On the first part of our new mini-series Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Shonen Jump and Manga Plus) joins us to walk us through the first 40 pages of One Piece Magazine Vol 9: Design by Eiichiro Oda. We also have hosts Zach, Ed, Steve & Alex joining us, as well as very special guest Greg Werner (official columnist for One-Piece.com and V-Jump and translator for Monster Hunter)!

On the first part of Design Deep Dive with Stephen Paul we go through the first forty pages of One Piece Magazine Vol 9: Design by Eiichiro Oda! This includes a look at the cover illustration, the “dream image” featuring Ace and Sabo and Oda’s design process, Oda’s workspace, influences on Eiichiro Oda, favorite characters from creators who were influenced by Eiichiro Oda (including My Hero Academia‘s Kohei Horikoshi and Promised Neverland‘s Posuka Demizu)

0:00:00 Introduction & News0:06:31 Design Deep Dive: OP Magazine Vol 9 (Part One)2:30:37 Next Time on the Design Deep Dive…

Thanks to Steve for drawing this week’s episode image!

Purchase One Piece Magazine Vol 9:– Amazon Japan– Kinokuniya (store to reopen this summer)– CD Japan

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We’ll see you on Sunday for our recap of One Piece Chapter 980!