2009 is easily the best year for One Piece ever
Saying that, I think this thread should be kind of a record for all the cool One Piece type stuff that happened this year
Here we go:
Febuary 13 - Chapter 532
April 10 - One Piece Character Tournament was announced to be coming back. (Luffy being the victor)
April 12 - Episode 396
May 30 - Funimation Simulcast shuts down
May 31 - Unofficial One Piece Podcast Pilot released
June 14 - Episode 405
June 19 - PAL release of One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Episode 1
July 3rd - Viz announces manga speed up and and english release of ID chapters in Shonen Jump
August 30 - Funimation Simulcast comes back (Episode 415)
September 25 - PAL release of One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Episode 2
November 25 - 2 chapters in 1 week, chapter 565 and chapter 0.
November 27 - Arlong Park Forums Awards was announced to be coming back as well.
December 12 - STRONG WORLD!!!!!!!!!
That's all I can think about worth mentioning so far
You're all free to add in whatever you want and I'll add it later or something