The One Piece anime will be on hiatus until 2025 while the classic era is revived with the new Dragon Ball and Bleach series

As One Piece fans expected a big announcement related to the legendary manga and anime franchise, they were surprised by a huge flood of information. The long-running TV anime adaptation is based on Japanese manga artist Eiichiro Oda's magnum opus and is reportedly on hiatus until April 2025.

According to several credible anime news sources on series to raise the quality and standard of the series even further. However, the current month of October is expected to continue to be filled with other One Piece adventures as the “One Piece Fan Letter” episode will air next Sunday.

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The popular franchise has also announced a “Special Edited Version” of the Fish-Man Island arc. Fans can watch the broadcast on October 27th. More detailed announcements about the manga and anime will be announced later.

One Piece and other manga title announcements await us

The two-day Shonen Jump+ event, Jump Festa 2025, is scheduled for December 21st and 22nd this year. This year's edition of the annual convention at the Makuhari Messe event hall in Chiba, just outside Tokyo, features a range of events across 42 stages. Unmissable revelations not only about One Piece, but also other titles such as My Hero Academia, Bleach, Gintama, Haikyu, Demon Slayer, Sakamoto Days, Witch Watch, Chainsaw Man, Spy X Family, Kaiju No 8, Dan Da Dan, Blue Exorcist , Dragon Ball and more will be rolling in the display case.

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Some large chapters have closed this year, while some old ones have reopened

2024 was a bittersweet year especially for anime and manga enthusiasts as numerous new-age franchises like Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, Oshi no Ko and others came to an end with concluding chapters. However, in the series of brand new title announcements, viewers have also witnessed the resurgence of momentous classic anime titles such as the Bleach series with the latest installment titled Thousand-Year Blood War and Dragon Ball DAIMA. The former will stream on Disney Plus or Hulu depending on your location, while the latter is already available on Crunchyroll and will soon also appear on Netflix.