Sailing the high seas is hard work, so the One Piece crew will temporarily stay anchored on dry land. Following the release of its 1122nd episode, Toei Animation announced a six-month hiatus for the anime on 13 October, with Egghead Arc Part II returning in April 2025.
In the meantime, a remastered version of the Fish-Man Island Saga and a special 25th-anniversary episode serve to tide over the wait. The former is set to run from 27 October 2024 to 30 March 2025, featuring 21 abridged episodes of abre-shot scenes and “new animation sequences, including opening and ending themes” in a “contemporary visual style and recorded in Dolby Atmos. “
The upcoming One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga will also introduce a new opening called “We Go!”, sung by Kitadani Hiroshi and “special guests.” BE:FIRST is performing the ending theme song, “Sailing (Episodic Version)”. A first look at the remastered visuals can be viewed below alongside the key visual, breathing new life into the original arc that first aired between 2011 and 2012:
As for the One Piece Fan Letter special episode, it will premiere on 20 October with a young girl who admires Nami as the protagonist. “This 30-minute ensemble drama depicts the reunion of the Straw Hats crew from the perspective of non-pirate characters,” the official description reads. “Set in the Sabaody Archipelago after the Paramount War, the story follows its protagonist, a young girl and admirer of Nami, as she sets off on a small adventure.”
Fans of the franchise are in for a hectic time. Apart from the various anniversary initiatives, a One Piece anime remake is currently in the works at WIT Studio, with Netflix releasing a slew of updates for the second season of its live-action series. A release date has yet to be set, but there will be many new faces to expect, kicking off the debut of the Loguetown, Reverse Mountain (Twin Cape), Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, and Drum Island story arcs.
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga will run from 27 October 2024 to 30 March 2025, before Egghead Arc Part II airs in April 2025.
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