Straw Hat, Monkey D. Luffy, is the founding captain of the Straw Hat Pirates and one of the top four fighters. His dream is to become the Pirate King and to find the legendary Van Pis treasure left by the late Pirate King, Gol D. Roger. He believes that by becoming King of the Pirates he will become the freest man in the world.
Straw Hat is the main character of the famous Japanese anime franchise One Piece, which was written by Junki Takegami and released as a series in 1999 by Toei Animation Studio. The anime series One Piece counts 907 episodes, while the One Piece manga has 959 chapters.
The protagonist of this story is a guy in a straw hat named Monkey D. Luffy. All the hero dreams of adventure and travel. As a young child, he eats a devil fruit and becomes a rubber man. He now has the unusual ability to stretch his body and limbs to any size. Luffy’s current goal is to become the leader of the pirates. But to do so, according to legend, he must get to the ancient treasure of Van Pis. Once upon a time, Gol D. Roger himself hid it somewhere on the Grand Line, a stream that connects many islands around the world. Our merry man decides to go in search of it.
Stupidity and fearlessness are the two main traits of this kid, capable of being surprised by simple little things. Being the strongest fighter on the team along with the ability to stretch his body, he is bad at the most trivial things, calling those magic. Slowly reacts to some external influences and is capable of any questions.
What is Straw Hat?
Straw Hat is the nickname of Monkey D. Luffy, the main character in the One Piece manga and anime, who aspires to be the Pirate King by all means. He is helped in his quest by his strength, speed, the ability to stretch his body parts gained from eating the Devil Fruit, and the faithful Mugiwara team.
In terms of visual identity, the logo of the hero had its straw hat as the brightest element. It is a straw headdress made by weaving, decorated with a red ribbon of medium width around the outline. Legend has it that the ribbon was sewn by Nami after she pulled a piece of paper from the mouth of Matsuge, the camel that accompanied the Straw Hat crew on their Alabasta Desert journey.
The Straw Hat logo depicts a black-and-white caricature of a skull, placed over two crossed bones. The white skull in a medium-thick black outline is wearing a bright yellow straw hat with a red ribbon. All the elements of the image are outlined in black, which makes the picture look very distinctive, with recognizable geometry and rounded angles. More often the skull can be seen on a white background, although sometimes it can be placed over a solid black field.
The cartoonish logo of the Straw Hat character from the One Piece anime does not have any lettering on it, hence there is no typeface to identify. Although, the color palette of the badge is composed of four shades: black and white for the skull, and red and yellow for the straw hat and the ribbon. The two last shades elevate the look of the badge and make it eye-catching and instantly recognizable.