One Piece Fans Go Wild Over Anime’s New Late-Night Broadcast

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Summary

  • One Piece‘s anime will return in April 2025 in a new late-night broadcast slot.
  • The change in scheduling may lead to a more accurate adaptation of the manga for adult viewers.
  • Fans worldwide will be affected by the time change for new episode releases.

The animated adaptation of the “One Piece” series took a six-month break, and enthusiasts have been enduring the wait until its resumption in April 2025.

The wait has been long, and when the anime returns, there are definitely going to be some changes. One major change is the moving of the broadcast time for the One Piece anime. Some fans are excited about the change, while some are neutral or disappointed.

One Piece’s Time Slot Has Changed

One Piece is Now a Late Night Broadcast

Typically, anime is viewed as something more geared towards children, due to people associating animated media with kids. However, as many people know, that is not necessarily true. While some animes are geared towards children, many aren’t, and have more mature content. Some series fall somewhere in the middle, like One Piece. One Piece is a shonen, so it is, in theory, geared towards younger boys. One Piece does feature pretty mature themes often, however.

For a long time, One Piece’s anime was broadcast in the morning in Japan. However, this is changing. Fuji TV, the Japanese channel that airs One Piece, has decided to change when it is scheduled for airing. Previously, it used to air at 9:30 AM Sunday Japanese Standard Time. Now, it’s moving to 11:15 PM Japanese Standard Time, on Sunday. This is quite a drastic change.

Late-night scheduling is typically for more mature shows, as most children are asleep by that time, and adults are watching TV.

One Piece’s Egghead arc, which will be airing soon, is not necessarily much darker than what was seen before in the series. One Piece has had just as grim plot points, if not grimmer way before. But it’s clear Fuji TV is trying to cater more to adults, and it’s very possible that Toei will abstain from censoring more obscene things from the anime that happened in the manga.

Previously, Toei had censored a few things in the One Piece anime, such as suicide attempts, profanity, and even blood and gore to a certain extent. A later broadcast could mean an even more accurate adaptation of the manga.

With the time changing in Japan, this will affect One Piece fans all over the world. For example, the US time for the new anime episode releases will be on Sunday, either 6:15 or 9:15 AM, depending on the state. Some countries will even get the anime episode on Monday now, such as Australia or New Zealand.

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2025-03-18 07:39