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- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesLuffy's past got pushed back
The manga opens with young Luffy and Shanks. The anime starts with Luffy popping out of a barrel and saves the Shanks flashback for episode 4.
source ↗ - ReferenceLuffy, a nautical coincidence
Oda picked the name Luffy just because it felt right for his hero. He later found out that luff is a sailing term and loved the coincidence.
source ↗ - ReferenceRoronoa comes from a real pirate
Zoro's surname is the Japanese pronunciation of l'Olonnais. François l'Olonnais was a 17th-century French pirate.
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- SetupThe glare that scares off a monster
In this arc's flashback, when Shanks just stares down the Sea King and it flees, that's no ordinary intimidation. The power gets a name much later.
source ↗ - SetupBuggy and Shanks shared a ship
Buggy says he and Shanks were apprentices on the same pirate ship. Which ship, and what happened there, the series reveals bit by bit.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesZoro was meant to join Buggy
In the original concept, Zoro used two swords instead of three and joined Buggy's crew before following Luffy.
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- ReferencePinocchio's nose
Usopp's long nose is a nod to Pinocchio, the puppet whose nose grows with every lie. Fitting for a kid who never stops making up stories.
source ↗ - ReferenceWe've met Usopp's dad
Usopp talks about his pirate father, and Luffy ties the name to a sniper in Shanks' crew. In the anime he gets it right away; in the manga it dawns on him slowly.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesGaimon got moved
In the manga, the run-in with Gaimon, the man in the treasure chest, comes before Syrup Village. The anime moved it later, with Usopp already aboard.
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- Behind the scenesThe only cel-animated film
It's the only One Piece film made with hand-painted cel animation. From the second film on, everything went digital.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA double bill with Digimon
It opened in March 2000 at the Toei Anime Fair alongside Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!. It debuted at number two and hit number one in its third week.
source ↗ - CameoNo Sanji yet
Only Luffy, Zoro, Nami and Usopp are in the crew here. Sanji doesn't join the films until the second one.
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- Behind the scenesSanji came out of Reservoir Dogs
Many fans assume Sanji was based on Leonardo DiCaprio. Oda said his model was Steve Buscemi in Reservoir Dogs.
source ↗ - ReferenceSanji means three o'clock
Sanji can be read as "three o'clock," snack time in Japan. The number 3 follows the cook around, and his birthday is March 2: 3-2, san-ji.
source ↗ - SetupThe scar on Zoro's chest
The slash Mihawk leaves across Zoro's chest becomes the swordsman's trademark. The score between them stays unsettled.
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- SetupA name dropped in passing: Jinbe
Midway through the arc, the name of Jinbe, another powerful fish-man, comes up in passing. The character doesn't actually show up until hundreds of chapters later.
source ↗ - ReferenceLuffy's first bounty
After Luffy takes down Arlong and Captain Nezumi files his report, the Marines put a 30 million berry bounty on him. It's his first wanted poster.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe 4Kids dub spared Bell-mère
In the 4Kids version, Bell-mère doesn't die: she's enslaved by Arlong and never mentioned again. The episode with the party and Nami's goodbye at the grave was cut.
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- ReferenceRoger's smile on the scaffold
Buggy tries to execute Luffy on the very spot where Gol D. Roger died 22 years earlier. Facing the blade, Luffy smiles, just like Roger did.
source ↗ - SetupThe hooded man in the rain
Just as Smoker is about to grab Luffy, a hooded man named Dragon stops him. Who he is, and why he helps, the series saves for later.
source ↗ - SetupTashigi looks familiar
Sergeant Tashigi is the spitting image of Kuina, Zoro's childhood friend. It visibly rattles him every time he sees her.
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- Behind the scenesFirst with digital ink and paint
It was the series' first film colored digitally, without cels.
source ↗ - CameoSanji hits theaters
It's the first film with Hiroaki Hirata voicing Sanji.
source ↗ - CameoJango dances before the movie
In theaters, the film came with a six-minute short, Jango's Dance Carnival, starring the hypnotist from Syrup Village.
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- SetupLaboon has waited 50 years
Laboon the whale has been waiting 50 years for a crew that promised to come back. That story isn't over yet.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe flag painted on its forehead
Luffy declares Laboon his rival and paints the crew's Jolly Roger on the whale's forehead so it stops ramming the mountain. It's a promise of a rematch.
source ↗ - Behind the scenes4Kids swapped the whale for an iceberg
The 4Kids dub cut Laboon and Crocus and put an iceberg in their place. The Log Pose shows up out of nowhere, which tangled the continuity of later arcs.
