The Straw Hats will continue their adventure through Vegapunk’s island on April 5 with the resumption of the One Piece anime. With the new episodes comes a brand new time slot in Japan, and to break in the new broadcasting time, One Piece will air a double episode to mark the return of the Egghead Arc. What’s more, to help jog people’s memories, a special will air recapping the events of the Egghead Arc so far.
The 83-minute special will air in Japan on April 5 ahead of episode 1123. Episode 1124 of the series will air the next day in the new regular time slot of 11:15 p.m. JST each Sunday night on Fuji TV and affiliate stations. Crunchyroll has previously announced it will continue streaming One Piece soon after its Japan broadcast.
The event further announced that GRe4N BOYZ will be performing the new opening theme song, and muque will perform the new ending theme song.
Moreover, the stage event announced that Daiki Ihara’s Koisuru One Piece (“One Piece in Love”) spin-off gag manga will be getting a short vertical anime adaptation to be released over social media over five days before the return of the main series. A key visual was released for the shorts alongside the lead voice actors.
Koisuru One Piece Key Visual
Voicing the gag characters of Koisuru One Piece are:
Luffy Yamamoto voiced by Ryousuke Kanemoto
Nami Koyama voiced by Ayane Sakura
Usopp Nakatsugawa voiced by Yuichi Nakamura
You can watch the whole One Piece anime, as well as the currently airing One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga remaster episodes, right here on Crunchyroll. One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga has been airing in place of the main series since November 3 and is described as such:
The Straw Hats reunite at Sabaody! The promised day has arrived. The Straw Hats have made it back to Sabaody Archipelago after two arduous years of separation. In the very same place where they once lost to Pacifista, the Straw Hats have proven themselves to be stronger and ready to begin their journey to the New World. With the Thousand Sunny now equipped to travel underwater, the next stop is the Fish-Man Island. “One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga” is a special edited version of the original arc from “One Piece”, in an abridged 21-episode story with an enhanced contemporary visual look.
