One Piece (2023 TV series)
Fantasy adventure television series
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One Piece (stylized in all caps) is a fantasy adventure television series developed by Matt Owens and Steven Maeda for Netflix. The series is a live-action adaptation of the 1997 Japanese manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda, who also serves as a creative consultant. It is produced by Kaji Productions and Shueisha, the manga's publisher. The series stars Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Romero Gibson, Taz Skylar, and Mikaela Hoover as the Straw Hat Pirates.
- Matt Owens
- Steven Maeda
- Matt Owens
- Steven Maeda
- Joe Tracz
- Ian Stokes
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Production location | South Africa |
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| Running time | 50–66 minutes |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | August 31, 2023 – present |
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One Piece received a straight-to-series order in January 2020, and filming occurred between January and August 2022. The first season was released in its entirety on Netflix on August 31, 2023. Two weeks after its release, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, with scripts completed by September 2023, though filming was delayed by the SAG-AFTRA strike. The season, titled Into the Grand Line, was later filmed between June and December 2024, and it was released on March 10, 2026. In August 2025, Netflix renewed the series for a third season, which went into production in November 2025, ahead of the second season's premiere. The season, titled The Battle of Alabasta, is expected to premiere in 2027.
The series has received positive reviews from critics and fans, with praise for its performances, visuals, action sequences, humor, and faithfulness to the source material.[1][2][3] Many critics considered the series to be one of the best live-action adaptations of a manga or anime.[4][5] One Piece was the most-watched Netflix show (among individual series seasons) during the second half of 2023.
Premise
The series follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates as they pursue their individual goals together and seek the "One Piece"; a legendary treasure found and hidden by the former "King of the Pirates", Gold Roger.[6][7] But in order to achieve their goal, they must travel the seas to strange islands, avoid capture from the marines, meet new allies and fight various foes who possess unique abilities from eating Devil Fruits.
Cast and characters
- Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate bestowed with the power of stretching by eating the Gum-Gum Fruit.[8] His goal is to always live free, find the One Piece and become the next King of the Pirates.
- Colton Osorio as young Luffy[9]
- Emily Rudd as Nami, an expert cartographer and cat burglar.[8] She joins the Straw Hat Pirates as their navigator to follow her dream of drawing a complete map of the world.
- Lily Fisher as young Nami
- Sophie Ellenbogen as toddler Nami
- Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, a great swordsman and ex-bounty hunter who becomes Luffy's first mate shortly after their first encounter. He utilizes an unorthodox "Three Swords Style".[8] Zoro trains regularly to become the world's greatest swordsman.
- Maximilian Lee Piazza as young Zoro
- Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, a boisterous marksman, master storyteller and estranged son of an infamous pirate.[8] Usopp values fame and loyalty as he aspires to be a brave warrior of sea.
- Kevin Saula as young Usopp
- Taz Skylar as Sanji, an abrasive, yet charming master chef and martial artist who protects his chef's hands utilizing only his legs for fighting.[8] He is searching for the All Blue, a mythical connection point of the Four Seas.
- Christian Convery as young Sanji[10][11]
- Vincent Regan as Monkey D. Garp (season 1, guest season 2), a Marine Vice Admiral and Luffy's estranged grandfather.[12] While he shares Luffy's value of freedom, he also believes that the Marines are the only ones capable of maintaining world order.
- Jeff Ward as Buggy the Clown (season 1, guest season 2),[12] the circus-themed captain of the Buggy Pirates. Buggy has the power to split his body into pieces and control each part remotely due to eating the Chop-Chop Fruit.