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- SetupA hundred bounty hunters in one night
Zoro takes out the town's hundred bounty hunters by himself. That night will count toward his first wanted poster.
source ↗ - CameoMiss All Sunday's debut
The mysterious woman who shows up at the end of the arc, Miss All Sunday, is the partner of Baroque Works' boss. Remember that face.
source ↗ - Behind the scenes4Kids renamed it Misty Peak
The 4Kids version renamed the town Misty Peak and turned the wine into fruit juice. Miss Monday got a new look and voice too.
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- SetupElbaph's first mention
Dorry and Brogy talk about Elbaph, the land of giant warriors, and Usopp swears he'll go there one day. The name comes back much later.
source ↗ - SetupThe bite nobody notices
An island bug bites Nami. In the anime she already feels the pain right after the fight; the real effect hits in the next arc.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe anime toned down the giants
In the manga, Dorry and Brogy behead dinosaurs in plain view. The anime shows Brogy's strike only in a water reflection and leaves Dorry's implied.
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- ReferenceThe Pirate King's full name
Dr. Kureha corrects the Pirate King's name: not Gold Roger but Gol D. Roger. Note the D., which Luffy carries too.
source ↗ - SetupThe first mention of the Levely
The arc gives the first look at the Levely, the gathering of the world's kings. Later the series explains it happens every four years.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe anime reshuffled Chopper's past
In the manga, Dr. Hiriluk's backstory only comes after Wapol returns to the castle. The anime tells Chopper's whole story earlier.
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- ReferenceA kingdom that looks like Egypt
Deserts, a river that keeps the country alive and a stone capital: Alabasta is One Piece's take on ancient Egypt.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesCrocodile was almost a sphinx
In an early concept, Crocodile challenged people with riddles like the Sphinx, and his hook was shaped like a question mark.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe arc became a movie
Alabasta got a condensed theatrical retelling in 2007, The Desert Princess and the Pirates. It's the only film in the series starring Vivi.
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- CameoChopper hits theaters
It's the first film with Ikue Ohtani voicing Chopper, and the first one built around him.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSoccer before the movie
The film screened with a six-minute short, Dream Soccer King!, with the crew playing soccer.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAnother Digimon double bill
For the third time, One Piece shared the bill with Digimon, this time Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon.
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- CameoZoro's childhood friend
The villain is Saga, a childhood friend of Zoro's, taken over by the cursed Seven-Star Sword. In the end, Zoro steps in for Luffy to finish the fight.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesPirate baseball on the side
The film came packaged with the short Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King, with the crew playing baseball.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTwo composers on the score
Kazuhisa Takenouchi directed, and the score was split between series composer Kōhei Tanaka and Shirō Hamaguchi.
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- SetupThe cherry pie guy
Luffy shares a bar counter with a big guy eating cherry pie and talking about dreams. He has no idea who he just met.
source ↗ - ReferenceTeach, like the real Blackbeard
Marshall D. Teach is named after Edward Teach, Blackbeard, perhaps the most notorious pirate in Western history.
source ↗ - CameoThe world's big shots show up
Jaya marks the first look at Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Doflamingo, Kuma, the Five Elders and Whitebeard. Nearly all of them grow huge in the story.
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- ReferenceShandora and El Dorado
The lost golden city of Shandora riffs on the legend of El Dorado, the city of gold Spanish explorers hunted in South America.
source ↗ - SetupSo-called Mantra
Enel's priests read their enemies' moves with something they call Mantra. Later, that gift gets a different name and becomes central to the world.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOn US TV, Enel wasn't God
FUNimation's TV dub called Enel the Sky King instead of God and turned his priests into Knights. The uncut DVDs kept the original terms.
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- CameoThe first admiral arrives
The tall man napping in the grass with a sleep mask is Aokiji, a Marine admiral. It's the crew's first brush with someone at that level.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe anime doubled the Davy Back Fight
In the manga, the contest against Foxy has three rounds. The anime stretches it to six, with roller skating, dodgeball and even red light, green light.
source ↗ - SetupA loss that changes Luffy
The beating Luffy takes from Aokiji forces him to rethink how he fights. The payoff comes further down the road.
