You better pin this up...
Maybe not many person know that Oda was strongly influenced by this opera airing a lot of time ago called "Vicky the viking"
And I believe Oda was influenced a lot by this cartoon to create the strawhat's crew.
Let's see all the amazing coincidences...
Vicky- He's a young and excited boy full of energy that wants to explore the sea. He's full of imagination also - Luffy
Faxe - The giant of the group on the background- He's clearly Franky. Also, both of their name start with F
Ylvi- She believes deeply in Vicky and she is a supporter - Nami
Ylva- Vicky's mother, it's right next to him in the picture, and we know that Robin is like a motherly figure inside the crew
Tjure and Snorre - They are always fighting each other, and Snorre is blond with a bang on the hair. Also his name starts with S. Does it resemble someone? Sanji and Zoro ofc
Ulme - Singer and poet of the crew. I don't need to add anything else, since it's clearly Brook
Halvar- He's big and like a fatherly figure for Luffy.
We know perfectly how much Luffy's has suffered after his brother death, and the one that has always stayed with him, and encouraged him like a father, and actually like a whole father figure inside the whole crew is Jimbei
Gilby- This is a bit difficult. Since he's a rival of the same age of Vicky, and wants to take his place. It's Usopp of course
The dog of the ship- I cannot found this character on the website, but since it's a very old cartoon, it's difficult to find informations in general, but it's clearly chopper, since it's called often Tanuki
Now let's pass to the discussion about the next strawhat:
We have
Urobe - He's the wisest and the most important source of knowledge of the crew. He's the old man on the right.
I think it's Vegapunk
Gorm- He's always on the top of the ship as lookeeper, and always able to do big jumps - C.... I think you understood who I am talking about
Doesn't it remind you a One piece OP? The way characters behave between them, the main character etc...?