Starting this summer, the “Real Escape Game Zepp Tour” will be holding a new wave of Escape Games over the summer in Japan. To celebrate the 15 Year Anniversary of the anime, the theme for the Escape Games will be “One Piece”, specifically One Piece in Impel Down.

The One Piece Escape Game will simulate an environment similar to the one in the Impel Down arc where the player tries to escape in order to save Portgas D. Ace from an imminent death by looking for clues and solving puzzles with a team of 5-6 members.

The dates for the One Piece Escape game are:

Zepp Tokyo: July 18/19/20

Zepp Sapporo: July 25/26/27

Zepp Nagoya: Aug. 1/2/3/4/5 and September 12/13/14

Zepp Namba: Aug. 8/9/10/11/12/26/27/28

Zepp Fukuoka: Aug. 15/16/17/18/19/20

Zepp Divercity (Tokyo): Aug. 22/23/24/29/30/31 and Sept. 19/20/21

“Real Escape Games” are games that were made after the surging interest in escape games after the Free-To-Play internet Escape game “Crimson Room” was released in 2004. The first series of “Real Life Escape Games” started around 2007 and has become increasingly popular in places even outside of Japan, such as Singapore, Shanghai and even San Francisco.

To have an idea of what an “Escape Game” looks like, be sure to take a look at the following link and to check out some of the previous Escape Game themes here.