In a highly anticipated update during the One Piece Day ’24 livestream, the animation team behind the upcoming remake of The One Piece was officially unveiled. This exciting project, announced during Jump Festa in December, will see Eiichiro Oda’s globally beloved manga adapted anew, beginning with the “East Blue Saga.” Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Oda’s epic, the series is set to stream worldwide exclusively on Netflix, produced by WIT Studio (known for SPY X FAMILY and Attack on Titan), in collaboration with publisher Shueisha, Fuji Television Network, and Toei Animation.
The newly announced creative team includes:
- Director: Masashi Koizuka (Attack on Titan, Moonrise)
- Assistant Director: Hideaki Abe (key animator on Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet, Suicide Squad ISEKAI ep. 5)
- Chief Animation Directors & Character Designers: Kyoji Asano (Attack on Titan, SPY X FAMILY) and Takatoshi Honda (The First Slam Dunk)
- Image Board & Creature Designer: Yasuhiro Kajino (designer/key animation on In/Spectre, RIN-NE Season 2)
- Prop Design Supervisor: Eri Taguchi (animation director on Vampire in the Garden; character designer on Play It Cool, Guys)
- Script Supervisor: Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!, Ranking of Kings)
- Action Animators: Ken Imaizumi (animation director on Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) and Shuhei Fukuda (animation director on My Hero Academia: You’re Next)
- Art Director: Tomonori Kuroda (A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun)
- Animation Producer: Ryōma Kawamura (Moonrise)
This stellar team is expected to bring a fresh and dynamic take on The One Piece, offering fans around the world a new way to experience the adventures of Luffy and his crew.
