Here I thought I’d never had to do an entry for One Piece because it never stopped releasing episodes for any meaningful amount of time, but here we are, on a historic hiatus and furthermore with a new One Piece anime from Wit Studio apparently inbound.
Alternative Titles:
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Year Anime Premiered: 1999
Animation Studio: Toei Animation
Number of Seasons: 21 + 15 movie + 7 OVAs
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: No (but it releases March 2025)
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Entry Last Updated: October 15th, 2024
Where To Start The One Piece Manga After The Anime?
After much deliberation, I decided that the easiest way to tackle this particular beast was to go by sagas.
- East Blue Saga – Episodes 1 – 61 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 12, Chapter 101
- Arabasta Saga – Episodes 62 – 135 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 24, Chapter 218
- Sky Island Saga – Episodes 136 -206 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 32, Chapter 303
- Water 7 Saga – Episodes 207 – 325 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 46, Chapter 442
- Thriller Bark Saga – Episodes 326 – 384 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 50, Chapter 490
- Summit War Saga – Episodes 385 – 516 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 61, Chapter 598
- Fish-Man Island Saga – Episodes 517 – 574 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 66, Chapter 654
- Dressrosa Saga – Episodes 575 – 746 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 80, Chapter 802
- Whole Cake Island Saga – Episodes 747 – 889 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 90, Chapter 909
- Wano Country Saga – Episodes 890 – 1085 – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 105, Chapter 1058
- Final Saga – Episodes 1086 – Ongoing – – You can start the One Piece manga at Volume 108, Chapter 1089 as of Episode 1122
Do note that the One Piece anime has a significant amount of filler in it, which is why the chapter/episode count gets weirder as the series goes on. If you would like to know what to avoid if you have not watched it already or otherwise what events to disregard in terms of the manga story, you can find a fairly easy to follow guide on the One Piece wiki. (Antifandom version so you don’t have to deal with their intrusive ads.)
Is The One Piece Manga Over?
The One piece manga is still ongoing. Since launching in 1997, it releases three to four volumes per year.
The One Piece manga is in its “final saga,” which can comprise any number of smaller arcs and could even be a red herring name, so that does not mean its conclusion will happen anytime soon.
One Piece Spin-Offs
Honestly, it is surprising there aren’t more.
- One Piece: Ace’s Story (Light Novel, Manga 2 Novels/2 Volumes, Complete) – Prequel story about Ace. Comes in manga and LN form.
- One Piece Straw Hat Grand Theater (Manga, 1 Volume, Complete) – Gag manga using One Piece characters to parody sci-fi and fairy tales. Some parts were adapted in the anime.
- Chopperman (Manga, 5 Volumes, Complete) – Chopper spin-off
- One Piece – Coby ni no Kobiyama – Urifutatsu Nagi no Oohihou (Manga, 3 Volumes, Complete) – Spin-off about a middle schooler who looks like Koby.
- Luff (Manga, 3 Chapters, Complete) – “What if” story about if Sabo had rescued Ace and Luffy at Marineford.
- Chin Piece (Manga, 2 Volumes, Complete) – Story about a character who wants to be like Luffy from his favorite manga One Piece. He can also elongate his body, but only “one part” of it. (Ecchi comedy)
- One Piece Academy (Manga, Ongoing) – One Piece, but in school.
- One Piece in Love (Manga, Ongoing) – Rom-com gag parody of One Piece using original characters
- One Piece Film Gold (Manga, 2 Volumes, Complete) – Full color manga adaptation of the Gold movie.
- Wanted – Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece (Manga, 1 Volume, Complete) – One-shots Oda did before being chained to One Piece for decades.
- One Piece Party (Manga, 7 Volumes, Complete) – Post-time-skip chibis having various island-hopping adventures.