New Opening theme Song by I Don’t Like Mondays ! (no further details).
They didn't mention anything about OP 24 (date, etc).
The New Opening called "PAINT" by "I Don’t Like Mondays" band, It will start with Episode 1006 (9th Jan).
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https://twitter.com/IDLMs_OFFICIAL/status/1464972599683792911
Plz be a cover of Rainy Days and Mondays
Woo! New OP finally
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I don't like them too.
I think new Opening won't be the best news for One Piece Anime in the next weeks 
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The only thing I can think of is another TV special and the next best thing is One Piece Kai.
Ah, the anime is becoming seasonal. Finally we might get some decent pacing and animaton 
Ah, the anime is becoming seasonal. Finally we might get some decent pacing and animaton
That and an official DB Kai treatment might just be too good to be true.
Ah, the anime is becoming seasonal. Finally we might get some decent pacing and animaton
2010 called, it wants it's joke back
The only announcements that would make me excited are a new console game project or a One Piece Kai project.
I'd get excited if endings were to come back.
They’re going to announce that openings will no longer have 30 second clips of the upcoming episodes in them anymore.
I think it'll be about the staff for the rooftop being crazy. But we're still pretty far off from there to get a list this soon, so probably not that.
The only special which I would kind of look forward to is one for Marineford, other than that I don't know what this exciting news could be for now. There's no way Toei is going seasonal with OP.
Oh I'm also reminded that we were going to get an anime adaptation for the Ace novel, so maybe that?
Hoping for a high school slice of life based off those Cup Noodle ads
I think new Opening won't be the best news for One Piece Anime in the next weeks
Never knew Redon was a troll. Gotta be either a game or special. Can’t imagine what else it would be.
This new theme song will be so much appreciated. I’m sick of the current one and think they should’ve gotten a new one twenty episodes ago.
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Anyone know what other anime songs this band has done?
Am I the only one who likes seeing thirty seconds of new content every theme song instead of seeing the same exact theme song every single episode?
Yeah, I like the 30 second clips. It gives them a chance to do a new cool sequence synced to the music every episode, and some are pretty hype like when Big Mom came to the prison or some of the Oden flashback with Roger. I like saving my favorite ones.
Warlord episode was the best.
I also like seeing a hint of what’s coming. It’s a nice hype treat.
The preview clips are not in themselves a terrible idea, but I do think in Dreamin' On specifically, they go on for far too long. 20 seconds straight out of a two-minute opening? Ehh… Over the Top with its ten seconds felt much more reasonable.
The New Opening called "PAINT" by "I Don’t Like Mondays" band, It will start from 9th Jan 2022.
https://twitter.com/IDLMs_OFFICIAL/status/1464972599683792911
The new Opening starting in #1006
Given the band's name, will Neko and his lasagneow appear as a guest singer?
I'm going bet that this is going to be an uplifting song with chill beats considering that the Band is probably one of the most chilled out band ever in Japan.
I'm looking forward to how a band with a resume of "friday night chill at home with a whisky kind of music with someone" will turn out a One Piece opening.
The New Opening "PAINT" will start from Episode 1005 (9th Jan).
I actually like the song and visuals. Something more melancholic is definitely needed since the last one was already too fast-paced.
Not gonna lie I feel like IDLM shoulda been the second Wano song. I like it, the visuals are fitting, but the song doesn't feel quite right for what's mostly going to be match-up fighting. Dreamin' On feels more apt for the raid/fighting/yonko stuff. I could see IDLM being more for the prison, Toko, flashback, Jinbe, and raid beginning.
Dreamin' On > I Don't Like Mondays > Over The Top
The song itself is okay. It feels like it's building up to a big climax point but never really reaches it. The animation is great and about on-par with the previous 2 Wano openings.
Not gonna lie I feel like IDLM shoulda been the second Wano song. I like it, the visuals are fitting, but the song doesn't feel quite right for what's mostly going to be match-up fighting. Dreamin' On feels more apt for the raid/fighting/yonko stuff. I could see IDLM being more for the prison, Toko, flashback, Jinbe, and raid beginning.
