There are two types of anime fans: those who have embraced the huge world of One Piece and those who are scared to even look at its cover page. As a person with a former One Piece phobia, I can assure you that not once will you regret starting the series.
Currently, One Piece has almost 2000 episodes and counting. It has also received 15 movies. Before you get crosseyed by the sheer volume, let me come clean and tell you that there isn’t a single moment you would want to miss, and I am here to help you navigate One Piece.
Of course, there are also some episodes in between that are recaps and are easily skippable. So head over to our filler list to save your precious time. However, before you do that, let’s get down to business and figure out where to begin One Piece.
1. One Piece Recommended/Chronological Order
The best way to watch One Piece is by following its chronological order. The movies need to be watched in between anime episodes as they have links to the series. So, you can follow our recommended order to waddle your way through One Piece.
| Title | Type |
| One Piece Episodes 1-8 | Anime |
| Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack! | OVA |
| One Piece Episodes 9-18 | Anime |
| One Piece: The Movie | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 19-53 | Anime |
| Clockwork Island Adventure | Movie |
| One Piece TV Special: Adventure in the Ocean’s Navel | Special |
| Jango’s Dance Carnival | Shorts |
| One Piece Episodes 54-61 | Anime |
| One Piece: Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His 4 Crewmates’ Big Adventure | Special |
| One Piece Episodes 62-91 | Anime |
| Dream Soccer King | Short |
| One Piece Episodes 92-130 | Anime |
| The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta | Movie |
| Chopper’s Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 131-138 | Anime |
| Dead End Adventure | Movie |
| The Cursed Holy Sword | Movie |
| One Piece: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father’s Huge, HUGE Dream | Special |
| Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King | Short |
| One Piece Episodes 139-195 | Anime |
| One Piece: Episode of Sky Island | Special |
| One Piece Episodes 196-206 | Anime |
| Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 207-219 | Anime |
| One Piece: Protect! The Last Great Stage | Special |
| One Piece Episodes 220-226 | Anime |
| Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 227-325 | Anime |
| Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 326-429 | Anime |
| Strong World Episode 0 | OVA |
| One Piece Film: Strong World | Movie |
| ONE PIECE 3D! Trap Coaster | Short |
| Romance Dawn Story | OVA |
| One Piece Episodes 385-516 | Anime |
| 3D2Y | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 517-522 | Anime |
| Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friendship | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 523-578 | Anime |
| Glorious Island Part 1 | Special Prequel |
| Glorious Island Part 2 | Special Prequel |
| One Piece Film: Z | Movie |
| Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand Island | Special |
| One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia | Special |
| One Piece Episodes 579-625 | Anime |
| Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 626-746 | Anime |
| Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers’ Bond – The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will | Special |
| One Piece Episodes 747-750 | Anime |
| One Piece: Heart of Gold | Movie |
| One Piece Film: Gold Episode 0 | Prequel |
| One Piece Film: Gold | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 751-896 | Anime |
| One Piece: Stampede | Movie |
| One Piece Episodes 897-1028 | Anime |
| One Piece Film: Red | Movie |
| 1029 – (ongoing) | Anime |
2. One Piece Release Order
| Title | Type | Air Date |
| One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack! | OVA | Jul 26, 1998 |
| One Piece | TV | Oct 20, 1999 – Ongoing |
| One Piece: The Movie | Movie | Mar 4, 2000 |
| One Piece: Adventure in the Ocean’s Navel | Special | Dec 20, 2000 |
| One Piece: Django’s Dance Carnival | Movie | Mar 3, 2001 |
| One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure | Movie | Mar 3, 2001 |
| One Piece: Dream Soccer King | Movie | Mar 2, 2002 |
