One Piece season 22
The upcoming twenty-second season of the One Piece anime television series will be produced by Toei Animation and primarily directed by Wataru Matsumi, with Satoshi Itō and Yasunori Koyama serving as additional co-directors. The season is set to begin broadcasting on Fuji Television and its affiliates on April 5, 2026. Like the rest of the series, the season follows Monkey D. Luffy's adventures with his Straw Hat Pirates. The season will adapt material from the "Elbaph" story arc, from the 111th volume onwards of the manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. It deals with the Straw Hat Pirates along with Giant Warrior Pirates arriving at Elbaph as the Knights of God set their eyes on annexing the country for the World Government.
In October 2025, it was announced that the series would go on hiatus from January to March 2026 following the conclusion of the "Egghead" story arc. When scheduled to return in April 2026, the series is set to adopt a two split cours annual schedule, with a maximum of 26 episodes airing each year going forward. This marks a shift from the continuous year-round schedule that has been in place since the series' premiere back in October 1999.