ONE PIECE CARD GAME North American Market Communication

ROLE
Planning, Creative Direction, Art Direction, Video Production
DELIVERABLE
Communication Plan, Tagline, Video
DATE
Oct 2025

monopo Tokyo and vandewouw.co developed the communication strategy and produced video content for the North American and EuropeanWestern market for the new ONE PIECE CARD GAME product, Learn Together Deck Set.

CLIENT BRIEF

  • Engaging new users

  • Developing a communication strategy for the North American and European market for the new ONE PIECE CARD GAME Learn Together Deck Set

  • Planning and producing a promotional video based on the strategy

OUR PROPOSAL

  • Positioning the card game as “a new adventure you start with someone,” emphasizing it as a social experience that connects people

  • Tagline: “ADVENTURE BEGINS TOGETHER”

CONCEPT

A new adventure anyone can start

Learn Together Deck Set is a starter kit that allows beginners to learn the game as they play.
To make it an entry point for both ONE PIECE fans and card game newcomers, we positioned card games as “a new adventure you begin with someone” — a social experience that connects people.

Rather than a world limited to existing fans, we portrayed it as something open to everyone, creating opportunities for new connections and encounters.

VIDEO

Sharing the joy of “We did it!” — together.

The film coolly captures the fun of connecting through card games — whether between parents and children, friends, or colleagues — laughing together, competing seriously, and sharing the satisfaction of saying “We did it!”

Within a short runtime, it conveys that this is a game meant to be enjoyed with many kinds of relationships.
The developed tagline, “ADVENTURE BEGINS TOGETHER,” reflects the core themes of ONE PIECE — camaraderie and adventure — while capturing the excitement of the game itself.

TEAM

A globally diverse team, unique to monopo.

As this project focused on planning for Western markets, it was led by a bilingual-centered team within monopo.
Team members with firsthand understanding of both Japanese and Western cultures handled the planning, ensuring cultural nuances were fully considered.

For video production, our group company poweredby.tokyo joined the project, also with bilingual members.
The result was a team uniquely positioned to communicate both Japanese and international cultures — a strength that defines monopo.

Thanks to poweredby.tokyo’s staffing, the film achieved an atmosphere that feels anything but Japan-based, and was released in two versions: English and French.

CREDITS

CLIENT
BANDAI
ROLE
Planning, Creative Direction, Art Direction, Video Production
THE TEAM

Agency
ADK

Creative Agency
monopo Tokyo x vandewouw.co

Creative Director
Thijs van de Wouw (vandewouw.co)

Account Director
Kensuke Tanakamonopo Tokyo

Producer
Karin Kurodamonopo Tokyo

Art Director
Tran Minh Villageoismonopo Tokyo

Planner
Emily Onoderamonopo Tokyo

Production Assistant
Yuto Higohashi

Production Agency
poweredby.tokyo

Executive Producer
Chace Fedorpoweredby.tokyo

Creative Producer
Hibiki Kato, Utana Kishinopoweredby.tokyo

Production Assistants
Zoe Ueda, Kotoha Suzukipoweredby.tokyo

Director
Anthony Yano Hayes

Director of Photography
Petter Jensen

Steadicam Operator
Federico Settimelli

1st AC
Alex Witmer

2nd AC
Aya Tabayashi

Gaffer
Arata Ijichi

Gaffer Assistants
Ryo Maeda, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Shinnosuke Watanabe

Set Design
Muddler

Stylist
Hashinosuke Morita

HMU
Sakie Miura

HMU Assistant
Kojima Hayata

Music
ZOMBIE-CHANG, doooo

Sound Design
Christian Sayeg (Mad Sound Productions)

Colorist
Simon Bøisx (LIA FILM)

VFX
Raphael Gort

Talent
Jillian, Titien Pretolani, Mayuri, Paris Gillespie, Matt McClellan, Ibrahim Menzel

Transportation
TOKYO MEDIA SUPPORT, Snappy, ANK