One Piece Day '24, Bigger with New Live Performances, One Piece Day' 24 Report
ONE PIECE DAY '24
BIGGER AND BETTER WITH NEW LIVE PERFORMANCES!
ONE PIECE DAY' 24 Event Report
[Highlights]
Day 1
Exhibition Area
• Results for the Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable - was announced.
• A Video from Iñaki Godoy, who plays Luffy in the Netflix Series “ONE PIECE” was introduced, where he commented on filming the 2nd season in Japanese.
LIVE Area
• Fans got excited as GRe4N BOYZ, Mori Calliope, Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani sang their iconic ONE PIECE related songs.
• TERU from GLAY made a “surprise” appearance on stage for the encore and sang “We Are! for the new world.”
Day 2
Exhibition Area
• An in depth interview of the production team with the new anime series, "THE ONE PIECE" was released.
• Anime “ONE PIECE” made its 300th volume of DVDs, making a Guinness World Record of: “Most DVDs released of a serial anime TV programme.”
• Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space" Live Recording took place with 9 Straw Hat Pirates and 7 Vegapunk voice actors all together.
LIVE Area
• Ado and BE:FIRST performed. Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani also joined, and made the crowd in a tidal wave of enthusiasm.
• Voice actors from The Straw Hat Pirates made a surprise appearance as they sang “BINKUSUNO SAKE” for the finale!
In collaboration with Shueisha Inc. and Toei Animation Co., Ltd., Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. held "ONE PIECE DAY '24," a two-day event that brought together all aspects of "ONE PIECE” including: manga, anime, movies, music, games, and merchandise for "ONE PIECE" fans attracting attendees to the in-person festivities at Makuhari Messe from Saturday, August 10 to Sunday, August 11, 2024 (JST).
In addition, fans all over the world went wild over all things ONE PIECE on the open stage festivities by streaming for free on the official ONE PIECE YouTube channel and by paid streaming tickets 'ONE PIECE DAY '24 SPECIAL LIVE' concert.
The event, being its 3rd annual year was held at Makuhari Messe, and expanded into two areas for the first time: the Exhibition Area and the LIVE Area.
In the Exhibition Area, an open stage was set up once again for this year's event. Special programs featuring exciting guests were held with the following: Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable-, ONE PIECE WORLD FIGURE COLOSSEUM Stage Event, ONE PIECE BOUNTY RUSH The 2nd Extreme Treasure Festival Tournament Finals, any more special programs featuring exciting guest on Day 1.
On Day 2, the following stages were held: Coverage of creating "THE ONE PIECE", UT×ONE PIECE Special Stage, ONE PIECE Card Game Special Stage, The 6th ONE PIECE Knowledge King Final Candidate Announcement Stage, Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space"Live Recording, and many more contents with notable guests.
The top music artists gathered at the LIVE Area, 'ONE PIECE DAY'24 SPECIAL LIVE', where performances were held.
Maki Otsuki, Hiroshi Kitadani, GRe4N BOYZ, and Mori Calliope who has brought joys to ONE PIECE through various music performed. The special, one and only setlist brought the crowd to the climax.
As an encore, TERU from GLAY made a surprise appearance and joined the other performers, a collaboration truly beyond imagination on Day 1.
At the end of the 2nd day at the LIVE Area, Ado and BE:FIRST performed. ONE PIECE fans were deeply moved by Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani appearing on stage once more as seen on the 1st day. The special setlist made for this event got the crowd warmed up. Voice actors from The Straw Hat Pirates appeared as an encore, as they sang “BINKUSUNO SAKE” with Hiroshi Kitadani and Maki Otsuki, as they made a heartfelt, touching finale to the event.
DAY1:Exhibition Area - Open Stage
Announcement of
Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable-The Most Memorable Scene was Going Merry Thanking its crew!
The first Open Stage that took place on Saturday, August 10th welcomed Ryusei Ikuta, a Fujitelevision announcer as a presenter and announced the results of Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable-. All 100 scenes were reflected with the Production Crews, with Shu Watabe, an actor, and Momoka Ito from AKB48 19th generation trainee as guests.
The top 30th scenes were announced. The 3rd place was from Episode 37, “Luffy Rises! Result of the Broken Promise!”, the scene where Luffy does his best to respond to Nami's tearful plea. The 2nd place was from Episode 706, “Advance, Law! The Kindhearted Man's Final Fight! ”, where Corazon grins to Law, “Hey, Law!! I love you!!” A glorious 1st place was given to Episode 312, “Thank you, Merry! Snow Falls Over the Parting Sea!”, where Going Merry, burns to the brim, and thanks its crew for their support, “You always treated me well. Thank you.”
