Well, I've been adding quite a few series to the Comic Vine wiki these past few months. I've added in casts from smaller series. They're easier to get done and over with. You feel a sense of accomplishment in filling out a whole cast. Call me crazy, but I've finally started in on one of the largest and expanding series in manga. Eiichiro Oda's ONE PIECE.ONE PIECE is one of the the highest selling series currently running. It doesn't just outsell other manga. Nothing is even close to it's numbers. Last year, NARUTO, ONE PIECE's closest competitor, released four volumes that sold 6.5 million units. ONE PIECE sold 23.5 million.units.

I've maintained the cast on Anime Vice for a long time, but I felt I should also add them to Comic Vine. I'm going through them alphabetically as to not miss anyone. The problem is that this cast is gigantic. I did the math earlier today. This series has over 420 characters. I think I've added up to 30-40 characters to the CV database today, and I'm not even through the Bs yet.

There are quite a few characters on the Comic Vine database, but many, many more aren't. Just to give you the briefest idea of just how expansive this cast is. Just look to the image below drawn by Oda. Almost every single character you see in this picture is a named character in ONE PIECE, and they are mostly just from the series' Navy.

I may be insane taking on this task, but better to start now. It also gives me a good excuse to really help stress test the new database for the site to find bugs. I recently reached over 1 Million wiki points on Anime Vice. Odds are that by the time I'm done with this project. I may be half way there on Comic Vine.

My plan is to first go through the characters before I start filling out their appearances in the actual volumes. After that, I'll then look to the teams or locations from this series. I'm already adding new characters as they appear in the series. I have my digital WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP membership that helps me get some nice images.

-Kristoffer Remmell ( FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @AnimeVicers/ @ FoxxFireArt