Will There Be a ‘One Piece’ Season 2 on Netflix? What We Know

Will Luffy and his crew continue on their journey to find the ultimate treasure? Netflix‘s live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s hit manga One Piece hit the streamer on August 31, 2023 and has left fans begging for more. 

The adventure series premiered with eight episodes following big-time dreamer Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) as he leaves his village to search for treasure. The young man has dreams of becoming the King of the Pirates. Along the way, he assembles a talented pirate crew – the Straw Hats – to help him face off against several dangerous rivals, including other pirates, pirate hunters, and the Marines.

The cast sees an exciting mix of new and old faces. Emily Rudd from Netflix’s Fear Street portrays Nami, a skilled thief and navigational expert, along with Mackenyu as Zoro, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji. McKinley Belcher III, Peter Gadiot, Ian McShane, and Christian Convery also star.

Original creator Oda serves as an executive producer with Matt Owens and Steven Maeda as showrunners. 

The debut season concludes with the Straw Hats leaving East Blue to journey towards the Grand Line. In the final moments, Nami notes that the map they are referencing indicates that they are headed toward water. However, the elevation suggests they are going towards the mountains. Where will they go next and will Netflix give fans the chance to follow along? Here’s everything you need to know about the future of this adored series. 

Will There Be A One Piece Season 2 on Netflix? 

Yes! One Piece was renewed for a second season on Netflix, just two weeks after its release!

Eiichiro Oda, One Piece creator and series executive producer, shared the renewal news via Transponder Snail. “Two weeks after the launch, I just received some great news. Netflix has decided to renew the show!,” Oda said in the video. “The adventures of Iñaki and the live-action Straw Hats will continue onward!”

Netflix has a habit of renewing genre shows that appeal to a wide fan base. For example, look at The Sandman and Wednesday, both shows — based on an existing IP — received early renewals for their sophomore season, less than three months after their respective release.

In fact, Peter Friedlander, Netflix Head of U.S. and Canada Scripted Series, stressed the data to Variety in an interview ahead of One Piece‘s release: “You can’t get it right every time. You hope that with creative passion and storytellers that you do. And that’s what I’m here for, is to support the storytellers and how they interpret and adapt and experience an IP. And I think we’ve had a pretty impressive run when you think about just within the last year with The Sandman and Wednesday. And I do think we are able to adapt some of these IP into something that’s extraordinary and unexpected, and still truly honor what it is.”

In the same interview, co-showrunner Maeda said the team is “definitely taking it one step at a time,” but further pointed out that Oda has given them “so many possibilities and endless permutations” with his large body of work, spanning over 100 volumes of manga and 20 seasons of an ongoing anime.

Prior to the announcement, producers told Variety that the scripts for a potential Season 2 are “ready” and the next season could be “ready to air” in a year, setting the expected air date for One Piece Season 2 as early as August 2024. However, Oda has asked viewers to “please be patient.”

In anticipation of the show’s premiere, Decider chatted with One Piece production designer Richard Bridgland and picked his brain about a potential second season. “The thing about One Piece is that it’s such a big world. I don’t think I’ve seen such a huge world in a single TV show for a long time. It was a bit like designing four separate feature films,” he explained. “Every two episodes Luffy is in one part of this world, and then he moved to another, and it’s completely different. We never go back to those. It’s like a travel movie.”

The production designer suspects that Season 2 will be “a different world view all over again” as, in the finale, Luffy and his crew have left East Blue. “The only sets we’d carry would be the ships. I’m sure you’ll see the Going Merry in Season 2. Whether you see Garp’s warship, I couldn’t say, but that would really be it. You’ll just leave the East Blue behind and move on [to] new and wonderful worlds.”

There you have it! That’s all we currently know about One Piece Season 2.

One Piece is currently streaming on Netflix.