| One Piece: Kingdom of Strange Animal Island | Movie | Mar 2, 2002 |
| One Piece: Dead End Adventure | Movie | Mar 1, 2003 |
| One Piece: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father’s Huge, HUGE Dream! | Special | Apr 6, 2003 |
| One Piece: Protect! The Last Great Performance | Special | Dec 14, 2003 |
| One Piece: Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King | Movie | Mar 6, 2004 |
| One Piece: The Curse of the Sacred Sword | Movie | Mar 6, 2004 |
| One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | Movie | Mar 5, 2005 |
| One Piece: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy | Special | Dec 18, 2005 |
| One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle | Movie | Mar 4, 2006 |
| One Piece: Episode of Alabasta – The Desert Princess and the Pirates | Movie | Mar 3, 2007 |
| One Piece: Departure to the Starry Sky | Movie | Apr 21, 2007 |
| One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus – Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura | Movie | Mar 1, 2008 |
| One Piece: Romance Dawn Story | OVA | Nov 24, 2008 |
| One Piece Film: Strong World | Movie | Dec 12, 2009 |
| One Piece: Romance Dawn Story – Recapping the TV Series So Far | OVA | Mar 17, 2010 |
| One Piece Film: Strong World Episode 0 | OVA | Apr 16, 2010 |
| Nissan Serena x One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase – Infiltrate!! | Special | Mar 5, 2011 |
| One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase | Movie | Mar 19, 2011 |
| One Piece: Episode of Alabasta – Prologue | Special | Aug 20, 2011 |
| One Piece 3D: Racing! Trap Coaster | Movie | Dec 1, 2011 |
| One Piece: Episode of Nami – Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends | Special | Aug 25, 2012 |
| One Piece: Episode of Luffy – Adventure on Hand Island | Special | Dec 15, 2012 |
| One Piece Film Z | Movie | Dec 15, 2012 |
| One Piece: Glorious Island | Special | Dec 23–30, 2012 |
| One Piece: The Planetarium | Movie | Jul 13, 2013 |
| One Piece: Episode of Merry – The Tale of One More Friend | Special | Aug 24, 2013 |
| One Piece: Cry Heart | Special | Jan 19, 2014 – Apr 22, 2015 |
| One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace’s Death! Luffy’s Pledge to His Friends | Special | Aug 30, 2014 |
| One Piece 4D | Special | Mar 13, 2015 |
| One Piece: Episode of Sabo – Bond of Three Brothers, A Miraculous Reunion and an Inherited Will | Special | Aug 22, 2015 |
| One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia | Special | Dec 19, 2015 |
| TOHO Cinemas x One Piece Film: Gold – Special Video | ONA | Feb 29, 2016 |
| Scratch x One Piece Film: Gold | Special | May, 2016 |
| One Piece Film: Gold – Cine Mike Popcorn Advertisement | Special | Jun, 2016 |
| One Piece Film: Gold Episode 0 – 711 ver. | Special | Jul 2, 2016 |
| One Piece: Heart of Gold | Special | Jul 16, 2016 |
| One Piece Film: Gold | Movie | Jul 23, 2016 |
| Tokyo One Piece Tower: The Great Treasure of Tongari Island | Movie | Nov 1, 2016 |
| The One Piece That I Am Looking At | ONA | Jun 19, 2017 |
| One Piece: Episode of East Blue – Luffy and His Four Crewmates’ Great Adventure | Special | Aug 26, 2017 |
| One Piece: Episode of Skypiea | Special | Aug 25, 2018 |
| One Piece: Stampede | Movie | Aug 9, 2019 |
| One Piece Film Red | Movie | Aug 6, 2022 |
3. How to watch One Piece movies in order?
One Piece has 15 movies, most of which are non-canon. Thus, you can easily watch them after completing the anime. Here is the proper order for the movies:
- One Piece: The Movie
- Clockwork Island Adventure
- Chopper’s Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals
- Dead End Adventure
- The Cursed Holy Sword
- Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
- The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle
- Episode of Arabasta: The Desert Princess and the Pirates
- Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura
- One Piece Film: Strong World
- One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase
- One Piece Film: Z
- One Piece Film: Gold
- One Piece: Stampede
- One Piece Film: Red
4. Where to watch One Piece with English sub and dub?
One Piece is primarily available to stream on Netflix, Crunchyroll and Funimation. However Netflix features some of the movies, while most of them are not available to stream.
