographic	''Shōnen''
magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
magazine en	Shonen Jump
first	August 4, 1997
volumes	66
volume list	List of One Piece manga volumes }}

type	ova
title	One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzack!
director	Gorō Taniguchi
producer	Tetsuo DaitokuHidekazu Terakawa
writer	Hiroaki Kitajima
music	Toshiya Motomichi
studio	Production I.G
released	1998
runtime	29 minutes }}

type	tv series
director	Konosuke Uda (1999–2006)Munehisa Sakai (2006–2008)Hiroaki Miyamoto (2008–present)
producer	Makoto SeinoHiroaki Shibata
writer	Junki Takegami (1999–2006)Hirohiko Uesaka (2006–present)
music	Kohei TanakaShiro Hamaguchi
studio	Toei Animation
licensor	Madman Entertainment 4Kids Entertainment (2004–2007) Funimation Entertainment (2007–present)
network	Animax, Fuji TV
network en	Toonami, CN Too YTV Cartoon Network (Toonami), Fox (4Kids TV) Network Ten, Cartoon Network (Toonami) Cartoon Network
first	October 20, 1999
episodes	545
episode list	List of One Piece episodes }}

type	ova
title	One Piece: Romance Dawn Story
director	Katsumi Tokoro
producer	Yosuke Asama
writer	Tsuyoshi Sakurai
music	Kohei TanakaShiro Hamaguchi
studio	Toei Animation
released	2008
runtime	34 minutes }}

type	ova
title	One Piece Film Strong World: Episode 0
director	Naoyuki Ito
producer	Hiroaki Shibata
writer	Hitoshi Tanaka
music	Kohei TanakaShiro Hamaguchi
studio	Toei Animation
released	2009
runtime	30 minutes }}

is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 66th volume released as of May 2012. ''One Piece'' follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a 17-year-old boy who gains elastic abilities after inadvertently eating a supernatural fruit, and his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy explores the ocean in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as the One Piece and to become the next Pirate King. Along his journey, Luffy makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom try to kill the Straw Hats.

The chapters have been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Since then, the still ongoing series has aired over 500 episodes. Additionally, Toei has developed eleven animated feature films, an OVA, and five television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game, and a large number of video games.

The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, in the United Kingdom by Gollancz Manga, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. The anime series has been licensed by Funimation Entertainment for an English-language release in North America, although the series was originally licensed and distributed by 4Kids Entertainment.

Since its release, ''One Piece'' has become the most popular manga series of all time in Japan and one of the most popular manga series worldwide. It is the highest-selling manga of all time in the history of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', as well as currently being its most acclaimed manga. In 2010, Shueisha announced that they sold over 260 million volumes of ''One Piece'' manga so far; volume 61 set a new record for the highest initial print run of any book in Japan in history with 3.8 million copies (the previous record belonging to volume 60 with 3.4 million copies). Volume 60 is the first book to sell over two million copies in its opening week on Japan's Oricon book rankings. ''One Piece'' is currently ranked as the best-selling series of all time in manga history. It enjoys a very high readership, with more than 260 million volumes of the series sold by 2011. ''One Piece'' has received wide critical acclaim from reviewers, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story.

Plot

The series begins with the execution of Gold Roger, a man known as the . Just before his death, Roger announces that his treasure, the , will be up for the taking, causing the to begin. As a result, countless pirates set out to the Grand Line to look for the treasure.

Twenty-two years have passed since Roger's execution, and Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate inspired by "Red-Haired" Shanks, has since set off on a journey from the East Blue to succeed Roger and find the legendary treasure. He organizes and leads a nine-member crew named the Straw Hat Pirates. Each crew member Luffy encounters eventually become his close friends, including the swordsman Roronoa Zoro, the navigator and thief Nami, the sniper Usopp, the womanizing chef and martial artist Sanji, the doctor and anthropomorphized reindeer Tony Tony Chopper, the archaeologist Nico Robin, the cybernetic shipwright Franky, and the musician skeleton Brook.

The crew crosses paths with diverse villains, such as Buggy the Clown, many of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Navy, who place bounties on Luffy's, Zoro's, and eventually the rest of the crew's heads, and Arlong, a fishman and member of the former Sun Pirates. They encounter Baroque Works, the crime syndicate responsible for a civil war in the desert kingdom of Alabasta, along with fellow pirate Blackbeard, whose dream is also to become the King of the Pirates. The crew also confronts Eneru, the ruler of the floating island Skypiea. Later, the crew meets the navy admiral Aokiji, who reveals that Robin was involved in searching for Poneglyphs, stones with markings left by an ancient civilization. The crew also encounters Cipher Pol No. 9, the intelligence agency responsible for the destruction of Robin's homeland, who causes the pirates to declare war on the World Government. After an epic battle at Enies Lobby, the crew defeats CP9 - saving Robin and avenging the lives lost in the destruction.

Some time later, the crew prepares to sail off to the New World, the second half of the Grand Line. The crew eventually gets separated during a battle at the Sabaody Archipelago. At the same time, the navy sentences Luffy's older brother and Gol D. Roger's son Portgas D. Ace to be executed, and hold a war against a group of pirates led by Whitebeard. Luffy rescues Ace, but both Whitebeard and Ace are killed in the ensuing chaos. Later, Luffy and the crew undergo rigorous training regimens, some under the tutelage of prominent figures. Two years later, the crew regroups and journeys to Fishman Island to enter the New World. At the same time, a group of evil fishman pirates appear, and holds a coup d'état to decide the fate of the island, but are eventually defeated by the Straw Hats alongside Jimbei. The Straw Hats leave Fishman Island and finally reach the New World, but not before starting a feud with the legendary pirate Big Mom. Their first destination is the burning island Punk Hazard.

Setting

The world of ''One Piece'' is populated by humans and several human-like lifeforms, including mermen and mermaids; "fishmen", fish-human hybrids; and giants. It is covered by two vast oceans, which are divided by a massive mountain range called the . The , a sea that runs perpendicular to the Red Line, further divides them into four seas: , , and . Surrounding the Grand Line are two regions called , which experience almost no wind and ocean currents and are breeding ground for the huge sea creatures called . Because of this, the calm belts are very effective barriers for those trying to enter the Grand Line. While marine ships, using to mask their presence, can simply pass through, most have to use the canal system of , a mountain at the first intersection of the Grand Line and the Red Line. Sea water from each of the four seas runs up that mountain and merges at the top to flow down a fifth canal and into the first half of the Grand Line. The second half of the Grand Line, beyond the second intersection with the Red Line, is also known as the .