Many fans shed tears while watching tragic but touching scenes on screen. As the crowd was all in agreement that scene was the most memorable, Nagamine, one of the creators commented, “There are main characters saying “Thank you” to broken robots or machines, but in ONE PIECE, it's the opposite; Going Merry is the one saying, “You always treated me well. Thank you.”, which makes it even more memorable.”
He also mentioned, “I'm being honest, but the staff who worked on the drawing for this scene cried. They worked during the night, and when you return for work in the morning, their tear stains can be seen on their work.” as he recalled in the production of this fabulous, memorable scene.
ONE PIECE BOUNTY RUSH
The 2nd Extreme Treasure Festival Tournament -Finals- was held!
At the Open Stage, ONE PIECE BOUNTY RUSH The 2nd Extreme Treasure Festival Tournament -Finals- took place at 3:30 PM(JST). The event was held with Yuka Kuramochi as the MC, Yusuke Hiraiwa as the
Live Commentator, and Bounty Rush's Chief Producer, TanaP, and many extreme battles took place.
At the final match, two finalists, Team Otomodachi and Team Ambivalent fought for their Champion title.
Team Otomodachi won the first battle and took the lead. However, the last year's champion, Team Ambivalent, took hold of Team Otomodachi, and won the second and the third battle, making a close call to checkmate. In the final fourth battle, both sides refused to budge, however, after a fierce struggle, Team Ambivalent won once again. Team Ambivalent was given a championship shield, and they all shared their moment of victory with a smile.
After the final battle, a memorable promotional video celebrating over 150 million downloads was played.
To celebrate this, a livestream will take place on 8/19 (Mon) 8 PM (JST).
PV URL:https://youtu.be/TVFa2SpTcFU?si=DpPZpz69uWe57pUy
“ONE PIECE GRAND ARENA” is scheduled to be released in the virtual platform, Roblox this winter!
It was announced that a new game, “ONE PIECE GRAND ARENA” is scheduled to be released in the world's most popular virtual platform, Roblox.
The game is currently scheduled to be released in winter of 2024.
For further information: https://discord.gg/HNvRaStvDb
A Video from Iñaki Godoy, who plays Luffy in the Netflix Series “ONE PIECE”, was introduced, where he commented on filming the 2nd season in Japanese!
As a perk of this event, the latest ONE PIECE information was released from the News Corner. A special surprise video comment was announced from the Netflix TV Series, “ONE PIECE”, and it made the crowd excited for its Season 2.
Iñaki Godoy, who plays Luffy, showed up on screen and gave a video message from the filming location, Cape Town. Godoy had been practicing Japanese while filming and presented in the video. He expressed his passionate feelings towards fans and mentioned, “When I'm done filming, I'll go to Japan and talk in Japanese with all of you guys! Let's go to the Grandline!!!!” in Japanese.
DAY1:LIVE Area
GRe4N BOYZ, Mori Calliope, Maki Otsuki, and Hiroshi Kitadani performed popular songs from “ONE PIECE” in front of around 6,000 Fans.
Fabulous four artists, GRe4N BOYZ, Mori Calliope, Maki Otsuki, and Hiroshi Kitadani gathered at the LIVE Area, 'ONE PIECE DAY'24 SPECIAL LIVE'. Around 6,000 attendees were filled with excitement.
The first to perform was GRe4N BOYZ.
As the opening video was presented, loud clapping occurred, and the performance started with ONE PIECE's theme park, “Tokyo ONE PIECE Tower”'s official music, “PHANTOM -Yakusoku-”. The opening act was a success, as they said, “Let's enjoy ONE PIECE DAYʼ24 until the end!”
Mori Calliope appeared next, performing the comics volume 106's official theme song, “Future Island.” She also performed a cover of “Hikari e” as a special tribute and allured the crowd with her special performance.
Maki Otsuki performed both her popular, classic, and new ending themes. After singing “RUN! RUN! RUN!” as her first song, the crowd was filled with extreme joy.
Hiroshi Kitadani appeared last and performed his four opening themes. As he appeared on stage, all the fans stood up. He showed an enthusiastic performance, as the crowd cheered.
[Song setlist]
GRe4N BOYZ
・PHANTOM -Yakusoku-
・weeeek
・Orange
・Kiseki
・ 4 ever Dooon!!!!
・Koe (koe2018)
Mori Calliope
・Future Island
・MERA MERA
・Hikari e
Maki Otsuki
・ RUN! RUN! RUN!
・ Dear sunrise
・ memories
Hiroshi Kitadani
・We Go!
・OVER THE TOP
・UUUUUS!!
