It has been announced that rock band ELLEGARDEN will be performing the new opening theme song "Carmine" for the TV anime "ONE PIECE" (Fuji TV, Sunday 11:15 PM), based on the popular manga by Eiichiro Oda. This will be the band's first song written specifically for an anime tie-up. The new opening theme will be unveiled on the broadcast on August 10th.
When an offer was made to Hosomi Takeshi, the vocalist and guitarist of ELLEGARDEN, who has long been a big fan of "ONE PIECE," to write the opening theme song, he said he was determined to write it for "ONE PIECE."
"ONE PIECE" depicts the adventures of Luffy, a young man with a straw hat whose limbs can stretch like rubber, as he and his companions journey across the ocean in pursuit of becoming the Pirate King. The series began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) in 1997. The comic has sold over 500 million copies worldwide.
The TV anime series began airing in 1999, and celebrated its 25th anniversary in October 2024. In April of this year, the broadcast time slot was changed from 9:30 AM on Sundays to 11:15 PM on Sundays. The story of the "Egghead Arc," set on the future island of "Egghead," is reaching its climax.
