This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Egghead Arc.
Summary
- One Piece anime has improved in quality since the Wano Country Arc, thanks to Egghead.
- The anime will go on a 6-month break to give the staff much-needed rest and maintain quality.
- During the break, the Fishman Island Arc will be re-added with improvements to keep fans engaged.
The One Piece anime has been on an absolutely sensational run for the past few years now. Ever since the Wano Country Arc began, the face of the One Piece anime changed completely, and Egghead has seen to it that the quality remains maintained, if not improved even further. Fans have been thoroughly delighted with the quality that One Piece has been delivering despite being a show that runs yearly and has a much tighter schedule and deadlines when compared to other seasonal anime.
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In a surprising turn of events, it was recently announced that One Piece anime would be going on a 6-month break, starting from October 27, 2024. More information that was revealed later on made it clear to the fans that the anime had plans to return in April 2025, which meant that fans would be without One Piece for about 6 months. Of course, such a decision has left fans perplexed, but the reason why this decision was taken is quite a valid one.
The Incredible Quality Of The One Piece Anime
- One Piece Stepped Up In Quality Since Wano
- Egghead Has Raised The Standards Even Further
It goes without saying that the One Piece anime has delivered some incredible content over the course of the last few years. The changes within the staff of One Piece were noted as early as the Zou Arc, and in the Whole Cake Island arc, these changes became more prominent and started taking more effect. However, the biggest changes came with the Wano Country Arc, where it was finally announced that new series directors would be taking care of One Piece, and at the same time, a new compositing studio was going to be working on the series.
At the same time, the staff rotation for the One Piece anime during the time of the Wano Country Arc was absolutely incredible, and the schedule wasn't the most uncomfortable one either. Animators got plenty of time to deliver the phenomenal work that they did, and it is safe to say that the Wano country arc redefined what a weekly anime could be. One Piece was, quite easily, an incredible anime throughout the entirety of the Wano Country Arc, and an arc as massive as this one certainly needed this treatment.
The anime staff will power up their drawing and production more and more to further liven up the show. – Tatsuya Nagamine
They were certainly changes made to the One Piece after the conclusion of the Wano arc. Actually, these changes led many fans to believe that the anime quality would now begin to suffer. However, Egghead has proven to be a step up in many ways from even Wano country, and fans are actually perplexed as to how that can even be possible. The Egghead Arc has managed to deliver incredible fights one after another, and even the non-action episodes have proven to be absolutely mind-blowing. Undoubtedly, the Egghead Island Arc of One Piece has been a sensation and fans absolutely cannot wait to see more of that. Unfortunately, One Piece’s Egghead Island Arc will now be put on halt, as the anime is set to go on a 6-month break, as was announced by the official One Piece sources last Sunday.
The Anime Staff Needs A Much Deserved Break
To Maintain One Piece's Quality, A Break Is Needed
One of the biggest reasons as to why One Piece anime is going on a 6-month break is because the staff needs some time off. Of course, when one works on episodes throughout the year, there is a level of exhaustion that comes with it. The anime staff who have been working incredibly hard on this anime deserve a break. In fact, even Katsumi Ishizuka, one of the veteran One Piece animators who has worked on the series for over a decade now stated that for the first time, he feels that he needs time in order to feel re-energized once again. Similarly, many animators have similar feelings, and this extends beyond the animators, all the way to those on the very top.
The fact is that the One Piece anime has managed to raise the quality tremendously, and this rise in quality is unprecedented, no matter which way fans look at it. Whereas a seasonal alignment delivers about 25 episodes a year, One Piece has to deliver over 40, which means that the staff is incredibly short on time despite delivering such phenomenal episodes.
As a result, a break for them is much needed. The reason why there was never a break before is simply because Toei Animation themselves cannot decide on something like this. The distributors, Fuji TV, along with even the likes of Shueisha, need to be consulted for something like this because they are all stakeholders in the anime. When there is a unanimous agreement, only then can a change like this one be made. Somehow, that seems to have been accomplished now, and One Piece will be going on a 6-month hiatus.
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While the One Piece anime goes on a break, a re-addition of the Fishman Island Arc will begin airing in its time slot, too. This is also a great change made by those at the top and this way, people will still tune into One Piece, which means that they won't lose out as heavily as they would if there was no One Piece at all. This is especially the case because the re-edition of Fishman Island is certainly making a lot of changes in terms of the art department, with some scenes seemingly having been completely overhauled. Regardless, this is an exciting change for all One Piece fans, especially because the pacing of Fishman Island seems to have been improved massively, with the entire arc now condensed into 21 or so episodes.
The Anime Quality Needs To Be Maintained, If Not Improved
Egghead Is Projected To Maintain Movie Level Animation After The Break
Another reason why One Piece absolutely needed to go on a break is because they have to maintain and even improve upon the quality that it already delivers. One Piece has been delivering movie-like quality for years now, and that isn't easy to do. In order to keep up the quality, and, perhaps, upgrade it even further in many ways, One Piece needs this break. In fact, this break might even become a frequent occurrence in the future and essentially, would make One Piece more like a seasonal series.
In the time that One Piece is on break, another arc could potentially air, such as Punk Hazard, and later down the line, even the likes of Dressrosa. This would be absolutely perfect as it would give fans a much-needed improvement upon the Punk Hazard and Dressrosa Arcs, but at the same time, give time to the current One Piece anime to improve upon the quality, both in terms of animation and pacing, which means that the treatment that they get would be the absolute best.
Another thing to note is that when One Piece does return, it is going to air in a completely different time slot, which means things such as censorship, along with much else, could be improved in the series as well, and Western fans, particularly can catch the series airing at a much better time.
It must also be noted that the 6-month break exists only for the anime. The staff is going to continue working on Egghead in the One Piece anime, only this time, they have more time to finish and a better schedule ahead of themselves, which means that they are going to be much more at ease. This is a great decision for the One Piece anime all around, no matter which way fans look at it, and it is certainly going to benefit the series greatly.
One Piece anime is set to air Megumi Ishitani and Soty’s fan letter next weekend, on October 20, 2024. Fans can stream the episode on Crunchyroll, as always.
- Release Date
- October 20, 1999
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Directors
- Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
Cast
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Mayumi TanakaMonkey D. Luffy (voice) -
Kazuya NakaiRoronoa Zoro (voice)
WHERE TO WATCH
- Studio
- Toei Animation
- Number of Episodes
- 1122
