On Saturday Oct. 3, Shueisha put out the 79th volume of the One Piece manga series. As mentioned in a previous post, this volume was supposed to give “information concerning the next One Piece film.” However, upon its release, many fans lamented the apparent lack of such information.

This page of One Piece volume 79 was supposed to give us more information on the still-unnamed One Piece film, slated for a 2016 summer release in Japan. Instead, at first glance, it only seems to rehash that exact same information, much to the annoyance of One Piece fans looking forward to more information.

However, One Piece superfan and Greg’s fellow victor of the Hoko x Tate – One Piece quiz show suggested in a tweet that the background of the page features character drawings for the movie!

Indeed, if one looks closely, it’s possible to discern some characters hidden behind the lettering and movie announcement poster.

In the first picture we see half of the face of a possibly female character. Underneath that, a person with a somewhat large head, and underneath that a body possibly imbued by Armament Haki similar to Vergo during the Punk Hazard arc.

The second picture shows what looks like a female character’s head and another character, sword in hand, on the bottom left. Similar to the large-headed, unidentified person in the first picture, both these characters are also covered from head-to-toe in body armor similar to the plate armor often used by knights. The bottom right shows parts of possibly several people’s faces.

The last picture also clearly shows the faces of two, in my opinion, unknown One Piece characters.

Unfortunately, these vague drawings don’t tell us much about the movies plot or otherwise, but it does seem to indicate that a knight-like organization might make an appearance in the upcoming movie. Perhaps these knights will become the antagonistic new Neo-Marine-style villain of the movie? Only time will tell!

Be sure to keep an eye out for any news related to this upcoming movie on the One Piece Podcast website!

What do you make of these character drawings? Let us know in the comments down below!