One Piece (2023 TV series)

One Piece (stylized in all caps) is a fantasy adventure television series developed by Matt Owens and Steven Maeda for Netflix. The series is a live-action adaptation of the 1997 manga series by Eiichiro Oda, who serves as creative consultant for the show. It is produced by Kaji Productions and Shueisha, who also publishes the manga. The series stars Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Gibson, and Taz Skylar as the Straw Hat Pirates.

The first season was released on Netflix on August 31, 2023, receiving positive reviews from critics and fans, with praise for the performances, writing, visual effects, action sequences, humor, and faithfulness to the source material. Many critics considered the series to be one of the best live-action adaptations of a manga or anime. One Piece was the most-watched Netflix show (among individual series seasons) during the second half of 2023. Two weeks after its release, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, which began filming in June 2024, and is scheduled to premiere on March 10, 2026. In August 2025, Netflix renewed the series for a third season, ahead of the second season's premiere.

Premise

The series follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as they pursue their individual goals together and seek the "One Piece"; a legendary treasure found and hidden by the former "King of the Pirates", Gold Roger.

Cast and characters

Main

• Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate bestowed with the power of stretching from eating a widely coveted Devil Fruit. His goal is to always live free, find the One Piece and become the next King of the Pirates.
  • Colton Osorio as young Monkey D. Luffy
• Emily Rudd as Nami, a cat burglar and expert cartographer. She joins the Straw Hat Pirates as their navigator to follow her dream of drawing a complete map of the world.
  • Lily Fisher as young Nami
  • Sophie Ellenbogen as toddler Nami
• Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, a great swordsman and ex-bounty hunter who becomes Luffy's first mate shortly after their first encounter. He utilizes an unorthodox "Three Swords Style". Zoro trains regularly to become the world's greatest swordsman.
  • Maximilian Lee Piazza as young Roronoa Zoro
• Jacob Gibson as Usopp, a boisterous marksman, master storyteller and estranged son of an infamous pirate. Usopp values fame and loyalty as he aspires to be a brave warrior of sea.
  • Kevin Saula as young Usopp
• Taz Skylar as Sanji, an abrasive, yet charming chain-smoking master chef and martial artist who protects his chef's hands utilizing only his legs for fighting. He is searching for the All Blue, a mythical connection point of the Four Seas.
  • Christian Convery as young Sanji
• Vincent Regan as Monkey D. Garp, a Marine Vice Admiral and Luffy's estranged grandfather. While he shares Luffy's value of freedom, he also believes that the Marines are the only ones capable of maintaining world order.
• Jeff Ward as Buggy the Clown, the circus-themed captain of the Buggy Pirates. Buggy has the power to split his body into pieces and control each part remotely due to eating a Devil Fruit.
• Morgan Davies as Koby, a cabin boy of the Alvida Pirates who dreams of becoming a Marine
• Mikaela Hoover as the voice of Tony Tony Chopper (season 2), a reindeer capable of walking and talking like humans after consuming a Devil Fruit, who studies as a medical practitioner

Recurring

Introduced in season 1

Introduced in season 2

Introduced in season 3

• Cole Escola as Bon Clay, a member of Baroque Works
• Xolo Maridueña as Portgas D. Ace, a young pirate and Luffy's older brother.
• Awdo Awdo as Mr. 1, a member of Baroque Works
• Daisy Head as Miss Doublefinger, a member of Baroque Works

Guest

Additionally, Ian McShane voices the narrator in the first episode.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2023)

Season 2: Into the Grand Line (2026)

Other episode titles for the second season include "Good Whale Hunting", "Whisky Business", "Big Trouble in Little Garden", "Wax On, Wax Off", "Nami Deerest", "Reindeer Shames", and "Deer and Loathing in Drum Kingdom".

Production

Development

In July 2017, Weekly Shōnen Jump editor-in-chief Hiroyuki Nakano announced that Tomorrow Studios (a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios) and Shueisha would commence production of an American live-action television adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga series as part of the series' 20th anniversary celebrations. Oda would serve as executive producer for the series alongside Tomorrow Studios CEO Adelstein and Becky Clements. The series would reportedly begin with the East Blue saga. Adelstein also said the production cost could set new records.

In January 2020, Oda revealed that Netflix had ordered a first season initially consisting of ten episodes. In May 2020, producer Marty Adelstein revealed that the series was originally set to begin filming in Cape Town at Cape Town Film Studios sometime around August but had been delayed to around September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He also revealed that, during the same interview, all ten scripts had been written for the series and they were set to begin casting sometime in June. However, executive producer and writer Matt Owens stated in September 2020 that casting had not yet commenced.

In March 2021, production started up again with showrunner Steven Maeda revealing that the series codename is Project Roger. In September 2021, the series revealed its first look at the logo for the series. That same month, it was reported that Marc Jobst will direct the pilot episode of the series; he was approached to direct the pilot by Netflix executives due to their positive relationship after Jobst helmed episodes for Netflix series such as Daredevil, Luke Cage, and The Witcher. Jobst agreed to work on One Piece due to the script's optimistic tone. In February 2022, it was announced that Arisu Kashiwagi will be the creative director and designer for the show's brand identity, where she will be creating and designing logo and title sequence etc. In March 2022, alongside the release of additional casting announcements, it was said that head writer and executive producer Matt Owens would serve as co-showrunner alongside Maeda. In June 2022, Emma Sullivan was revealed to have directed episodes of the series.

On September 7, 2023, Tomorrow Studios CEO Marty Adelstein revealed that the scripts for the second season are ready but filming could not begin until the SAG-AFTRA strike is resolved. Tomorrow Studios president Becky Clements stated that once they can begin filming, they expect the season would premiere approximately 12–18 months later. Netflix did not formally announce that the series was renewed for a second season until September 14. Clements commented that they've had "thorough conversations" on the second season with Netflix, Shueisha and Oda and "less extensive conversations" on seasons three to six. Adelstein and Clements commented that with over 1,080 manga chapters, there is at least twelve seasons of material so just six seasons would only cover half the total manga chapters. On April 23, 2024, Joe Tracz joined the second season as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Owens who is returning as co-showrunner.

In February 2025, the Writers Guild of America West website listed a third season of One Piece as a 2025-2026 production, with Matt Owens and Joseph E. Tracz returning as showrunners and executive producers. However, Owens departed the series in March 2025 to focus on his mental health, with Tracz remaining to oversee post-production on season 2. The same day, it was reported that a third season had not yet been greenlit, though Owens' departure was not expected to affect any prospects of one being developed. A third season was officially announced in August 2025, with series writer Ian Stokes serving as co-showrunner alongside Tracz.