| Title | Eng Sub | Eng Dub |
| One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack! | – | – |
| One Piece | Pluto TV(9 Seasons), Netflix(6 Seasons), Hoopla(5 Seasons), Crunchyroll(5 Seasons), Funimation(3 Season), Hulu(2 Season), Adult Swim(1 Season), Spectrum(1 Season) | Funimation, Crunchyroll |
| One Piece: Episode of Alabasta – The Desert Princess and the Pirates | Netflix | |
| One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus- Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura | Netflix | – |
| One Piece Film: Strong World | Netflix | Netflix |
| One Piece Film Z | Netflix | |
| One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace’s Death! Luffy’s Pledge to His Friends | Netflix | – |
| One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia | Netflix | – |
| One Piece: Heart of Gold | Netflix | |
| One Piece Film: Gold | Netflix | Netflix |
| One Piece: Episode of East Blue – Luffy and His Four Crewmates’ Great Adventure | Netflix | – |
| One Piece: Episode of Skypiea | Netflix | Netflix |
| One Piece: Stampede | Crunchyroll, Funimation | Crunchyroll |
| One Piece Film Red | Crunchyroll | Crunchyroll |
4.1. Where to watch One Piece in your country?
| Title | Canada | UK | Japan | Australia |
| One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack! | – | – | – | – |
| One Piece | Netflix (6 seasons), Hoopla (5 seasons), Crunchyroll (5 seasons) | Crunchyroll (3 seasons), Netflix (2 seasons) | Disney+ (20 seasons), Prime Video (11 seasons), Netflix (6 seasons), Hulu (6 seasons), U-Stop (1 season) | Netflix(6 seasons), Crunchyroll (5 seasons) |
| One Piece: The Movie | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece: Kingdom of Strange Animal Island | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece: Dead End Adventure | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece: The Curse of the Sacred Sword | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece: Episode of Alabasta – The Desert Princess and the Pirates | Netflix | – | Prime Video | Netflix |
| One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus – Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura | Netflix | – | Prime Video | Netflix |
| One Piece Film: Strong World | Netflix | Prime Video | Netflix | |
| One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece Film Z | Netflix | – | Prime Video | Netflix |
| One Piece 3D2Y: Overcoming Ace’s Death! Luffy’s Pledge to His Friends | Netflix | – | – | Netflix |
| One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia | Netflix | – | – | – |
| One Piece: Heart of Gold | Netflix | – | – | Netflix |
| One Piece Film: Gold | Netflix | – | Prime Video | Netflix |
| One Piece: Episode of East Blue – Luffy and His Four Crewmates’ Great Adventure | Netflix | – | – | Netflix |
| One Piece: Episode of Skypiea | Netflix | – | – | Netflix |
| One Piece: Stampede | – | – | Prime Video | – |
| One Piece Film Red | – | – | Prime Video | – |
5. Can you download and watch One Piece offline?
Yes, you can download One Piece anime to watch offline. Most streaming services offer the download option with their specific packages, which lets you download and watch your favorite series. You can download One Piece on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, and more.
| Website | Subscription Packages | Offline Viewing |
| Crunchyroll | Fan – $7.99/month | No |
| Mega Fan – $9.99/month | Yes | |
| Ultimate Fan – $14.99/month | Yes | |
| Funimation | Premium: $5.99 a month / $59.99 per year | No |
| Premium Plus: $7.99 a month / $79.99 per year | Yes | |
| Premium Plus Ultra: $99.99 per year | Yes | |
| Netflix | Basic with ads: $6.99/month | No |
| Basic: $9.99/month | Yes | |
| Standard: $15.49/month | Yes | |
| Premium: $19.99/month | Yes | |
| Hulu | Ad-Supported: $7.99/month (or $79.99/year) | Yes |
| No Ads: $14.99/month | Yes |
If the One Piece anime, movies, or specials aren’t available on any streaming website in your area, then you can use a VPN to bypass the geo-block. Some of the top VPN service providers in the game are ExpressVPN, Nord VPN, Proton VPN, Cyberghost, and Private Internet Access, to name a few.
