Netflix Expands One Piece with Season 3, Lego Special, Anime

Netflix announced expansions to its One Piece franchise on Tuesday, including a third season of the live-action series set for release in 2027, a two-part Lego animated special premiering September 29, and an anime adaptation currently in production. The moves build on the global success of the adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's long-running manga, which follows young pirate Monkey D. Luffy and his crew in their quest for a legendary treasure.

The third season, titled The Battle of Alabasta, will adapt the Alabasta arc from the manga, where Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates arrive in the desert kingdom to aid Princess Vivi against a brewing civil war. Officials at Netflix described the plot as centering on a rebellion secretly fueled by one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the warlord Sir Crocodile, and his criminal syndicate Baroque Works, which aims to seize control of the nation. The season will explore themes of unbreakable bonds and difficult decisions as the crew confronts the powerful antagonist to prevent the kingdom's collapse.

Production on the third season began in November 2025 in South Africa, marking a shorter gap of about one year from the second season's March 2026...