Gun to my head I'd say Noboru Koizumi. I don't dislike Hisada but I suppose I prefer Kazuya Koizumi.

Great chapter and I'm really glad that we end up getting more Carrot.

I really like the new cover. Can't wait to get it.

We will probably get Luffy on the cover since he is on most covers and is the main character. And I'm guessing he is keeping the old colors on his clothes and that there won't be a change there. Maybe some other strawhats, but most likely like Sanji, Nami, Brook and Chopper since we haven't seen them in a while. I'm guessing that we will also see Nekomamushi and Inuarashi on the cover and maybe Jack in mammoth form. Hopefully we will also see Carrot and Wanda somewhere.

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This is one of the best covers in a while, I really like the gentle feel from the colours.

Speaking of which, Luffy changed his clothes. It seems that he'll be wearing brown pants for the rest of Zou.

Yeah but it seems he changed again for Zou. He seems to be back in his normal outfit. I suppose they could be some other color but I doubt it.

This was not what I was expecting but I still like it. I guess the next cover will be Zou related.

I wouldn't mind seeing a mink like Carrot be added to the crew if things play out in a good enough way. We already have Chopper as a fur covered friend, but I wouldn't mind another female crew member.

One Piece Film Gold ey? Well it does make you wonder what it will be about. I'm guessing we will have Masayuki Sato as the Animation Director again for this movie, which I don't really have a problem with but it would be nice to see someone like Noboru Koizumi again.

But I doubt we will ever see him again. Now I might of course be wrong about Sato and we only have that one little picture of Luffy in the GOLD text to go off, but I say the chances are in favor of us seeing Sato back in business.

So I guess we will be seeing the cover in 2-3 weeks.

Oh, this might be cool. Better than more rehashing I suppose. Though I do like seeing older things with new animation. Though I think I would prefer to have it as a short arc in the manga. Then we would probably get a timeskip design for the Foxy crew.