Recently revealed by Netflix Japan that a total of 1000 episodes of Epic Eichiro Oda’s pirate adventure have been added to the library. With a certain number of episodes that already exist on the US Netflix, and with the Live-Action series already in development, what does this mean for the future of one piece on Netflix? Let’s discuss this below.
With more than 1000 episodes with his name, not to mention being one of the most popular anime waralme ever, one piece is one of the most demanding anime in Netflix. At present, US Netflix customers only have access to East Blue Sagas and Alabasta from One Piece, which only redeemed 123 anime episodes. This means that almost 900 episodes are missing from the US library.
On Twitter, through the Netflix Japan Anime account, it was announced that a total of 1000 episodes of one piece had been added to the Japanese Netflix library. What is more interesting is that of every Thursday new episode one piece will be available for streaming.
https://twitter.com/netflixjp_anime/status/1466317968502321154.
What does this mean for the future of one piece on our Netflix?
With the Live-Action One Piece series in development on Netflix, it is safe to say that streaming services already have a useful relationship with Eiichiro Oda and, Toei’s animation. However, the license holder for the distribution of anime one piece in North America is FUNIMATION. This means that for Netflix to get more episodes one piece they need to discuss the license agreement with one of their top anime competitors.
Netflix We may not be able to obtain an agreement to receive 1000 episodes such as Japan, we can certainly see the addition of sky islands, water 7, thriller leather films, and Said Summit. It will still be in the form of hundreds of episodes behind the current anime place, but the addition of hundreds of episodes will be fantastic for the Netflix library and for one-piece fans.
What about the whole world?
Depending on where you live in the world, different licenses will be responsible for every continent / country. In the UK, the license belongs to Manga Entertainment, and in Australia, the license is held by Madman Entertainment. This means that Netflix must negotiate with each license holder individually to bring each one-piece episode to each netflix library.