・We Are!
For the new world
TERU from GLAY appeared as a surprise guest for the encore and sang “We Are! for the new world” passionately!
For the encore, a “surprise” guest, TERU, vocalist of the rock band GLAY appeared. With their biggest event “GLAY EXPO” taking place last year commemorating their 30th anniversary, Eiichiro Oda presented them with illustrations drawn for them, resulting for his surprise appearance at the live.
TERU sang “HOWEVER” in solo. “ONE PIECE” fans were overjoyed with this unforgettable moment. Hiroshi Kitadani and GRe4N BOYZ also joined for the second time singing “We Are! For the New World”, making this a special moment just for this event.
After singing, Hiroshi Kitadani commented, “It was great being able to say “We Are!” with all of you!” TERU also mentioned gratitude, “Everyone, thank you so much!!”, closing the first day of ONE PIECE DAY'24.
[Encore Setlist]
TERU
・HOWEVER
TERU/Hiroshi Kitadani/GRe4N BOYZ
・We Are! For the new world
DAY2:Exhibition Area - Open Stage
Released a behind the scenes video of the new anime series “THE ONE PIECE”!
The anime production company, “WIT STUDIO” announced the production staffs.
In the coverage of creating THE ONE PIECE, brand new information was released since the announcement of its creation in “Jump Festa 2024” last December.
This will be a new anime series starting the adventure from the origin, “East Blue Saga”. This is scheduled to be streamed on Netflix, and many more. The anime is currently being developed by WIT STUDIO. This production company has created many great hits in anime such as “SPY×FAMILY” and “Attack on Titan.” WIT STUDIO announced their main production staff working on this project and the behind-the-scenes video was released.
The Director, Koizuka commented, “All staff are excited to be able to recreate ONE PIECE. I will be sure to make ONE PIECE an anime enjoyed by both people who've already seen it and those who are new to it.
Please stay tuned!” With his comment, fans grew their expectations of the project.
Production Staff
Director: Masashi Koizuka
Assistant Director: Hideaki Abe
Character Design and Chief Animation Director:
Kyoji Asano
Takatoshi Honda
Creature design and Image board: Yasuhiro Kajino
Prop Design: Eri Taguchi
Series Staff: Taku Kishiomoto
Action Animator:
Ken Imaizumi
Shuhei Fukuda
Visual Director: Tomonori Kuroda
Animation Producer: Ryoma Kawamura
“THE ONE PIECE” Production Notes Vol.1 Behind the scenes of production URL: https://youtu.be/uB6WQYbgQzQ
The anime “ONE PIECE” made its 300th volume of DVDs, making a Guinness World Record of: “Most DVDs released of a serial anime TV programme”!
The Open Stage on the 2nd day had many fans eyeing the surprise announcement of the anime “ONE PIECE” making a Guinness World Record of, “Most DVDs released of a serial anime TV programme”.
This was due to the TV show ONE PIECE releasing its 300th volume of DVDs, resulting in a Guinness World Record. A surprise” certification ceremony was held before the Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space" Live Recording, and Mayumi Tanaka, a voice actor of Luffy, received the certificate from Guinness Worlds Records.
Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space" Live Recording took place with 9 Straw Hat Pirates and 7 Vegapunk voice actors co-star.
TV anime ONE PIECE made its 25th anniversary in October 2024, as a special content of “Anime ONE PIECE 25th anniversary and Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. 70th anniversary Radio, Mugiwara Space”, recorded live in front of many fans at the Open Stage. “Mugiwara Space” is broadcast from
Nippon Broadcasting every Sunday from 1 AM-1:30 AM and this specific recording will be broadcast on August 11th and 18th. The stage had nine Straw Hat Pirates and seven Vegapunk voice actors, resulting in a gathering of 16 voice actors. It was truly a precious moment for all the fans!
Kazuya Nakai (Zoro) commented on this on-stage recording, “I was expecting this radio recording to be difficult because there are so many people today, and because it's confusing when we're recording even between two of us! But it was so fun!” Hirano (Lilith) commented, “Time went by so quickly, so I'd love if we would be invited as guests in the usual radio recording in the future.” and ended the stage in an immense success.
Straw Hat Pirates Voice Actors:
Guests:Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy),
Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro), Akemi Okamura (Nami),
Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp), Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji)
Ikue Ōtani (Chopper), Yuriko Yamaguchi (Nico Robin),
and Katsuhisa Hōki (Jinbe)
Vegapunk Voice Actors:
Yohei Tadano (Dr. Vegapunk), Shuhei Sakaguchi (Shaka),
Aya Hirano (Lilith), Ryoko Shiraishi (Edison),
Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Pythagoras), Kaede Hondo (Atlas),
and Mutsumi Tamura (York)
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DAY2:LIVE Area
Ado and BE:FIRST performed on DAY 2!
Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani joined as the crowd was in a tidal wave of enthusiasm.
The 2nd day of LIVE Area had Ado, BE:FIRST, Maki Otsuki, and Hiroshi Kitadani, the four artists performed. Day 2 had approximately 6,000 people, filling the venue with joy. The first to appear and perform was Ado, now famous worldwide for a singing role in the movie, “ONE PIECE FILM RED” two years ago, as “The Diva”, Uta. The performance started with Uta appearing on screen, as she enthusiastically shouted at the crowd, “We're going to hype up the stage much, much more than yesterday!” Then, Ado hit the spotlight, performing her first song “Backlight”. This had the whole audience in heat. The last performance was the theme song of the movie, “NEW GENESIS”, which brought the crowd to its peak and led them to recall FILM RED.
BE:FIRST performed next and sang “Set Sail”, a collaboration song with ONE PIECE CARD as their first song. They then sang their hybrid hip hop dance number, “Boom Boom Back” and the crowd went wild. For their last song, “Mainstream”, they performed their perfect songs and dances and grasped everyone's heart.
After their performance, they announced that BE:FIRST would be singing the new ending theme song to ONE PIECE.
Maki Otsuki, who appeared next, sang her first ending theme for ONE PIECE, which was 25 years ago, “memories”, and three more songs including “Dear sunrise”, the ending theme to “Egghead”.
Hiroshi Kitadani appeared last, and said, “I'll sing with all of my heart! Forget about anything you have tomorrow and let's all go home with dry, sore throats! This is the last song, “We Are!””. Fans all stood up and had their hands up, filled with joy.
[Setlist]
Ado
・Backlight
・Fleeting Lullaby
・Tot Musica
・I'm Invincible
・Where the Wind Blows
・NEW GENESIS
BE:FIRST
・ Set Sail
・ Boom Boom Back
・ Mainstream
Maki Otsuki
・ RUN!RUN!RUN!
・ Dear sunrise
・ memories
Hiroshi Kitadani
・We Go!
・OVER THE TOP
・UUUUUS!!
・We Are! For the new world
Voice actors from The Straw Hat Pirates made a surprise appearance as they sang “BINKUSUNO SAKE” for the finale!
The wonderful finale was made with a surprise appearance of the Straw Hat Pirates' voice actors: Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy), Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro), Akemi Okamura (Nami)/Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp), Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji), Ikue Ōtani (Chopper), Yuriko Yamaguchi (Nico Robin), Cho (Brook), and Katsuhisa Hōki (Jinbe)as they appeared on stage.
They sang ”BINKUSUNO SAKE” along with Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani.
The audience poured voices of surprise and joy. Cho (Brook) shouted, “There's only this song to a pirate! “BIKUSUNO SAKE”!! Yohohoho!!”, then Hiroshi Kitadani and Maki Otsuki joined them to sing,
“BINKUSUNO SAKE”. The crowd all clapped to cheer them on.
After the performance, Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy) suggested, “One of our friends didn't make it today, so can we all do Franky's “SUPER!”?”. The voice actors, performers on stage, and the audience all shouted,
“SUPER!”. Finally, Tanaka shouted, “All of you who came today are my friends!”
The grand celebration for all ONE PIECE fans, ONE PIECE DAY'24, which took two days in a row, made its closure.
[Encore Setlist]
Straw Hat Pirates Voice Actors/Hiroshi Kitadani/Maki Otsuki
BINKUSUNO SAKE
ONE PIECE DAY'24 Overview
■ Title: Exhibition Area name: ONE PIECE DAY '24
■Live Area name: ONE PIECE DAY '24 SPECIAL LIVE
■Dates: August 10 (Saturday) and August 11 (Sunday), 2024
■Venue: Exhibition Area|Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, Exhibition Hall 1-3
■Live Area| Makuhari Messe Makuhari Event Hall
■Entrance: Exhibition Area: ONE PIECE'24 Entrance Ticket 9:00~18:00 (Last entry at 17:00)
LIVE Area: ONE PIECE DAY'24 SPECIAL LIVE Ticket(Special seating / General Seating)
Opening: 17:30 Closing: 18:30
Sponsored: Shueisha Inc. / Toei Animation Co., Ltd. / Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
■ URL: https://onepiece-day.com/en
■Copyright:
©Eiichiro Oda/SHUEISHA
©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation
BIGGER AND BETTER WITH NEW LIVE PERFORMANCES!