The currents and weather on the Grand Line's open sea are extremely unpredictable, whereas in the vicinity of islands the climate is stable. What makes it even harder to navigate is the fact that normal compasses do not work there. A special compass called a must be used. The Log Pose works by locking on to one island's magnetic field and then locking on to another island's magnetic field. The time for it to set depends on the island. This process can be bypassed by obtaining an , a log pose variation that is permanently set to a specific island and never changes.

The world of ''One Piece'' is filled with anachronisms, like the , snail-like animals that can be attached to electric equipment and function as rotary phones, fax machines, surveillance cameras, and similar devices. , the shells of certain sky-dwelling animals, can be used to store wind, sound, images, heat, and the like and have various applications.

A is a type of fruit which when eaten confers a power on the eater. There are three categories of devil fruit. fruits allow the user to fully and partially transform into a specific animal. fruits give control over and allow the user "to change their living body structure into the powers of nature". is a catch-all category for fruits that give the user superhuman abilities. They are said to be incarnations of the Sea Devil himself, and as a result, devil fruit users cannot swim in sea water, as "they are hated by the sea". When even partially submerged in sea water, they lose all of their strength and coordination, although some abilities remain, such as Luffy still being able to stretch after being totally submerged. "Moving" water, such as rain or waves, does not have this effect.

is an ability every living being in the world of ''One Piece'' possesses. It comes in three varieties: allows to sense the presence of other beings and predict their movement, allows one harden one's body, and the rare enables one to render beings of weak determination unconscious.

Production

While working as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki, Eiichiro Oda began writing ''One Piece'' in 1996. From there, it started as three one-shot stories entitled ''Romance Dawn''—which would later be used as the title for ''One Piece'''s first chapter and volume. The two one-shots featured the character of Luffy, and included elements that would later appear in the main series. The first of these short stories was published in August 1996 in a special issue of ''Shōnen Jump'' and later in ''One Piece Red''. The second was published in the 41st issue of Shōnen Jump in 1996 and reprinted 1998 in Oda's short story collection, ''Wanted!''.

Oda originally planned ''One Piece'' to last five years, and he had already planned out the ending, but he found himself enjoying the story too much to end it in that amount of time and now has no idea how long it will take to reach that point. Nevertheless, the author states, as of July 2007, that the ending will still be the one he had decided on from the beginning and he is committed to seeing it through to the end, no matter how many years it takes.

When creating a Devil Fruit, Oda thinks of something that would fulfill a human desire; he added that he does not see why he would draw a Devil Fruit unless the fruit's appearance would entice one to eat it. The names of many special attacks and other concepts in the manga consist of a form of punning, in which phrases written in ''kanji'' are paired with an idiosyncratic reading. The names of Luffy, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, and Franky's techniques are often mixed with other languages, and the names of a number of Zoro's sword techniques are designed as jokes; for example, some of them look fearsome when read by sight but sound like kinds of food when read aloud (like Zoro's signature move, Onigiri, which is rendered as ''demon's cut'' but may also mean ''rice dumpling''). Eisaku Inoue, the animation director, has said that the creators did not use these ''kanji'' readings in the anime since they "might have cut down the laughs by about half." Nevertheless, Konosuke Uda, the director, said that he believes that the creators "made the anime pretty close to the manga."

Oda was "sensitive" about how it would be translated. The English version of the ''One Piece'' manga in many instances uses one onomatopoeia for multiple onomatopoeia used in the Japanese version. For instance, "''saaa''" (the sound of light rain, close to a mist) and "''zaaa''" (the sound of pouring rain) are both translated as "fshhhhhhh." Unlike other manga artists, Oda draws everything that moves—including crowds, animals, smoke, clouds, and oceans—himself to create a consistent look, leaving his staff to draw the backgrounds, based on sketches drawn by Oda.

When a reader asked Oda who Nami is in love with, Oda answered that there will not likely be any romance among the Straw Hat Pirates. Oda explained that he does not portray romance in ''One Piece'' as the series is a shōnen comic, and the young boys who read the comic are not interested in romance. Oda stated that he does not want to incorporate or even be told other people's ideas, whether they be his readers or staff. He explained that he does not want to become dependent on others' ideas and that he derives self-confidence from the fact that his work is his alone.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, ''One Piece'' has been serialized in the manga anthology ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' starting on August 4, 1997. The chapters have been published into ''tankōbon'' volumes by Shueisha since December 24, 1997. , there are 664 chapters and 66 ''tankōbon'' volumes.

The ''One Piece'' series was licensed for an English language release by Viz Media publishes its English-language adaptation of the series, chapterwise in the manga anthology ''Shonen Jump'', since the magazine's launch in November 2002, and in bound volumes since June 2003. , 60 English-language volumes have been published. In 2009, Viz Media announced the release of five volumes per month in North America during the first half of 2010, greatly increasing that number. In the United Kingdom, the volumes were published by Gollancz Manga, starting March 2006, until Viz Media replaced it after the fourteenth volume. In Australia and New Zealand, the English volumes have been distributed by Madman Entertainment since November 10, 2008. In Poland, Japonica Polonica Fantastica is publishing the manga – as of June 2011, four volumes have been released.

Original video animations

Three original video animations (OVAs) have been released in Japan. The first, ''One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzack!'', was produced by Production I.G for the Jump Super Anime Tour of 1998 and directed by Gorō Taniguchi. It is 29 minutes in length and features character designs by Hisashi Kagawa. Luffy, Nami, and Zoro are attacked by a sea monster that destroys their boat and separates them. Luffy is found on an island beach, where he saves a little girl, Medaka, from two pirates. All the villagers, including Medaka's father, have been taken away by Ganzack and his crew as forced laborers. After hearing that Ganzak also stole all the food, Luffy and Zoro rush out to get it back. As they fight the pirates, one of them kidnaps Medaka. A fight starts between Luffy and Ganzack, ending in Luffy's capture. Meanwhile, Zoro is forced to give up after a threat is made to kill all of the villagers. The people from the village rise up against Ganzack, and while the islanders and pirates fight, Nami goes and unlocks the three captives. Ganzack defeats the rebellion and reveals his armored battleship. Now it is up to the Straw Hats to "Defeat the Pirate Ganzack!" and prevent him from destroying the island.

