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After a break in October, new episodes of one piece will begin again on April 6, 2025.
The company broke the news during this weekend’s Jump Festa. When we last left off, the series was in the middle of the “Egghead” arc, and the flashy new preview shows things brewing as the Straw Hats prepare to smuggle Dr. Vegapunk off the island headline…just like the Marines show it. until besieging her. The second half of the arc will also move. one piece to a new time: Sunday nights at 11:15 pm JST.
A new time is not the only change that is coming: in the future, the crew super! Carpenter Franky will now be voiced by Subaru Kimura (who previously played young Buggy) in the Japanese dub. Franky’s longtime actor Kazuki Yao announced his retirement in early December, and to make the transition official, he gave Kimura a pair of Franky’s underwear on stage. In a statement, one piece creator Eiichiro Oda thanked Yao for playing Franky “for so long! No matter where you go, you will always be our nakama!! And Subara-san, I can’t wait to have you on board!!
Oda also commented on this year marking the anime’s 25th anniversary, giving his “deepest thanks to our great team of staff” and highlighting Netflix’s live-action adaptation. Curiously, he announced that in 2025 there would be “several projects and announcements” for one piece; The Netflix show is getting a second season and the streamer is also remaking the anime for newcomers. The franchise releases a new movie every three years, so could a new movie be on the horizon? Meanwhile, the manga’s current Elbaph arc will see “the arrival of one man in particular” and more conflicts across the seas as “that guy starts to shake the world.”
Kazuki Yao teaches Subaru Kimura to say “SUUUUPPPEEEEER!” pic.twitter.com/Pok54X2LO3
– Pookie Piece (@PookiePieza) December 22, 2024
2025 will be a “SUUUUUUUPER year of one piece” says Oda, starting off with his anime returning with “Egghead Part II” on April 6.
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