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- Behind the scenesA Mamoru Hosoda film
It's directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who later founded Studio Chizu. The art and staging stray far from the TV series' style.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe darkest film in the series
Behind the carnival games, the film is considered one of One Piece's darkest, with heavy themes of grief and loneliness.
source ↗ - SetupWatch the flower
The Lily Carnation flower at the heart of the island holds the Baron's secret. Keep an eye on it from the start.
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- Behind the scenesThe ghost of the Merry
During the Sea Train episodes, the anime shows a ghostly image of the Going Merry. It's a detail that exists only in the animation.
source ↗ - SetupThe Pluton blueprints
Blueprints for an ancient weapon called Pluton have been handed down from shipwright to shipwright in Water 7. That name will matter.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe crew's first alliance
The Galley-La foremen and the Franky Family fight alongside the Straw Hats. It's the first time the crew teams up with an outside group.
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- ReferenceA Viking funeral for the Merry
The crew says goodbye to the Going Merry by setting it ablaze at sea, Viking funeral style. It's farewell to their first ship.
source ↗ - SetupTwo fruits will kill you
CP9 explains that eating two Devil Fruits kills you. Keep that rule in mind.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesChimney and Gonbe's shortcut
In the manga, the secret passage Chimney and her rabbit Gonbe take is only mentioned. The anime shows the whole trip in episode 285.
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- Behind the scenesSanji's police sketch
With no photo of him, the Marines use a terrible sketch on Sanji's poster. Chopper gets a tiny bounty because they think he's the crew's pet.
source ↗ - CameoGrandpa Garp drops a bomb
Garp, Luffy's vice admiral grandfather, casually reveals who Luffy's father is: Monkey D. Dragon, the revolutionary. The whole crew is stunned.
source ↗ - SetupThe duel on Banaro
While the crew celebrates, Ace finally catches up to Blackbeard on Banaro Island. How that fight ends shakes up everything that follows.
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- ReferenceMichael Jackson's Thriller
The arc's name and its zombie-packed gothic horror vibe wink at Michael Jackson's Thriller.
source ↗ - SetupThe legendary Ryuma's sword
Zoro beats the zombie of the samurai Ryuma and claims his sword, Shusui. That blade still has a story ahead of it.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe anime's spider mice
In the manga, Zoro and Sanji just vanish. The anime shows Tararan's spider mice capturing them.
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- Behind the scenesOda wrote the story
Oda created the original story and drew more than 120 pages of rough sketches. He put his name in the credits to set it apart from the earlier films.
source ↗ - SetupThe free volume 0
The first 1.5 million moviegoers got a volume 0 with a story set 20 years before the film. It shows where Shiki comes from.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMr. Children, by Oda's invitation
The theme Fanfare by Mr. Children came from a personal invitation by Oda. The film also won the Japan Academy Prize for animation.
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- ReferenceLaw, a name full of battles
Trafalgar comes from the cape of the famous naval battle, and Water Law echoes Waterloo. Law also nods to Edward Low, an 18th-century pirate known for his cruelty.
source ↗ - SetupThe fish that just passes out
At the auction house, the giant fish Motobaro suddenly passes out in front of Luffy. Nobody remarks on it, but there's an explanation later.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesLaw's missing gesture
In the manga, Law flips Kid the middle finger. The anime censored it.
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- ReferenceAmazons and Medusa
The Kuja warriors recall the Amazons of Greek myth. The Gorgon sisters' curse, which turns people to stone, comes straight from the Medusa legend.
source ↗ - ReferenceHaki gets a name
This is where the series first explains the three kinds of Haki. Watch what Luffy does in the arena: it echoes a scene from episode 4.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMarguerite's bath
In the manga, Marguerite and the warriors are nude in the bath scene. The anime put clothes on them and stretched the jungle chase and arena fight.
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- ReferenceA prison built in layers of hell
Impel Down's levels have names like Crimson Hell, Wild Beast Hell and Freezing Hell. The descent mimics the layers of an underworld.
source ↗ - SetupLuffy comes out poison-proof
After surviving Magellan's poison, Luffy gains a natural resistance to toxins. That will come in handy later.
source ↗ - SetupWho else left Level 6
In the mass breakout, 241 prisoners escape. Blackbeard uses the chaos to recruit from Level 6, and that choice has consequences.
