Cover Page

This article deals with One Piece Manga Cover Pages, the initial page introducing every chapter. Only two of the early chapters do not have a specific cover page: Chapter 4 and Chapter 6.

Types of Cover Pages

Since the beginning of the manga's serialization, several types of cover pages can be found.

• Animal Theater
• Color Spread
• Cover Story
• Where are they now series
• Fan Requests

Animal Theater

Animal Theater (アニマル劇場, Animaru Gekijō^?) is the first type of cover page to be introduced. They depict one or several Straw Hats member in a fantasy scene. For most of them they show the crew member along with animals since Oda claims he likes drawing them.

In the beginning this type of cover could show several members and appeared randomly like the color panels, but since Chapter 120, a pattern became apparent:

• This type of cover only appears as a transition between 2 cover stories.
• There is only one Straw Hat per cover.
• There is always one animal.
• Each Straw Hat has only one cover per series and all of them have had one (i.e. the series contains as many members as the crew contains at the time of the series).
  • The fan-requested covers of chapters 669-673 are an exception to this.

Notes:

• The series usually starts with Luffy, there is only one exception which is Chapter 263 where it is Nami.
• Starting from Chapter 125, Vivi and Carue are included in the series.

Color Spread

The color spreads are special double pages that are colorized for Shonen Jump releases, but when printed in the collected volumes (tankōbon) they are as black and white as the rest of the pages, although they can be seen again in color once they are reprinted in the Color Walks.

• They do not have special frequency and is the only kind of cover that can appear in the middle of the other series types.
• The One Piece logo is generally modified so as to follow the theme of the cover.

Note:

• Several color spreads have appeared in some animated variation, such as in Openings for the anime and other One Piece media (see List of Color Spreads).

Cover Stories

Further information: Story Arcs#Chapter Title Page "Mini-Arcs"

These covers are chapters within chapters. They depict the adventures of a character (generally an enemy) after the Straw Hats have encountered him or her. Each cover corresponds to one volume of the Cover story (around ~40 per story) and has a dedicated title.

Where They Are Now

Where They Are Now started to appear in Chapter 424 (i.e. Just after Vivi is reintroduced in the Animal Theater series). They are similar to the Cover Stories in that they have a specific title and a dedicated numeration, but instead of focusing on one character, one cover corresponds to someone different (generally a friend).

• Where They Are Now series occur between Animal Theater and Cover Stories.

Covers and Chapters

Cover Series

Name	Chapter start	Chapter end
Animal Theater	1	34
Buggy's Crew: After the Battle!	35	75
Animal Theater	76	81
Diary of Coby-Meppo	82	119
Animal Theater	120	125
Jango's Dance Paradise	126	172
Animal Theater	173	181
Hatchan's Sea-Floor Stroll	182	228
Animal Theater	229	235
Wapol's Omnivorous Hurrah	236	262
Animal Theater	263	271
Ace's Great Blackbeard Search	272	305
Animal Theater	306	313
Gedatsu's Accidental Blue-Sea Life	314	348
Animal Theater	349	358
Miss Goldenweek's "Operation: Meet Baroque Works"	359	413
Animal Theater	414	423
Where They Are Now (Skypiea)	424	427
Enel's Great Space Operations	428	474
Animal Theater	475	485
Where They Are Now (Water 7)	486	490
CP9's Independent Report	491	528
Animal Theater	529	542
Straw Hat's Separation Serial	543	560
Animal Theater	561	597
Fan Requests	599	611
From the Decks of the World	613	668
Fan Requests	669	673
Caribou's Kehihihihi in the New World	674	731
Fan Requests	732	750
Solo Journey of Jinbe, Knight of the Sea	751	785
Fan Requests	786	804
From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000 Man Arc	805	838
Fan Requests	839	N/A

Besides the color spreads (which are random), the other type of covers are now displayed according to the following logic alternatively:

One Cover Story -> One Animal Theater series (Luffy, other crew members, Vivi, Carue)-> One Where They Are Now series.

Exceptions:

• There wasn't a Where are they now series? before the Straw Hat Separation Serial cover stories, but they can be considered as a mix of both types.
• The 3 first cover stories contain covers which are a mix of Cover Spread and Animal Theater. They are on one single page with the One Piece logo and, since they appear in the Colorwalks, they were initially in color.
  • Since this type of cover does not appear anymore, they are not considered a type. Here is the list of the chapters with such covers:

Chapter 38

Chapter 41

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 49

Chapter 56

Chapter 64

Chapter 69

Chapter 82

Chapter 86

Chapter 94

Chapter 103

Chapter 137

Chapter 144

Chapter 165

Chapter 194

List of Color Spreads

A listing of Color Spread chapters. All color panels and spreads can be seen here.

