A short trailer has been released for the One Piece TV anime series during AnimeJapan 2026, spotlighting the opening theme song for the “Elbaph Arc” and the character Loki. The anime series will air on April 5, 2026 after an extended hiatus that began earlier this January.
Voice actor Yuichi Nakamura will voice Loki, who is previewed in the trailer, along with the opening theme “Luminous” by AiNA THE END.
© Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation
It was also announced that the new ending theme song will be “Future” by Japanese rock band 36km/h.
New cast members that were previously announced for the One Piece anime include Ayane Sakura as the character Gerd and Ryota Takeuchi as Road.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars:
- • Mayumi Tanaka as Monkey D. Luffy
- • Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro
- • Akemi Okamura as Nami
- • Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji
- • Ikue Otani as Tony Tony Chopper
- • Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp
- • Yuriko Yamaguchi as Nico Robin
- • Subaru Kimura as Franky
- • Cho as Brook
- • Katsuhisa Hoki as Jinbe
It was announced last October that One Piece would enter a three-month break and adopt a new release schedule of 26 episodes per year. Crunchyroll and Netflix currently stream the TV anime series in select countries and territories worldwide.
The original One Piece manga series by Eiichiro Oda began serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 22, 1997. A total of 114 tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2026. VIZ Media releases the manga series in English.
Besides Toei Animation’s TV anime adaptation, the manga inspired a 1999 OVA from Production I.G and numerous anime films, stage plays, video games, drama CDs, card games, art and guidebooks, and more. An anime adaptation of One Piece Heroines will be released on July 5, 2026.
The series also inspired a live-action TV series from Netflix, which released its first season in August 2023. A second season began streaming on Netflix on March 10, 2026, while a third season is in production.
© Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation
VIZ Media describes the main premise of the One Piece manga as:
As a child, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer “Red-Haired” Shanks. But his life changed when Luffy accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit and gained the power to stretch like rubber…at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, still vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out on his adventure…one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary “One Piece,” said to be the greatest treasure in the world…
Sources: One Piece Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network
