Toei Animation is pulling no punches for the upcoming anime film, One Piece Film Red. For fans attending New York Comic Con, you can look forward to an overwhelming amount of One Piece Film Red content. Toei has just outlined their plans to have a red carpet premiere starting at 6 pm on Thursday, October 6th, and then the following Saturday, October 8th a Times Square takeover occurs.
But wait, there’s more! One Piece fans can also attend special screenings of the tie-in anime episodes to the movie, 1029 & 1030 which cover the backstory of Luffy meeting Shanks’s Daughter Uta. You can catch these Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Room 406.3 at the Javits Center. There will also be the One Piece Film Red panel on Saturday, October 8th at 10:45 am which features members of the dub cast and members of the Japanese staff such as the director Goro Taniguchi, Executive Producer Shinji Shimizu, and Producer Hiroaki Shibata.
Starting Thursday and continuing throughout the rest of NYCC you can catch a Toei Animation Exhibit at booth 2537. The exhibit will feature life-size versions of Luffy, Goku, and Vegeta. You can expect exclusive One Piece Film Red merch and Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO merch as well. Lastly this large exhibit will give you the chance to take pictures with your favorite characters from One-Piece Film Red, Dragon Ball Super, and World Trigger in multiple photo ops.
New York Comic Con starts October 6-9 in the Javits Center, If you plan on attending be sure to tag us in any photos from the event and you might be featured right here on our website! Have Fun!