All you have to do is connect to a country where your preferred anime is streaming, and voila, you can now watch One Piece even if it is unavailable in your region.
There are many unpaid VPN services at hand or free browser extensions. However, using low-tier VPN providers might decrease your speed and get you blocked by streaming services. Connection drops and unsecured encryption are also other disadvantages.
The important thing is that One Piece is present on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Funimation’s catalogs, so set your VPN to a suitable location to access the anime from anywhere.
7. How much time will it take to complete One Piece?
It will take around 18 days to complete watching the whole One Piece anime with no breaks in between. However, if you want to watch all the movies, OVAs, and specials, it will take one more day. A more sane number would be to distribute the series over two months to get adequate rest in between.
8. FAQ
8.1. Can I skip One Piece movies?
Yes, you can absolutely skip all One Piece movies, as all of them are non-canon. Their absence will not affect the anime plot. Some of them are summaries, while others are side stories beloved by fans.
8.2. Can you skip One Piece arcs?
No! It is not recommended to skip any One Piece arc, as you might miss important details that will be needed later in the anime. While some of them might seem boring and slow, they are loaded with easter eggs and details for future use.
8.3. Which One Piece episodes can you skip?
One Piece has nine recap episodes that summarize arcs or events in the series. You can skip these episodes as they do not help the plot progress.
| Title | Why you should skip |
| Emergency Planning, A Perfect Strategy for the One Piece | Recaps episodes 1-5 |
| One Piece New Year Special: Secret of the Straw Hat Pirates! | Recaps events from Romance Dawn Arc to Water 7 Arc |
| One Piece: Long Ring Long Land Arc — A One Night Abridged Special | Recaps episodes 207 – 219 |
| One Piece Characters Log | Covers individual stories of Straw hats until Dressrosa Arc. |
| Luffy-senpai Support Project! Barto’s Secret Room! | Recaps events from Luffy’s arrival in Wano Country to the invasion of Onigashima |
| Zoro and Sanji-senpai Admiring Project! Barto’s Secret Room 2! | Covers events until Luffy, Zoro, Law, Kidd, and Killer face Kaido and Big Mom |
| A Comprehensive Anatomy! The Legend of Kozuki Oden! | Recaps events from Oden’s life until the formation of the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance |
| The Legendary Log! Red-Haired Shanks! | Connects the anime with the movie Red and covers Shanks ending the Summit War of Marineford and past events with Luffy |
| A Comprehensive Anatomy! Fierce Fight! The Five from the New Generation! | Covers the fight between the Worst Generation and the Kaido-Big Mom duo on the Skull Dome’s roof |
9. Conclusion
Congratulations on completing this article, and best of luck if you are planning on watching One Piece. I bet your heart needs some preparation before going through the most moving and adrenaline-filled series of the century.
Stick to the recommended watch order for the best experience, and it’s best not to jump between seasons to follow the timeline strictly. You can watch the OVAs, shorts, specials, and movies whenever you want since they don’t necessarily follow the main plot.
The OVAs, specials, and shorts add a fun touch to the anime, and the movies are original masterpieces.
10. About One Piece
One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 22, 1997.
The man who had acquired everything in this world, the Pirate King, is Gol D. Roger. The final words he said at the execution tower were “My treasures? If you want it, I’ll let you have it. Look for it; I left all of it at that place.” These words sent many to the seas, chasing their dreams, headed toward the Grand Line, in search of One Piece. Thus began a new age!
Seeking to be the greatest pirate in the world, young Monkey D. Luffy also heads toward the Grand Line in search of One Piece. His diverse crew is joining him along the way, consisting of a swordsman, marksman, navigator, cook, doctor, archaeologist, and cyborg-shipwright, this will be one memorable adventure.
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