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The One Piece Day '26 livestream event on Sunday announced two new anime films. The ONE PIECE FILM GOD VALLEY will open in summer 2027, and the ONE PIECE FILM BAAD will open in 2029.
The "God Valley Incident" arc from the original manga centers on an epic battle that happened 38 years in the past on the island of God Valley, featuring the Rocks Pirates, the Roger Pirates, the Marines, and world nobles, among other factions.
Toei Animation and One Piece anime producer Ryūta Koike announced in October 2025 that the anime is reducing its annual episode output to a maximum of 26 episodes moving forward starting in 2026. Following the conclusion of the Egghead arc last year, the anime took a three-month productionhiatus from January-March 2026. The anime returned in April 2026 for the first of two cours (quarters of a year) with the start of the new Elbaph arc.
According to Toei Animation, the new schedule will allow episodes to "incorporate more content, tempo, and pacing of the manga while continuing to leverage the unique storytelling thatis only possible with animation." Historically, with only few exceptions, theanime has aired most weeks since its premiere in 1999. However, the pace has slowed considerably over the years.
The Egghead arc in the anime debuted in January 2024. In mid-October 2024, the franchise announced that the anime's Egghead arc would pause to "recharge," and then the arc would continue in April 2025. Part 2 ofthe Egghead arc premiered with its first episode (1,123rd overall episode) on Fuji TV on April 5, 2025 and aired alongside a recap episode of Part 1 of the Egghead arc. The secondepisode (1,124th overall episode) aired on April 6, 2025 with its new timeslot at 11:15 p.m. JST (10:15 a.m. EDT).
During the Egghead arc's break, One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga; a 21-episode abridged version of the Fish-Man Island arc of the anime with reshot scenes, retouched art, and other improvements; aired in its place.