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- ReferenceRoger's son
The Marines reveal to the world that Ace is the son of Gol D. Roger, the man executed in Loguetown. It also goes public that Luffy is Dragon's son and Garp's grandson.
source ↗ - SetupThe One Piece is real
Whitebeard's final words confirm the One Piece exists and warn that finding it will set off a huge war.
source ↗ - SetupKoby's outcry
When Koby steps in front of Akainu and begs for the war to end, his Haki awakens for the first time.
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- Setup3D2Y on his arm
Luffy shows up in the papers with 3D crossed out and 2Y written on his arm. Zoro decodes it: the Sabaody meetup isn't in three days anymore, it's in two years.
source ↗ - ReferenceSixteen rings
Luffy returns to Marineford, rings the Ox Bell 16 times and tosses flowers over the battlefield. Others read it as the end of an era.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesChopper's birds
In the Torino Kingdom, where Chopper lands, the anime changes the birds' motive: instead of protecting their eggs from hunters, they're guarding a treasure.
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- Behind the scenesKitadani returns with We Go!
This stretch's opening is We Go!, sung by Hiroshi Kitadani, the same voice behind We Are!, the show's first opening.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFish-Man Island, the trimmed cut
During the anime's 2024–2025 break, Toei aired a remastered version of the arc in 21 episodes, with tighter pacing.
source ↗ - SetupA treasure that angers Big Mom
The crew messes with a treasure Big Mom considers hers. What looks like a minor detail leaves them with a score to settle with an Emperor.
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- Behind the scenesAvril Lavigne on the theme
The theme songs are Avril Lavigne covers: Nickelback's How You Remind Me and Joan Jett's Bad Reputation. Oda sent the singer a thank-you letter.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesArmani Exchange suits
The suits the crew wears in the film came from Oda's collaboration with Armani Exchange.
source ↗ - ReferenceToriyama and Oda on one ticket
A combo ticket with Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods featured art by both Akira Toriyama and Eiichiro Oda. Only 8,989 were made.
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- ReferenceThe power reborn in the nearest fruit
The arc shows what happens to a Devil Fruit when its user dies: the power is reborn in the nearest fruit. Smiley is the proof.
source ↗ - SetupThe samurai in pieces and Momonosuke
Kin'emon, a samurai chopped into pieces, and little Momonosuke are the first people from Wano the crew meets. Their homeland has a lot in store.
source ↗ - SetupFactory-made fruits
Punk Hazard reveals that artificial Devil Fruits, the SMILEs, can be made, and that an Emperor is buying them up to build an army.
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- Behind the scenesTwo openings for a giant arc
Dressrosa ran more than 100 episodes. AAA's Wake Up! covered the first half, and Generations from Exile Tribe's Hard Knock Days the second.
source ↗ - ReferenceLaw's past with Corazon
Mid-battle, the anime pauses for several episodes to tell Law's childhood and his bond with Corazon. It explains Law's hatred of Doflamingo.
source ↗ - SetupSeven captains swear loyalty
After the win, seven crews who fought in Dressrosa pledge themselves to Luffy, forming the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. He didn't even want it.
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- Behind the scenesOda asked for something raw
Oda personally picked the band Glim Spanky for the theme and asked for something unrefined and Iggy Pop-ish. The result was Ikari o Kure yo.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesWorld premiere in Abu Dhabi
Before Japan, the film had its world premiere on July 15, 2016, at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi.
source ↗ - ReferenceCarina takes the prize
In the chaos of the escape, the real winner is Carina, Nami's thief friend: she steals the whole casino ship.
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- ReferenceBepo is a mink
The talking polar bear in Law's crew, and Big Mom's Pekoms too, belong to the Mink Tribe and were born on Zou.
source ↗ - CameoThe last Warlord
The arc introduces Edward Weevil, the last of the post-timeskip Seven Warlords of the Sea, who claims to be Whitebeard's son.
source ↗ - SetupFour stones, one path
Zou reveals there are four Road Poneglyphs and that together they point to Laugh Tale. It becomes the map for the rest of the story.
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- ReferenceTwo new Gear 4 forms
On top of Boundman, Luffy debuts Tankman and Snakeman here, Gear 4 variants built for different situations.
source ↗ - SetupBrook's quiet heist
While everyone watches the wedding, Brook slips into Big Mom's vault and copies Poneglyphs. That pays off later.
source ↗ - SetupNami gets a cloud
Nami captures Zeus, Big Mom's thundercloud, and makes him work for her. It's a partnership that goes far.