- Morgan Davies as Koby (season 1, guest season 2), a cabin boy of the Alvida Pirates who dreams of becoming a Marine[12]
- Charithra Chandran as Nefertari Vivi / Miss Wednesday (season 2–present), the princess of the desert kingdom Alabasta. She first encounters the Straw Hats undercover as a frontier agent of Baroque Works.[13]
- Aroop Shergill as young Vivi[14]
- Mikaela Hoover as the voice and facial capture of Tony Tony Chopper (season 2–present), a reindeer capable of walking and talking like humans after consuming the Human-Human Fruit, who studies as a medical practitioner[15]
- Lera Abova as Nico Robin / Miss All-Sunday (season 3, recurring season 2), the second in command of Baroque Works. Her Flower-Flower Fruit allows her to duplicate her limbs.[17][18]
- Joe Manganiello as Sir Crocodile / Mr. 0 (season 3, guest season 2), the head of Baroque Works and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea whose Sand-Sand Fruit ability enables him to generate, control, and become sand[17][18][19]
- Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra (season 3, guest season 2), the king of Alabasta and the patriarch of the Nefertari family[20][18]
Episodes
Season 1 (2023)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Romance Dawn" | Marc Jobst | Teleplay by : Matt Owens & Steven Maeda | August 31, 2023 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Man in the Straw Hat" | Marc Jobst | Ian Stokes | August 31, 2023 |
| 3 | 3 | "Tell No Tales" | Emma Sullivan | Matt Owens & Damani Johnson | August 31, 2023 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Pirates Are Coming" | Emma Sullivan | Tiffany Greshler and Tom Hyndman | August 31, 2023 |
| 5 | 5 | "Eat at Baratie!" | Tim Southam | Laura Jacqmin | August 31, 2023 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Chef and the Chore Boy" | Tim Southam | Steven Maeda and Diego Gutierrez | August 31, 2023 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Girl with the Sawfish Tattoo" | Josef Kubota Wladyka | Tiffany Greshler & Ian Stokes and Allison Weintraub & Lindsay Gelfand | August 31, 2023 |
| 8 | 8 | "Worst in the East" | Josef Kubota Wladyka | Matt Owens and Steven Maeda | August 31, 2023 |
Season 2: Into the Grand Line (2026)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 9 | 1 | "The Beginning and the End" | Emma Sullivan | Matt Owens & Ian Stokes | March 10, 2026 |
| 10 | 2 | "Good Whale Hunting" | Emma Sullivan | Ashley Wigfield | March 10, 2026 |
| 11 | 3 | "Whisky Business" | Josef Kubota Wladyka | Tom Hyndman | March 10, 2026 |
| 12 | 4 | "Big Trouble in Little Garden" | Christoph Schrewe | Lindsay Gelfand & Allison Weintraub | March 10, 2026 |
| 13 | 5 | "Wax On, Wax Off" | Christoph Schrewe | Joe Tracz | March 10, 2026 |
| 14 | 6 | "Nami Deerest" | Lukas Ettlin | Alex Regnery | March 10, 2026 |
| 15 | 7 | "Reindeer Shames" | Lukas Ettlin | Elizabeth Hunter | March 10, 2026 |
| 16 | 8 | "Deer and Loathing in Drum Kingdom" | Lukas Ettlin | Matt Owens & Ian Stokes | March 10, 2026 |
Season 3: The Battle of Alabasta
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 17 | 1 | "Where There's Smoke"[22] | Christoph Schrewe | Ashley Wigfield | 2027[21] |
Production
Development
In July 2017, Weekly Shōnen Jump editor-in-chief Hiroyuki Nakano announced that Tomorrow Studios (a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios) and Shueisha would commence production of an American live-action television adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga series as part of the series' 20th anniversary celebrations.[23][24][25] Oda was set to serve as executive producer alongside Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements.[24] The series was planned to begin with the East Blue saga and was noted for its high production ambitions.[26][27]
In January 2020, it was revealed that Netflix had ordered a 10-episode first season.[28] Production was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though scripts were already completed.[29][30] In 2021, production resumed under the codename Project Roger,[31] Steven Maeda and Matt Owens were serving as co-showrunners.[12]
In 2023, Netflix confirmed a second season development, though production was delayed due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.[32] A second season was officially announced on September 14, 2023.[33] A third season was officially announced in August 2025, with series writer Ian Stokes serving as co-showrunner alongside Tracz.[34]
Changes from the manga
There were a couple of things that took some persuading. And if there was something that Oda-san was really, really unhappy with, we found a way to change it. But there were some things that we tried and got into the show that initially, he was a little gun shy about. One of those was [that] we've structurally moved a couple things up that don't happen until much later chapters.