ONE PIECE DAY' 24 Event Report
[Highlights]
Day 1
Exhibition Area
• Results for the Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable - was announced.
• A Video from Iñaki Godoy, who plays Luffy in the Netflix Series “ONE PIECE” was introduced, where he commented on filming the 2nd season in Japanese.
LIVE Area
• Fans got excited as GRe4N BOYZ, Mori Calliope, Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani sang their iconic ONE PIECE related songs.
• TERU from GLAY made a “surprise” appearance on stage for the encore and sang “We Are! for the new world.”
Day 2
Exhibition Area
• An in depth interview of the production team with the new anime series, "THE ONE PIECE" was released.
• Anime “ONE PIECE” made its 300th volume of DVDs, making a Guinness World Record of: “Most DVDs released of a serial anime TV programme.”
• Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space" Live Recording took place with 9 Straw Hat Pirates and 7 Vegapunk voice actors all together.
LIVE Area
• Ado and BE:FIRST performed. Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani also joined, and made the crowd in a tidal wave of enthusiasm.
• Voice actors from The Straw Hat Pirates made a surprise appearance as they sang “BINKUSUNO SAKE” for the finale!
In collaboration with Shueisha Inc. and Toei Animation Co., Ltd., Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. held "ONE PIECE DAY '24," a two-day event that brought together all aspects of "ONE PIECE” including: manga, anime, movies, music, games, and merchandise for "ONE PIECE" fans attracting attendees to the in-person festivities at Makuhari Messe from Saturday, August 10 to Sunday, August 11, 2024 (JST).
In addition, fans all over the world went wild over all things ONE PIECE on the open stage festivities by streaming for free on the official ONE PIECE YouTube channel and by paid streaming tickets 'ONE PIECE DAY '24 SPECIAL LIVE' concert.
The event, being its 3rd annual year was held at Makuhari Messe, and expanded into two areas for the first time: the Exhibition Area and the LIVE Area.
In the Exhibition Area, an open stage was set up once again for this year's event. Special programs featuring exciting guests were held with the following: Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable-, ONE PIECE WORLD FIGURE COLOSSEUM Stage Event, ONE PIECE BOUNTY RUSH The 2nd Extreme Treasure Festival Tournament Finals, any more special programs featuring exciting guest on Day 1.
On Day 2, the following stages were held: Coverage of creating "THE ONE PIECE", UT×ONE PIECE Special Stage, ONE PIECE Card Game Special Stage, The 6th ONE PIECE Knowledge King Final Candidate Announcement Stage, Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space"Live Recording, and many more contents with notable guests.
The top music artists gathered at the LIVE Area, 'ONE PIECE DAY'24 SPECIAL LIVE', where performances were held.
Maki Otsuki, Hiroshi Kitadani, GRe4N BOYZ, and Mori Calliope who has brought joys to ONE PIECE through various music performed. The special, one and only setlist brought the crowd to the climax.
As an encore, TERU from GLAY made a surprise appearance and joined the other performers, a collaboration truly beyond imagination on Day 1.
At the end of the 2nd day at the LIVE Area, Ado and BE:FIRST performed. ONE PIECE fans were deeply moved by Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani appearing on stage once more as seen on the 1st day. The special setlist made for this event got the crowd warmed up. Voice actors from The Straw Hat Pirates appeared as an encore, as they sang “BINKUSUNO SAKE” with Hiroshi Kitadani and Maki Otsuki, as they made a heartfelt, touching finale to the event.
DAY1:Exhibition Area - Open Stage
Announcement of
Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable-The Most Memorable Scene was Going Merry Thanking its crew!
The first Open Stage that took place on Saturday, August 10th welcomed Ryusei Ikuta, a Fujitelevision announcer as a presenter and announced the results of Anime "ONE PIECE" Best Scenes Poll -Top 100 Scenes Production Crews Find Memorable-. All 100 scenes were reflected with the Production Crews, with Shu Watabe, an actor, and Momoka Ito from AKB48 19th generation trainee as guests.
The top 30th scenes were announced. The 3rd place was from Episode 37, “Luffy Rises! Result of the Broken Promise!”, the scene where Luffy does his best to respond to Nami's tearful plea. The 2nd place was from Episode 706, “Advance, Law! The Kindhearted Man's Final Fight! ”, where Corazon grins to Law, “Hey, Law!! I love you!!” A glorious 1st place was given to Episode 312, “Thank you, Merry! Snow Falls Over the Parting Sea!”, where Going Merry, burns to the brim, and thanks its crew for their support, “You always treated me well. Thank you.”
