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Looks like Luffy and his anime cohorts have been enjoying too many high-calorie meals while sailing the high seas.

We recently took a look at what would happen if Pikachu started hitting the gym and packing on muscle mass, but what about the opposite scenario? Luffy and the other stars of long-running anime/manga One Piece may be adventurous heroes, but they’re also pirates, a group whose members aren’t necessarily known for having a healthy, balanced lifestyle. What would the results be if the Straw Hat Pirates got gluttonous and started letting themselves go?

Probably something like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6spJzSNhn0

This month, Banpresto, one of the many arms of anime merchandiser extraordinaire Bandai, is releasing a six-piece set of One Piece figures, called One Piece World Collectable Figure Style Up. The word “style” is often used in Japanese to refer to a person’s physique, rather than his clothes, and the six figures represent both slim and heavyset versions of leading man Luffy, sharpshooter Usopp, and violently tempered Alvida.

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If the promotional video has you thinking of an infomercial, the effect is intentional. As a matter of fact, the figures have an official nod of approval from Rizap, one of Japan’s trendiest fad weight-loss programs, whose advertisements the figures’ video pays homage to.

▼ Somehow, losing weight also caused Usopp and Alvida to get new clothes.

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If you’d like to keep a set of these figures around, either for a sense of solidarity while pursuing your own fitness goals or just as a very different take on the trio of pirates, the complete set can be ordered here through Amazon Japan for 6,600 yen (US$60).

Source: IT Media
Top image: YouTube/BANPRESTO CHANNEL
Insert images: YouTube/BANPRESTO CHANNEL, Amazon Japan

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