It holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running television animated show ever. Sazae-San lives in a house with her husband, kids and parents.
The longest-running anime TV series is Fuji TV's Sazae-san (Japan), which was first broadcast on 5 October 1969 and has run for 53 years 58 days, as of 2 December 2022. Produced by the studio Eiken, the animation features Sazae and her family focusing on day-to-day life in the suburbs.
In the Shonen anime community, there are four main series that have helped to define the Shonen genre. Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach are known as the “Big Four.”
The earliest anime that was produced in Japan to have survived into the modern day, The Dull Sword, was released on June 30, 1917, but there it is disputed which title was the first to get that honour.
One Piece first aired in October 1999 and has been consistently adding new episodes ever since. If you were to watch them all without any breaks or sleep, it would take you a total of 420.8 hours or 17.53 days. However, the bigger question is whether it's truly worth investing your time in this series.
Written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece has been serialized by Shueisha in the shōnen manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 22, 1997. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on December 24, 1997.
Global Anime Market size was valued at USD 26.055 billion in 2021 and is poised to grow from USD 28.61 billion in 2022 to USD 60.06 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 9.8% in the forecast period (2023-2030).
Tezuka Osamu is one of the most important persons in the history of Japanese anime, which is defined as all animated content from Japan, and he is regarded as the father of Japanese anime. Let's look into his life and work!
It holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running television animated show ever. Sazae-San lives in a house with her husband, kids and parents.
The One Piece is the name the world gave to all the treasure gained by the Pirate King Gol D. Roger. At least a portion of it once belonged to Joy Boy during the Void Century. The treasure is said to be of unimaginable value, and is currently located on the final island of the Grand Line: Laugh Tale.
