The Straw Hat Pirates are making their presence known at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Netflix is currently taking part in the annual celebration and showcase of all things animated in France, already sharing new looks at the sophomore season of Blue Eye Samurai, the wild new steampunk western Bass X Machina, and, of course, the ambitious anime remake of One Piece. Announced in late 2023 following the overwhelming success of the live-action series, The One Piece has been making progress in the background, with Spy x Family animators WIT Studio working to modernize the early chapters of Luffy’s grand adventure, separate from the gargantuan original anime. A few concept images and stills have given an impression of what to expect from the visual overhaul, but the streamer has now revealed the best look yet at the high-seas fantasy.
On Wednesday, Netflix was back at it with another preview of its slate of upcoming animation fresh off the stage at Annecy, including the new Ghostbusters series Night Shift, Brad Bird‘s long-awaited neo-noir sci-fi Ray Gunn, and Ricky Gervais‘ adult comedy Alley Cats. Accompanying them was the first official teaser for The One Piece, finally showing Luffy in action. It returns to where it all began for the young pirate, before he first gathered his crew and when his dream of becoming King of the Pirates was still far on the horizon. Cutting-edge modern technology was utilized to make this telling of the East Blue Saga more expressive and more in line with the quality of modern anime compared to when the over 1,100-episode show began in 1999. Yet, even with the colorful facelift, everything was carefully made to feel familiar enough that the charm remains for both newcomers and veterans who’ve been through the entire epic.
While the live-action One Piece has helped a wider audience climb aboard the Going Merry without the fear of the daunting decades-long journey ahead, the new anime is designed as another stepping stone to get viewers to leap into Eiichiro Oda‘s behemoth of a story. Netflix has confirmed that the first season will span seven episodes, covering roughly the first fifty chapters of the manga as Luffy builds up the Straw Hat Pirates one bond at a time, from Zorro to Usopp and Nami, leading up to his encounter with the famed floating restaurant Baratie’s sous chef, Sanji. Early concept art also teased a little visit to Windmill Village, the real place where Luffy’s dream begins, thanks to the warmth of the Red-Hair Pirates and their captain, Shanks. According to director Masashi Koizuka, one other goal of the series will be to keep things as close as possible to Oda’s manga, without the censorship the original anime endured over the years.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🏜️Paul Atreides
🖖Capt. Kirk
✊Princess Leia
🔦Ellen Ripley
🔥Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
‘The One Piece’ Is Only Part of the Straw Hats’ Netflix Adventures
In addition to The One Piece, Netflix is still finding other ways to keep expanding on the saga. September 27 will mark a first for the streamer when it launches a two-part LEGO One Piece special designed to tackle the first two seasons of the live-action series in a digestible, humorous, brick-laden package. Made in partnership with LEGO Group, Shueisha, and Atomic, it also ties into the intricate LEGO sets celebrating the success of the anime adaptation. Production on Season 3 of One Piece live-action is also well underway in Cape Town, tackling the Alabasta Saga with a few fresh faces, like Cole Escola as Bon Clay, and bigger sets that Oda has expressed his excitement for.
The One Piece sets sail on Netflix in February 2027. Check out the new teaser in the player above.
