One Piece season 3
The third season of the One Piece anime television series, subtitled Enter Chopper at the Winter Island on home video, aired from August 26, 2001 to December 9, 2001 on Fuji Television. Directed by Konosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation, it adapts the 15th to 18th volume of Eiichiro Oda's manga. It depicts the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates as they attempt to find a doctor after Nami falls sick. They sail to Drum Island where they face off against the Wapol Pirates while Nami receives treatment from Kureha; they recruit Tony Tony Chopper, Kureha's assistant as their doctor.
In North America and other territories, it was first licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and dubbed as part of a heavily edited localization. The total number of episodes was reduced due to some 4Kids episodes covering multiple Japanese ones. This version aired on August 27 though November 12, 2005, on the Fox Broadcasting Company and February 11 through February 18, 2006, on Cartoon Network, consisting of only twelve episodes. After 4Kids lost the license it was acquired by Funimation, who released the season on home video in 2009. This uncensored release contained a new English dub and the Japanese version with subtitles.
Three pieces of theme music are utilized by the season's episodes : one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme is "Believe" by Folder5 in Japanese and Meredith McCoy in English. The ending themes are "Shouchi no Suke" by Shōjo Suitei in Japanese and Stephanie Young in English for the first 4 episodes and "Before Dawn" by Ai-Sachi in Japanese and Leah Clark in English for the remainder of the season. The 4Kids dub uses Russell Velasquez' "Pirate Rap V2" as opening for the whole season, except for the final episode, which uses his "Pirate Rap V3", and "Pirate Rap Instrumental" as ending theme.