Netflix has announced that the third season of its One Piece live-action adaptation series, titled One Piece: The Battle of Alabasta, will be released sometime in 2027. The second season, One Piece: Into The Grand Line, premiered on the streaming service on March 10, 2026.
The main synopsis for the third season, as first reported by Deadline, is described as:
War is coming for Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat crew in the desert kingdom of Alabasta, Princess Vivi’s homeland. A rebellion threatens to tear the nation apart, fueled in secret by one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the ruthless Sir Crocodile, and his underground syndicate Baroque Works, who seek to conquer Alabasta for themselves. In a season defined by unbreakable bonds and impossible choices, the Straw Hats must face a brewing civil war and a powerful warlord to save Vivi’s kingdom before it crumbles into the sand.
Netflix also announced the release of a two-part LEGO animated special on September 29, 2026. It was produced by Shueisha, the LEGO group, and Atomic.
Season one of the live-action One Piece series debuted in August 2023. It was created and produced in partnership with Shueisha and Tomorrow Studios.
The second season had Matt Owens and Joe Tracz (Percy Jackson and the Olympians and A Series of Unfortunate Events co-writer) as showrunners. Steven Maeda was co-showrunner with Owens for the previous season and remained in the role for the second season as an executive producer. Ian Stokes joined Tracz as showrunner for the third season, with Owens not returning to the series, as was first announced in March 2025.
Meanwhile, the cast for the live-action series includes:
- • Iñaki Godoy as Luffy
- • Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro
- • Emily Rudd as Nami
- • Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp
- • Taz Skylar as Sanji
- • Lera Abova as Nico Robin / Miss All-Sunday
- • Charithra Chandran as Nefetari Vivi / Miss Wednesday
- • Mikaela Hoover as Tony Tony Chopper (voice)
The One Piece manga series by Eiichiro Oda began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 22, 1997 under the Jump Comics label. A total of 114 tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2026. VIZ Media publishes the manga in English.
The manga inspired a 1999 OVA from Production I.G and a long-running TV anime adaptation from Toei Animation that has been running since 1999. The franchise also inspired numerous spinoff titles, anime films, stage plays, video games, drama CDs, card games, art and guidebooks, and more.
Crunchyroll is streaming the One Piece TV anime series and describes the main premise as:
Monkey D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become King of the Pirates. With his rubber-like stretching powers granted by the supernatural Devil Fruit, the spirited young pirate seeks the legendary treasure known as the One Piece. He’ll chart a course for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and recruit a motley crew to build his Straw Hat Pirates one bond at a time. This is one captain who’ll never drop anchor until he and his friends all reach their dreams!
Sources: One Piece Netflix Official Twitter (2), Deadline (Nellie Andreeva)
