Bandai Namco Entertainment announced One Piece Day Dallas -Card Game Celebration- will be held on March 8-9, 2025 at Fair Park (Centennial Hall, Automobile Building and Esplanade Fountain) in Dallas, Texas. This will be the first-ever overseas One Piece Day event with an exhibition, live stage, and the world’s first regional qualifier for the One Piece Card Game Championship 25-26 tournament.
Fans in attendance can expect a One Piece exhibition of manga art, anime licensed merchandise and figure displays, and a One Piece Card Game illustration showcase. There will be live music performances, special guests, stage events, a commemorative drone show, and much more.
A two-day main stage program will feature a special anime announcement on the first day, so fans will not want to miss. Japanese music artists Hiroshi Kitadani and Maki Otsuki will take the stage for live performances, including the opening and ending themes of the One Piece anime. Both days of One Piece Day Dallas -Card Game Celebration- Main Stage programming will be broadcast live on the official English One Piece YouTube channel.
One Piece Day Dallas -Card Game Celebration- Main Stage Schedule
Here’s the event schedule (programming subject to change):
Day One – Saturday, March 8
- Programming line-up:
- One Piece Anime Screening: One Piece Film Red movie tie-in episodes
#1029 and #1030 - Talk Session with voice actors and the series’ producer
- Surprise Program with a special Japanese guest, etc.
- Live Musical Performance
- One Piece Anime Screening: One Piece Film Red movie tie-in episodes
- Guest Appearances:
- Brina Palencia, English voice of Tony Tony. Chopper
- Ryuta Koike, One Piece series producer
- Hiroshi Kitadani, music artist
- Maki Otsuki, music artist
- Additional Japanese guest
Day Two – Sunday, March 9
- Programming line-up:
- One Piece Anime Screening: Egghead arc episodes #1100 and #1101
- Talk Session with voice actors and the series’ producer
- Surprise Program with a special Japanese guest, etc.
- Live Musical Performance
- Guest Appearances:
- Jason Liebrecht, voice of Rob Lucci
- Ryuta Koike, One Piece series producer
- Hiroshi Kitadani, music artist
- Maki Ootsuki, music artist
- Additional Japanese guest
Event Ticket Info
Free tickets to One Piece Day Dallas -Card Game Celebration- are available now on a first come, first served basis. An entry pass for admission on both days is available on via the BANDAI TCG+ mobile app. Registration ends on March 5 at 9:00 a.m. CST, and more details regarding general entry tickets may be found at the event’s official website.
Here are steps necessary to receive general entry tickets:
- Create a BANDAI NAMCO ID
- Download the BANDAI TCG+ mobile app via the Google Play or Apple App stores
- Create a TCG+ account
- Set the game title to “One Piece” and the area to “North America.”
- Select the “One Piece Day General Entry” ticket and apply
Every General Entry Pass lets you bring up to two companions, and it includes a special giveaway package of exclusive goods, including One Piece cards, a One Piece Day swag bag, and much more.
Fans can also look forward to the release of One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. In addition, more DLC content for the game is now in development. New DLC is being planned, and new characters will be determined by a user survey, which is available now in both English and Japanese.
The One Piece anime will return on April 6 on a new evening timeslot. New episodes will premiere at 11:15 p.m. JST on Saturdays on Fuji TV and affiliate channels. Subaru Kimura will be taking over the role of Franky in the One Piece anime. He will be replacing longtime voice actor Kazuki Yao, who’s graduated from the role of Franky.