Dreamin' On > I Don't Like Mondays > Over The Top
I Don't Like Mondays is the name of the band. The song is called PAINT.
Not gonna lie I feel like IDLM shoulda been the second Wano song. I like it, the visuals are fitting, but the song doesn't feel quite right for what's mostly going to be match-up fighting. Dreamin' On feels more apt for the raid/fighting/yonko stuff. I could see IDLM being more for the prison, Toko, flashback, Jinbe, and raid beginning.
Dreamin' On > I Don't Like Mondays > Over The Top
Yeah I'm in agreement here, it's a nice song, but the visual really don't match up. Its feels like the animators realized they probably shouldn't have put the clashes with the villains so early in Over the Top and Dreamin On, didn't want to be redundant, and just threw in any and all references to upcoming events in a hodgepodge and tried to make it coherent. The result is just this weird mis-mash, kinda reminds me of that Naruto Shippuden theme, Newsong was it? Just not quite a chaotic. And good grief can they just give Kidd and Law a section of the opening please? Their inclusion in this opening feels so last minute.
First One Piece opening with no CD release?
Great song, great visuals.
Terrible combination. This is the arc that has been built up for so long and will have one of the most amount of fight scenes in the series and we get the equivalent of Crazy Rainbow. I don't want to speculate but Toei always love putting their bands front and center (with avex label) to push up the popularity of said band(s). Who sat in the room and ok'd this without feeling uncomfortable is beyond me. But I'm just speculating. Play hunter x hunter depature tv size over it, it slaps.
Great song, great visuals.
Terrible combination. This is the arc that has been built up for so long and will have one of the most amount of fight scenes in the series and we get the equivalent of Crazy Rainbow. I don't want to speculate but Toei always love putting their bands front and center (with avex label) to push up the popularity of said band(s). Who sat in the room and ok'd this without feeling uncomfortable is beyond me. But I'm just speculating. Play hunter x hunter depature tv size over it, it slaps.
I disagree. Crazy Rainbow was entirely upbeat, at odds with its episodic content and felt like something straight out of a filler arc. At no point it cared to depict the actual conflict of the arc it belonged to (music and visual-wise) and replaced BNW, which was a fan favorite.
Keep in mind Wano already has three openings. The first was the standard upbeat fare used to introduce the country to the Straw Hats. Second hyped up the upcoming raid with some fast-paced tempo and visuals. It makes sense to go with something different from those for the third. PAINT begins scary and melancholic, but then becomes uplifting and hopeful.
Great song, great visuals.
Terrible combination. This is the arc that has been built up for so long and will have one of the most amount of fight scenes in the series and we get the equivalent of Crazy Rainbow. I don't want to speculate but Toei always love putting their bands front and center (with avex label) to push up the popularity of said band(s). Who sat in the room and ok'd this without feeling uncomfortable is beyond me. But I'm just speculating. Play hunter x hunter depature tv size over it, it slaps.
Couldn't have said it better, Toei's deals with Avex always seems to primarily benefit artist exposure (Kaze wo Sagashite being the prime example). Every Hiroshi Kitadani opening (except for We Can!) is the exception because the original composer and anison vocals.
I disagree. Crazy Rainbow was entirely upbeat, at odds with its episodic content and felt like something straight out of a filler arc. At no point it cared to depict the actual conflict of the arc it belonged to (music and visual-wise) and replaced BNW, which was a fan favorite.
Keep in mind Wano already has three openings. The first was the standard upbeat fare used to introduce the country to the Straw Hats. Second hyped up the upcoming raid with some fast-paced tempo and visuals. It makes sense to go with something different from those for the third. PAINT begins scary and melancholic, but then becomes uplifting and hopeful.
Then you are one of the minority who are able to pick up on the subtilties of the song, the kids and families sure won't see it that way for the 40th week and feel hype for a battle scene (and oh we are going to have plenty of those). There's nothing wrong with three upbeat songs in a row when you only do an opening once a year(sometimes it lasts even longer). HOPE by Namie Amuro was hopeful but it didn't feel like you were at a bar on a friday night. You can be uplifting and hopeful without sounding like a song someone would play at a sleepover. This is One Piece, there should be so much money and resources to churn out a song that at least tries to match the visuals. The opening wasn't directed for the song and the song wasn't chosen nor composed for the animation/directing of the op, that much should be obvious. Toei has shown an history of prioritizing bands over what's suitable, did they really do it because they feel like this song fits the arc somehow (despite this being one with the most fighting)? or was it for other monetary reasons or that One Piece is one of the biggest marketing device that would be a shame to put to waste? I'll leave it to your speculation because we can go back and forth forever without actually having inside information.
