“One Piece” continues to bring out more for its fans and franchise and this time it comes in the form of a video game titled “Code Name Dawn.”
Revealed on Saturday in this year’s 33rd issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine the game will be featuring the talents of Hiroki Koyama, the anime’s producer and more. Included in this list of talents is “One Piece’s” media supervisor Suguru Sugita and “One Piece” game supervisor Yuji Suzuki, both from Shueisha.
Lastly, there is “One Piece” game producer Kouji Nakajima from Bandai Namco Entertainment. More details on the game will be revealed by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump, V Jump, and on One Piece’s official website.
Also revealed in the issue is that the official website of the series and a special 20th anniversary website will be revealing nine upcoming events for the franchise. Speaking of the 20th anniversary, along with previous issues, the 33rd issue has been hinting that “something will happen” on the manga’s official 20th anniversary date of July 22.
In commemoration of the anniversary, the issue will be featuring 10 projects ncluding a cover illustration recalling the issue that published the first chapter of One Piece on July 22, 1997 (original cover from 1997 pictured above right), an opening-page poster, a message from Oda, a 15-page one-shot manga by Toriko’s Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro about his memories of Oda, and more.
As a bonus for the fans, the issue will be featuring a hidden image of a straw hat in each each chapter of different mangas.
On another note, the franchise’s first overseas exhibition “Hello, One Piece Exhibition” will be making its way in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August-October.
To add to everything, the issue has also released the following announcements:
- A renewal of the One Piece official website and a new 20th anniversary special website.
The Tokyo One Piece Tower theme park will feature a summer festival called “Tokyo Pirates Festival” starting on July 22.
- The three One Piece smartphone games (Treasure Cruise, Thousand Storm, Grand Collection) will have special 20th anniversary in-game events starting later this month.
- Shueisha will release volumes 1-60 of the manga digitally on a special website for free for a limited time.
- 20th anniversary illustration Figuarts Zero figures of all nine Straw Hat Crew members.
Luffy and Chopper stamps for the communication app SNOW starting on July 21.
A “One Piece Ōgiri Challenge” on the LINE app starting on July 21.
- A Twitter campaign where Twitter will create a straw hat emoji for users who use the hashtags #ONEPIECE, #ONEPIECE20th, #ワンピース, or #ワンピース20周年 starting on July 22.
- An “Everyone’s Luffy” campaign where Shueisha is taking applications of fanart of Luffy until August 31, and will feature a collection of 100 pieces the fanart (alongside a drawing of Luffy by Oda) on a future cover of Weekly Shonen Jump later this year.
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork