The 12th issue of the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump, officially on sale on Feb. 22, as well as the official One Piece website released some new character models/costumes for the upcoming movie, One Piece Film: Gold. This time revealing two new outfits for the Straw Hat crew members.



I hope you’re all hungry, because in this week’s issue of the Weekly Shonen Jump, One Piece fans are treated with a big serving of new character model sheets by One Piece author Eiichiro Oda himself. Last week we saw the Straw Hats in their new black leather outfits, and this week we are treated to that costumes’ exact opposite: a Straw Hat crew donning a very white outfit, as Oda makes clear on every occasion on the model sheets themselves as you can see. Presumably to enter the ship’s casino facilities.

Furthermore, the same issue of Jump also revealed more of the “Kintaro” (and sunbathing) crew’s character designs. As you all most likely already know, Luffy is dressed in a way inspired by the Japanese folk hero “Kintaro.” According to the legends involving Kintaro, he was known among other things for his clothes featuring a giant Chinese character that means “GOLD” (just like his name) and wearing a giant axe, as well as sumo-wrestling bears and fighting monsters.

On this page we can see the already previously shown Kintaro-inspired Luffy, with Franky playing the role of the bear that Kintaro-Luffy will apparently sumo-wrestle. The character model sheets even include a drawing showing how the sumo ring (dohyô) will look like — it’s made out of rope. Besides Kintaro-Luffy and Franky the Bear, you can also see Usopp with a rabbit hat, while Brook takes Chopper’s place as the deer of the crew since Chopper’s too busy playing what looks like a monkey. Nami, Robin, Sanji and Zoro, however, are all wearing bathing suits with Sanji carrying around a big sword — probably a sort of shish-kebab stick for the custom-made barrel barbecue you can see on the model sheets. According to the issue’s blurbs, these costumes are the ones movie-goers will get to see at the beginning of the movie, and also suggest that these costumes are in a “adults on vacation style.”

If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out our other posts about the upcoming One Piece Film: Gold to see what the movie’s (probable) antagonist and his crew look like, as well as the One Piece world’s biggest floating city of entertainment. Don’t forget to keep an eye out on the One Piece Podcast website to stay up-to-date on the latest news related to this movie and any other One Piece media!

Note: We tried to translate the Japanese text as best as possible, but unfortunately the image quality on our end wasn’t good enough for me to figure out what was written with certainty.

SOURCE: Weekly Shonen Jump, One-Piece.com