I'm disappointed but also called it in this thread a page ago, I think. I'm just really annoyed by how mismatched it is despite knowing the direction it will take. I'm not even upset or angry because this is a good song and they are a good band unlike Kaze wo Sagashite and its even catchy. Just disappointed.
Then you are one of the minority who are able to pick up on the subtilties of the song, the kids and families sure won't see it that way for the 40th week and feel hype for a battle scene (and oh we are going to have plenty of those). There's nothing wrong with three upbeat songs in a row when you only do an opening once a year(sometimes it lasts even longer). HOPE by Namie Amuro was hopeful but it didn't feel like you were at a bar on a friday night. You can be uplifting and hopeful without sounding like a song someone would play at a sleepover. This is One Piece, there should be so much money and resources to churn out a song that at least tries to match the visuals. The opening wasn't directed for the song and the song wasn't chosen nor composed for the animation/directing of the op, that much should be obvious. Toei has shown an history of prioritizing bands over what's suitable, did they really do it because they feel like this song fits the arc somehow (despite this being one with the most fighting)? or was it for other monetary reasons or that One Piece is one of the biggest marketing device that would be a shame to put to waste? I'll leave it to your speculation because we can go back and forth forever without actually having inside information.
I disagree with the bolded considering how Dreamin' On overstayed its welcome. It ran for nearly two years. I do think something different was needed.
I also do not get the notion that this is a "bar" or "sleepover" song. Is it because it's slower-paced? That's a horrible way to critique music.
I'm disappointed but also called it in this thread a page ago, I think. I'm just really annoyed by how mismatched it is despite knowing the direction it will take. I'm not even upset or angry because this is a good song and they are a good band unlike Kaze wo Sagashite and its even catchy. Just disappointed.
Again, I do not think it's mismatched at all.
In fact, I think the visuals elevate the song, making the combo better than the sum of its parts. When I first heard it by itself, I didn't think it was that special, but when paired with the opening, I do get this feeling of dread (like when the beam razes the town or the Skull Dome looks like it's becoming alive as the chorus comes in) that's eventually turned into something more bittersweet.
Plus, considering how the anime seems to know things ahead of us, they may think an opening like this will fit better the final chapters of the arc.
I disagree with the bolded considering how Dreamin' On overstayed its welcome. It ran for nearly two years. I do think something different was needed.
I also do not get the notion that this is a "bar" or "sleepover" song. Is it because it's slower-paced? That's a horrible way to critique music.
and you are projecting that bar and sleepover music = terrible music. No one said that. I literally mentioned twice to three times in my posts that i love the music and the band. I even ended my post with that. Stop trying to trigger a personal reaction. On the spectrum of shounen fast paced music vs its a chill song, this falls all the way towards being a chill song. Is that One Piece? Is that shounen? Is that this arc? This is the cumulation of all the setup of the entire arc and is one of the most action packed ever. I don't get why you are making this about music taste when I mentioned repeatedly that I like the song and the only problem is the mismatch. Unlike One Day which the arc did have a tragedy and is more of a despairing moment, all we've known from the wano climax so far had little to no tragedy near that level. This is the hypest the manga have been action wised.
Again, I do not think it's mismatched at all.
In fact, I think the visuals elevate the song, making the combo better than the sum of its parts. When I first heard it by itself, I didn't think it was that special, but when paired with the opening, I do get this feeling of dread (like when the beam razes the town or the Skull Dome looks like it's becoming alive as the chorus comes in) that's eventually turned into something more bittersweet.
