Create a logo for the One Piece Podcast, a news/media/podcast website

The One Piece Podcast

We Are Maji! (optional to incorporate)

We produce podcasts, news, editorials, and other miscellaneous media dedicated to the popular anime/manga series One Piece, which follows a band of pirates searching for a mythical treasure. Our target audience are males 18-35, most of whom enjoy comics, anime, manga, movies, and TV. We plan on selling merchandise associated with our brand and personalties in the future.

I'd like to explore the following colors:

Dark neutrals: Formality, mystery, exclusivity and luxury.
Let designers make suggestions:
Blues: Knowledge, trust, calm and honesty.

You can check out our website at onepiecepodcast.com if you want to have an idea of the content we provide, or the series One Piece in general. Keep in mind, the website will be overhauled soon, so no need to make the logo match the site's aesthetic.

Attached is our current logo. You can use this as a springboard for your design. Or not. It's up to you. We're open to new ideas, but a reimagining of our current logo is also an option -- though we ask that the skull not be drawn in the same style as the old logo.

Alternatively, a logo matching our Saicons (see the blue icon attached) would be an option as well.

Also attached is a sketch sort of showing the direction we're thinking, which is grittier and more minimal than our previous logo. We're by no means restricted to this look, but as of now, that seems to the direction we are leaning.