In addition to writing the manga, Eiichiro Oda has been busy overseeing the new anime movie, Film Gold, which opens in Japan July 23rd.
According to Yahoo Japan, a representative from publisher Shueisha (part owner of Viz) that there’s no truth to the rumors that the series is going monthly.
If you follow One Piece in Viz’s Weekly Shonen Jump, you’ve probably noticed that recently, its schedule hasn’t exactly been what you’d call “uninterrupted.”