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Chapter	Description	Color walk	Used In
001	Nami, Luffy, and Shanks' crew rejoicing with treasures.	1
012	Straw Hats and their weapons.	1
028	Straw Hats on a cart.	1
052	Straw Hats and Baratie Arc characters.	1
061	Straw Hats taking a break from farming, with giant squids in the background	1
070	Straw Hats samurai I.	1
079	Straw Hats western fashion and black panthers.	1	Movie 1 Ending
100	Straw Hats and a giant treasure.	2
107	Funky Straw Hats.	2
111	Straw Hats exploring some ruins.	2
117	Straw Hats with Brogy and Dorry.	2
128	Straw Hats and pterodactyls.	2
133	Nami, Sanji and Luffy and a snow monster.	2
140	Straw Hats in a jungle.	2
147	Straw Hats running on a beach.	2	Believe
152	Straw Hats relaxing in a garden.	2
156	Straw Hats in the desert.	2
160	Baroque Works and Luffy.	2
175	Luffy and Nami in animal skins, with a jaguar on the background.	2
186	Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp surrounded by machines and a hippo.	3	Crazy Rainbow
198	Straw Hats relaxing in a jungle pool.	3	Grand Battle! 2
201	Straw Hats posing for a fight (except Nami).	3	Bon Voyage
213	Straw Hats with pigs on parachutes and seagulls.	3
221	Usopp explaining, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji dozing off.	3
226	Nami, Robin, and Chopper in a bar after shopping.	3	Crazy Rainbow
241	Straw Hats atop a cliff.	3	Crazy Rainbow
246	Straw Hats in a swamp.	3
254	Straw Hats running away from the battleground.	3	Brand New World
260	Straw Hats at a pier with treasure.	3
269	Straw Hats relaxing in a Japanese garden.	3
274	Straw Hats having a bicycle and a horse carriage race.	3	Brand New World
284	Straw Hats resting, having a picnic.	3	Share the World
287	Straw Hats eating ramen.	4
293	Straw Hats getting ready to play basketball.	4
304	Straw Hats performing in an orchestra at sea with rainbow colored sea kings.	4
310	Straw Hats Samurai II.	4
317	Straw Hats doing laundry.	4
327	Straw Hats riding on a Going Merry sky train.	4	Kaze wo Sagashite
334	Straw Hats playing with a beach ball on a large snake's body.	4
352	Straw Hats on roosters, Zoro on a chick.	4
357	Straw Hats venture to Water 7.	4
364	Straw Hats at sea with a large hippo in the background.	4
369	Straw Hats' mosaic panel pictures with thick borders.	4
373	Straw Hats Samurai III	4
377	Straw Hats and CP9.	4
379	Straw Hats' summer time.	4	Crazy Rainbow
383	Straw Hats flying with group of eagles.	4
387	Luffy, Zoro and Chopper playing as medieval knights.	4
391	Straw Hats in a snow country.	4
394	Straw Hats in a jungle ruins.	5
401	Straw Hats in a prehistoric jungle while being chased by a mammoth.	5
405	Straw Hats Chopper Man theme.	5
410	Straw Hats eating hotdogs.	5
415	Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji posing as the three musketeers with a big gorilla in the background.	5
422	Straw Hats in a boat race.	5
426	Straw Hats relaxing atop of clouds.	5
431	Luffy, Robin, and Chopper in the jungle.	5
439	Straw Hats walking down stairs.	5
446	Straw Hat boys as vikings.	5
449	Luffy, Nami, and Zoro in gothic clothing with a red dragon.	5
454	Luffy and Franky in a boxing match.	5	Kaze wo Sagashite
457	Straw Hats in a western town with a large iguana.	5
464	Straw Hats posing as mafioso (Tenth Anniversary color spread).	5
471	Straw Hats in an underwater world.	5
483	Straw Hats on a caterpillar-like boat.	5
489	Straw Hats at the top of a tree trunk with school of goldfish.	5
503	Straw Hats partying in a mushroom world.	6
507	Straw Hats' Declaration of War.	6
516	Straw Hats during their corresponding introductions.	6	Episode 516
520	Straw Hats playing cards in an abundant jungle.	6
526	Luffy, Nami, and Zoro in a Japanese painting.	6
532	Shichibukai.	6
537	Straw Hats eating on a flying elephant.	6	Kaze wo Sagashite
540	Straw Hats in a forest, Robin reading a large storybook.	6
547	Impel Down escape team.	6
553	Straw Hats in swim suits eating ice cream.	6	Kaze wo Sagashite
566	Straw Hats drinking cola.	6
567	Straw Hats as fruit masked heroes. (First two color spreads in a row.)	6
578	Straw Hats lying on a dragon with a flock of parrots.	6
582	Straw Hats playing iron soccer.	6
588	Straw Hats at a tea party.	6
595	Straw Hats with "tattoos" drawn with markers.	6
598	Straw Hats two years later.
604	Straw Hats with The Musicians of Bremen.
609	The Straw Hats see the glow worm.		Hands Up!
612	The Straw Hats are running away from a group of sharks.		Hands Up!
618	The Straw Hats enjoying a life among a town of animals.
622	The Straw Hats building a structure made of legos according to Franky's design.		Hands Up!