In a July 2023 open letter, Oda stated that there were numerous scenes he felt "weren't good enough to put out into the world", so the film crew re-shot them.[36][37][38] Oda also felt some of Luffy's lines did not feel like the character on paper; however, he changed his opinion after seeing Godoy's performance of them.[36][37] In an interview with The New York Times, Oda highlighted that the live-action show has more dialogue than the manga as the latter needs more space for illustrations. When asked if he was worried about the One Piece adaptation, given that other similar adaptations have been unsuccessful, Oda said, "thankfully, Netflix agreed that they wouldn't go out with the show until I agreed it was satisfactory. I read the scripts, gave notes and acted as a guard dog to ensure the material was being adapted in the correct way".[39] Costume designer Diana Cilliers was directly influenced by Oda's Color Walk compendiums when creating the show's designs. She made minor changes to the original designs to either "spice up scenes with variation" or to address safety concerns during live-action filming.[40]
The adaptation made several structural changes with Oda's approval, such as focusing on Garp and revealing his connection to Luffy much earlier as well as moving Arlong's introduction up and swapping him with Don Krieg's storyline.[35][41][42][43] Maeda commented that they wanted to make Arlong the season's "big bad" and by introducing him at the Baratie they were able to "ramp up towards the last two episodes".[41] He also stated that they wanted Garp as "a more present character" along with the immediate Marine pursuit of the Straw Hats crew "to keep the stakes up and let it feel like it wasn't just a fun adventure where we were meeting different antagonists and different villains and pirates, but there was an actual kind of organized presence and fearsome presence that was behind Luffy and pursuing".[35] Polygon highlighted that increased focus on the Marines means "Koby goes from being a side character to a supporting one immediately" and "changes the framing" of the Marines.[44]
Casting
In November 2021, the main cast portraying the Straw Hat Pirates was revealed via a series of wanted posters: Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji.[6] Additional supporting cast for the first season includes Morgan Davies as Koby, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida, Aidan Scott as Helmeppo, Jeff Ward as Buggy, McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, Vincent Regan as Garp and Peter Gadiot as Shanks.[12][45]
New cast members for the second season include Callum Kerr as Smoker, Julia Rehwald as Tashigi,[46] David Dastmalchian as Mr. 3,[47] Joe Manganiello as Mr. 0 and Lera Abova as Miss All Sunday.[17] Other notable additions include Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha, Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk,[48] Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra,[20] and Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday.[13] Mikaela Hoover voices Tony Tony Chopper.[15]
Manganiello, Abova, Ramamurthy, and Hoover were promoted to main cast for the season.[18] New cast members for the third season include Cole Escola as Bon Clay,[49] Xolo Maridueña as Portgas D. Ace,[50] Awdo Awdoc as Mr. 1, and Daisy Head as Miss Doublefinger.[51]
Filming
Principal photography began on January 31, 2022 in Cape Town Film Studios and ended on August 22, 2022.[52][53]
Filming for the second season began on July 1, 2024 in South Africa and wrapped on December 15, 2024.[54][55]
Filming for the third season began on November 24, 2025.[56]
Music
Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli composed the series score.[57]
The soundtrack includes singles such as "Wealth Fame Power" and "My Sails Are Set" featuring Aurora.[58]
Release
The first season of One Piece, consisting of eight episodes, premiered on Netflix on August 31, 2023.[59] The second season was released on March 10, 2026. Like the first season, it consists of eight episodes and adapted several arcs from the original manga.[60][61] The third season was confirmed for a 2027 release window.[21]
Marketing
On June 17, 2023, the series' premiere date and teaser trailer were revealed by the main cast in-person during the fourth edition of Tudum at Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, Brazil.[62] The presentation took place at the Ibirapuera Auditorium for an audience of 11,000 people, and was streamed live on Netflix's official YouTube channels to 78 million viewers.[63] The three-day event was held between June 16 and 18 and featured a One Piece-themed immersive experience, which displayed a life-size replica of the pirateship Going Merry at the Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo,[64] located inside the park.[65] On June 29, 2023, a promotional website for the series was launched. Billed as the "Straw Hat Grand Fleet", the website features behind-the-scenes content as well as a section for creating custom wanted posters.[66] On July 21, 2023, Netflix released the official trailer and a personalized letter from Oda.[67]
