Fans of the manga and anime series "One Piece" have a lot of excitement for next year with the 13th "One Piece" movie and a new fighting game due for release in 2016. The official release date for "One Piece Film: Gold" has been announced and "One Piece: Burning Blood" is coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.

"One Piece Film: Gold" to hit theaters in Japan on July 23, 2016

The 13th One Piece film will be directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto, scripted by Tsutomu Kuroiwa and executively produced by creator Eiichiro Oda, per Anime News Network. The 40-year-old mangaka also produced the 12th "One Piece" movie titled "One Piece Film: Z" in 2012.

The Weekly Shonen Jump's second issue of 2016 will be available on Dec. 14 and it reveals the bonus extra that will be packaged with the first batch of tickets. The pre-sale of tickets goes on sale on Dec. 18. No details about the film's plot have been released, but many fans have speculated that it will be about the adventures of the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, per Design & Trend.

Two of the latest "One Piece" movies, "One Piece Film: Strong World" and "One Piece Film: Z," are about Shiki and Zephyr respectively, and are legendary pirates in the time of the Pirate King. Not much information has been given about Roger so it's natural for fans to speculate that the movie is about him.

Fans have been waiting on the details of Roger's powers and his Devil Fruit considering that he is stronger than Whitebeard, who singlehandedly caused a lot of chaos and destruction in his old age during the Marineford Arc.

"One Piece: Burning Blood" to be released in Japan on April 21, 2016

The latest issue of Jump magazine announced the release date for the upcoming fighting video game based on "One Piece." The game is developed by Spike Chunsoft and will be published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PS4 and PS4. It will also be the first "One Piece" video game to be released for Xbox One, per Bandai Namco.

It is also planned to be released in Europe, North America and Latin America in a separate 2016 date and is slated to be available in 12 languages including English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, Spanish and traditional Chinese.

Gematsu noted that the game's features will be similar to the "Grand Battle!" series with the main focus on the ability of the characters to use their devil fruit powers. Also, the game's logo features Luffy in his fourth gear, suggesting that it is present in the game.