The second OVA, ''One Piece: Romance Dawn Story'', was produced by Toei Animation in July 2008 for the Jump Super Anime Tour. It is 34 minutes in length and based on the first version of ''Romance Dawn'', the pilot story for ''One Piece'', but includes the Straw Hat Pirates up to Brook and their second ship, the ''Thousand Sunny''. In search for food for his crew, Luffy arrives at a port town, defeating a pirate named Crescent Moon Gally on the way. He meets a girl named Silk in town, who was abandoned by attacking pirates as a baby and raised by the mayor, which has caused her to value the town as her "treasure". The villagers mistake Luffy for Gally and capture him just as the real Gally returns. Gally throws Luffy in the water and plans to destroy the town, but Silk saves him and Luffy goes after Gally. His crew arrives to help him, and with his help, he recovers the treasure for the town, gets some food, and destroys Gally's ship.

The third OVA, ''One Piece Film Strong World: Episode 0'', is the animated version of the ''One Piece'' Manga Special called "Chapter 0" which shows how things were before and after the death of Roger. It is also the introductory chapter to the long-awaited tenth film, ''Strong World''.

Anime series

Toei Animation produced an anime television series based on the manga chapters, also titled ''One Piece''. The series premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on October 20, 1999. Since then, the still ongoing series has aired more than 500 episodes and has been exported to various countries around the world.

In 2004, 4Kids Entertainment acquired the license for distribution of ''One Piece'' in North America. 4Kids collaborated with Viz Media to distribute the series for home video release. This dub was heavily edited for content, as well as length; reducing the first 143 episodes into 104. Sanji's cigarettes, for example, were turned into lollipops, and "the skin of a black pirate was changed to a tan mulatto / white color." 4Kids originally created an English version of the original opening theme; however, the music was replaced with an alternate score. The series premiered in the United States on September 18, 2004 on the Fox network as part of the Fox Box block, and later aired on the Cartoon Network in the Toonami block in April 2005. 4Kids released a statement in December 2006 confirming that it cancelled the project. In July 2010, an interview was conducted between Anime News Network and Mark Kirk, the Vice President of Digital Media for 4Kids Entertainment. In this interview, Kirk explained that 4Kids acquired ''One Piece'' as part of a package deal with other anime, and that the company did not actually watch any of the series before acquiring it. However, once 4Kids realized ''One Piece'' would not work with 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 on producing ''One Piece'' "ruined [the] company's reputation." Ever since that incident, 4Kids established a more strict set of guidelines, checks, and balances to determine what anime the company acquires.

Following the 4Kids dub in 2007, Funimation Entertainment began production on an English-language release of ''One Piece''. In an interview with voice actor Christopher Sabat, Sabat stated that Funimation had been interested in acquiring ''One Piece'' from the very beginning, and produced a "test episode," in which Sabat played the character of Helmeppo and Eric Vale played the part of the main character, Luffy (they would later go on to provide the English voices for Roronoa Zoro and Sanji, respectively). After producing a new English voice dub, the company released its first unedited, bilingual DVD box set, containing 13 episodes, on May 27, 2008. Similarly sized sets followed with fourteen sets released as of October 26, 2010. The Funimation dubbed episodes premiered on the Cartoon Network on September 29, 2007 and aired until its cancellation on March 22, 2008. The remainder of Funimation's dubbed episodes continued to be aired on Australia's Cartoon Network, and then shifted into reruns of the Funimation dub before being replaced by Total Drama Island. On October 28, 2011, Funimation posted a press release on their official website, confirming the acquisition of episodes 206-263 and the aspect ratio, beginning with episode 207 onwards, will be changed to the 16:9 widescreen format.

Funimation, Toei Animation, Shueisha, and Fuji TV announced in May 2009 that they would simulcast stream the series within an hour of the weekly Japanese broadcast. This free, English-subtitled simulcast is available at www.onepieceofficial.com. Originally scheduled to begin on May 30, 2009 with episode 403, a lack of security resulted in a leak of the episode. As a result, Funimation delayed the offer until August 29, 2009 at which point it began with a simulcast of episode #415. ''One Piece'' episodes are also available for streaming at Hulu.com, in both subtitled and dubbed formats (with the dub being the unedited DVD release version).

Anime films

Eleven animated films based on the ''One Piece'' series have been released in Japan. The films are traditionally released during the Japanese school spring break since 2000. The films feature self-contained, completely original plots or alternate retellings of story arcs with animation of higher quality than what the weekly anime allows for. Funimation Entertainment has licensed the eighth film for release in North America.

Video games

The ''One Piece'' franchise has been adapted into multiple video games published by subsidiaries of Bandai and later as part of Namco Bandai Games. The games have been released on a variety of video game and handheld consoles. The series features various genres, mostly role-playing games—the predominant type in the series' early years—and fighting games, such as the titles of the ''Grand Battle!'' sub-series.

The series debuted in Japan on July 19, 2000 with ''One Piece: Mezase Kaizoku Ou!''. As of 2012, the series contains 32 games, not counting ''Battle Stadium D.O.N'', the title ''One Piece'' shares with its related anime series ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Naruto''.

Music

Myriad soundtracks were released to the anime, films and the games. The music for the ''One Piece'' anime series and most of its films were directed by Kohei Tanaka and Shiro Hamaguchi. Various theme songs and character songs were released on a total of 49 singles. Most of the songs are also featured on six compilation albums and on 16 soundtrack CDs.

Light novels

A series of light novels was published based on the first OVA, certain episodes of the TV anime, and all but the first feature film. They featured art work by Oda and are written by Tatsuya Hamasaki. The first of these novels, ''One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak!'', based on the OVA, was released on June 3, 1999. On July 17, 2000, followed ''One Piece: Logue Town Chapter'', a light novel adaptation of the TV anime's Logue Town story arc. The first feature film to be adapted was ''Clockwork Island Adventure''. The book was released on March 19, 2001. On December 25, 2001, followed the second and so far last light novel adaptation of a TV anime arc in ''One Piece: Thousand-year Dragon Legend''. The adaptation of ''Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals'' was released on March 22, 2002, and that of ''Dead End Adventure'' on March 10, 2003. ''Curse of the Sacred Sword'' followed on March 22, 2004, and ''Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island'' on March 14, 2005. The light novel of ''The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle'' was released on March 6, 2006 and that of ''The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta'' on March 7, 2007. The newest novel adapts ''Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom'' and was released on February 25, 2008.