On August 10, 2023, Netflix announced dates and locations for global fan celebrations ahead of the series premiere. Marketed as "Straw Hats Unite Across The Globe", the schedule of events included screenings of the first episode on August 24 in Santa Monica, California at the Santa Monica Pier.[68] Other cities and dates where in-person fan celebrations were held included Paris, on August 29; Jakarta, Tokyo, Milan and Manila, on August 30; and Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and Bangkok,[69] on August 31. Germany was also set to hold a fan event on the premiere day, albeit virtually. Among the attractions announced for the global celebrations was a life-size replica of the Going Merry displayed at Copacabana Beach from August 31 to September 10.[70] On August 30, 2023, Netflix released the final trailer for the series.[71]
Cards were being given away in a promotion for the second season of the series at college basketball games starting at Rutgers University on January 23, 2026, and continuing for three games each there, as well as at Gonzaga University, St. John's University, University of Houston, and University of Illinois. Every attendee received a card at the first of three games, which scalpers attempted to buy to resell.[72] After the second giveaway at Rutgers on January 27, an unknown burglar or burglars broke into the building and stole the remaining cards from a locked office that night.[73]
Related media
One Piece: The Official Podcast
One Piece: The Official Podcast is a six-episode podcast series, each episode featuring a main cast member discussing part of the second season. It was released in Netflix on March 13, 2026.[74]
| 1 | "Loguetown featuring Iñaki Godoy and Eiichiro Oda" |
| 2 | "Reverse Mountain featuring Emily Rudd" |
| 3 | "Whisky Peak featuring Mackenyu" |
| 4 | "Little Garden Part 1 featuring Jacob Romero" |
| 5 | "Little Garden Part 2 featuring Taz Skylar" |
| 6 | "Drum Island featuring Charithra Chandran and Mikaela Hoover" |
One Piece Bonus Content
One Piece Bonus Content is a five-episode series made up of short episodes revealing production details about the show. It was released in Netflix on March 13, 2026.[74]
| 1 | "Expanding the World" |
| 2 | "Bringing Chopper to Life" |
| 3 | "Baroque Works Explainer" |
| 4 | "Behind the Stunts" |
| 5 | "Iñaki Godoy Interviews Mr. Oda" |
Lego One Piece
Lego One Piece is an upcoming two-part animated special that will adapt the first two seasons of the series in the style of Lego construction toys. It is scheduled to be released in Netflix on September 29, 2026.[75]
Reception
Critical response
| Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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| 1 | 86% (63 reviews)[76] | 67 (22 reviews)[77] |
| 2 | 100% (29 reviews)[78] | 80 (8 reviews)[79] |
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 63 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "One Piece captures the essence of its beloved source material with a charmingly big-hearted adaptation that should entertain longtime fans as well as patient newcomers."[76] It also received a 95% audience approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on over 10,000 reviews.[80][81] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the first season a score of 67 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[77]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 29 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "One Piece season two offers higher stakes, a larger scope, and plenty of adventure without buckling under the pressure of being a near perfect live-action adaptation."[78] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the second season a score of 80 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[79]
Viewership
One Piece topped the weekly global Netflix chart from August 28 to September 3, ranking among the top 10 in 93 countries and at number one in 46 countries,[82] with 140 million hours watched by 18.5 million viewers in its first week.[83] The series ended the year as the most-watched Netflix show (among individual series seasons) during the second half of 2023, with 541.9 million hours watched by 71.6 million viewers in four months.[84][85]
The second season debuted with 16.8 million viewers in its first four days,[86] with 136.2 million hours.[87] It debuted at number 1 on the weekly global Netflix chart, having topped the Netflix charts in 43 countries.[88] It also led to renewed interest in the first season, which returned to the global Netflix top ten chart at number 7, with 3.6 million viewers.[89]
