On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we gear up for the premiere of GEAR 5 in the One Piece anime with a ton of special guests! First, we have an interview with One Piece animators Vincent Chansard and Kofi Fiagome!

• Vincent Chansard - Vincent is a storyboard artist and animator who studied at Gobelins l’école de l’image in Paris. His talents are on display in Black Clover, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Mob Psycho 100, The Witcher and many more! He has also been an animator on some of your favorite moments in One Piece episodes 957, 1004, 1017, 1028, 1033, 1038, 1045, 1048, 1062, 1066, 1067 and 1069 (so far)!

• Kofi Fiagome - Kofi is an animator who has worked on Amphibia, The Owl House, OK KO: Let’s Be Heroes!, and Craig of the Creek! He was recently an animator on One Piece Episode 1066!

Then we have our Anime Recap of One Piece Episode 1072, “The Ridiculous Power! Gear 5 in Full Play!” with our Anime Recap host Sam Leach, and Anime News Network’s One Piece reviewer Grant Jones! It’s a packed episode for the break, enjoy!

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This week’s episode is edited by Dan!

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:08:06 - Interview Time with Vincent Chansard
0:52:54 - Anime Recap: Episode 1072
1:17:47 - Interview Time with Kofi Fiagome
2:04:50 - To Be Continued . . .

Podcast Announcements:

• We are happy to announce our new Maji Media Streaming Network on twitch.tv/onepiecepodcast, featuring many of our contributors and guests playing their favorite games, and having fun! Join us every weeknight at 6:30 PM ET or 9:30 PM ET!
• The One Piece Podcast Atlas: a One Piece Podcast fanbook with art & articles from the crew and community, we are excited to create a project that showcases everything we love about being part of the One Piece community!
• New episodes of “The Grand Line” — our OPPTTRPG with Dan, Josh, Vero, Brodsky, Sam, Ruby, Zach & Sean — are out the first Friday of every month!

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