**SERIES INFORMATION** Type: TV Episodes: Unknown Status: Currently Airing Aired: Oct 20, 1999 to ? Premiered: Fall 1999 Producers: Fuji TV, TAP Licensors: FUNimation Entertainment, 4Kids Entertainment Studios: Toei Animation Source: Manga Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Shounen, Super Power Duration: 24 min. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older **Summary** A glimpse of the past, how Luffy and Ace met! The battle at Marineford has come to a close, but the story of Luffy and Ace's past has yet to be told! As a boy of only seven, Luffy is reluctantly taken in by the Dadan family of mountain bandits at his grandfather's request. After many failed attempts, he finally befriends Dadan's other charge, the moody and reckless Ace. Together with their friend Sabo, the boys loot the junkyard known as the Gray Terminal and battle mighty beasts of the forest. Dreaming of becoming pirates, the three form inseparable bonds of brotherhood. But the impending arrival of a Celestial Dragon throws the kingdom into a frenzy as they try to hide the garbage that has shamed their noble city. Playtime is over when Sabo's family takes their son away and a sinister plan to destroy the Gray Terminal unfolds.