One Piece Sets Elbaph Arc Premiere for April 5 With New Trailer and Seasonal Shift
The series moves to 26 episodes a year to tighten pacing and raise animation quality.
Overview
- The Elbaph Arc debuts Sunday, April 5 in Japan with same-day streaming on Crunchyroll in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
- Netflix will add the new episodes one week later starting April 11 in a delayed schedule that matches its Egghead rollout.
- Starting with this arc, One Piece switches from a continuous weekly run to a seasonal plan that delivers 26 episodes a year across two cours.
- A new AnimeJapan trailer introduces Yuichi Nakamura as Prince Loki and confirms new themes Luminous by Aina The End and Sono Mirai by 36km/h.
- The anime returns from a three-month hiatus taken to boost production, and the team has not announced English dub timing yet.