BBC has officially announced that it has secured the U.K. rights to over 1,000 episodes of the English-dubbed version of ONE PIECE. These episodes will be made available through BBC Three in collaboration with its video-on-demand platform, BBC iPlayer.
Official announcement:
By the end of the year, all 1,085 episodes, encompassing the first 10 story sagas of the popular anime series, will be accessible on BBC iPlayer. The release will begin with the first three sagas — East Blue, Alabasta, and Skypiea, totaling 206 episodes — starting from September 1, 2024, and continuing through December 2024.
The full list of sagas which will be available on BBC iPlayer are:
- East Blue
- Alabasta
- Sky Island — Skypiea
- Water Seven
- Thriller Bark
- Summit War
- Fishman Island
- Dressrosa
- Whole Cake Island
- Land of Wano
ONE PIECE anime, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is also entering a new chapter! The anime continues to go strong, with over 1,000 episodes of the series streaming on Crunchyroll and new episodes coming out each week as they air in Japan. Crunchyroll describes the series as follows:
Monkey. D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become the king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and beyond, this is one captain who’ll never give up until he’s claimed the greatest treasure on Earth: the Legendary One Piece!
WIT STUDIO and Netflix announce the production for “THE ONE PIECE“, a new ONE PIECE project! This project will recreate the story of the original “ONE PIECE” manga, starting from the East Blue arc.
Source: BBC press release
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