Good morning, everyone! At 9:30 PM JST (5:30 AM PDT for the English version) today, the ONE PIECE Official YouTube Channel broadcasted a livestream with news regarding the series. The speakers were Hiroyuki Nakano (Editor-in-Chief), Ryuta Koike (Series Producer) and Yuriko “Heavenly Voice” Yamaguchi (Nico Robin’s VA).
Here is a summary I wrote of everything that was mentioned:
- One Piece is now broadcasting every Sunday at 9:30 AM JST. After the 20th anniversary broadcast (mentioned below), the anime will enter a ”charging” period until March 30th, 2025. The anime will move to a new broadcasting slot in April 2025 and further details will be revealed at JUMP FESTA 2025 on December 22nd of this year.
- A new 30-minute One Piece special titled ‘ONE PIECE FAN LETTER’ for the 25th anniversary of the anime will air on October 20th. - “The main character is a girl who has a strong admiration for Nami and sets out on a small adventure."
- The following week after the anniversary special, ’One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga‘ will air with a condensed total of 21 episodes instead of the original 58. These episodes will feature new, brighter animation with pronounced lighting, stronger effects, new SFX and more.
- For ’One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga‘, there will also be a new Opening and Ending theme. The former is a special version of “We Go!” by Hiroshi Kitadani which will be sung by a “special guest” (it’s a secret for now!) and the latter is the song “Sailing” by BE:FIRST.
- The official One Piece YouTube channel is currently broadcasting ANYTIME ONE PIECE, which is airing every episode of the anime 24/7. The project has been extended until March 2025. It is noted that it takes about 20 days to reach the latest episode and restart, and it is currently on Week 17.
- The mobile app ONE PIECE BASE has launched on the App Store in Japan today and is planned to be released overseas in 2025. The app features animated manga panels, a system for earning points by clearing missions and scanning barcodes of One Piece merchandise to be used for buying access to manga chapters and a profile picture creator which utilizes AI and a manga panel quiz system to determine your WANTED poster’s epithet.
The speakers encourage the use of the hashtag #ONEPIECE_Portrait when posting on social media and to go to onepiece-base.com for more information.
- Season 2 of Netflix’s Live-action ONE PIECE will have Joe Manganiello and Lera Abova as Mr. 0 and Miss All Sunday, respectively. A video starts with a handwritten note saying “Here’s 3 seconds of the Hollywood live-action version of Chopper!! -Oda”, a 3 second countdown and a clip of Chopper with his back facing the camera while sitting in a chair.
- A rough animation preview of ‘ONE PIECE FAN LETTER’ is shown. The special is directed by Megumi Ishitani with Keisuke Mori as the character designer and animation director and the screenplay by Momoka Toyoda. - ”The story takes place on the Sabaody Archipelago two years after the Summit War in which The Pirate "STRAW HAT LUFFY" lost his older brother, Portgas D. Ace."
- A lottery will be hosted for Japanese residents for the Nakano prize, Koike prize and Heavenly Voice prize. In order, these prizes are: A reproduction of the color drawing from the 1000th chapter of the original manga, an assortment of SANJI no OYATSU sweets (they’re plushies, so be careful not to eat them lol) and an assortment of figurines, games and trading cards provided by Bandai and its subsidiaries.
To enter, participants must post to Twitter with the hashtags #ONEPIECENEWS and #(The name (full name) of Heavenly Voice's "friend") (the hint for the name is “mm mm, mm mm”). After the lottery is over, the winners will be notified and have the prizes shipped to them.
