The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toei Animation have renewed their partnership to bring back ONE PIECE Night, a special stadium event celebrating the popular anime series ONE PIECE. The event will take place on Thursday, July 2, during the Dodgers’ game against the San Diego Padres at 7:10 p.m.
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ONE PIECE Night at Dodger Stadium will include several activities. Fans can enjoy pregame entertainment in the Centerfield Plaza, a ceremonial first pitch, and a drone show after the game featuring characters from the series.
A special stadium giveaway will also be available to the first 40,000 fans who enter the stadium.
Dodgers executive Lon Rosen said the event has become a must-see celebration for fans and praised the partnership with ONE PIECE.
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Now 26 years since the series’ TV premiere, “ONE PIECE” has taken its place as part of mainstream pop culture, attracting fans of all ages. Today, the franchise encompasses 15 feature films, numerous video games, a trading card game and a constantly growing catalog of licensed apparel, footwear, accessories, toys, games, sporting goods, stationary, gifts, novelties, household goods, books, food & beverage, and location-based entertainment.
ONE PIECE manga series has achieved a cumulative worldwide circulation of over 510 million copies, while its TV anime has been on air since 1999. The 2022 theatrical release, ONE PIECE FILM RED, became a cultural phenomenon, grossing over 20.34 billion yen at the Japanese box office.
Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:
Monkey. D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become the king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and beyond, this is one captain who’ll never give up until he’s claimed the greatest treasure on Earth: the Legendary One Piece!
©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation
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