‘One Piece’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far
One Piece Season 2 is in the works after receiving a speedy renewal from Netflix after Season 1’s arrival last year. The live-action series is based on Eiichiro Oda’s best-selling manga.
The show follows the otherworldly adventures of Monkey D. Luffy (I?aki Godoy) and his pirate crew as they explore exotic islands and endless oceans in search of the ultimate treasure “One Piece” to become the next Pirate King.
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Set sail with us through what we know about One Piece Season 2 so far:
Who is in the One Piece Season 2 cast?
The Straw Hats are played by Mackenyu (Roronoa Zoro), Emily Rudd (Nami), Jacob Romero Gibson (Usopp) and Taz Skylar (Sanji).
Ilia Isorelys Paulino, Jeff Ward and Michael Dorman will return as new villain Avida, Buggy and Pirate King Gold Roger, respectively.
The cast also includes McKinley Belcher III, Morgan Davies, Aidan Scott, Vincent Regan, Craig Fairbrass, Langley Kirkwood, Celeste Loots, Alexander Maniatis, Chioma Umeala and Steven Ward.
So far, the Baroques Works agents — four villains of a criminal syndicate — have been added for the second season.
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David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer) will play Mr. 3, Jazzara Jaslyn (Warrior) will play Miss Valentine, Camrus Johnson (Batwoman) will play Mr. 5 and Daniel Lasker (Raised By Wolves) will play Mr. 9. The four characters come directly from Oda’s pirate adventure manga.
Callum Kerr (Monarch) has been cast as Smoker, Julia Rehwald (Fear Street) as Tashigi, Rob Colletti (The Many Saints of Newark) as Wapol and Ty Keogh (24 Hours To Live) as Dalton, all characters straight from Eiichiro Oda,’s pirate adventure manga. Additional cast and roles will be revealed at a later date.
Smoker was introduced in the final minutes of the Season 1 finale, teased by his naval uniform and two cigars that he smokes at the same time.
Katey Sagal will portray Dr. Kureha and Mark Harelik will portray Dr. Hiriluk in Season 2. Sendhil Ramamurthy has been cast as Nefertiti Cobra. Charithra Chandran will portray Miss Wednesday.
Joe Manganiello (True Blood, Magic Mike franchise) and Lera Abova (Bumper in Berlin, Honey Don’t) will play “Mr. 0” and “Miss All Sunday,” respectively.
Who is creating One Piece Season 2?
Percy Jackson and the Olympians co-executive producer Joe Tracz has been confirmed as writer, executive producer and co-showrunner on the upcoming second season. He will work alongside Season 1 writer, executive producer and co-showrunner Matt Owens. Steve Maeda, who developed the series with Owens and served as Season 1 co-showrunner, remains an executive producer.
Tracz served as a writer-producer on the streamer’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events, based on the book series of the same name by Lemony Snicket, and as co-creator-executive producer on Dash & Lily, based on the YA books.
Steven Maeda and Matt Owens serve as writers, executive producers and showrunners. Oda, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements also executive produce.
One Piece is produced by Tomorrow Studios and Netflix in partnership with Shueisha.
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When will One Piece Season 2 come out? Has production started?
Season 2’s production started as of July 1 in South Africa for a planned launch in 2025.
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