The first 2016 issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which comes out on Dec. 7, will feature a special cover page and color spread by author Eiichiro Oda as a thanks to readers for their strong support of One Piece‘s current arc and to celebrate the 2016 movie’s development.

Little is known at this time about the upcoming One Piece movie. However, it has been revealed that there would be some “big announcement” after the broadcast of the upcoming One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia movie, the upcoming Jump Festa One Piece Super Stage event might also give us some information on the upcoming 2016 movie, and Weekly Shonen Jump will include information about the movie in the first 2016 issue.

No further information about the special pages have been released at this time. Will this color page contain characters and situations from the new movie? I definitely wonder how Oda can both thank those supporting the current arc, and celebrate the new movie. Perhaps we’ll be getting a Zou-related color spread, or maybe even a mishmash of stuff from both the movie and the current arc.

The end result may be simpler than I’m speculating. It may more closely resemble the special One Piece color page Oda made for the tsunami back in 2011. By that I mean it may just have the Straw Hats standing around and directly addressing the reader. You can check out what I mean below.

Perhaps it’ll have Luffy saying something along the lines of, “Thanks so much for the support! Look forward to our new movie coming out next year!”

Of course, there’s the final, and potentially most likely, possibility that this spread will be a typical Oda spread and won’t say anything special at all.

All in all, I hope it’s something both fun and substantial for fans. Usually, Oda’s color spreads are fun, inventive, and in the spirit of the series, and I hope this upcoming one is no different. What do you think? What kind of spread do you expect to see out of Oda next week? Let us know your thoughts down below!

The One Piece Podcast will continue to keep you updated as new details about the movie and the manga are released!

SOURCE: WSJ Issue #53