This article contains spoilers from One Piece's Egghead arc.
The One piece anime is going through a big shift and after anime took a 6 month break last year, it seems that more changes are in store for us. Recently Major One piece there was a live event and there were some big revelations about the anime.
While the information revealed is certainly massive, it's not necessarily great news. Now it's officially revealed The One Piece anime will be on a longer hiatus after the conclusion of the Egghead arc. This break will last from January to the end of March, but that's not all. The One Piece anime will reportedly only have 26 episodes per year. This is terrible news for many avid anime watchers. On the other hand, it could also mean certain improvements in terms of quality.
One Piece Anime is going on another extended hiatus
The anime will be on hiatus between January and April 2026
At the end of 2024, until April 2025, One piece the anime had a pretty long hiatus that lasted over 6 months. This break came out of the blue and fans were not too happy about it. From this break fans One piece anime often had one major problem, which was multiple anime hiatuses. It looks like every One Piece fan's worst fear is now real as it has been officially confirmed One Piece will be on an extended hiatus.
Earlier today there was One Piece NEWS press conference held by the official One Piece account and some major news has been revealed. The biggest of these has to do with anime, and a new break is coming.
In fact, it just turned out that One piece the anime will be on hiatus again, it starts January 2026. This break will last until the end of March and will last longer 3 months in total. Once this break is over, in the anime, the long-awaited Elbaf arc will begin.
Anime Breaks will become the norm
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The anime will only have 26 episodes per year
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The equivalent of a seasonal anime
While One Piece anime's next big break is confirmedit is not the last to be expected. In addition to all that was revealed, the One Piece account also confirmed that after the hiatus, fans should now expect only 26 episodes per year. In other words, the 6-month break will be annual.
When I was little, I thought to myself: Man, I would really like to draw a manga with the most famous final stage! I wonder if I can do it! Now we only have a small piece of the Wano arc left, the preparations are almost done. Took me 25 years lol. That said, it's okay to start reading from this point. Because from this moment on…it will be… ONE PIECE!! Mysteries of this world, I will draw them all! It will be super interesting! Fasten your seat belt! And please stay with me a little longer! — Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece, 2022
It was also confirmed that One piece the anime will be divided into two parts of 13 episodes eachspread over the course of the year. In other words, there will likely be another hiatus once the first 13-episode series has finished airing. Many are unhappy, especially when the pace of the anime will remain unchanged, and this has now been officially confirmed. At least fans hope that this break will improve the quality of the series.
You can watch the entire One Piece series on Crunchyroll, with the next episode of One Piece coming in a week on Sunday as scheduled.
Source: X (formerly Twitter)
- Release date
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October 20, 1999
- Network
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Fuji TV
- directors
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
- Writers
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
