Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced the One Piece College Basketball US Voyage, a collaboration with multiple NCAA schools. The collaboration will start on January 23.
Specifically, Bandai Namco will work with Gonzaga University (Washington), Rutgers University (New Jersey), St. John’s University (New York), University of Houston (Texas), and University of Illinois (Illinois). Each game will include merch, such as exclusive posters and T-shirts, and screenings of promo videos.
Every college will hold a special half-time show themed around the series, which will feature a marching band performing the anime’s theme, “We Are!” and T-shirt toss. Further, the cast of the Netflix adaptation will give shout-out videos on January 23 at Rutgers and on February 6 at St. John’s. More details are available via the collaboration’s official website.
Season 2 of the One Piece Netflix adaptation premieres on March 10. Some of the new cast members include Mikaela Hoover as Tony Tony Chopper, Callum Kerr as Smoker, Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday, and more. One Piece Season 3 follows up at a later date, and, so far, the third season’s confirmed cast members are Cole Escola as Bon Clay, Xolo Maridueña as Portgas D. Ace, Awdo Awdo as Mr. 1, and Daisy Head as Miss Doublefinger.
The One Piece Elbaph arc anime premieres on April 5, 2026 with a new two-cour structure featuring a maximum of 26 episodes. Once the Egghead arc concludes this year, One Piece will go on a three-month hiatus from January to March 2026.
Lastly, One Piece has been serialized since July 1997, and fans can read the manga weekly on VIZ Media and Manga Plus in English.
