One Piece First-Ever Orchestra Concert Canceled, Corona Strikes Again

In honor of Kohei Tanaka, the anime composer for One Piece, reaching 40 years of his musical career, One Piece announced its first-ever orchestral concert. 

Unfortunately, due to rising concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, One Piece’s orchestral concert has been postponed.

This announcement was posted on One Piece’s official website. The concert was originally scheduled for June 20, 2020, at Tokyo’s SUNTORY Hall. The new date for the concert has not been announced. 

The announcement reads:

In light of the situation in which the government has issued an emergency declaration nationwide, from the perspective of preventing the spread of new coronavirus infections in Japan, the “ONE PIECE Orchestra Concert 40th Anniversary of Writer Activity” performance has been postponed.

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Saturday, June 20th, 17:00 start Suntory Hall Large hall.

The new performance details will be announced later on the performance homepage, so please keep your ticket in a safe place. Please …

We hope you’ll have some time to get ready.

Performance homepage

https://kyodotokyo.com/onepiece-orchestra20

We deeply apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers who have been looking forward to the performance.

Kindly thank you for your understanding.

April 27, 2020, All the organizers

Iconic themes such as “We Are!” and “We Go!” along with new additions to the One Piece soundtrack such as “OVER THE TOP” were supposed to be played by the orchestra.

About One Piece:

One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 22, 1997, and has been collected into 95 tankōbon volumes.

The man who had acquired everything in this world, the Pirate King, is Gol D. Roger. The final words he said at the execution tower were “My treasures? If you want it, I’ll let you have it. Look for it; I left all of it at that place.” These words sent many to the seas, chasing their dreams, headed toward the Grand Line, in search of One Piece. Thus began a new age!

Seeking to be the greatest pirate in the world, young Monkey D. Luffy also heads toward the Grand Line in search of One Piece. With his diverse crew joining him along the way, consisting of a swordsman, marksman, navigator, cook, doctor, archaeologist, and cyborg-shipwright, this will be one memorable adventure.