Art and guidebooks

Five art books and five guidebooks for the ''One Piece'' series have been released. The first art book, ''One Piece: Color Walk 1'', released June 2001, has also been released in English on November 8, 2005. The second art book, ''One Piece: Color Walk 2'', was released on November 4, 2003, the third, ''One Piece: Color Walk 3 – Lion'', was released January 5, 2006, and the fourth art book, subtitled ''Eagle'', was released on March 4, 2010. The fifth art book, subtitled ''Shark'', was released on December 3, 2010. The first guidebook, ''One Piece: Red – Grand Characters'' was released on March 2, 2002. The second guidebook, ''One Piece: Blue – Grand Data File'', was released on August 2, 2002. The third guidebook, ''One Piece: Yellow – Grand Elements'', was released on April 4, 2007, and the fourth guidebook, ''One Piece: Green – Secret Pieces'', was released on November 4, 2010. An anime guidebook, ''One Piece: RAINBOW!'', was released on May 1, 2007, and covers the first 8 years of the TV show.

Other media

Other ''One Piece'' media include a trading card game by Bandai named ''One Piece CCG'' and a drama CD centering around the character of Nefertari Vivi released by Avex Trax on December 26, 2002.

One Piece's Chopper gets a new Hello Kitty-esque style in the newly released previews of the new One Piece and Hello Kitty collaboration. For this collaboration, One Piece takes a journey, crossing over into the world of Hello Kitty.

Reception

Manga

''One Piece'', the most popular manga series of all time in Japan and one of the most popular manga series worldwide, is the highest-selling manga in the history of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' and has received wide critical acclaim, primarily for its art, characterization, humor and story. It now currently ranks at number one for the best-selling manga in history.

''One Piece'' is also the first manga to increase ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'''s sales in eleven years. Volume 61 holds a manga publishing record in Japan, with 3.8 million copies published in its first printing alone, breaking its own previous records established by volumes 57, 59 and 60 (at 3.0, 3.2 and 3.4 million copies respectively). In addition to that, it also broke Japan's all time first print publishing record of all books, passing the previous record of 2.9 million copies, held by ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. Overall, the series has re-written Japanese record for first print manga publication 9 times with Volumes 24, 25, 26, 27, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61 and 63. The first week sales of volume 60, at 2,094,123 copies, also broke the Japanese all-time sales record for all books in its debut week, and is currently the only book to reach the 2 million mark in its first week. It is also currently the highest selling manga series of all time in Japan with over 230 million copies sold, and the fastest manga series to reach sales of 100 million.

''One Piece'' was the best-selling manga series during 2008 in Japan with 5,956,540 volumes sold. Volumes 50, 51 and 49 placed first, second, and fourth, respectively, on Oricon's list of best selling manga volumes, with sales of 1,678,208, 1,646,978, and 1,544,000 copies sold respectively. Additionally, Oricon conducted a popularity survey with Japanese male and female readers between with ages ranging from ten to forty to determine the "Most Interesting Manga of 2008". In that survey, the four ''One Piece'' volumes published that year, volumes 49, 50, 51, and 52, placed first with an approval rating of 45.9%. In ICv2's list of "Top 25 Manga Properties Fall 2008", ''One Piece'' made a 15th place. In 2010 ''One Piece'' had improved to 2nd in ICv2's list of "Top 25 Manga Properties—Q3 2010".

According to Anime News Network, which gathers its rankings for Oricon, ''One Piece'' maintained its top spot in 2009 with 14,721,241 copies sold, more than second [Naruto] and third place [Bleach] combined. The four volumes released during that time frame 53, 54, 52, 55 ranked 1–4 respectively for single volume sales.

In 2010 ''One Piece'' again maintained its top spot with 32,343,809 copies sold, more than second Naruto, third Kimi ni Todoke, fourth Fairy Tail, fifth Bleach and sixth Fullmetal Alchemist combined.

ANN comments that the art style of the ''One Piece'' manga requires "time to get used to" with its "very simple" artwork and its designs, which appear "very cartoonish" at first. They also note that the influence of Akira Toriyama (''Dragon Ball'') shines through in Oda's style of writing with its "huge epic battles punctuated by a lot of humor" and that, in ''One Piece'', he creates a "rich tale" without focusing too much on plot. Active Anime describes the art work in ''One Piece'' as "wonderfully quirky and full of expression". Splashcomics comments that Oda's "pleasantly bright and dynamic" () art style suits the story's "funny and exciting" (German: "witzigen und ... spannenden") atmosphere.

EX lauds Oda's art for its "crispy" monochrome pictures, "great use of subtle shade changes" on color pages, "sometimes exquisite" use of angles, and for its consistency. Shaenon K. Garrity, who at some point edited the series for ''Shonen Jump'', said that, while doing so, her amazement over Oda's craft grew increasingly. She states that "he has a natural, playful mastery of the often restrictive weekly-manga format", notes that "interesting things [are] going on deep in the narrative structure", and recommends "sticking through to the later volumes to see just how crazy and Peter Max-y the art gets." Mania Entertainment writer Jarred Pine comments that "One Piece is a fun adventure story, with an ensemble cast that is continuing to develop, with great action and character drama." He lauds Oda's artwork as "imaginative and creative" and comments that "Oda's imagination just oozes all of the panels". He also comments that "Oda's panel work [...] features a lot of interesting perspectives and direction, especially during the explosive action sequences which are always a blast", though he complains that the panels can sometimes get "a little chaotic".

The North American releases of the English translation of volumes 39–43 debuted at #5–9 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller Manga list.

One Piece's 60th volume held the fastest selling record until in February 2011, the manga beat its own record with its 61st volume, selling 2,086,080 copies in 3 days after its official sale (Feb 4–6). this was beaten by One piece's 63rd volume which sold 2,119,400 in 4 days, this means that 14 consecutive volumes of One piece has sold over 2 million copies since oricon began publishing it's book sales in April 2008 (one piece volume 50 shipped in June 2008). This volume also broke the record for biggest first print that was before hold by One piece's 61st and 62nd volume who had 3.8 million while the 63rd volume had a first print on 3.9 million.

Since 2010 One piece has sold 54.8 million copies out of its total of around 250 million copies. This amounted to more than number 2 Naruto, number 3 Kimi ni Todoke, number 4 Fairy Tail, number 5 Bleach, number 6 Bakuman, number 7 Gintama and number 8 Fullmetal Alchemist combined.

