If you’re a big manga reader, you already know about the pirate adventure series called One Piece.  If you don’t, you may be surprised that the series by writer-artist Elichiro Oda has been the #1 manga every week since 2008, also the bestselling comic book series published in book form, beating out even Charles Schulz’s Peanuts by nearly double the sales in a lot fewer years of its existence (with also many more sales than The Adventures of Tintin and Garfield).  It’s hard to fathom 500 million copies in print, but One Piece has done it, and the second season of the Netflix live-action series is coming next month.  What is One Piece?  The title represents a mythical lost treasure said to grant its owner the mantle of “King of the Pirates.”

Check out the trailer for the second season of One Piece:

One Piece also stars Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Gibson, and Taz Skylar as the Straw Hat Pirates, plus David Dastmalchian, Morgan Davies, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Aidan Scott, Jeff Ward, McKinley Belcher III, Vincent Regan, and Peter Gadiot.  One Piece has already been adapted into movies, series, and in all sorts of formats, like video games, tie-ins, and more.

Look for all eight episodes of the first season now on Netflix with the second season of One Piece coming March 10, 2026.

C.J. Bunce / Editor / borg