By 17 he had already won several awards and got a job at the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. He drew two pirate-themed one-shot stories including “Romance Dawn” starring Monkey D. Luffy who became the protagonist for One Piece. The series began serialization in 1997 in Weekly Shonen Jump. He has also worked on the manga series Wanted!, God’s Present for the Future, Ikki Yako, Monsters, and Cross Epoch among others. Oda has released seven One Piece Color Walk art books.