Anime

The ''One Piece'' anime series has received positive responses from reviewers and viewers alike. While the original Japanese series has gained praise, the 4Kids English dub version has garnered some significant criticism. The Funimation English dubbed version, in contrast to its 4Kids counterpart, has received praise.

In a review of the second DVD release of 4Kids Entertainment's dub, Todd Douglass, Jr. of DVD talk called its adaptation a "shabby treatment" resulting in an "arguably less enjoyable rendition". Douglass said that the 4Kids original opening was "a crappy rap song" and that the removal of whole scenes leaves a "feeling that something is missing". He later went on to say that "Fans of the 'real' ''One Piece'' will want to skip picking [...] up [4Kids Entertainment's ''One Piece'' DVDs] until an uncut release is announced", and also stated that "kids may get into this version because it's what they have seen on TV." Margaret Veira of Active Anime praised the TV series' "great" animation, stating that "It gives life and stays true to the style and characters of the manga." and noting the fight scenes in particular as having "a lot of energy to them". Patrick King of Animefringe comments that the art style of ''One Piece'' is "very distinctive and fresh". In a review of the first Funimation DVD release for Mania Entertainment, Bryce Coulter comments that ''One Piece'' is "not your typical pirate adventure" and that mixed with "the right amount of random fun along with a shonen style storyline" it becomes "an appealing and fun romp". In a review of Funimation Entertainment's second DVD release for Mania Entertainment, Bryce Coulter comments that "You can tell that they are giving One Piece the attention that was neglected by 4Kids" and that "One Piece is a great tale of high-seas fun that will leave you wanting more!"

In Indonesia, Global TV was reprimanded by the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) for airing the TV anime. Nina Armando, member of the KPI and lecturer at the University of Indonesia, said the show should not be aired at times when children are likely to watch.

Awards

Manga

The manga was a finalist for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize three times in a row from 2000 to 2002, with the highest number of fan nominations in the first two years.

The German translation of its 44th volume won the Sondermann audience award for international manga category, a yearly comic award given for 7 categories by the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Frankfurter Rundschau, Spiegel Online and Comicforum since 2004, on the Frankfurt Book Fair Comics Centre in 2005.

In a 2008 poll by Oricon, Japanese teenagers elected it the most interesting manga.

Anime

The first opening of the One Piece TV anime, "We Are!", won the Animation Kobe Theme Song Award of the year 2000. In February 2001, ''One Piece'' placed 9th among TV anime in Japan. In 2001, the readers of ''Animage'', a popular Japanese anime magazine, voted the TV anime in 5th place of "The Readers' Picks for the Anime that should be remembered in the 21st Century". In June 2002, the ''Animage'' readers voted ''One Piece'' to be the 16th best new anime of the year 2001, and gave it another 16th place in 2004 in the category "Favorite Anime Series". In a 2005 web poll by Japanese television network TV Asahi ''One Piece'' was voted 6th "most popular animated TV series". Before the poll, Asahi TV broadcast another list based on a nation-wide survey in which ''One Piece'' placed 4th among teenagers. In 2006, it was elected 32nd of the Top 100 Japanese anime by TV Asahi and 21st by its viewers. [114] In September of the same year the ''Newtype'' magazine placed it 5th. Funimation's first DVD release of the series "One Piece: Season 1 First Voyage" was nominated for the Fifth Annual TV DVD Awards.

Events

One Piece is the first ever manga series to hold a "Dome Tour," in which there will be events held in famous dome venues of Osaka and Tokyo in Spring 2011.

Events were held from March 25 to 27 at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, and from April 27 to May 1 at Tokyo Dome. Though only Tokyo and Osaka events have been scheduled so far, event organizers hope to tour throughout the nation before the year's end.

References

External links

;English

Official manga website of Viz Media

Official manga website of ''Shonen Jump''

Official website of Madman Entertainment

Official anime website of Funimation Entertainment

;Japanese

Official manga website of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''

Official anime website of Toei Animation

Official anime website of Fuji Television

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name	For Real
background	group_or_band
genre	R&B;, Pop, Dance
years active	1993–1999
label	Arista RecordsA&M; Records, Rowdy Records
past members	Wendi WilliamsLatanyia BaldwinJosina ElderNecia Bray-Gates
notable instruments	}}

For Real was an American R&B; and soul quartet, that formed in 1993. In the latter part of that decade they were nominated for a Grammy, Billboard Music Award, and Soul Train Music Award.

Biography

For Real secured their recording contract by accident. "We were picking up our manager from the airport. So we decided to greet him with an acappella song. Someone from A&M; records just happened to be in the airport and heard them perform. Not long after, they were signed," said Latanyia Baldwin.

The band released their debut album, ''It's a Natural Thang'', with production from Brian McKnight on A&M; Records in 1994, and it became a critical success, including a rare four stars from Rolling Stone Magazine. Their first single, "You Don't Wanna Miss" hit #28 on the ''Billboard'' chart, courtesy of a danceable new jack swing remix by Steve "Silk" Hurley, which was featured in the song's video. A second single, "Easy To Love," peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album scored another chart hit with the a cappella love song, "You Don't Know Nothin'," which was written and produced by Mervyn Warren, and which peaked at #27. The song peaked at #54 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1995. The album sold over one million copies worldwide, and peaked at #80 on the Billboard 200.

In 1995, the band appeared in Italian ''Vogue'', modeling mens suits. They toured alongside Stevie Wonder, and lent their voices to the Martin Scorsese film project ''Grace of My Heart.'' The foursome also forayed into acting with appearances in the film ''Shake, Rattle and Rock!'' starring Renée Zellweger and Howie Mandel on ''Showtime''.

They also hit the US Top 20 with the single "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" featuring Aaliyah, TLC, En Vogue, BlackGirl, SWV, and Vanessa Williams from the movie ''Panther''. They also recorded a duet with Stevie Wonder called "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow", which appeared on the Marvin Gaye tribute album, ''Inner City Blues: The Music Of Marvin Gaye.'' For Real also recorded songs for the soundtracks of the films ''Waiting to Exhale'' and ''Fled'' respectively.

