Rejoice One Piece fans! Maki Otsuki is coming back for One Piece: Heart of Gold!

The official Japanese website for One Piece has announced that Maki Otsuki is set to provide the theme song for the upcoming movie tie-in special, Heart of Gold. With the song entitled 「Destiny」, Maki Otsuki is making a One Piece comeback after more than 15 years. In addition, a single CD album with the same title is set to release on July 20 under Avex Pictures Co. Ltd. label. Its release will coincide with two other One Piece music releases, and it will feature 6 new songs.

Dating back to 1999, Maki Otsuki entered her music career, and the One Piece franchise, with her debut song 「memories」 as the One Piece anime’s very first ending theme. Following 「memories」, she provided 「RUN!RUN!RUN!」 in 2000, which was the second ending theme of the One Piece anime. The rumors about her return to the One Piece anime began to circulate on the Japanese 2ch forums on May 28.

The Fuji TV premiere of One Piece: Heart of Gold is scheduled for July 16 at 9 p.m. (JST), a week prior to the Japanese theatrical release of One Piece Film: Gold, which will debut in Japanese cinemas on July 23. Tsutomu Kuroiwa has written the screenplay for Heart of Gold, who is also the screenwriter for One Piece Film: Gold, and One Piece Film: Z director Tatsuya Nagamine is directing the special. So far, no official announcements have been made regarding a possible simulcast for the One Piece fans overseas. Since there is still some time remaining, you can voice your opinion to FUNimation and Crunchyroll for a possible simultaneous premiere of One Piece: Heart of Gold for the fans residing outside of Japan.

SOURCE: One Piece official