After asserting a hiatus again in October, the One Piece anime has lastly set a launch date to proceed the Egghead arc. Nevertheless, followers will nonetheless have to attend some time to search out out what occurs with Luffy (voiced by Mayumi Tanaka within the unique, and by Colleen Clinkenbeard within the English dub) and his pals subsequent. The long-running anime sequence is returning on April 6, 2025, and also will air at a later time slot: Fuji TV introduced that One Piece will now air new episodes at 11:15pm in Japan. The hit sequence’ earlier time slot will now be crammed by the brand new anime sequence To Be Hero X.
The Egghead arc (or Future Island arc) kicked off within the first week of January 2024, so quite a bit occurred earlier than the sequence stopped to “recharge,” as its creators introduced. It follows the Straw Hats as they discover a futuristic island named Egghead the place they lastly meet villain Dr. Vegapunk. The villain was teased a number of episodes sooner than when the arc began, and followers are contemplating it one of the vital lore-heavy arcs in your complete sequence. Within the manga sequence, franchise creator Eiichiro Oda himself needed to tackle a few of its plot factors after large fan hypothesis.
Whereas followers look forward to the return of the Egghead arc, a remastered model of the Fish-man Island saga is being aired, however as a deal with to followers it was redone with enhancements that embrace re-shot scenes and improved paintings. The saga can also be an abridged model of the arc, with 21 episodes as an alternative of the 51 from the unique arc. That is the arc through which Luffy and the Straw Hats higher perceive the discrimination towards Fish-Males and the troubles of the Ryugu Kingdom.
There’s Loads of ‘One Piece’ To Go Round Whereas You Anticipate New Episodes
In fact, it is not like One Piece followers don’t have anything to do whereas they look forward to the Egghead arc to return. Up to now, the sequence has put out 1,122 episodes, so binge-watching periods are at all times so as. If they do not really feel like revisiting the entire sequence, followers can simply go to their favourite arc – or dive as soon as extra into the vastly widespread live-action adaptation of the sequence, which is gearing as much as debut its second season.
Just lately, the flesh-and-bone Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) spoke face-to-face with Eiichiro Oda and the creator revealed he visited the units of the brand new episodes after being a advisor in Season 1. Oda had the ultimate say in each determination that made it to the display, which signifies that all adjustments that the live-action sequence made did not go with out his approval. He revealed that among the adjustments that showrunners Steven Maeda, Matt Owens, and their group got here up with are issues he needs he had considered when he was creating the vastly widespread manga sequence.
The One Piece anime sequence returns on April 6, 2025. You possibly can try the announcement video beneath (in Japanese):
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