When it premiered in the summer of 2023, Netflix’s live-action adaption of One Piece took the world by storm, so, of course, the countdown for One Piece season 2 has been on ever since.
We’ve been keeping our eyes peeled for confirmation of a season 2 release date, and it looks like there might be over a two-year wait between the release of season 1 and 2, as certain reports are suggesting that the second instalment will arrive at the end of 2025. Production continues in South Africa this month, with a wrap date falling at the end of January.
Adapting beloved manga and anime stories to a live-action format is no easy feat, but Netflix seems to have struck gold with One Piece. Based on the original story by Eiichiro Oda, who’s also involved in the live-action series, One Piece follows the story of a young pirate named Monkey D. Luffy (played by Iñaki Godoy) who grew up dreaming of being a pirate and acquired supernatural elasticity (and a quasi-mortal weakness to water) after eating a devil fruit in his childhood. Now, he’s determined to become the King of the Pirates and find Gold Roger’s long-lost treasure, the One Piece.
Season 1 of Netflix’s One Piece introduced us to Luffy as he recruits the first members of the Straw Hat Pirates — namely Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji — following the manga and anime’s initial chapters to a tee and enthralling audiences around the world.
The first season of the show spent a whooping eight weeks on Netflix’s Global Top 10, having debuted at number 1 in 46 regions. The show amassed almost 40 million views in less than two weeks, which made it the number 1 title globally on the platform upon its release, so suffice it to say, expectations are high for season 2.
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When is One Piece Season 2 coming out?
Netflix is yet to officially announce a release date for One Piece season 2, but One Piece actor Vincent Regan suggested in a late 2024 podcast interview that Netflix was targeting a Christmas 2025 release, and Netflix’s TUDUM published a now-deleted article that said new episodes would arrive “later this year”.
Who is in the cast of One Piece Season 2?
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Netflix’s live-action One Piece stars Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji. For now, these five are the only members of the Straw Hats crew — emphasis on for now. Since they are all series regulars, they will be reprising their roles for One Piece season 2.
