Fans and followers believe that a new One Piece film will likely arrive in the next few months. This comes after "sleuths" found a website dedicated to promoting a new movie under the franchise.
Comic Book said that the buzz seemingly began after eagle-eyed netizens discovered the platform, carrying the name "onepiece-film(dot)jp." The speculations have grown further after a Twitter user shared the matter on the social media channel.
The same individual initially noted, however, that no one knows whether the website is official or not. Nevertheless, this still sent many people in excitement over a reported new film from the franchise.
As the talks continued to develop, the same netizen confirmed, later on, that the credentials of the website have shown that it is possibly a legitimate platform under the One Piece franchise. This came after the "sleuths" found out that "the domain information was registered by Toei Corp in Tokyo."
Other details included are the "active date" of the site. As seen on screenshots, the platform is seemingly set to span until May 2022.
This is why fans and followers immediately concluded that the new One Piece film will likely drop on big screens later this year or early 2022.
The post on Twitter has since amassed over 1,300 likes and hundreds of comments. The majority of the users expressed their respective excitement and joy on the thread, noting that it has been years since the public witnessed a film installment from the franchise.
Reports recalled that the last film titled, One Piece: Stampede premiered in August 2019. It was a successful release, considering that the worldwide box office gross reached nearly $94.7 million.
Many are now expecting that the alleged upcoming movie will amass more viewers and supporters, especially now that the anime series is, reportedly, becoming a lot better with each new episode.
A separate report from Comic Book earlier this month tackled what the One Piece series director had to say about the latest and ongoing arc run on small screens. Tatsuya Nagamine, reportedly, hinted that "the best is yet to come" as the material continues its course.
As translated by avid fans and followers, the series director has assured fans that One Piece "will keep increasing in quality." Moreover, the latest arc may go down as "one of the absolute greatest adapted arcs in the anime."
Several netizens, especially Twitter users, quickly shared their thoughts on the platform. Many stated that they are looking forward to witnessing the new installments both in manga and animated series.
