A Disappointing Update About ‘One Piece’ Season 2 On Netflix

Netflix shows are known for their very long gaps between seasons, though I suppose that’s not exclusive just to that service in this day and age of streaming. But now we have news that yet another Netflix hit series is probably going to have at least two years between seasons, if not more.

That would be One Piece season 2, and thanks to some Netflix-leaked information, we have confirmation that the show is coming in 2025, but that’s all we have, and it would seem to reinforce the idea that it’s coming later in the year, if not right at the end.

Garp actor Vincent Regan previously said it was targeting a Christmas 2025 release, but other sources ended up saying 2026 was more likely. Now, Netflix’s own TUDUM site, when talking about a separate LEGO collaboration, said that new episodes would arrive later in 2025, the article now being taken down but archived here. Given that this is an official Netflix site, yes, we should put a lot of stock in that.

One Piece season 1 debuted on Netflix on August 31, 2023. It does not seem likely at this point, given all this information, that it will debut before that in 2025, making it a full two year wait between seasons. Sometimes Netflix series get away with a year and a half gap, but if that Christmas 2025 date comes to pass, that would be 2.3 years, thereabouts. I also think it’s possible that with Netflix taking down that 2025 date, they are not actually willing to commit to that yet, and it may actually be 2026 after all. Either way, that’s not great news for those hoping for a sooner return.

We have gotten a ton of non-season 2 date-related news about the cast coming for the next season. What we know so far is:

1. Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9
2. Camrus Johnson as Mr. 5
3. Jazzara Jaslyn as Miss Valentine
4. David Dastmalchian as Mr. 3
5. Clive Russell as Crocus
6. Brendan Murray as Brogy
7. Werner Coetser as Dorry
8. Callum Kerr as Smoker
9. Julia Rehwald as Tashigi
10. Rob Colletti as Wapol
11. Ty Keogh as Dalton
12. Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha
13. Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiruluk
14. Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra
15. Charithra Chandran as Nefertari Vivi (Miss Wednesday)
16. Joe Manganiello as Sir Crocodile (Mr. 0)
17. Lera Abova as Nico Robin (Miss All Sunday)
18. Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek
19. Mark Penwill as Chess
20. Anton David Jeftha as Kuromarimo
21. Rigo Sanchez as Monkey D. Dragon
22. Yonda Thomas as Igaram
23. James Hiroyuki Liao as Ipponmatsu

This is…a genuinely huge list of additions. Granted, the anime and manga have tons of characters, but the show is trying to condense some of these storylines onscreen. Plus these join a bunch of returning characters, 12 in all if the current list is accurate. I am really, really curious to see how these are going to all fit into eight episodes. Eight!

We’ll see how they do it, but yes, this is going to be something to behold, that’s for sure. No wonder it’s taking this long.

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