One Piece: How Long It Would Take To Watch The Entire Anime Series

One Piece is one of the most popular anime of all time, and it also ranks among the longest-running series — having amassed even more episodes than its Shonen Big Three competitors, Naruto and Bleach. Given its immense length, most audiences would feel intimidated to jump into the One Piece anime from the very beginning. The One Piece episode count is vast and still growing, with the conclusion approaching very slowly on the distant horizon.

Since the One Piece anime launched in October 1999, the show has racked up hundreds of episodes. If a dedicated anime fan decides to curl up and binge the now-legendary show, they must ask: how long it takes to watch One Piece, or if they should even watch the series' movies? Given how large the One Piece episode count is, this is an increasingly difficult question to answer.

Updated on April 22, 2025, by Timothy Donohoo: Given how long the anime has been running, many might wonder how many episodes of One Piece there are. Besides the total episode count of One Piece, there's also the question of just how long it would all take to watch. The anime is currently adapting the Egghead arc from the One Piece manga, making it more exciting (and harder to catch up with) than ever. This article is updated with more information about One Piece and to reflect CBR's current style guide.

How Many Episodes of One Piece Are There?

There Are Currently 21 Seasons & 1,126 Episodes

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Based on the even longer-running manga by Eiichiro Oda, the One Piece anime first began airing in October 1999, making the show over 25 years old as of the Spring 2025 anime season. Throughout the years, it has amassed almost as many seasons and feature-length anime films as well. The franchise has since grown far larger, incorporating video games, OVAs and light novels, not to mention a thriving and dedicated fandom over the many years.

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That said, the extended narrative length has created a large One Piece episode count. As of April 20, 2025 — the date of the last episode release before the ongoing anime break — there are 1,126 One Piece episodes in total. Anyone looking to begin their One Piece watch time or pick it back up can find it on various streaming platforms, including Crunchyroll, Netflix and Hulu, though not all of these platforms feature every episode. Of course, if fans want to also watch all the One Piece movies, this adds another layer to their watch time.

How Many One Piece Movies Are There?

There Have Been Over a Dozen One Piece Movies Released

Unlike many anime movies, some of the One Piece movies are integrated into the ongoing saga, which fits the One Piece show's anthology-style storytelling. To date, there are 15 One Piece films, with the most recent, One Piece: Red, released in August 2022. Set during the preceding Wano arc, One Piece: Red also exists within its own timeframe, so it continues to expand the overall story.

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Adding all 15 movies to the viewing list extends a viewer's One Piece watch time by quite a bit. Combining the films with the extensive episode list, committed viewers should be able to watch the entire series eventually, but it's going to take some serious dedication. Anyone wondering "How long does it take to watch One Piece?" will definitely add a large handful of hours to the viewing experience if they choose to incorporate the 15 movies into the main storyline.

How Long Does It Take to Watch One Piece?

Watching 1,126 Episodes Would Need More Than Two Weeks

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The One Piece anime has only just now released its 1,126th episode, with another soon on the way. That means it would take a first-time viewer a very long time to be up-to-date with any future episodes. The episodes range between 22 and 24 minutes long. Using the latter as the norm and multiplying it by 1,126, binging the series would therefore last a total of 27,024 minutes. This equals 450.4 hours or 18.7.6 days. Adding all fifteen films tacks on another 22.1 hours, extending the total One Piece watch time to 472.5 hours, or 19.6875 days.

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Removing 2.5 minutes from each episode for the intro/outro, the 1,126 episodes last about 25,335 minutes. This equals 422.25 hours or 17.593 days, putting it over two solid weeks of consecutive viewing with no breaks for other shows or activities, including sleep. The One Piece manga entered its final saga, which means that many more episodes are still on the way to bring all that new content onto the small screen. Catching up will become even more difficult as weeks pass, but a dedicated viewer could get it done.

That is, of course, if fans watch the entire One Piece episode count without ever sleeping or taking a break. If viewers were to spend the eight hours a day usually reserved for work or school consuming the anime instead, it would take 56.4 days to catch up with all One Piece episodes. With the movies added into the mix, the total number of days to catch up entirely would be 58.90. That's assuming they did this every day for eight hours, including weekends. That would be almost two months' worth of continued viewing — a pretty arduous task. In short, while it's still a serious challenge to watch this enormous amount of content, there's never a bad time to set sail with One Piece. In fact, it may be easier than ever.

One Pace Is a Fan-Made Platform That Removes Anime-Only Material

One Pace Cuts Hundreds of Hours from the Total Watch Time

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Fan edits of anime have been around for a long time. A group of dedicated Naruto fans came up with Naruto Kai, which was named after the popular Dragon Ball Z Kai recut made by Toei Animation. Series like Naruto are notoriously packed with filler, but One Piece's filler content is barely 8% of the total episode count. At the same time, the One Piece anime has many problems with slow pacing, explaining the fan-created project known as One Pace.