After a label change from A&M; to Dallas Austin's Arista imprint Rowdy Records in 1996, For Real struck again with the Austin-produced, 60s-leaning single "Like I Do," from their second album ''Free''. "Like I Do" hit #10 on the Billboard singles chart, the video also earned a Billboard nomination for Best R&B; Clip, the album made the Top 100, and nearly 400,000 copies in the US, the album's next and last single was the Diane Warren-penned pop ballad "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard" which hit #65 on the Top 100 singles chart. The band performed "Saddest Song" on the TV show All That. ''Free'' included production from top R&B;/pop producers like Babyface, Mario Winans, and Jon B.

The band also recorded three songs ("I Do", "Born to Love That Boy" and "Unwanted Number") and appeared in the critically acclaimed film ''Grace of My Heart''. The films soundstrack won a Satellite Award in 1997.

In January 1997, the band won an American Music Award for their work on the ''Waiting to Exhale'' soundtrack, in Summer 1997, the group earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Album Of The Year (By A Group, Band Or Duo) for "Free".

In 1999, Wendi Williams lent her voice to the Emmy winning film ''Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'', with Halle Berry, in which Berry plays a singer but Williams is behind her singing voice.

In 2002, their song "Love Will Be Waiting At Home", appeared in the movie, ''Two Can Play That Game'', that starred Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut.

In 2009, CoryLavel began to work with Josina Elder on her new album.

Discography

''It's a Natural Thang'' (1994)

''Free'' (1996)

Awards and nominations

style="background:#bcbcbc;"	Year	Result	Award	Category	Work
	1996	Nominated	Grammy Award	Album of the Year	Waiting to Exhale
	1997	Nominated	Billboard Music Award	Best Clip - R&B;	"Like I Do"
	1998	Nominated	Soul Train Music Award	Album of the Year (By a Group, Band or Duo)	''Free''

References

External links

SingingFool.com Streaming music videos for "Like I Do" and "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard"

Allmusic Discography, biographies, and pictures

IUMA Group photos, lyrics, message board, audio streams, and bio.

Google Album info, photos, and lyrics

Category:American pop music groups Category:American rhythm and blues musical groups Category:African American musical groups Category:American girl groups Category:American soul musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1992 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999

name	Thousand Foot Krutch
background	group_or_band
origin	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
genre	Christian rock, nu metal, rap metal, hard rock
years active	1995–present
label	DJD Recordings, Tooth & Nail, Independent
associated acts	FM Static, The Drawing Room, Hawk Nelson, Manafest, Three Days Grace
website
current members	Trevor "Teerawk" McNevanSteve AugustineJoel BruyereTy Dietzler
past members	Neil SandersonDave Smith Pat PedasiukGeoff "Johnny Orbital" Laforet Christian HarveyTim Baxter Mike Harrison }}

Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. To date they have released six albums ''Set It Off'' (2001), ''Phenomenon'' (2003), ''The Art of Breaking'' (2005), ''The Flame In All of Us'' (2007), ''Welcome to the Masquerade'' (2009), and most recently ''The End Is Where We Begin'' (2012). They have also released one live album, ''Live at the Masquerade'' (2011). Singer Trevor McNevan and drummer Steve Augustine are also members of their own side project band called FM Static and Joel Bruyere started his own solo project called ''The Drawing Room'' in 2009. The band has sold over a half a million albums .

Overview

Trevor McNevan began the band in Peterborough, Ontario, a city northeast of Toronto, where he went to high school. Joel Bruyere, born in Brantford, Ontario, was McNevan's childhood friend who had moved away but remained in contact with him. Drummer Steve Augustine is from Hamilton, Ontario. McNevan's first band was , which featured Dave Smith on guitar, Tim Baxter on bass and McNevan's good friend, Three Days Grace's Neil Sanderson, on drums. Oddball recorded only one album, ''Shutterbug'', which was released in 1995. McNevan is the founding member of TFK (along with original guitarist Dave Smith), formed in 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario. McNevan came up with TFK's name "symbolizing the point in our lives that we realize we can't make it on our own strength". He has written and released 6 albums with Thousand Foot Krutch to date and another four with his side project FM Static.

TFK has worked with Aaron Sprinkle (Mae/Anberlin/MxPx), Gavin Brown (Three Days Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley), Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven/Simple Plan), and Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D) on their last three Tooth and Nail-released records.

History

''Shutterbug'' (1995–1996)

'''' was released in 1995 by Trevor McNevan. McNevan had friends Dave Smith (guitar), Tim Baxter (bass) and Neil Sanderson (of Three Days Grace) (drums), play on the album. There were 27 songs on the album, the first half rock, the second half hip-hop. McNevan recorded it at Barry Haggarty's studio in his home town of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He worked at McDonalds and other jobs to pay for the studio time. The song "Lift It," first appeared here and was later re-recorded for Thousand Foot Krutch's first release That's What People Do and appeared again on Set It Off.

''That's What People Do'' (1997–1999)

''That's What People Do'' was written the year McNevan started TFK in 1997. It was released independently in 1998 and is out of print. It sold over 5000 copies. TFK climbed the ladder of local notoriety throughout Ontario and abroad. Reaching the ears of Ontario commercial radio, CKWF 101.5 FM in their home town of Peterborough took a chance and added "Rhyme Animal", the band's first single from their independent recording, to their rotation. It clicked with listeners and within two months ended up being one of the five most requested songs of the year. In 1999 TFK was chosen by 7 Ball Magazine as one of the top 25 bands in North America. They were also awarded "Best Indie Recording" and McNevan awarded "Vocalist of the Year" by the readers of The Wire Magazine. They were then awarded "Band of the Year" at the 2000 Wire Awards. They were also voted as the No. 1 band of the millennium on 100.3 FM in Barrie, Ontario.

''Set It Off'' (2000–2002)

''Set It Off'' was released on November 14, 2000. It was the group's first indie label release. The sound of the album was distinct in its heavily hip-hop influenced nu metal, and though a few songs from the record (including "Puppet" and "Supafly") impacted at both secular and Christian radio, the band gained notoriety almost entirely through self-promotion and word of mouth. The band toured it extensively across North America and ended up garnering much label attention by selling 85,000 copies of the indie release out of their van. The band also printed a limited edition "Pre-release" version of "Set It Off" only sold at their release party at The Gordon Best Theatre in Peterborough, Ontario for their local fans. TFK toured with Finger Eleven, Econoline Crush, Treble Charger, The Tea Party, Matthew Good Band, Gob, Sum 41 and others. Three Days Grace, which was a cover band at that time, was TFK's regular support act. McNevan helped with recordings of Three Days Grace's demo album. He is also featured on their song "This Movie" from this album. Around this same time, Dave Smith left the group; Making McNevan the only original member. Smith was replaced with Mike Harrison, who parted ways about a year later. After Dave Smith's departure, McNevan began writing all the guitar lines and the band has used a live guitar player instead of officially replacing him.

