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'One Piece Day' Event Streams Worldwide With Live English Interpretation on August 9-10

Bandai Namco Entertainment, Shueisha, and Toei Animation announced on Thursday that they will stream the "One Piece Day" event worldwide with live English interpretation (for some segments). The first day stream will be available from August 9 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. JST (4:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. EDT). The second day stream will be available on August 10 from 10:15 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. JST (from August 9 at 9:15 p.m. to August 10 at 5:00 a.m. EDT).

"One Piece Day" is a two-day event commemorating the anniversary of the debut of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. The event will take place at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center on August 9-10.

Since 2017, the Japan Anniversary Association has acknowledged July 22 as "One Piece Day," commemorating the anniversary of the manga's debut (although the manga actually launched on July 19, 1997, it was advertised as launching on July 22). One Piece Day was held on August 10-11 last year.

Source: Press release

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