It's good to have your own opinion and be vocal about it but if a significant of the fanbase says that there is something off and it doesn't fit right, perhaps consider that your artistic input has little to no truth to the overall impression of the opening. Kaze wo Sagashite was terrible and even if 100 selected fans believe it to "its cheerful because its a way to display irony and highlight the tragedy that is about to unfold" and do a thousand whataboutism it will never change the fact that it is mismatched. You can be subjective about something and have it make sense but this is certainly more of a mismatch than a match. Bittersweet is not an emotion you would want to priortize over an arc that is nowhere near being bittersweet. It may be at certain moments but majority of it are flashy action scenes.
Plus, considering how the anime seems to know things ahead of us, they may think an opening like this will fit better the final chapters of the arc.
that's not how openings work. they dont design an opening to run for an entire year and a huge number of episodes to have it make an impact near the very end.
It's good to have your own opinion and be vocal about it but if a significant of the fanbase says that there is something off and it doesn't fit right, perhaps consider that your artistic input has little to no truth to the overall impression of the opening. Kaze wo Sagashite was terrible and even if 100 selected fans believe it to "its cheerful because its a way to display irony and highlight the tragedy that is about to unfold" and do a thousand whataboutism it will never change the fact that it is mismatched. You can be subjective about something and have it make sense but this is certainly more of a mismatch than a match. Bittersweet is not an emotion you would want to priortize over an arc that is nowhere near being bittersweet. It may be at certain moments but majority of it are flashy action scenes.
Where is this significant part of the fanbase you speak of, though? Most of the people I've talked seemed to like it too.
and you are projecting that bar and sleepover music = terrible music. No one said that. I literally mentioned twice to three times in my posts that i love the music and the band. I even ended my post with that. Stop trying to trigger a personal reaction. On the spectrum of shounen fast paced music vs its a chill song, this falls all the way towards being a chill song. Is that One Piece? Is that shounen? Is that this arc? This is the cumulation of all the setup of the entire arc and is one of the most action packed ever. I don't get why you are making this about music taste when I mentioned repeatedly that I like the song and the only problem is the mismatch. Unlike One Day which the arc did have a tragedy and is more of a despairing moment, all we've known from the wano climax so far had little to no tragedy near that level. This is the hypest the manga have been action wised.
Well, it beats having Dreamin On 2.0. I'm only saying that I appreciate the different direction.
And again, you keep saying "chill song" as if any slow-paced song is "chill". It just feels like a very narrow-minded way to describe something. You can have something slow that is meant to inspire other emotions.
And "shounen" should not be constrained to just fast-paced songs. Marineford was also one of the series's flashiest, action-packed arcs (the actual drama and sadness was reserved to the post-arc), with half of the opening visuals being literally just characters flexing their superpowers. Would you say that One Day was a mismatch for it?
Where is this significant part of the fanbase you speak of, though? Most of the people I've talked seemed to like it too.
I think you are the only one in this thread that thinks the two (animation and song) goes well together. But then again, I mean the forums died back then. To answer your question.. for instance on the official reddit thread for the opening one of the higher comments was "I like the song, but it doesn't fit the arc or the visuals of this opening at all." and "this feels like a naruto opening" and the top comment for the youtube video (the one with 600k views) is
"A super chill opening for such an intense sequence of events."
I feel like I'm trying to write up a thesis here and I get your point that there are people that like it and once again, I don't dislike the song and I like it but its a mismatch. The general sentiment is that it is a mismatch and praises goes more towards the visuals rather than how good the two, music and animation, goes together.
Well, it beats having Dreamin On 2.0. I'm only saying that I appreciate the different direction.
One of my favourite openings is hands up even though it is not loved by the fanbase because of how chill and different out of all the hype songs. Hands Up didn't feel too out of place because Punk Hazard wasn't necessarily "we are up against a yonkou and this arc have a shit ton of fights ", it was a slow (relatively speaking in one piece terms) arc and just felt right after how hyper We Go was. This is not the case. Like others have mentioned, this opening belongs somewhere else in terms of placement.
And again, you keep saying "chill song" as if any slow-paced song is "chill". It just feels like a very narrow-minded way to describe something. You can have something slow that is meant to inspire other emotions.
