During a One Piece News livestream, Toei Animation and One Piece anime producer Ryūta Koike announced that the anime’s Elbaph arc will premiere in April 2026 with a new two-cour structure featuring a maximum of 26 episodes. Once the Egghead arc concludes this year, the One Piece anime will be taking a three-month hiatus from January to March 2026.
According to Toei Animation, the new structure for the One Piece Elbaph arc anime will allow for episodes to feature more content, along with better tempo and pacing with the manga’s story. The change marks an end to One Piece’s traditional weekly run, which aired for most weeks following its initial 1999 premiere.
A new key visual for One Piece Elbaph arc was also released:
One Piece Egghead Arc episodes 1134 through 1143 will receive an English dub this November on Crunchyroll. The English dub for One Piece Egghead Arc episodes 1134 – 1143 will be available in United States, Canada, LATAM, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, and Southeast Asia.
This past August, the ONE PIECE DAY ’25 event brought major announcements, including an anime adaptation of Jun Esaka and Sayaka Suwa’s One Piece: Heroines light novel series. A new visual for the One Piece: Heroines anime series was also revealed on stage. One Piece: Heroines was serialized in issues of One Piece Magazine in 2019. Shueisha publishes the novel series in Japan, and VIZ Media publishes the series in English outside Japan.
The One Piece manga has been serialized since July 1997, and fans can read the One Piece manga weekly on VIZ Media and Manga Plus in English.