628	Panels focusing on each invidual crew member.
634	The Straw Hats swimming through Fishman Island.
642	The Straw Hats go to the beach on Fishman Island.
651	The Straw Hats and their animal counterparts holding each of their items.
660	The Straw Hats enjoy resting on a flowerbed placed on the branches of giant a tree and are surrounded by small orange elephants.
664	Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Franky and Brook are riding the Mini Merry II whilst wearing mafia clothing and firing their weapons in a paddle-by shooting.
676	The Straw Hats are inside giant tea cups as they fly over a city, enjoying food and drink as Chopper rides a lion in front of them.		Hands Up!
685	The Straw Hats in a Halloween setting, surrounded by pumpkins and ghosts.
691	The Straw Hat Pirates in their Film Z outfits, Z, and images of many Marines as they appeared in the past standing behind them.
692	The Straw Hats build a clock. The caption reads "Le temps qui passe, nous indiffère" (French: The passage of time is unnoticeable).
693	The Straw Hat Pirates, Trafalgar Law, Bepo, Shachi, Penguin, Kin'emon, Momonosuke, and the Franky Shogun stand in a group. Behind them are images of Basil Hawkins, Marshall D. Teach, Killer, Shanks, Eustass Kid, Charlotte Linlin, Scratchmen Apoo, Kuzan, Donquixote Doflamingo, Sakazuki, Jinbe, and Kaido.		Episode 616
699	The Straw Hat Pirates in medieval attire along with a green dragon. Luffy is portrayed as a king, Nami as a princess, and the other Straw Hats are knights.
703	Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, Nami, Brook and Chopper are shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by sharks and an octopus in the background.
707	The Straw Hats and a giant penguin swing on swings.
710	The Straw Hats are dressed up as kung fu characters.
717	Trafalgar Law, Kin'emon, Momonosuke, and the Straw Hats with a Chopper mecha whose hat is a miniature poolside bar.
724	The Straw Hats relax at the Mermaid Café, with Jinbe, Pappug and the mermaids.
726	The Straw Hats pose with their younger selves.
733	The Straw Hats play in the snow with some foxes.
741	The Straw Hats in military gear.
745	The Straw Hats doing laundry on the Sunny with some monkeys.
750	Luffy, Zoro, and Law with their allies from the Corrida Colosseum.
756	The Straw Hats getting ready to go out, to celebrate the series' 17th Anniversary.
764	The Straw Hats catch fish with some bears at the top of a waterfall for Sanji to cook.
771	The top ten most popular characters from One Piece riding in a carriage.
775	The Straw Hats on a road trip riding on bikes.
779	The Straw Hats enjoying pizza together while Nami, Chopper and Usopp showed everyone their posters of One Piece Tokyo Tower
784	The Straw Hats having a picnic with zombies.
790	The Straw Hats in various cultures' outfits.
796	The Straw Hats at the ocean having fun with other octopuses.		The Straw Hats wear the same swimsuits in a sequence of the 19th opening We Can!.
802	The first six members of the Straw Hats eating dango with some hippos.
809	Luffy, Robin, Franky, and Brook are sitting down with some cats and are all wearing sunglasses, smoking and have tattoos. The background says "SEA FREAK".
811	Luffy, Nami, Usupp, Zoro and some monkeys return from shopping greeted by Sanji and Chopper who are waiting on the snowy pier.
817	A casino-themed promotion for One Piece Film: Gold, featuring the supporting Straw Hat Pirates on the inlet spaces of a roulette wheel, with Luffy climbing over a table as playing cards are strewn about, and the silhouette of the film's antagonist shouting through a stage microphone inside of a Hollywood-style lighted star.
821	A Japanese painting of Sanji's rescue team and Kozuki Momonosuke, wearing kimonos with the Kozuki Family retainers portraits behind them.
824	The Straw Hat Pirates are riding on a koala roller coaster.
829	One Piece Film: Gold poster with the Straw Hat Pirates, Rob Lucci, Sabo, Gild Tesoro and others.
832	The Straw Hats in swimwear with a flamingo. An inscription on the boat where Nico Robin, Franky and Usopp rides comes with a statement "Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?"
833	The Straw Hats in kimonos are eating watermelons while watching fireworks with some goldfishes.
835	The Straw Hats enjoying dessert with penguins and a polar bear.
843	The Straw Hat Pirates with bear themed clothes in front of a pagoda. Luffy's shirt saya "Reconstruction Kumamoto", probably as a reference to the recent disaster in the real life city Kumamoto. The pagoda is also similar to the city's Kumamoto Castle. "Kuma" means "Bear" in Japanese.