On the eighth season premiere of The One Piece Podcast we have Greg Werner (writer for One-Piece.com and for Shueisha’s V-Jump) on the show to take us through the very-eventful Jump Festa 2015, with some crazy cool surprises! We also have the Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump), Jammer (The One Piece Podcast Editor-in-Chief and host of The Animanga Podcast) joining hosts Zach Logan, Ed, and Steve Yurko for the first part of this two-part season premiere.

This week we have a full hour recap of Jump Festa 2015 including a look at the Dragonball x One Piece panel and the One Piece stage show, amongst a lot of other fun anecdotes. Since Greg’s on, it’s guaranteed to be super-insightful and fun, and it doesn’t disappoint. We also have a Manga Recap for Chapter 771, an Anime Recap of Episodes 673 and 674, and some Piece Together to round things off.

0:00:00 Introduction

0:08:43 Greg no Gougai: Jump Festa 2015

1:37:11 Manga Recap: Chapter 771

2:27:59 Anime Recap: Episodes 673 & 674

2:50:00 Piece Together

3:17:29 To Be Continued … Next Week

Links:

Greg’s Bizarre Adventure

The Grelog Movie

The 47 Prefecture Character Songs

Greg’s Twitter

Next week we have a full hour recap of Volume 76, a Manga Recap of Chapter 772, and Anime Recaps for Episodes 675 through 677, and a lot more. Did’ya miss us?

The featured image, and the one to the right, are thanks to Greg and the cosplay troop discussed in the episode. You can follow each and every one of them on Twitter: @tk1souma, @nyonyokoyasu, @rico_uehara, @LN_Mugi, @mxmx46, @tukasa_283, and @198hacchi13!

Hope you enjoy another year with us at The One Piece Podcast! Just remember: life is adventurous, but be aware, it’s dangerous. Who’s gonna be one of us, and a trip goes on because, we da pirate of the mass, to the West, and to the East. Gotta find my way, sail away, all the way to One Piece … but until then… we are MAJI!!