Netflix confirms a Season 2 live-action release date for later in 2025

On January 27, 2025By Littum

Netflix recently announced a partnership with LEGO, confirming the release date for A piece Season 2 live-action for later in 2025. While they are yet to reveal a trailer for the sequel, they have previously shared several teasers and new cast members.

The first look at Chopper and Drum Island was revealed in September, along with a bunch of other behind-the-scenes footage. At the end of the set tour, Jeff Ward even said the year of A piece Season 2 live-action premiere and it seemed clear he said 2025 despite the censoring.

One Piece Season 2 Live Action | Jeff Ward apparently mouths 2025 as the premiere date

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A late 2025 release could mean December and the Christmas season, which A piece Fans know that the Tromle Island theme is pretty neat. Chopper’s birthday is also December 24th, which is celebrated as Christmas Eve.

The live-action series stars Matt Owens (Agents of Shield, Luke Cage) and Steven Maeda (The X-Files, CSI: Miami, Lost) serve as writers, executive producers and showrunners. The creator, Eiichiro Oda, is also among the show’s executive producers and consistently confirms that he is deeply involved. The new cast for Season 2 includes:

David Dastmalchian as Mr. 3
Jazzara Jaslyn as Miss Valentine
Campus Johnson as Mr. 5
Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9
Clive Russell as Crocus
Werner Coetsser as Dorry
Brendan Murray as Brogy
Callum Kerr as a smoker
Julia Rehwald as Tashigi
Rob Colletti as Wapol
Ty Keogh as Dalton
Katey Sagal as Doctor Kureha
Mark Harelik as Doctor Hiriluk
Sendhil Ramamurthy to King Cobra Nefertari
Charithra Chandran as Vivi (Miss Wednesday)
Joe Manganiello as Crocodile (Mr. 0)
Lera Abova as Robin (Miss All Sunday)
Rigo Sanchez as Dragon
Yonda Thomas as Igaram
James Hiroyuki Liao as Ipponmatsu
Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek
Anton David Jephtha as KM
Mark Penwill as Chess

We got the chance to interview the director of photography for the first 2 episodes of the first season, Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, and we talked a little about the production, the cast, the staff, challenges, fun and more. Check out the full interview.

The first season debuted on August 31, topping Netflix’s global English TV chart with 18.5 million total views, 140.1 million hours watched, and an average runtime of 7:34 hours. It maintained its top position in the 2nd week as well, marking a huge success for the adaptation.

The main cast returns and includes:

Inaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy
Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro
Emily Rudd as Nami
Taz Skylar as Sanji
Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp

Producers previously said the sequel’s production could last between 12 to 18 months after the SAG-AFTRA strike ended. The strike ended on November 9, 2023, while the second season officially began production on July 1, 2024.