A six-month break from “One Piece”! New episodes will not be available in Japan until April 2025. “One Piece” has been a staple of Japanese television for 25 years. What the long hiatus means and where you as fans can continue watching.
The most important thing in a nutshell
The official social media channels for “One Piece” announced: The series will go on hiatus after episode 1222.
The series will continue in April 2025.
Meanwhile, a rearranged version of the Fishman Island arc and a “Fanletter” event will be shown.
Of course, ProSieben MaxX is waiting to watch new episodes. You can watch classic episodes there right now and on Joyn.
Why “One Piece” is on hiatus
“One Piece” is one of the most successful anime series of all time, a global phenomenon. There are fans all over the world. But everything has an end, and this story has also begun: The “Final Saga” began on January 7, 2024 “Egg head” – Arc and it is really picking up speed. What author Eiichiro Oda has to say for the ending is amazing. And that’s exactly what the break is all about: quality.
The team is trying to use the time to gather strength for the anime episodes. when they return, they will become even stronger. The animations have risen in quality significantly in recent arcs, becoming more fluid and, especially when depicting fights, almost creative in expression. Seen this way, it makes sense that the team deserves a breather if they want to maintain this level.
Fans can see this during the one-piece break
It’s easy for German fans, because “One Piece” episodes continue to be shown on ProSieben MAXX and Joyn – those are the ones from the early days of East Blue. And the station is working on more new, titled episodes. On October 18, the movie “One Piece Red” and the special episode “Monsters” will be shown on German television for the first time.
In Japan, fans can look forward to two special events during the hiatus, the “One Piece Fan Letter” episodes and the reboot of the “Fishman Island” arc. “Fan Letter” is a special episode that will show an important event in the series from a new perspective on October 20, 2024 – exactly 25 years after the first episode of the series was broadcast -: the meeting of the Straw Hats on the Sabaody archipelago.
First look at the new “One Piece” style after the break
It then continues chronologically: From the archipelago, the crew goes on a ship not on the water, but down to Fishman Island. This arc was freed from repetition and flashbacks and was reduced from 58 to 21 episodes and revived. The first images give the first impression of what “One Piece” will look like when it returns with the new episodes.