This article contains spoilers from the One Piece Anime.
Summary
One Piecere-edition has excited all the fans in a time when there is no newOne Piecechapter or Egghead anime episode to look forward to. The last week was quite massive forOne Piecefans, not just in terms of the story progressing forward in the manga, but also because both the anime and manga announced hiatuses for different reasons.
Of course, this was incredibly saddening for the fans, but,One Piecere-edition, which was a completely new project announced by theOne Pieceanime team, stepped forward as something to ease the pain, and at the same time, improve the anime version of the story even further. But, while fans were looking forward toOne Piecere-edition episode 1 airing later this week, it has now been revealed that the episode itself has been delayed.
One Piece Re-Edition Episode 1 Delayed
As announced earlier today,One Piecere-edition episode 1 has now officially been delayed. The episode, which was originally scheduled to air on June 20, 2025, will now have its place taken by The MLB World Series. Naturally, fans are not happy about this, given that a lot of excitement was already built up for this anime episode, and at the same time, there is noOne Piecemanga to look forward to next week either. This means that fans will have to wait longer for One Piece re-edition to debut to formulate an opinion on whether Fishman Island is actually good or not, and whether the change is made to it, both in terms of art and animation, and of course, also in terms of pacing, are worth it or not. Above all, fans will have to go about 2 weeks without any One Piece content, and that certainly is a blow. However, this also gives fans ample time to theorize about the multiple happenings in the manga, and at the same time, also look forward to the other projects that Oda announced instead.
Fans will most definitely not be getting aOne Piecere-edition episode this Sunday. However, something else to look forward to on the same day is Oda’s message aboutOne PieceLive Action season 2. It has been confirmed now thatOda will reveal information pertaining to One Piece Live Actionseason 2 next weekend, which certainly does relieve a lot of the fans. This essentially means that while there is no One Piece content to look forward to, at the very least, fans can hear from Oda himself and possibly get more information on development of the One Piece’s Arabasta Saga in the TV series.
At the same time, it was also announced that in the following week, fans will get to see Oda take on a question-and-answer event,where he will answer 10 questions aboutOne Piece, and these questions will likely be centered around the future of the story from here onwards, although some general questions might also be involved. Regardless, there is enough content for fans to be excited about in the upcoming two weeks, even though One Piece re-edition episode 1 is delayed.
One Piece Re-Edition Episode 1 Release Date
One Piece Re-edition Episode One Comes Out In Two Weeks
Naturally, fans might be wondering as to whenOne Piece re-editionepisode 1 will now be released. The official release date ofOne Piecere-addition episode 1 is set to be November 4th, 2024. This change came after a delay was announced, and now, fans have to wait about 2 weeks for the episode to officially air. The episode will air at 9:30 a.m. JST. As always, fans can watch the episode on Crunchyroll, and, in doing so, support the official release of the anime.
What Is One Piece Re-Edition About?
One Piece Re-edition Is A Remaster Of The Fishman Island Arc
For those fans who are still not aware of what One Piece re-edition is, it is essentially a retelling of the Fishman Island Saga of the series.This fits in perfectly after theOne Piece Fan Letter episode, which saw the Straw Hat Pirates reunite on Sabaody Archipelago.
Now, fans will see the story continue on Sabaody again, and show the fans how every Straw Hat met and then headed to Fishman Island. Essentially,the entire Fishman Island Saga, which includes the Return to Sabaody mini-arc, and the Fishman Island Arc, will be covered in this upcoming re-edition.
As to why fans should be incredibly excited about this event, the reason is quite simple. The Fishman Island re-edition is going to revamp how theOne Pieceanime looked around the time of the Fishman Island Saga. Essentially, the art of the anime is going to improve dramatically. As has been made clear by the preview, the line filter that Toei has used quite a lot since Wano for One Piece will be present in the Fishman Island re-edition as well.
The art is dramatically improved and has a lot more depth behind it this time around. The animation itself is largely going to be untouched, but it will still be polished significantly. Perhaps, some key animation scenes might be altered in some ways, which, although could deliver exciting results, might also upset other fans for different reasons. Essentially,the Fishman Island re-editionofOne Pieceis going to be a remaster of sorts, which means that it will be the same Fishman Island Arc, but it will simply look much better.
However, the biggest change that excites allOne Piecefans is that theOne Piece re-editionis going to fix the pacing of the series. The pacing of Fishman Island Arc in the One Piece anime is abysmal. Of course, it is still not as bad as the Wano Country Arc or the Dressrosa Arc. But, it is not ideal by any means. In the manga, Fishman Island has about 51 chapters, and these 51 chapters have been adapted into 51 episodes, which is simply not good enough. The One Piece Fishman Island re-edition is going to condense all that into 21 episodes or so, which means that the pacing will be dramatically improved, and fans will have a much better experience.
Ideally, 21 to 24 episodes is what Fishman Island should be adapted into, which means that a lot of useless filler material and extended scenes will likely be cut off from the anime to make it a much better experience. Of course, fans will still need to see it in practice before they can judge theOne Piece re-editionproperly, but, on paper, it certainly does look promising.
Once theOne Piece re-editionairs following its delay, fans can finally decide on whether the show is a success or not. Either way,as the Egghead Arc of Anime is being worked uponby the staff, the Fishman Island Arc will provide fans with some entertainment, and at the very least, a refresher on how good the storytelling of the series was after returning from the timeskip.
The One Piece re-edition will begin airing on July 12, 2025. Fans can stream it onCrunchyrollas always, in the same time slot as usual.
