a piece Undoubtedly one of the greatest anime IPs in the entire world. While its manga is the best-selling series of all time, its anime is also a successful series that has kept fans coming back for more every week for over 25 years. For the vast majority of Toei Animation's run a piece anime, it ran on a weekly schedule, but after 2025, a major change saw it released by Toei Animation in a semi-seasonal format. This officially meant more breaks and hiatus and fewer episodes in a year. With all this in mind, One Piece will soon be officially airing its 13th episode of the year, before going on hiatus.
During this break, One piece heroines It will be broadcast instead. After that, however, the anime's future remains unclear. This could be for the current batch of single episodes; It can only continue. We'll all have to wait and see what Toei has in store for the series in 2026.
The One Piece anime will officially go on an indefinite break on July 5, 2026
The a piece The manga was created in 1997 by Eiichiro Oda. The series has since been serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump, and is still going strong today in 2026. 2 years after its debut, a piece It went on to get an anime adaptation by Toei Animation. It also has a remake in the works by Wit Studios, but the Toei adaptation is still ongoing and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Currently, Toei anime is airing the Elbaf arc. However, fans are already anticipating a break for the upcoming Toei anime.
It has been officially confirmed by Toei Animation that July 5, 2026, will mark the break for the One Piece anime. The episode being delayed is Episode 1187, which will cover the events following the reveal of Harley in One Piece. This means that the last episode, One Piece 1186, titled “An Ancient History — The Sacred Texts Passed Down in Elbaph,” will air before the break on June 28, 2026.
A Piece in Elbaf officially lines up two new Yonko level pirates
One Piece's Elbaf arc climaxes if officially raising the stakes by making two more characters Yonko level.
On July 5, One Piece Heroines will air in place of the anime
With a break on July 5, 2026, fans are wondering what to expect that weekend. Sometimes, a piece skips the episode slot entirely and doesn't air at all. Other times, a filler episode is aired instead, or a recap episode is aired, as was common with Egghead during anime break weeks. This time, however, things are very different, as One Piece is getting an exciting new episode on July 5 to replace the original anime.
As we know, One Piece Heroines is a long-awaited project set to adapt the One Piece spin-off novel of the same name written by Jun Esaka and illustrated by Sayaka Suwa. It will be a one-episode release and will cover a chapter specifically about Nami, although Robin is also expected to make an appearance.
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The future of the One Piece anime is unknown, but the major hiatus may begin after episode 1186.
One piece heroines An exciting side project to watch, but fans are mostly looking forward to the return of the actual anime, especially how episode 1186 will leave things in Elbaf. This episode will mark the main reveal of Harley and the history of the three worlds, which was officially covered. a piece Chapter 1138 in the manga.
Unfortunately, at this time, the return date a piece The anime is unknown. Usually, the last two weeks break, but we don't know if a piece is being returned because no additional information has been provided by Toei at this time. Since One Piece Episode 1186 is the 13th since back in April, it could very well be the finale in the batch, meaning it could return three months later. This is because Toei Animation previously stated that One Piece will no longer be a weekly animation, and instead of 40+ episodes a year, the series will receive 26, split into two courses. In that sense, episode 13 should be the midpoint. Harley Reveal is also a perfect point to end the course right now. That said, with no announcement from Toei, there is also a possibility that the anime will resume on June 28, 2026, two weeks after the release of episode 1186. Things will become clear in the coming weeks, and we will keep all fans updated accordingly.
All new episodes of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece anime are available to watch on Crunchyroll.
