Till at the moment, I used to be below the idea that One Piece Season 2 would premiere someday on the 2025 TV schedule, however evidently I used to be incorrect. Whereas Netflix has been displaying off a lot of its films and TV exhibits being launched in 2025, together with a sneak peak at Wake Up Useless Man, One Piece was not among the many lineup. Which means, until Season 2’s being saved as a shock launch for the tip of the 12 months, these with a Netflix subscription gained’t get to see the live-action incarnations of Monkey D. Luffy and the opposite Straw Hat Pirates resume their adventuring till 2026. I’d be mendacity if I mentioned I wasn’t upset about this, and but I can also’t assist questioning if this would possibly really result in some excellent news within the grand scheme of issues.
One Piece Season 1 was launched on August 31, 2023, and it solely took two weeks for Netflix to order its renewal. Season 2 started filming initially of July 2024 in South Africa and wrapped up on December 15. Naturally One Piece is a sequence that depends closely on VFX, so it was to be anticipated that postproduction was going to be fairly prolonged. Nonetheless, for Season 2 to not arrive till roughly three years after Season 1 is sort of the lengthy wait; it’s the identical period of time that handed between Strangers Issues Seasons 3 and 4, in addition to between 4 and the forthcoming Stranger Issues Season 5.
So is it potential that we could not be taught if One Piece Season 3 will occur till early 2026? Possibly, however I’m going to take a extra optimistic stance. Let’s not overlook that One Piece ended up being Netflix’s most-viewed unique TV present within the latter half of 2023 (per Selection). Mix that with the large fanbase the One Piece manga and anime have, in addition to the truth that Netflix is additional investing on this franchise with the forthcoming The One Piece anime remake, I discover it exhausting to consider that the streamer would drop the live-action One Piece present after simply two seasons, even when Season 2 doesn’t find yourself doing the sort of numbers that Season 1 did.
Right here’s what I’m pondering: someday later this 12 months, Netflix will announce that One Piece Season 3 is coming into growth, and perhaps it’ll be lucky to start filming earlier than 2025 is completed. This manner, followers can relaxation simple realizing the sequence gained’t be going away anytime quickly, and particularly take consolation that they’ll get to see the Alabasta arc lined, as Season 2 gained’t make it that far. This might take One Piece’s run into 2027, though I clearly hope the present might hold going additional than that, however let’s not get too far forward of ourselves.
I’ll be okay on One Piece content material in 2025 as a result of on the time of publication, I’m going by means of the Dressrosa arc of the anime, so I nonetheless have an extended methods to go earlier than I’m present. However I’m additionally trying ahead to the return of the live-action One Piece, because it received me on this property. So I’ll be patiently ready for Season 2 and cross my fingers that Season 3 can be greenlit sooner relatively than later.