As mentioned in previous posts, Avex is releasing 47 One Piece Character Songs in a series called “One Piece– Crossing Through Japan! 47 Cruises” on January 28.

Unfortunately most of the titles are written in Japanese and the covers and One Piece Character and Prefecture combinations are related to certain background information of that specific prefecture. For most non-Japanese people, this information is not usually well-known so we in the One Piece Podcast news team decided to make an overview of the Prefectures and characters, and add comments to try and explain any relevant background information needed to understand each pairing. Sometimes it’s pretty easy to understand (e.g. Aokiji and Hokkaido Prefecture) while at other times the connection is more far-fetched (e.g. Ivankov’s “Okama Kingdom” and Yamanashi Prefecture’s “Fruit Kingdom”).

Also keep in mind that the songs were made to portray the atmosphere of both the character and prefecture as well as possible, thus ending up with a song with a marching melody for the “Kanagawa Prefecture and Garp” combo. So be sure to check out all the songs’ previews on Avex’s official Youtube Channel HERE

Either way, we hope this’ll help you enjoy these CDs even more.

Oh, and if you buy 8 of these songs then you’ll get access to the free extra Cover Song of Luffy that has not been released yet.