One Piece Anime Sets Set Sail Again in April

after goes to break In October, new episodes One Piece Restart on April 6, 2025.

The company made the news during Jump Festa this weekend. Last we left off, the series was in the middle of the Egghead arc, and the sneaky new preview, Straw Hats Dr. It shows what’s to come as he prepares to smuggle Vegapunk off the titular island… as shown by the Marines. until they surrounded it. The second half of the arc will also move One Piece to new timeslot: Sunday nights 23:15 JST.

The new time isn’t the only change coming – onward, crew great! shipwright Frankie will now be voiced by Subaru Kimura (who previously played young Buggy) in the Japanese dub. Frankie’s longtime co-star Kazuki Yao revealed pension in early December and gave Kimura Frankie’s underwear on stage to make the transition official. In the statement, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda Franky thanked Yao for playing “long time! No matter where you go, you will always be our nakama!! And Subara-san, I’m waiting for you on deck!!”

Oda also commented on this year, which marks the anime’s 25th anniversary, and expressed “deep gratitude to our great cast” and gave a shout-out to Netflix’s live-action adaptation. Interestingly, he said that 2025 will see “various projects and announcements”. One Piece; Gets a Netflix show second seasonand so does the broadcaster anime remake for newcomers. The franchise releases a new film every three years, so could a new one be on the horizon? Meanwhile, the manga’s current Elbaph arc will see more strife across the seas as “the arrival of a certain person” and “a boy begins to shake the world.”

Kazuki Yao yelled “SUUUUPPPEEEER!” to Subaru Kimura. teaches to say. pic.twitter.com/Pok54X2LO3

— Pookie Piece (@PookiePiece) December 22, 2024

2025 will be the year of “SUUUUUPER”. One Piece“, Oda says — starting with the anime’s return on April 6 with “Egghead Part II.”

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