After more than 1,100 episodes, One Piece still shows no signs of stopping. This anime series based on Eiichiro Oda's ongoing manga has been a staple for many years, outlasting many contemporary series.
Maintaining consistency over such a long period of time requires discipline and occasional breaks. Now, one of the longest hiatuses in One Piece history has been announced.
But since One Piece episode 1122 aired, this pause happened immediately and left a suspenseful episode in one of the series' main storylines.
The story will take a break in the middle of the Egghead arc, which is also the first part of the Final Saga, where Eiichiro seems to be nearing the end of his journey for the Straw Hats.
The One Piece anime will air alternate spin-off episodes over six months, until April 2025.
The move is part of a process to improve Luffy's on-screen exploits. When it returns next April, One Piece will feature improved production quality, refreshed music and sound, improved pacing, and a completely new time slot that will give Toei less restrictions on what to do. what the studio can and cannot show. The new time frame has not yet been revealed.
Currently, a new version of the Fish-Man Island arc will air starting on October 27, 2024. First produced in 2011, this arc is being revised again and has new content. 21 episodes long, instead of 58 episodes like the original.
The new version of the Fish-Man Island arc will begin airing after the spin-off episode 'Fan Letter', which airs next week.
Toei Animation is very experienced in creating “upgrades” for a long-running anime series. This happened with the anime “Dragon Ball Z”, the upgraded version is “Dragon Ball Kai”. In the new version, the graphics have been made more beautiful, the voice acting and soundtrack have also been refreshed. Even the time-wasting segments and extra details were cut, from 291 episodes to only 159 episodes.
Now, the upgraded version of the Fish-Man Island arc promises to repeat the above formula of Dragon Ball Kai and become even better, with more beautiful and modern graphics, and refreshed sound.