Everything We Learned From The ‘One Piece’ Live Stream

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The day that everyone has been waiting for has arrived. During today's Japanese One Piece live stream, "One Piece News #3," the release date for Netflix's live-action One Piece and updates on the One Piece anime as it begins to enter its next arc.

One Piece Season 2 Official Release Date Revealed

During today's stream, we finally got the long-awaited release date for the second season of Netflix's live-action One Piece. Fans won't have to wait too long into 2026, as it was revealed that the second season will be dropping on Netflix on March 10, 2026, and won't be subject to Netflix's split-season strategy so all eight episodes will be released at once.

Alongside the release date announcement for One Piece: Into The Grand Line, Netflix also revealed first-look photos of Drum Island, which also featured a new poster and highlights of the Straw Hat Crew's Drum Island outfits.

One Piece: Into The Grand Line will star Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Taz Skylar, Emily Rudd and Jacob Romero. Season 2 will "unleash fiercer adversaries and the most perilous quests yet" and will have "Luffy and the Straw Hats set sail for the extraordinary Grand Line—a legendary stretch of sea where danger and wonder await at every turn. As they journey through this unpredictable realm in search of the world’s greatest treasure, they’ll encounter bizarre islands and a host of formidable new enemies."

Season 2 additions to the cast include Mikaela Hoover, Charithra Chandran, Katey Sagal, Mark Harelik, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Callum Kerr, Julia Rehwald, Rob Colletti, Ty Keogh, David Dastmalchian, Jazzara Jasylyn, Camrus Johnson, Daniel Lasker, Clive Russell, Werner Coetser, Brendan Murray, Rigo Sanchez, Yonda Thomas, James Hiroyuki Liao, Sophia Anne Caruso, Anton David Jeftha and Mark Penwill.

The show is co-run, written, and executive produced by Matt Owens and Joe Tracz. It's also executive produced by Eiichiro Oda, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements through Tomorrow Studios, Tetsu Fujimura, Chris Symes, Christoph Schrewe and Steven Maeda. One Piece is created in partnership with Shueisha and produced by Tomorrow Studios (an ITV Studios partner) and Netflix. Season 3 is already in pre-production, with production beginning later this year in Cape Town, South Africa, with Ian Stokes joining Joe Tracz as co-showrunner, writer and executive producer.

Toei Animation Shifts One Piece Anime Production Schedule

The One Piece anime is coming near to its end with the Egghead Island arc, with the highly anticipated and long-awaited Elbaph Island arc approaching. It was announced during the stream that Toei Animation would be releasing a maximum of 26 episodes per year starting from April 2026, with it being on hiatus between January and March 2026. This is due to the anime slowly starting to catch up with the manga and to ensure that the pacing keeps on track, as it has improved over the last few years.

It's Toei Animation's plan to animate one episode per manga chapter to ensure that they can keep up with the manga and to allow the animators to continue providing the movie-quality animation that they bring every week. Additionally, Toei Animation revealed a poster for the Elbaph arc and the character designs for the Straw Hat Crew.

There was no news revealed on the upcoming One Piece: Heroines adaptation or the Wit Studio remake that's currently in the works.

Stay tuned to Nexus Point News for more updates as they become available.