TV anime "ONE PIECE", Hiroshi Kitadani sings the theme song for the first time in 8 years! The gang of "We Are! The gang of "We Are!" reunited to create a new song with outstanding destructive power!

It was announced that the theme song of the TV anime "ONE PIECE," which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and is currently being broadcast on Fuji TV and other channels, will be "OVER THE TOP" by Hiroshi Kitadani starting July 7 (Sunday).

The popular comic "ONE PIECE" has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump for 22 years. The comics hold the Guinness World Record as the "Most Published Comic Series by a Single Artist," with more than 440 million copies in circulation worldwide (as of July 2018). Its popularity is not limited to Japan, but transcends national borders, attracting support from a wide range of people. The TV anime began broadcasting in 1999, and the first film version was released in 2000. So far, 13 film versions have been released and the total box-office revenue of the series has reached 30 billion yen, which has excited a large number of fans.
In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the anime broadcast, "ONE PIECE STAMPEDE," the first theatrical version in three years, will be released on August 9, 2019 (Friday).
⇒" ONE PIECE STAMPEDE" will be the latest theatrical version of "ONE PIECE"! Teaser visual shows a huge rubble monster.
⇒Screening schedule of anime films

The "ONE PIECE" TV anime series, which began airing in 1999, will finally celebrate its 20th anniversary this year.
In this memorial year, it was announced that the new theme song for the TV anime "ONE PIECE", which will start on July 7 in the Waronokuni Arc, will be "OVER THE TOP" by Hiroshi Kitadani.

For the production of this song, the TV anime "ONE PIECE" was represented by "We Are! (1999) and "We Go! (2011), Seiko Fujibayashi (lyrics), Kohei Tanaka (composer), Takayuki Negishi (arranger), and Hiroshi Kitadani (singer), the very "We Are! s gang" have reunited. The song has a more fast-paced feel than the previous two songs, and is now a royal anime song that depicts the emotions of Luffy as he tries to break through all obstacles.

Mr. Tanaka commented on the song, "It's just a straight royal road ani-song. Super Weir! It's a super song that goes beyond "We Are! It's a song that goes beyond "We Are! and that it is a song that he is very proud of. Kitadani, who says he pushed the limits of his singing ability with this song, added, "The Weir! s gang gathered again to support Luffy and the rest of the Strawberry Strawberry gang!　This song is a song that will further accelerate and enliven the adventures of Luffy and his Straw Hat gang.

In the eight years since "We Go! The new song that fans of ONE PIECE have been waiting for for the past eight years will be unveiled on July 7, and we look forward to its broadcast.

Comments from Mr. Tanaka and Mr. Kitadani have arrived, so here they are.

Comments】 ※Honorific titles omitted
Kohei Tanaka
Outstanding destructive power! The theme song of the "Kaihei Tanaka" has been created!
No matter what difficulties we encounter, we, the Straw Hat crew, believe in ourselves and keep going forward. They have no limits.
We send them our encouragement. We send them our encouragement with this straight and royal anime song. The name of the song is "OVER THE TOP. I don't know of any song that pushes Hiroshi Kitadani to the limits of his singing ability and has more passion and love than this. It is truly "Super Weir" beyond "Weir! Super Weir! This song is also one of the most popular songs in ONE PIECE. I hope that this song will be loved by fans all over the world as a representative song of ONE PIECE.

Hiroshi Kitadani
We Are!" that encourages the adventures in pursuit of One Piece. to the answer song "We Go! to support Luffy and the rest of the Strawler gang in the future. Seiko Fujibayashi, Kohei Tanaka, Takayuki Negishi, Hiroshi Kitadani, and the rest of the "We Are! The song is full of a sense of speed and is sure to get you excited!

Work Information] *Honorifics omitted.
TV animation "ONE PIECE
＜Broadcast time
Every Sunday morning from 9:30 a.m. on Fuji Television Network, etc.

<Staff> Original story by Eiichiro Oda
Original story: Eiichiro Oda, serialized in Shonen Jump (Shueisha)
Planning: Yuta Kano (Fuji Television Network, Inc.), Hiroyuki Sakurada (Toei Animation)
Music: Kohei Tanaka, Shiro Hamaguchi
Series Director Tatsuya Nagamine
Character Design Midori Matsuda
Production Fuji Television Network, Toei Animation

＜Cast
Monkey D. Luffy: Mayumi Tanaka
Roronoa Zoro: Kazuya Nakai
Nami: Okamura Akemi
Usopp: Kappei Yamaguchi
Sanji: Hiroaki Hirata
Tony Tony Chopper: Ikue Otani
Nico Robin: Yuriko Yamaguchi
Frankie: Kazuki Yao
Brook: Cho

<Theme Song
OVER THE TOP
Hiroshi Kitadani
Lyrics: Seiko Fujibayashi / Composed by Kohei Tanaka / Arranged by Takayuki Negishi

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