Many fans shed tears while watching tragic but touching scenes on screen. As the crowd was all in agreement that scene was the most memorable, Nagamine, one of the creators commented, “There are main characters saying “Thank you” to broken robots or machines, but in ONE PIECE, it's the opposite; Going Merry is the one saying, “You always treated me well. Thank you.”, which makes it even more memorable.”
He also mentioned, “I'm being honest, but the staff who worked on the drawing for this scene cried. They worked during the night, and when you return for work in the morning, their tear stains can be seen on their work.” as he recalled in the production of this fabulous, memorable scene.
ONE PIECE BOUNTY RUSH
The 2nd Extreme Treasure Festival Tournament -Finals- was held!
At the Open Stage, ONE PIECE BOUNTY RUSH The 2nd Extreme Treasure Festival Tournament -Finals- took place at 3:30 PM(JST). The event was held with Yuka Kuramochi as the MC, Yusuke Hiraiwa as the
Live Commentator, and Bounty Rush's Chief Producer, TanaP, and many extreme battles took place.
At the final match, two finalists, Team Otomodachi and Team Ambivalent fought for their Champion title.
Team Otomodachi won the first battle and took the lead. However, the last year's champion, Team Ambivalent, took hold of Team Otomodachi, and won the second and the third battle, making a close call to checkmate. In the final fourth battle, both sides refused to budge, however, after a fierce struggle, Team Ambivalent won once again. Team Ambivalent was given a championship shield, and they all shared their moment of victory with a smile.
After the final battle, a memorable promotional video celebrating over 150 million downloads was played.
To celebrate this, a livestream will take place on 8/19 (Mon) 8 PM (JST).
PV URL:https://youtu.be/TVFa2SpTcFU?si=DpPZpz69uWe57pUy
“ONE PIECE GRAND ARENA” is scheduled to be released in the virtual platform, Roblox this winter!
It was announced that a new game, “ONE PIECE GRAND ARENA” is scheduled to be released in the world's most popular virtual platform, Roblox.
The game is currently scheduled to be released in winter of 2024.
For further information: https://discord.gg/HNvRaStvDb
A Video from Iñaki Godoy, who plays Luffy in the Netflix Series “ONE PIECE”, was introduced, where he commented on filming the 2nd season in Japanese!
As a perk of this event, the latest ONE PIECE information was released from the News Corner. A special surprise video comment was announced from the Netflix TV Series, “ONE PIECE”, and it made the crowd excited for its Season 2.
Iñaki Godoy, who plays Luffy, showed up on screen and gave a video message from the filming location, Cape Town. Godoy had been practicing Japanese while filming and presented in the video. He expressed his passionate feelings towards fans and mentioned, “When I'm done filming, I'll go to Japan and talk in Japanese with all of you guys! Let's go to the Grandline!!!!” in Japanese.
DAY1:LIVE Area
GRe4N BOYZ, Mori Calliope, Maki Otsuki, and Hiroshi Kitadani performed popular songs from “ONE PIECE” in front of around 6,000 Fans.
Fabulous four artists, GRe4N BOYZ, Mori Calliope, Maki Otsuki, and Hiroshi Kitadani gathered at the LIVE Area, 'ONE PIECE DAY'24 SPECIAL LIVE'. Around 6,000 attendees were filled with excitement.
The first to perform was GRe4N BOYZ.
As the opening video was presented, loud clapping occurred, and the performance started with ONE PIECE's theme park, “Tokyo ONE PIECE Tower”'s official music, “PHANTOM -Yakusoku-”. The opening act was a success, as they said, “Let's enjoy ONE PIECE DAYʼ24 until the end!”
Mori Calliope appeared next, performing the comics volume 106's official theme song, “Future Island.” She also performed a cover of “Hikari e” as a special tribute and allured the crowd with her special performance.
Maki Otsuki performed both her popular, classic, and new ending themes. After singing “RUN! RUN! RUN!” as her first song, the crowd was filled with extreme joy.
Hiroshi Kitadani appeared last and performed his four opening themes. As he appeared on stage, all the fans stood up. He showed an enthusiastic performance, as the crowd cheered.
[Song setlist]
GRe4N BOYZ
・PHANTOM -Yakusoku-
・weeeek
・Orange
・Kiseki
・ 4 ever Dooon!!!!
・Koe (koe2018)
Mori Calliope
・Future Island
・MERA MERA
・Hikari e
Maki Otsuki
・ RUN! RUN! RUN!
・ Dear sunrise
・ memories
Hiroshi Kitadani
・We Go!
・OVER THE TOP
・UUUUUS!!
・We Are!
For the new world
TERU from GLAY appeared as a surprise guest for the encore and sang “We Are! for the new world” passionately!
