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One Piece sets sail for Dodger Stadium for One Piece Night pro baseball event and giveaways
- Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2025 - Tweet
Luffy and crew return to the City of Angels this summer.
- Japan
- (anime • baseball • Dodger Stadium • Dodgers • Los Angeles • Major League Baseball • manga • One Piece • sports)
One Piece Lego sets both are and aren’t the first-ever Lego anime collaboration【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 6, 2025
Five kits take their inspiration from One Piece, but not from the anime or manga.
- Japan
- (anime • LEGO • Live action • manga • Netflix • Netflix One Piece • One Piece • toys)
Live-action Netflix One Piece Chopper shows face for first time – What do fans in Japan think?
- Casey Baseel
Jun 2, 2025
Tony Tony Chopper moves and speaks in introduction video.
- Internet, Japan, USA
- (anime • Live action • manga • Netflix • Netflix One Piece • One Piece • Tony Tony Chppper • vide)
Nicolas Cage meets Gachapin and a world record is broken at Osaka Comic Con 2025
- Master Blaster
May 6, 2025
That is a photo I never thought I would take.
- Japan
- (2025 Osaka Comic Con • C.B. Cebulski • Christina Ricci • Daniel Logan • Edward Furlong • Emily Rudd • Gachapin • Guinness world records • Hugh Dancy • Jacob Gibson • Mackenyu • Mads Mikkelsen • Mukku • Nicolas Cage • NMB48 • One Piece • Osaka • Star Wars)
First One Piece Day outside of Japan draws huge crowds
- Master Blaster
Mar 27, 2025
The Straw Hat Pirates’ convention heads overseas for the first time.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Briana Palencia • Dallas • Hiroaki Hirata • Hiroshi Kitadani • Jason Leibrecht • Maki Otsuki • manga • One Piece • One Piece Card Game • One Piece Day • Texas)
One Piece to become late-night anime next month, changes time slot for first time in 18 years
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2025
No more need to get up early on Sunday for One Piece fans.
One Piece Day to be held outside Japan for the first time this March, admission is FREE!
- Master Blaster
Mar 1, 2025
A huge event in a huge state is in the cards.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Dallas • events • manga • One Piece • One Piece Day • One Piece Trading Card Game • Texas)
One Piece fans and Lakers fans to get exclusive T-shirts and posters at upcoming game
- Master Blaster
Feb 26, 2025
Rare chance to cheer on LeBron and Luffy under the same roof.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • basketball • Lakers • Los Angeles • manga • One Piece • sports)
The One Piece Mos Burger lucky bag basically gives you exclusive anime merch for free
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2025
Pre-paying for burgers gets you a trove of Straw Hat Pirate treasures.
- Japan
- (anime • burgers • COK • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • hamburgers • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • manga • Mos Burger • One Piece • SNJO)
One Piece teams up with the Los Angeles Lakers for pirate anime/pro basketball crossover
- Casey Baseel
Dec 25, 2024
Showtime for the Straw Hat Pirates.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • basketball • Lakers • Los Angeles • manga • NBA • One Piece • sports)
J-pop mega star Ado reveals she’s been living in the U.S., may not understand language acquisition
- Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2024
“Usseewa” singer and One Piece voice actress seems unclear on how long it takes to learn a foreign language.
- Japan, USA
- (Ado • anime • COK • J-Pop • language • linguistics • manga • music • One Piece • singer)
One Piece Shinkansen bullet trains set to speed to adventure in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2024
Three different One Piece bullet train designs will run on the Sanyo Shinkansen line.
- Japan
- (anime • bullet train • Japan Railways • JR • JR West • manga • One Piece • Sanyo Shinkansen • shinkansen • tourism • travel)
Netflix reveals first look at Tony Tony Chopper in live-action One Piece【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 20, 2024
A quick teaser to whet fans’ appetites for Season 2.
- Internet, Japan, USA
- (anime • chopper • Live action • live-action One Piece • manga • Netflix • Netflix One Piece • One Piece • Tony Tony Chopper • video)
Japanese vending machines now selling One Piece character cakes【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2024
Cake, as always, is the real treasure we’re looking for.
- Japan
- (anime • cake • Cake.jp • food • Japanese vending machines • manga • One Piece • sweets • vending machines)
Ado and GRe4N to perform at One Piece Day 2024, live and streaming
- Master Blaster
Jul 9, 2024
This year’s event includes full concert lineups.
- Japan
- (Ado • anime • events • GRe4N Boyz • Greeeen • Hiroshi Kitadani • J-Pop • Makuhari Messe • manga • Mori Calliope • music • One Piece • One Piece Day • Tokyo)
Netflix live-action One Piece reveals new cast members for Season 2【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2024
Baroque Works squad members joining successful adaptation.
Secret-identity J-pop singer Ado to hold handshake event with surreal setup to hide her face
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2024
Fans have never seen Ado’s face, and that won’t change even after they shake her hand.
- Japan
- (Ado • anime • clever • crazy • handshake • handshake events • J-Pop • music • One Piece • weird)
One Piece celebrates 25th anniversary with awesome new Uniqlo T-shirt line tracing series’ history
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2024
Uniqlo captures dramatic moments of the One Piece storyline in eight shirt designs.
A few snags don’t stop the satisfaction of this used shonen manga lucky bag
- Master Blaster
Feb 9, 2024
The bag itself even has its own redemption arc.
- Japan
- (Bleach • Book Market • COK • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Jojo's bizarre adventure • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2024 • manga • Mitsudomoe • One Piece • Shonen Champion • Shonen Jump • SNJO • Surugaya • Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan)
One Piece anime remake announced from Attack on Titan studio and Netflix【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2023
Luffy’s adventure is now so big that it’s starting over before it’s even finished.
- Japan
- (anime • manga • Netflix • One Piece • The One Piece • video • Wit Studio)
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Experimenting with making hot sandwiches in the microwave with a device from Japan’s 3COINS
Matcha ice cream discontinued by one of Japan’s favorite ice cream brands
New Sonic the Hedgehog figure costs 1 million yen, is made of Arita ware Japanese porcelain [Vid]
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Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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