Track seven from this album, entitled "Unbelievable" - a cover of the EMF song of the same name - is said to appear on the soundtrack for the 2010 movie "Just Wright".

''Phenomenon'' (2003–2004)

In 2003, the band signed with Seattle-based Tooth & Nail Records after long consideration and released their critically acclaimed second full-length CD, ''Phenomenon''. Though something of a departure from the rap-heavy sound of ''Set it Off'', ''Phenomenon'' still relied on McNevan's rhythmic vocals, albeit with a solid modern metal sound. ''Phenomenon'' was well received, and spawned 4 popular radio singles, including the anthemic "Rawkfist." The CD sold 200,000 units making it one of the best-selling albums in Tooth & Nail's history. They continued this success with the 2004 re-release of ''Set it Off'' through Tooth & Nail, allowing for a larger print run and adding 6 songs, including five from "That's What People Do", and one new song "Everyone Like Me", produced by Gavin Brown (Three Days Grace/Billy Talent/Thornley). Now touring majorly, the band needed a guitarist for live shows; because Myke Harrison had not been replaced and McNevan had recorded lead guitars on Phenomenon. So the trio enlisted Jamie Aplin, a member of a fellow Canadian band (h)eadspace who had played drums, as fill in guitarist. Jamie never recorded any records with the band.

In that time McNevan and Augustine started a side band called FM Static, which can be classified as a pop-punk or pop/rock band and is usually much more light-hearted. FM Static scoring two No. 10 hits for their songs "Crazy Mary", and "Something to Believe in." In 2004, they toured with Kutless on the "Sea of Faces" tour alongside Falling Up and FM Static.

''The Art of Breaking'' (2005–2006)

On July 19, 2005, they released their third full-length album ''The Art of Breaking'', produced by Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace/Finger Eleven/Simple Plan). This album makes almost a complete break from the nu metal sound of Phenomenon, focusing more on heavy elements. The record is the first to feature short guitar solos as well. The Art of Breaking was received well from fans, although some criticized the album's change of style. The single "Move" peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart early 2006. Other singles included "Absolute" and "Breathe You In", which was released to alternative radio and was one of the band's first slower songs. During this time the band toured extensivley.

''The Flame in All of Us'' (2007–2008)

After working in the studio with producer Ken Andrews (Beck/Chris Cornell/Pete Yorn/Tenacious D/Mae) they released ''The Flame in All of Us'' on September 18, 2007, with a move to a more mainstream rock sound, with some heavy influences from bands such as fellow Canadian artists Our Lady Peace & other various metal bands. The album features the singles "Falls Apart", "What do we Know?", "Favorite Disease" and "The Flame in All of Us". On January 20, 2008 "The Flame In All Of Us" became the 1000th song to ever make it on the ChristianRock.Net Top 30 Chart. Also on Purevolume.com, Thousand Foot Krutch was the favourite artist on July 2, 2007 and August 26, 2007.

In 2006, McNevan became involved with TobyMac and helped him write the song "Ignition" found on ''Portable Sounds''. The song has been used in many TV/film placements including ''Monday Night Football'' and ''NASCAR''. Because of this, in the spring of 2007 the band was part of the TobyMac Portable Sounds tour. The tour was such a success that Toby asked them to do the fall tour as well.

The next tour was in the spring of 2008 when the band toured with Skillet and Decyfer Down. TFK performed with P.O.D., Chevelle, Sevendust, 10 Years, Daughtry, Red and many other bands on this album. After a lengthy summer playing festivals and one-offs, they were direct support for the very first Creation Festival: The Tour. The tour consisted of the following nine bands: Kutless, TFK, Pillar, KJ-52, Fireflight, Worth Dying For, Run Kid Run, Esterlyn, and Capital Lights. TFK was asked to headline the tour three shows in, but declined. TFK covered the Christmas song "Jingle Bell Rawk" for the Christmas album X Christmas, put out by Tooth & Nail Records.

''Welcome to the Masquerade'' (2009–2011)

Thousand Foot Krutch's next album, titled ''Welcome to the Masquerade'', first announced in early 2009. In April '09, McNevan appeared in a live chat with fans via TFKTV hosted by Mogulus Live Broadcast, where he revealed several facts about the record. The band reunited with Aaron Sprinkle to co-produce this album (Sprinkle had previously produced the TFK album ''Phenomenon'') with Emery's Matt Carter assisting and Randy Staub (Metallica/Stone Sour/Nickelback/Our Lady Peace) mixing. The song "Fire It Up" will be featured in video games such as EA Sports NHL 10 and a few others and is featured in the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra movie trailer. The record was released on September 8, 2009 and peaked at No. 35 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

In summer 2009, McNevan underwent emergency surgery on his appendix, causing TFK to cancel at Creation West Festival (not to be confused with Creation Festival: The Tour). He returned to play shows a week later. The band did appear at many other festivals, including their debut appearance at Soulfest. Thousand Foot Krutch has now announced a fall tour to support Welcome to The Masquerade and during fall 2009, TFK performed again on Creation Festival: The Tour, with Jars of Clay, Audio Unplugged, B.Reith, FM Static, and This Beautiful Republic, and also a Christmas holiday show with 30 Seconds to Mars, Flyleaf, After Midnight Project, and The Veer Union.

On September 8, 2009, TFK's three albums, ''Phenomenon'', ''The Art of Breaking'', and ''The Flame In All of Us'' were re-released as a three-CD set called ''Deja Vu: The Thousand Foot Krutch Anthology''.

Thousand Foot Krutch toured with Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle and Red in March 2010.

The Peterborough Examiner reported on January 29 that an unspecified Thousand Foot Krutch song may be used in Iron Man 2.

In a recent concert video posted on February 1, the band was seen with a new guitarist. His name is Ty Dietzler. He has replaced Nick Baumhardt as the touring guitarist for TFK. He has also played rhythm guitar for Christian hard rock band The Letter Black.

