Awards and accolades
One Piece was nominated for the 23rd Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 1999.[181] It was a finalist for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize three times in a row from 2000 to 2002,[182][183][184] with the highest number of fan nominations in the first two years.[185] The manga was nominated for Favorite Manga Series in Nickelodeon Magazine's 2009 Comics Awards.[186] In 2012, the series won the 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award Grand Prize, alongside Kimuchi Yokoyama's Neko Darake.[187] In 2014, the series received the 18th Yomiuri Advertising Award's Golden Medal.[188] It also won the 34th Newspaper Advertising Award in the Advertising category[189] and the 67th Advertising Dentsu Award in Newspaper Advertising Planning category.[190]