Japanese government might build the Going Merry from One Piece
*Note* picture is not the actual ship discussed in news article*
With a One Piece theme park already made, ideas are being thrown around to create the going merry, the ship used by characters in the super popular series One Piece.
Citizens from the town of Kumamoto prefecture Japan have been pushing a plan on the local town goverment to create a replica of the going merry. If the goverment agread to the proposal the the ship would be constructed at Karashima Park in the prefectural capital of Kumamoto City, which also happens to be the birthplace of Eiichiro Oda the creator of One Piece.
Assembly Member Seiichi Nishi asserted that the plan will stimulate the local economy. Kumamoto Governor Ikuo Kabashima expressed his approval of the plan and his willingness to explore ways that the prefectural government can support the civic group’s “dream.”
The local TKU television station noted in its news coverage of the assembly meeting that it airs the One Piece anime every Saturday. It also noted that the most recent volume of Oda’s original manga set a Japanese record on March 4 with a first printing of 3 million copies — topping Harry Potter. 185.6 million copies of the manga have been sold so far.
