One Piece Anime released a new trailer for the Elbaf Arc

Ever since it was revealed a piece As the anime will no longer be seasonal, fans are eager to know if the decision will pay off.

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Most of the time a piece Fans are used to seeing a new episode every week, so the decision to make the anime seasonal caused serious outrage within the community. However, the first proper trailer of the Elbaf arc has put everyone's mind at ease.

One Piece Anime released a new trailer for the Elbaf Arc

Loki featured heavily in the trailer

• The Elbaf arc of One Piece is coming out on April 5th

• Loki will be an integral part of the Elbaf arc

On March 28, 2026, the official X (formerly Twitter) account of One Piece shared. Brand new trailer for Elbaf arc. In the trailer, fans got a fair glimpse of Loki and other giants that will be featured in the arc. Even though the trailer was only 39 seconds long, it was enough to convince the audience that Elbaf's arc is going to be incredible.

Besides Loki, other characters featured in the trailer are:

• Monkey D. Luffy

• Roronoa Zoro

• Sanji

• Shanks

• Hello Robin

• Jaguar d. Saul

Based on the trailer, it's pretty clear that One Piece is once again stealing the spotlight with its incredible animation. In 2025, several One Piece episodes received a rating of 9 or higher on IMDb. In fact, it beat Solo Leveling Season 2, which is considered one of the best animated projects in recent years.

What to expect from the Elbaf Arc of One Piece

As previously stated, the One Piece anime is seasonal, meaning it does not release episodes every week. Each year the anime will release 26 episodes, and they will be divided into two courses.

The first course of 2026 is starting on April 5, 2026. It will run for 13 episodes, after which fans will have to wait for the second course.

It has already been confirmed that the One Piece anime will adapt one chapter per episode. The pacing is far from ideal, but it's much better than having to endure a piece before.

The pacing will also ensure a healthy gap between anime and manga. If the anime catches up to the manga, there will be a lot of complications. The worst thing would be that the anime would have to go on hiatus for an extended period of time until the manga could rebuild the gap.

Source: X (formerly Twitter)

a piece

Release date

October 20, 1999

network

Fuji TV

directors

Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Ito, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Noimauji, Tokahiro, Enoji Maudo Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou

The authors

Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Usaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda

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  Mayumi Tanaka

  Monkey d. Luffy (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  Roronoa Zoro (voice)