The official One Piece website has announced that there will be a special limited-run One Piece newspaper to commemorate the release of One Piece Film: Gold in Japan. The first issue will be published on June 24 and the second issue will be published on July 20.

The tabloid-styled newspaper will be the world’s largest newspaper in size, with a height of 109 centimeters and a width of 81 centimeters. The cost of the One Piece newspaper will be 350 yen per issue. The newspaper will be available in select theaters, train stations and convenience stores. The One Piece newspaper will feature “must-read” and “must-see” content including colossal artwork that includes 388 characters, 360-degree photos of One Piece author Eiichiro Oda’s workplace and exclusive interviews, including interviews with the movie’s staff and the voice actors. The first issue of the newspaper will cover content from the story up to the Paramount War arc and the second issue will tackle everything from the New World on.

This kind of One Piece newspaper has been published in the past as well to commemorate the opening of One Piece Film: Z in Japan.

As previously announced, the One Piece anime’s movie tie-in, the Silver Mine arc, will premiere on June 26 along with One Piece opening 19 “We Can!” The official character designs of the villains of the upcoming filler arc were also recently unveiled.

One Piece Film: Gold is set to release in Japan on July 23. One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda will reprise his role as the executive producer of the movie. The film will be directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto, who also worked on One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island as the assistant director. One Piece film Gold was written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa, who wrote the live action Liar Game: The Final Stage and Liar Game: Reborn films, as well as the live-action Black Butler film. The veteran actress and musician Mayumi Kojima will provide the theme song “Gold & Jive ~ Silver Ocean” and GLIM SPANKY will provide「怒りをくれよ」(ikari wo kureyo) for One Piece Film: Gold.

SOURCE: One Piece official (Japanese), One Piece Film 2016