The special will tie in to One Piece Film Gold, which opens a week later in Japan on July 23.
The One Piece: Heart of Gold special will air on July 16 from 9:00-11:10 p.m. Actor Shun Oguri (live-action Lupin III’s titular character, live-action Terraformars’ Kō Honda, Harlock: Space Pirate’s Captain Harlock) will guest star in the special as the evil treasure hunter Mad Treasure, and the character will also appear in One Piece Film Gold.
One Piece Film Gold is getting 3D, 4DX, and MX4D screenings in Japan, and six theaters in Japan will also screen the film with English and Chinese subtitles starting on July 23.
In addition, the magazine revealed that the first two million theatergoers for the One Piece Film Gold movie will receive a deck of playing cards.