Summary
- One Piece fans were surprised and excited to learn about the announcement of a complete remake of the anime, titled "The One Piece," which aims to fix pacing issues and provide a new approach to the series.
- The One Piece anime remake will be handled by Wit Studio and distributed by Netflix, promising great animation and a reimagination of Luffy's adventures across the East Blue.
- While there is no official release date yet, fans can expect the One Piece anime remake to be released sometime in 2025, and more information about the project will be provided in due time.
2023 was a massive year for One Piece, thanks to the already incredible anime and manga series and, at the same time, a live-action adaptation to add to all that. Naturally, fans are incredibly excited about their favorite series heading into 2024 and at this year's Festa, Oda certainly raised the expectations by quite a lot. Quite a lot of interesting information about One Piece was revealed recently and, most importantly, a complete remake of the One Piece anime was announced as well.
The One Piece Anime Remake By Wit Studio And Netflix Announced
Netflix and Wit will be remaking the One Piece anime.
This announcement took the fans by surprise as not many expected for this remake to happen anytime soon. Yet, at the very end of Jump Festa 2024, a teaser trailer for a new One Piece remake, titled “The One Piece” was revealed to the fans. Naturally, every fan of One Piece will have quite a lot of questions pertaining to the One Piece anime remake project and this article will surely help them with that.
Why Is One Piece Getting A Remake?
The biggest question that any One Piece fan will have pertaining to the One Piece remake is why exactly is the One Piece series being remade in the first place. This is quite a valid question, and the answer to this could be very straightforward as well. When looking at early One Piece, the series certainly lives up to all expectations. Early One Piece has quite a charm to it and, it is animated quite beautifully, with incredible character designs and, at the same time, perfect pacing as well. However, the same cannot be said for the story moving forward. As One Piece continued, the pacing of the story took a heavy blow and this was to be expected, given that the manga wasn't all that far ahead.
At the same time, the One Piece anime also suffered quite a lot from production issues, which often led to some episodes not receiving the same love that they deserved. While much of that has changed towards the Wano arc, as the anime series has done brilliantly over the course of the last few years, the questions about the pacing still remain.
At the same time, One Piece is quite an old anime. As such, a newer approach to the same anime will certainly be somewhat exciting. If One Piece's upcoming project manages to fix the pacing issues, as well as provides a new approach to the series and animates it beautifully, this is surely a win for One Piece fans all over the world. It is also not here to replace the original One Piece anime, as the original anime will still continue. This project is purely going to be a message of love to One Piece fans all over the world.
At the same time, fans know that a One Piece remake, at some point, was always going to happen. However, the voice actors are surely not going to get any younger. To make sure that the voice actors are going to be a major part of the upcoming One Piece anime remake, an adaptation being announced at this point is actually perfect.
WIT Studio - The Studio Working on The One Piece Remake
Another major question that fans might have is who exactly will be working on The One Piece anime remake. The original anime for One Piece is being handled by Toei Animation. However, the upcoming anime will be taken care of by Wit Studio and distributed by Netflix. Wit Studio is quite popular among anime fans already, especially due to their incredible work on Attack on Titan and newer series, such as Spy x Family. While Wit Studio did suffer from some turbulent times a few years ago, the anime studio has done incredibly well for itself recently and completely transformed itself. Wit Studio might just be the best studio to take on this job and it is surely going to be exciting for fans to see how they handle Eiichiro Oda's One Piece.
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In Netflix’s very own press release, they have recently announced that the upcoming One Piece anime will feature great animation using cutting-edge technology and that the series will reimagine Luffy's adventures throughout the East Blue.
How Many Episodes Will The One Piece Remake Have?
Fans might be wondering as to how many episodes they will be in Netflix's the One Piece anime remake. For now, fans don't have an official number. However, what the fans do know is that the series will be covering the adventures of Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates across the East Blue. This is quite a clear indication that it is going to be a proper anime adaptation that will be faithful to Oda's work. This means that fans will see the story begin from the very first chapter, which is, the Romance Dawn arc and, from there onwards, cover the entirety of the East Blue Saga, all the way up to where Luffy defeats Arlong and then goes to Loguetown and set sail for the Grand Line.
This is quite a lot of material to adapt, however, given that the approach that this anime will take is likely going to be seasonal, then fans should expect the series to be at least 25 episodes long, and ideally, longer than that.
Will The One Piece Remake Be Seasonal?
Once again, there is no confirmation as to what approach the One Piece anime remake will be taking. However, it is highly likely that it is going to be seasonal. This is especially hinted at by the fact that the official announcement clarifies that they will tackle the East Blue saga first. This confirms that East Blue will be the first season of the One Piece anime and that the second season, which will likely be produced many months after the first season drops, will cover the events of the Arabasta Saga, similarly.
One Piece will likely benefit from the seasonal approach quite a lot and this is simply because it will allow the animation staff to breathe more and, at the same time, aid the pacing of the series greatly. At the same time, fans can then also expect great animation, thanks to the incredible amount of time that the staff will get to work on the show.
The One Piece Anime Remake Release Date
Currently, no release date has been provided for the One Piece anime remake. However, given that the project is in early works, it is likely not going to be anytime soon. Production for this anime will likely take quite a lot of time and fans should expect it at some point in 2025, at the very least. As announced by Netflix itself, more information on this upcoming major project will be provided in time. For now, fans can sit back and absorb this news as there's a lot to be excited about when it comes to One Piece's future.
The One Piece will be available to watch on Netflix.
- Release Date
- October 20, 1999
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Directors
- Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
Cast
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Mayumi TanakaMonkey D. Luffy (voice) -
Kazuya NakaiRoronoa Zoro (voice)
WHERE TO WATCH
- Creator
- Eiichiro Oda
- Studio
- Toei Animation
- Number of Episodes
- 1122
- Streaming Service(s)
- Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Pluto TV