I'm not a musician, I don't do write ups on music or spend minutes on the best key words to describe a piece. However, this is their whole MO. I Don't Like Mondays, from their tracklist to their performance venues to their social media platforms, is best described as a band with a super chill, cool and relaxed image. That is not to say they are incompetent or lazy, but this type of music is their entire MO, this is what they are good at. They don't necessarily wax philsophies in their lyrics nor do they do over the top or ground breaking innovative composing. You don't need a music degree to understand that. I actually do listen to the band way before this opening even landed. Is Kaze wo Sagashite bad on their own? Is it shallow music? I don't necessarily think so and I think the girls exceed at a certain type of music but it does not necessarily fit what the music is used for.
And "shounen" should not be constrained to just fast-paced songs.
It's the factor of decision making. Do you priortize nostalgia and bittersweet tones (that is almost non existent in the narrative of said arc) over feelings of adrenaline and excitement (that an arc is filled with). I'm arguing that the later is a lot more appropriate. Like come on, this song belongs way closer to the endgame then here.
Marineford was also one of the series's flashiest, action-packed arcs (the actual drama and sadness was reserved to the post-arc), with half of the opening visuals being literally just characters flexing their superpowers. Would you say that One Day was a mismatch for it?
One Day was also used all the way until and after Ace's death. The entire sequence also consist of Luffy running towards Ace and the importance of their relationship, ending with an intentional scene of him smiling(implying ace is saved and there's a happy ending). It was directed in a certain way and there's purpose to it, the entire opening plays with the narrative of the arc. You see what I mean? When there is something more important than the fighting: the narrative of Luffy and Ace and his subsequent loss of him, the actions CAN take a backseat. What about PAINT? Why exactly is the action taking a backseat to…nostalgia? bittersweet? there's no indication of any of that to be significant enough to warrant any discussion in this arc. Its a non stop bullet train. The only thing we got from Paint was Luffy hugging Jinbei in the end and that happened in the episodes before the opening and is not impactful compared to everything else that is going to happen. Similarly, there's no "bittersweet" or "tragedy" even close to the level of Ace's death. You also forgot about the scenes with the straw hats looking all sad that especially works well because they were separated at that point of the story. None of the standalone scenes in this opening plays to the current narrative, its your obligatory straw hats shot. The two are vastly different.
I personally really enjoy the new opening, but I can certainly see where you're coming from. I gotta say though, ever since Hope, the openings have been really on point. After a bunch of imo rather mediocre (not bad, just not really memorable) openings that followed Hands Up, both the visuals in the openings and the songs themselves have been amazing.
I personally really enjoy the new opening, but I can certainly see where you're coming from. I gotta say though, ever since Hope, the openings have been really on point. After a bunch of imo rather mediocre (not bad, just not really memorable) openings that followed Hands Up, both the visuals in the openings and the songs themselves have been amazing.
Gauging how 'genuine' a lot of these songs are to the anime is difficult. No one really knows the amount of effort each production team uses to curate something fitting, or how much of it is coincidence, or even how they were influenced by stakeholders and contracts (hint hint Kaze wo Sagashite).
Is PAINT a good opening for the anime? The song itself was never intended for the anime in its early production, they just pick tracks they feel will fit best: "At an early stage, the production committee has a meeting with the director of the anime, and presents him with a pile of pop songs that are in production. These songs are at "demo" stage – meaning, they're not done, and usually have a temporary vocal track. The director usually just picks a song from that pile and uses it. They might tweak the lyrics a little bit to fit the show better. The record label will then go back and finish the song with the artist of their choosing"
I agree that PAINT doesn't feel fitting to this stage of the arc, but the animation sure is impressive. It's not a bad song by any means, I just don't think it has surpassed previous Wano intros and sounds a little repetitive.
Nothing can surpass We Are, We Go and Over the Top as true representations of the anime because of Kohei Tanaka's involvement: "If a famous (expensive) composer is doing the music for the show, they will often be asked to contribute the theme songs, as they're likely to be hits no matter who sings them."
No real strong feelings one way or another on the new one. I haven't really fallen in love with an opening since the spread of Hands Up, Wake Up, and Hard Knock Days.
Not that I've hated anything since, it's just nothing has really tickled my fancy and made me want to pump up the volume since.
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