From the official One Piece site, a new opening called "Wake Up!" by AAA will start on the 19th of January (episode 629).
Source: http://one-piece.com/news/detail/20140114_289
AAA have also posted about it on their site http://www.avex.jp/aaa/news/detail.php?id=1006390#
Is it normal for something like this to be announced less than a week until it airs?
Hands Up.
Wake Up.
Next song:
Fuck Up.
Wow, this is surprisingly good news. It actually makes me have a little bit of faith in the anime for Dressrosa.
Let's hope this company won't be a pain with Funimation, and just gives them the song.
Wow, this is really a surprise, seeing as no new opening ever came out in January. Gonna be looking forward to this. Hopefully it's a song that's packed with energy.
can't wait to see this, and it's so soon!
The link doesnt work :sad: hope its not a fake
Following song:
10/10
i felt like i was fucking smashed watching that lol
The link doesnt work :sad: hope its not a fake
Strange they have taken the article down, check out the One Piece podcast's article, they got all the information: http://onepiecepodcast.com/2014/01/13/new-one-piece-opening-wake-up/
I just can't help but feel that this is bullshit since it's being announced at such short notice. I can only hope that I'm wrong.
I stand corrected, I guess it's legit then. Hopefully it's better than "Hands Up" :getlost:, I just didn't feel that opening at all.
Well, I'll be. This would make this the first opening ever to air in January.
Happy to hear that we won't have to wait three whole months for a new opening.
What a pleasant surprise, and given the themes of the Dressrosa arc that's a very fitting title.
I do hope the footage isn't as formulaic as Hands Up is. It's an action-packed arc, so I hope to see some energy and flair.
For those curious about AAA's style of music…
I like Samurai Heart. The others? Not so much.
Let's hope this company won't be a pain with Funimation, and just gives them the song.
I'm gonna pop several gaskets if we have to go through all of Dressrosa looking at Decken and Hody Jones still.
Thank you Mr. Sakurada for taking care of the One Piece anime.
I'm not surprised, Looking forward to it.
I wonder why they removed the announcement. Was it supposed to be a surprise? Or maybe the animation won't be ready in time and they delayed it.
Pleasant surprise!
Last time, with Hands Up, we had to wait at least 2 months after the beginning of Punk Hazard with We go, now, instead, it seems they want to give a new opening to DressRosa arc, which is already a fantastic one.
Should we expect a great work for this arc?
I hope so
please! for the love of god! allow funimation to use this one! can't take "we go" anymore!
please! I'll do anything! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! MAKE IT STOP!
! I expect a looot of things in this opening like Bellamy, Koala and Sabo
My god, so someone was listening to me!? YEAAAAAAAAAAA
! I expect a looot of things in this opening like Bellamy, Koala and Sabo
! If you think Sabo will be shown in this intro in anyway, shape or form, well…yeah. Don't get your hopes up.
Well let's hope all us legal stream watchers get a chance to enjoy this opening.
What a surprise!
Can't wait to hear it.
I'm happy can't wait.
Awesome, but will this not air on crunchyroll just like hands up didn't?
Ok, the announcement is back now. It's official!
Awesome, but will this not air on crunchyroll just like hands up didn't?
WE GO! UNTIL YOU DIE! WE GO!
WE GO!
O_O
I hope not…
I see they broke the news about the new opening today. Kind of funny story why the article was up and then down but it's definitely true. I was present for some of the sound work.
Thank you Mr. Sakurada for taking care of the One Piece anime.
I'll let him know next time I see him.
I knew we could get an opening before April, good to know 
! Let Elizabello be there, even if it's just in the background of a frame
Finally. I never really liked We Go and having it played for what feels like years really grated on me lol. I still didn't fully understand why that company wouldn't allow funimation to use it.
Please let them make good use of all these characters that appear in Dressrosa. Hands Up really didn't have too much of that, so I hope at least this one can focus a bit more on characters besides the Straw Hats.
For those curious about AAA's style of music…
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AAA also made the opening for a famous Kamen Rider show a few years ago:
AAA also made the opening for a famous Kamen Rider show a few years ago:
Nice song, this one definitely sounds like onepiece type of opening. Can't wait for Dressrosa : )
so AAA did the first opening for one piece..? the old great one..? i'll look forward to the new opening then.. 
also i just hope that this new opening won't have any troubles like hands up and toei will be able to put it before the episode..
@melody:
so AAA did the first opening for one piece..? the old great one..? i'll look forward to the new opening then..
also i just hope that this new opening won't have any troubles like hands up and toei will be able to put it before the episode..
No, they did a crappy remix of the original "We Are". The original was done by the same guy who sang "We Go".
~ They got the moves like Jagger ~
Some dodgy licensing deals going on with AAA and Triplane too often. Whatever is marketable I guess, leads me to believe we won't see it in the simulcast, just hope it's a good opening.
No, they did a crappy remix of the original "We Are". The original was done by the same guy who sang "We Go".
i'll still look forward to the new opening.. but my expectations won't be that high anymore.. thanks anyway..
very nice!
hope Funimation/crunchyroll are allowed to play it on their simulcasts.
We Go is really out of date.
@Devil:
NO GOD NOT WE GO AGAIN. I beg you.
Best part of this post is how your avatar makes your post seem extra angry.
Some dodgy licensing deals going on with AAA and Triplane too often. Whatever is marketable I guess, leads me to believe we won't see it in the simulcast, just hope it's a good opening.
I'll be extremely pissed off if Avex or whatever won't let this opening be simulcasted on Crunchyroll or OPOfficial.
Attention! It's official preview of OP 'Wake up!' here! It sounds nice for me.
No, they did a crappy remix of the original "We Are". The original was done by the same guy who sang "We Go".
I think you're confused mate.
Shinzato did the horrible soulless cover.
AAA's cover Episode of Nami was terrific.
Not even Naruto resorted to time travel
I'm extremely excited for this! I've been wondering what style of music the producers would go for during the Dressrosa arc. Based on what we know AAA's style to be, I'm not expecting a huge departure from standard J-Pop fare but I really hope we get some spanish guitar and castanets at the very least.
