Attach
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Japanese Name
アタッチ
Romanized Name
Atatchi
Official English Name
AtatchiAttach (WT100)
Debut
SBS Volume 24; Chapter 436; Episode 139
Affiliations
World Economy News Paper; Marines Photography Department (former)
Occupations
Reporter; Marine Photography Department chief (former)
Epithet
"Flaming Attachan" (炎のアタっちゃん, Honō no Atatchan?, VIZ: "Fire Atacchan")
Status
Unknown
Japanese Voice
Takashi Matsuyama
English Voice
Funimation:Charles C. Campbell
Introduction
Attach, commonly nicknamed Attachan (アタっちゃん, Atatchan?, VIZ: "Atacchan"), is a photojournalist employed by "Big News" Morgans for the World Economy News Paper. Having previously headed the Marines' Photography Department, he supplied images of many prominent outlaws—including most of the Straw Hat Pirates—for the Marines' wanted posters, but was eventually dismissed for his frequent blunders. Like Minatomo, Attach began as an SBS joke Eiichiro Oda used to "explain" a triviality—namely, how the Marines always had such high-quality illustrations of the world's most dangerous and/or unreachable criminals. In time, however, he became a fully canon character, with minor but tangible impact on the story.Attach, commonly nicknamed Attachan (アタっちゃん, Atatchan?, VIZ: "Atacchan"), is a photojournalist employed by "Big News" Morgans for the World Economy News Paper. Having previously headed the Marines' Photography Department, he supplied images of many prominent outlaws—including most of the Straw Hat Pirates—for the Marines' wanted posters, but was eventually dismissed for his frequent blunders. Like Minatomo, Attach began as an SBS joke Eiichiro Oda used to "explain" a triviality—namely, how the Marines always had such high-quality illustrations of the world's most dangerous and/or unreachable criminals. In time, however, he became a fully canon character, with minor but tangible impact on the story.
Appearance
Summary
Based on a shadowy appearance, Attach is a short and somewhat elderly man with a grayish-brown mustache. He wears a shirt with green-and-white checkered design with white sleeves, black pants, and a white top hat. After the timeskip, he remained relatively unchanged except that he now wears an armband on his right arm with the words "WE" on it, which likely stand for "World Economic".
Gallery
Personality
Summary
Not much is known about Attach's personality. He did seem surprised when his boss told him the lens cap was on during Sanji's picture, so he might be confident in his skills of photography. However, it is later revealed that he did indeed leave the lens cap on accidentally, as he was eventually fired for doing so fifty-seven times. Therefore, it can be concluded that he does not pay enough attention while working and that he is a careless person. Flaming Attachan apparently received his epithet due to the fact that before he closes the shutter, he yells "Fire!".
Abilities And Powers
Summary
According to Oda, Attach is a very skilled infiltrator, able to sneak "anywhere he likes" and photograph (almost) anyone he wants. It is unknown if he possesses any combat ability, or even any weapons. As a skilled photographer, Attach was once the chief of the Marines' Photography Department, which takes pictures of pirates and other criminals for use in wanted posters. However, he was eventually fired for repeated mistakes.
History
Past
Precisely when—or for how long—Attach joined the Marines is unknown, though it is known that he eventually became chief of the Marines' Photography Department.
Sky Island Saga
Ruluka Island Arc
Attach was on Ruluka when the Tarielishin wandered out of the Rainbow Mist. He joined the crowd of villagers watching it dock.
Water 7 Saga
Summary
Attach was present for the Straw Hat Pirates' attack on Enies Lobby, and—despite the considerable chaos—successfully photographed Sogeking, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, and Franky. However, his attempts to photograph Sanji were thwarted by numerous mishaps, culminating in a "successful" shot where he realized too late that he had forgotten to remove the lens-cap.
Post Enies Lobby Arc
After the fall of Enies Lobby, Attach followed the Straw Hats and their allies back to Water 7. Finding the whole city hailing the Straw Hats as heroes, he was able to trick Nami into posing for a photograph by claiming to be a reporter for a local newspaper. Within a week, he reported back to his superiors with the new photographs, but was forced to submit a blank for Sanji. This led to the Marines using a crude facial composite for Sanji's wanted poster—a situation that greatly displeased Sanji, but ironically protected him for a time, as it led to his birth family being stymied by false leads such as Duval.
Whole Cake Island Saga
Summary
Some time after the Summit War of Marineford, Attach was dismissed by the Marines for his fifty-seventh instance of forgetting to remove his camera's lens-cap. Afterwards, he was recruited by the World Economy News Paper, under the command of "Big News" Morgans.
Levely Arc
At the Red Port prior to the Levely, Attach was seen working directly under Morgans and helping to cover the arrival of the royal families from across the world and taking photos of the Mermaid Princess, Shirahoshi. He asked his boss, Morgans, if they should do a story on the princess but the latter was too enthralled by Shirahoshi's beauty to respond.
Wano Country Saga
Summary
One Piece Stampede
Attach was present on Delta Island and watched the "Miss Pirate" beauty contest. After Nami won, he photographed her holding the 1,000,000 prize check.
Wano Country Arc
At some point, Attach was replaced by Jabari – a member of Cipher Pol. The switch was made known when Jabari attempted to stop Morgans from publicizing a certain incident, tearing off his disguise and revealing his identity.
Merchandise
Video Games
Nonplayable Appearances
One Piece: Ocean's Dream! One Piece: Grand Battle! 3
Trivia
Summary
Sanji's photograph error wherein Attach left the cap on is a well known mistake that both professional and amateur photographers make alike. Attach makes cameo appearances in several games throughout the early 2000s, with a personal goal of photographing Pandaman.