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The official YouTube channel of the One Piece franchise released a surprise five-minute anime original episode featuring Monkey D. Luffy and Trafalgar Law on Jan 19, 2025.
This special episode was first screened during the ‘MBS Anime Fest 2025’ event held at the Kobe World Memorial Hall in Japan.
Set after the decisive battles in Wano Country, the episode presents an untold story of Luffy and Law.
The episode was directed by Yasunori Koyama, known for his work on the 1999 One Piece series, with Tomohiro Nakayama writing the script and Midori Matsuda designing the characters.
Checkout the episode below:
This release comes as fans eagerly anticipate the return of the One Piece anime series, which went on a hiatus in October 2024.
The anime is scheduled to resume airing new episodes on April 6, 2025, and will also be moving to a new time slot, airing on Sundays at 11:15 p.m. JST on Fuji TV.
During the hiatus, fans were treated to a special edited version of the Fish-Man Island Arc, which featured reshot scenes, and retouched art. This version had condensed the original 57 episodes into 21 episodes, with updates to the animation quality.
One Piece is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation that premiered on Fuji TV in October 1999. It is based on Eiichiro Oda’s manga series of the same name.
Since its premiere in Japan, more than 1,000 episodes have been aired.
Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation, and thirteen television specials.
One Piece manga series, written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, has been serialized in Shueisha’s shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump since July 1997.
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