In the first week of April 2010, "Fire it Up" was released for the Rock band music store in Rock Band 2. On April 19, The Detroit Red Wings featured "The Invitation" and "Welcome To The Masquerade" during the pre-game introduction. On May 11, 2010, McNevan announced on his personal Facebook page: "We [TFK] covered "The Heat Miser Song" from the old classic Christmas special, gonna do one with FM too, but that's a surprise..." referring to their upcoming appearance on the album "X-Christmas 2" by Tooth and Nail Records. He has also stated that a live DVD for TFK is planned for the very near future and is being recorded on May 28 at YC Alberta at Rexall Place in Edmonton in front of an audience of 14,000 people. The live DVD is likely to be released in the fall of 2010 according to McNevan. TFK's song "Unbelievable" is to be used in the movie Just Wright. During the 2010 NBA playoffs, TFK's song "Move" is being used by ABC.thumb|TFK on the Music Boat 2010 In 2010, TFK performed at Creation Festival: The Tour Presents the Welcome to the Masquerade Fall Tour. They are headlining the tour, which will also feature Disciple and Ivoryline, with Decyfer Down replacing Disciple during the last week of the tour. The band also stated that they have just started writing tracks for a new record.

In January 2011 TFK joined the Rock And Worship Roadshow national tour headlined by MercyMe.

On March 2, 2011 Ty Dietzler announced via his website that he would be leaving the band at the end of the month. The band was searching for a replacement guitarist for Dietzler. On March 30, 2011 the band announced that Dietzler would be remaining with the band, and canceled the search for a replacement.

On June 7, 2011 the band released a live album/DVD called ''Live at the Masquerade''.

On September 10, 2011 TFK headlined at the First Love Festival in Buena Vista, NJ along with Decyfer Down, Remedy Drive, Addison Road, Dave Pettigrew, and Compelled.

''The End Is Where We Begin'' (2011–present)

At Soulfest 2011, Thousand Foot Krutch announced that they would be in-studio to start recording the album "The End Is Where We begin" on August 8. The album was released on April 17, 2012. McNevan tweeted that the title would be "The End Is Where We Begin". McNevan posted daily video diaries of the band's recording of the album, and previewing songs from the album, which include "The End Is Where We Begin", "Light Up the Sky", "Let the Sparks Fly", "We Are", "So Far Gone", "Fly on the Wall", "Courtesy Call" and "War of Change". On November 29, 2011 they announced that they would be leaving Tooth and Nail Records to release ''The End is Where We Begin'' independently. The band has set up a web page offering fans various pre-release packages in exchange for advance support for the costs in recording and releasing the album. The song "War of Change" was made available for free download in early December. Fans who donated to the band received early downloads of the songs "The End is Where We Begin" and "Courtesy Call" on January 7, 2012. The album debuted number 5 on iTunes in US, and number 1 in Canada.

Members

;Current

Trevor McNevan - vocals, guitar (studio) (1995–present)

Joel Bruyere - bass guitar, backing vocals (1999–present)

Steve Augustine - drums (2002–present)

;Touring

Ty Dietzler - guitar (2010-present)

Jamie Aplin - guitar (2003–2007)

Nick Baumhardt - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards (2007–2010) now playing for Stellar Kart

;Former

Neil Sanderson - drums (1995–1997)

Tim Baxter - bass guitar (1995–1998)

Dave Smith - guitar (1995–2002)

Christian Harvey - drums (1997–2000)

Pat Pedasiuk - bass guitar (1998–1999)

Geoff "Johnny Orbital" Laforet - drums (2000–2002)

Mike Harrison - guitar (2002–2003)

;Session

Aaron Sprinkle - keyboards and additional guitars (''Phenomenon'', ''Welcome to the Masquerade'', ''The End Is Where We Begin'')

Arnold Lanni - keyboards (''The Art of Breaking'')

Ken Andrews - keyboards (''The Flame in All of Us'')

Phil X - additional guitars (''The Art of Breaking'', ''The Flame in All of Us'')

Randy Torres - additional guitars (''Welcome to the Masquerade'')

Pete Stewart - additional guitar on "Fire it Up" (''Welcome to the Masquerade'')

Charlotte Martin - backing vocals on "Inhuman" (''The Flame in All of Us'')

Adam Gontier - additional vocals on "Hurt", "Go" and "Absolute" (''The Art of Breaking'')

Discography

;As Oddball '''' (1995) ;As Thousand Foot Krutch

''That's What People Do'' (1998)

''Set It Off'' (2001)

''Phenomenon'' (2003)

''Set It Off Re-Released'' (2004)

''The Art of Breaking'' (2005)

''The Flame in All of Us'' (2007)

''Welcome to the Masquerade'' (2009)

''The End Is Where We Begin'' (2012)

Awards and recognition

;Gospel Music Association Canada Covenant Awards

2005 Artist of the Year

2005 Group of the Year

2005 Modern Rock Album of the Year: ''The Art of Breaking''

2006 Video of the Year: ''Move''

2008 nominee, Group of the Year

2008 nominee, Hard Music Album of the Year: ''The Flame In All of Us''

2008 nominee, Hard Music Song of the Year: "Falls Apart"

2010 Rock Album of the Year: ''Welcome To The Masquerade''

2010 Rock Song of the Year: "Forward Motion"

2010 Hard Music Song of the Year: "Bring Me to Life"

;GMA Dove Awards

2010 nominee, Rock Album of the Year: ''Welcome to the Masquerade''

2010 nominee, Rock Song of the Year: "Bring Me To Life"

;Juno Awards

2005 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year: ''Phenomenon''

2006 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year: ''The Art of Breaking''

2008 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year, ''The Flame in All of Us''

2010 nominee, Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the year: ''Welcome to the Masquerade''

;Shai Awards (formerly The Vibe Awards)

2004 Hard Music Album of the Year: ''Phenomenon''

;Other

TFK won Taco Bell's "Feed The Beat" competition in 2008 along with Fireflight and Hit The Lights, they played the Winter X Games in Aspen with ESPN/Taco Bell.

References

External links

Official Purevolume

TFK On Billboard.com

NewReleaseTuesday.com Exclusive Interview with Trevor

Trevor McNevan talks about working at McDonald's with Three Days Grace

Category:Christian metal musical groups Category:Christian rapcore/nu metal artists Category:Nu metal musical groups Category:Musical groups from Peterborough, Ontario Category:Tooth and Nail Records artists Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Category:Rap metal musical groups Category:Canadian Christian rock groups

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