For the encore, a “surprise” guest, TERU, vocalist of the rock band GLAY appeared. With their biggest event “GLAY EXPO” taking place last year commemorating their 30th anniversary, Eiichiro Oda presented them with illustrations drawn for them, resulting for his surprise appearance at the live.
TERU sang “HOWEVER” in solo. “ONE PIECE” fans were overjoyed with this unforgettable moment. Hiroshi Kitadani and GRe4N BOYZ also joined for the second time singing “We Are! For the New World”, making this a special moment just for this event.
After singing, Hiroshi Kitadani commented, “It was great being able to say “We Are!” with all of you!” TERU also mentioned gratitude, “Everyone, thank you so much!!”, closing the first day of ONE PIECE DAY'24.
[Encore Setlist]
TERU
・HOWEVER
TERU/Hiroshi Kitadani/GRe4N BOYZ
・We Are! For the new world
DAY2:Exhibition Area - Open Stage
Released a behind the scenes video of the new anime series “THE ONE PIECE”!
The anime production company, “WIT STUDIO” announced the production staffs.
In the coverage of creating THE ONE PIECE, brand new information was released since the announcement of its creation in “Jump Festa 2024” last December.
This will be a new anime series starting the adventure from the origin, “East Blue Saga”. This is scheduled to be streamed on Netflix, and many more. The anime is currently being developed by WIT STUDIO. This production company has created many great hits in anime such as “SPY×FAMILY” and “Attack on Titan.” WIT STUDIO announced their main production staff working on this project and the behind-the-scenes video was released.
The Director, Koizuka commented, “All staff are excited to be able to recreate ONE PIECE. I will be sure to make ONE PIECE an anime enjoyed by both people who've already seen it and those who are new to it.
Please stay tuned!” With his comment, fans grew their expectations of the project.
Production Staff
Director: Masashi Koizuka
Assistant Director: Hideaki Abe
Character Design and Chief Animation Director:
Kyoji Asano
Takatoshi Honda
Creature design and Image board: Yasuhiro Kajino
Prop Design: Eri Taguchi
Series Staff: Taku Kishiomoto
Action Animator:
Ken Imaizumi
Shuhei Fukuda
Visual Director: Tomonori Kuroda
Animation Producer: Ryoma Kawamura
“THE ONE PIECE” Production Notes Vol.1 Behind the scenes of production URL: https://youtu.be/uB6WQYbgQzQ
The anime “ONE PIECE” made its 300th volume of DVDs, making a Guinness World Record of: “Most DVDs released of a serial anime TV programme”!
The Open Stage on the 2nd day had many fans eyeing the surprise announcement of the anime “ONE PIECE” making a Guinness World Record of, “Most DVDs released of a serial anime TV programme”.
This was due to the TV show ONE PIECE releasing its 300th volume of DVDs, resulting in a Guinness World Record. A surprise” certification ceremony was held before the Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space" Live Recording, and Mayumi Tanaka, a voice actor of Luffy, received the certificate from Guinness Worlds Records.
Radio Broadcast "MUGIWARA Space" Live Recording took place with 9 Straw Hat Pirates and 7 Vegapunk voice actors co-star.
TV anime ONE PIECE made its 25th anniversary in October 2024, as a special content of “Anime ONE PIECE 25th anniversary and Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. 70th anniversary Radio, Mugiwara Space”, recorded live in front of many fans at the Open Stage. “Mugiwara Space” is broadcast from
Nippon Broadcasting every Sunday from 1 AM-1:30 AM and this specific recording will be broadcast on August 11th and 18th. The stage had nine Straw Hat Pirates and seven Vegapunk voice actors, resulting in a gathering of 16 voice actors. It was truly a precious moment for all the fans!
Kazuya Nakai (Zoro) commented on this on-stage recording, “I was expecting this radio recording to be difficult because there are so many people today, and because it's confusing when we're recording even between two of us! But it was so fun!” Hirano (Lilith) commented, “Time went by so quickly, so I'd love if we would be invited as guests in the usual radio recording in the future.” and ended the stage in an immense success.
Straw Hat Pirates Voice Actors:
Guests:Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy),
Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro), Akemi Okamura (Nami),
Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp), Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji)
Ikue Ōtani (Chopper), Yuriko Yamaguchi (Nico Robin),
and Katsuhisa Hōki (Jinbe)
Vegapunk Voice Actors:
Yohei Tadano (Dr. Vegapunk), Shuhei Sakaguchi (Shaka),
Aya Hirano (Lilith), Ryoko Shiraishi (Edison),
Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Pythagoras), Kaede Hondo (Atlas),
and Mutsumi Tamura (York)
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DAY2:LIVE Area
Ado and BE:FIRST performed on DAY 2!
Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani joined as the crowd was in a tidal wave of enthusiasm.
The 2nd day of LIVE Area had Ado, BE:FIRST, Maki Otsuki, and Hiroshi Kitadani, the four artists performed. Day 2 had approximately 6,000 people, filling the venue with joy. The first to appear and perform was Ado, now famous worldwide for a singing role in the movie, “ONE PIECE FILM RED” two years ago, as “The Diva”, Uta. The performance started with Uta appearing on screen, as she enthusiastically shouted at the crowd, “We're going to hype up the stage much, much more than yesterday!” Then, Ado hit the spotlight, performing her first song “Backlight”. This had the whole audience in heat. The last performance was the theme song of the movie, “NEW GENESIS”, which brought the crowd to its peak and led them to recall FILM RED.
BE:FIRST performed next and sang “Set Sail”, a collaboration song with ONE PIECE CARD as their first song. They then sang their hybrid hip hop dance number, “Boom Boom Back” and the crowd went wild. For their last song, “Mainstream”, they performed their perfect songs and dances and grasped everyone's heart.
After their performance, they announced that BE:FIRST would be singing the new ending theme song to ONE PIECE.
Maki Otsuki, who appeared next, sang her first ending theme for ONE PIECE, which was 25 years ago, “memories”, and three more songs including “Dear sunrise”, the ending theme to “Egghead”.
Hiroshi Kitadani appeared last, and said, “I'll sing with all of my heart! Forget about anything you have tomorrow and let's all go home with dry, sore throats! This is the last song, “We Are!””. Fans all stood up and had their hands up, filled with joy.
[Setlist]
Ado
・Backlight
・Fleeting Lullaby
・Tot Musica
・I'm Invincible
・Where the Wind Blows
・NEW GENESIS
BE:FIRST
・ Set Sail
・ Boom Boom Back
・ Mainstream
Maki Otsuki
・ RUN!RUN!RUN!
・ Dear sunrise
・ memories
Hiroshi Kitadani
・We Go!
・OVER THE TOP
・UUUUUS!!
・We Are! For the new world
Voice actors from The Straw Hat Pirates made a surprise appearance as they sang “BINKUSUNO SAKE” for the finale!
The wonderful finale was made with a surprise appearance of the Straw Hat Pirates' voice actors: Mayumi Tanaka (Monkey D. Luffy), Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro), Akemi Okamura (Nami)/Kappei Yamaguchi (Usopp), Hiroaki Hirata (Sanji), Ikue Ōtani (Chopper), Yuriko Yamaguchi (Nico Robin), Cho (Brook), and Katsuhisa Hōki (Jinbe)as they appeared on stage.
They sang ”BINKUSUNO SAKE” along with Maki Otsuki and Hiroshi Kitadani.
The audience poured voices of surprise and joy. Cho (Brook) shouted, “There's only this song to a pirate! “BIKUSUNO SAKE”!! Yohohoho!!”, then Hiroshi Kitadani and Maki Otsuki joined them to sing,
“BINKUSUNO SAKE”. The crowd all clapped to cheer them on.
After the performance, Mayumi Tanaka (Luffy) suggested, “One of our friends didn't make it today, so can we all do Franky's “SUPER!”?”. The voice actors, performers on stage, and the audience all shouted,
“SUPER!”. Finally, Tanaka shouted, “All of you who came today are my friends!”
The grand celebration for all ONE PIECE fans, ONE PIECE DAY'24, which took two days in a row, made its closure.
[Encore Setlist]
Straw Hat Pirates Voice Actors/Hiroshi Kitadani/Maki Otsuki
BINKUSUNO SAKE
ONE PIECE DAY'24 Overview
■ Title: Exhibition Area name: ONE PIECE DAY '24
■Live Area name: ONE PIECE DAY '24 SPECIAL LIVE
■Dates: August 10 (Saturday) and August 11 (Sunday), 2024
■Venue: Exhibition Area|Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall, Exhibition Hall 1-3
■Live Area| Makuhari Messe Makuhari Event Hall
■Entrance: Exhibition Area: ONE PIECE'24 Entrance Ticket 9:00~18:00 (Last entry at 17:00)
LIVE Area: ONE PIECE DAY'24 SPECIAL LIVE Ticket(Special seating / General Seating)
Opening: 17:30 Closing: 18:30
Sponsored: Shueisha Inc. / Toei Animation Co., Ltd. / Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
■ URL: https://onepiece-day.com/en
■Copyright:
©Eiichiro Oda/SHUEISHA
©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation
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