Animation Director: Kenji Yokoyama Art Design: Wong Kok Wai

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The collaborative credit of Animation Director Kenji Yokoyama and Art Designer Wong Kok Wai on Stage cards like OP09-072 (Arc: Wano Country) brings authentic, studio-grade anime art direction directly to the One Piece Card Game. Rather than functioning as standalone commercial illustrators, their work translates Toei Animation's high-fidelity production aesthetic into collectible cardboard. The visuals are distinguished by meticulous architectural draftsmanship, wide-angle cinematic staging, and a rich, ukiyo-e inspired visual language developed specifically for the Wano Country storyline. Wong Kok Wai's environmental design excels at establishing spatial grandeur, rendered with crisp, structured line work and expansive horizon lines that frame the Flower Capital against majestic natural landscapes. The color palette bursts with vibrant, festive tonalities—lush cherry blossom pinks, deep pine greens, and luminous gold and vermilion accents that capture Wano's opulent exterior facade. Under Kenji Yokoyama's seasoned supervisory direction, the composition maintains a sharp, cel-animated clarity where lighting and atmospheric gradients heighten the dramatic scope without muddying the clean, screen-accurate line art. Within the broader One Piece Card Game catalog, this card stands out as an atmospheric powerhouse among Stage cards. By immortalizing pivotal setting designs directly from the flagship anime's visual development pipeline, their cards serve as definitive, panoramic snapshots that ground players directly into the geographic world of the Four Emperors saga.