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- Behind the scenesAn arc without the whole crew
It's the first arc that doesn't feature every Straw Hat: in the manga, Franky and Jinbe are absent. The anime slips them in through flashbacks.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe meeting first seen at Drum
The Levely first came up back in the Drum Island Arc. Now the series takes us inside the four-yearly gathering of kings.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesShort on purpose
This arc was kept short on purpose, and it's the only one that isn't built around a Straw Hat adventure in its main setting.
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- Behind the scenesVillains designed by Oda
Oda supervised the film and designed the original villains, Douglas Bullet and Buena Festa. The theme GONG is by the band WANIMA.
source ↗ - ReferenceA former Roger pirate
Douglas Bullet sailed with Gol D. Roger and escaped Impel Down. He wields both Armament and Conqueror's Haki.
source ↗ - CameoThe 20th anniversary party
To mark the anime's 20th anniversary, the film gathers nearly everyone: Hancock, Smoker, Law, Crocodile, Lucci and the Worst Generation all show up.
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- ReferenceA closed country like old Japan
Wano bans outsiders and punishes anyone who tries to leave, much like Edo-period Japan. Samurai, chonmage topknots and the bushido code complete the feel.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOver the Top, sung by Kitadani
The opening Over the Top is sung by Hiroshi Kitadani, the voice of We Are!. A fitting start for the anime's longest arc.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe former Country of Gold
Wano was once called the Country of Gold, back when the Kozuki family ruled. What's left is land wrecked by weapons manufacturing.
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- ReferenceIn Wano, Haki is called Ryuo
Wano has its own words for outside things: Haki is Ryuo and Devil Fruit powers are sorcery. That's how Luffy picks up a new trick in prison.
source ↗ - SetupThe Marines' weapons
Wano is famous for its metalwork, and the World Government secretly imports the Marines' weapons from there. The isolated country is less isolated than it looks.
source ↗ - ReferenceOden, named after a dish
Kozuki Oden, Momonosuke's father, is named after food: oden is a traditional Japanese winter stew.
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- Behind the scenesWe Are! for episode 1000
To celebrate episode 1000, the anime brought back We Are!, the original 1999 opening, as a special opening.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe ending theme returns after 17 years
Episode 1071 debuts Raise by Chili Beans, the series' first ending theme in 17 years. The anime hadn't had one since 2006.
source ↗ - ReferenceKaido's only scar
Oden fights with two swords, Ame no Habakiri and Enma, and is the only one who truly mastered Enma's drawbacks. With it, he leaves Kaido a scar no one else ever managed.
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- Behind the scenesTwo voices for Uta
Uta speaks with Kaori Nazuka's voice and sings with Ado's. The seven songs were written by artists like Yasutaka Nakata, Mrs. Green Apple and Vaundy.
source ↗ - CameoThe first OVA's director
Director Gorō Taniguchi also made the very first One Piece OVA in 1998, before the TV series existed.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNew Genesis tops the world
New Genesis was the first Japanese song to top Apple Music's global chart. The film became One Piece's biggest hit, grossing ¥20.33 billion in Japan.
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- ReferenceEinstein, Newton and Tesla
Vegapunk has the hair, mustache and stuck-out tongue of Einstein's famous photo. The apple-shaped cap nods to Newton, and his dream of free energy for all echoes Tesla.
source ↗ - ReferenceA star and its satellites
Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra. The original body is called Stella, and the copies, each carrying one side of his personality, are the satellites.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe anime paused mid-Egghead
In October 2024 the anime went on break mid-arc. It came back on April 5, 2025, in a Sunday night prime-time slot it hadn't had since 2006.
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- Behind the scenesThe longest break in the show's history
Elbaph premiered with episode 1156 on April 5, 2026, after a three-month break, the anime's longest. Since then it's about 26 episodes a year, in seasons.
source ↗ - ReferenceGiant Vikings
Elbaph's society draws on Viking Age Scandinavia: honor in battle and respect for warriors above all.
source ↗ - ReferenceUsopp's Little Garden promise
Dorry and Brogy first mentioned Elbaph back in Little Garden, and Usopp swore he'd see the land of giants someday. Now the crew finally gets there.
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