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Since the One Piece anime has been running in sync with the manga, the narrative has been slowed down with additions, flashbacks, and other extraneous scenes. The One Pace edit excises any anime-only padding material from countless episodes — a rather tough job given that they must take care of the background score and scene transitions. That said, not every One Piece arc has been included in One Pace, but fans can easily watch the relevant episodes where necessary. The total time saved by watching One Pace is around 150–200 hours — nearly half the total watch time.

The Netflix Live-Action One Piece Offers an Easier Alternative

The First Season Covers 95 Manga Chapters & 44 Anime Episodes

Netflix released its live-action take on One Piece in 2023, despite many fans having been skeptical of the project beforehand. However, the series was released to rave reviews, and many viewers were astounded at how well the Netflix project translated the source material to live action. Most importantly, the live-action One Piece has proven that other anime franchises could work in the same medium. This success has seen it lauded, and there are even Lego sets and other merchandise planned for this version of the story. Truncating many of the earliest arcs in the series, Netflix's live-action version heavily streamlines the One Piece watch time.

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After all,Netflix's live-action One Piece is only 8 episodes, a far cry from the 1,126 episodes of the anime. The entirety of the series so far is 451 minutes long, making it a little over 7 and a half hours' worth of content. If watching all the One Piece episodes total for the anime is too intimidating, those wanting to get into the series might choose the live-action show instead. Likewise, completionists won't have to watch too much more if they add the Netflix series to their One Piece episode count. With Season 2 in production, fans won't have to wait too long to enjoy the next adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates. There will be some changes down the line, however, with former showruner Matt Owens leaving the series after the second season wrapped production. Sadly, there's still a lot of time before the new season will be aired on the Netflix streaming service, but this might give fans enough time to catch up with the One Piece anime. After being removed from the streaming platform's 2025 slate, the Sanji actor for the live-action One Piece show suggested that Season 2 will air no later than 2026.

The Upcoming Reboot Offers a Superior Watching Experience

Netflix Is Remaking the One Piece Anime from Scratch

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Another option is the upcoming anime series The One Piece, which will also air on Netflix (making it the streaming king for the broader franchise). An original net animation by prominent anime production company Wit Studio, this series is a remake of the original anime, starting over from the beginning and potentially streamlining the storyline. The images that have been released have drawn praise for their new aesthetic, but images aren't the same thing as moving pictures — especially during fight scenes.

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However, Eiichiro Oda has gone on record saying that Wit Studio shouldn't mimic the manga but rather "digest it and remake it in their own style." This offers a lot of potential because the entire One Piece universe fans have known and loved for nearly three decades could receive a complete overhaul, hopefully with less filler material and other repetitive fluff. For completionists, however, this upcoming series might add much more watch time to their One Piece journey. There hasn't been any more news lately, however, so it remains to be seen when this One Piece reboot will air.

One Piece Fans Can Enjoy the Egghead Arc Now

The Current Season Is Airing On Crunchyroll

The Egghead arc is the 32nd story arc in One Piece, as well as the first major arc in the conclusive Final Saga that will ultimately end the anime and manga. It takes place after the Straw Hats leave Wano and comes to the futuristic Egghead, an island where the brilliant Dr. Vegapunk resides. Of course, much like the pirates, they have massive bounties on their heads; Vegapunk is also wanted for other reasons. All the while, the hunt for the One Piece intensifies as the World Government clashes with Vegapunk. There are incredible changes and additions to the lore in this One Piece arc, primarily related to previously introduced characters. For instance, Monkey D. Dragon is featured a lot more prominently, with more of his backstory finally revealed. The same is the case with the mysterious Devil Fruits, with the show delving more into their origins than ever before.

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In the manga, the Egghead arc lasted from Chapters 1058 to 1125, with these collected in volumes 105 to 111. Currently, the One Piece manga is in the Elbaph arc, having concluded the Egghead arc a year ago. Given the trajectory of anime, how quickly it adapts things and other elements to take into consideration, such as recap episodes and breaks, the Egghead arc will likely wrap up in the One Piece anime sometime in late 2025. This timeline means that it will have lasted for nearly two years. All the episodes of the Egghead arc so far (which began in 2024) can be streamed on Crunchyroll, but that's assuming, of course, that fans have caught up. For those just starting to get into One Piece, by the time they get caught up completely; the Egghead arc will likely be over in the anime.

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One Piece

Like TV-14 Comedy Action Adventure Anime Fantasy Release Date October 20, 1999 Network Fuji TV Directors Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou Writers Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda Franchise(s) One Piece 9 Images

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• Mayumi Tanaka Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
• Kazuya Nakai Roronoa Zoro (voice)

Follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger. The famous mystery treasure named "One Piece".

Creator(s) Eiichiro Oda Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Anime, Fantasy Number of Episodes 1122 Powered by

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