The fourth season of the One Piece anime television series aired from December 16, 2001 to October 27, 2002 on Fuji Television. Directed by Konosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation, it adapts the 18th to 24th volumes of the manga by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates in the desert country of Arabasta. The first 18 episodes, depicting the Straw Hats and Nefertari Vivi as they arrive in Alabasta to stop an impeding civil war, make up the arc. The remaining episodes make up the arc, in which the protagonists defeat Baroque Works and Nico Robin joins the crew.
The first half was released on DVD in six compilations, each containing one disc with two or three episodes, by Toei Animation between February 5 and July 2, 2003. The second half was released on DVD in seven compilations between August 6, 2003, and February 4, 2004. The season was then licensed and heavily edited for a dubbed broadcast and DVD release in English by 4Kids Entertainment. Their adaptation ran from February 25, 2006, though July 28, 2007, on Cartoon Network and, in contrast to the other seasons, also contained the same number of episodes as the original. Starting with the sixth season, Funimation took over dubbing new episodes for broadcast on Cartoon Network. Eventually, they began redubbing the series from the start for uncut release on DVD and released the fourth season, relabeled as "One Piece: Season Two – Fourth Voyage", "One Piece Season Two – Fifth Voyage" and "One Piece: Season Two – Sixth Voyage", respectively, on December 15, 2009, January 19, 2010, and March 16, 2010.
The season makes use of six pieces of theme music: two opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme, "Believe", is performed by Folder5 in Japanese and Meredith McCoy in English and continues to be used as the first opening theme until the season's 23rd episode. Starting with episode 24 of the season, the second opening theme , performed by The Babystars in Japanese and Vic Mignogna in English was used. "Before Dawn", performed by Ai-Sachi in Japanese and Carli Mosier in English, continues to be used as the ending theme for the first two episodes. The second ending theme, from episodes 3–14, is "Fish" performed by The Kaleidoscope in Japanese and Leah Clark in English. The third ending theme, from episode 15–26, is , performed by Takako Uehara in Japanese and Caitlin Glass in English. The fourth ending theme, used from episode 27 onwards, is "Shining Ray", performed by Janne Da Arc in Japanese and Justin Houston in English. 4Kids used original music for their version, while Funimation opted to use the original theme songs for their version. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese DVD + Avex Mode (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 4thシーズン アラバスタ上陸篇 Piece.01 93–95 February 5, 2003 "4thシーズン アラバスタ上陸篇 Piece.1" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. Piece.02 96–98 March 5, 2003 "4thシーズン アラバスタ上陸篇 Piece.2" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. Piece.03 99–101 April 2, 2003 "4thシーズン アラバスタ上陸篇 Piece.3" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. Piece.04 102–104 May 8, 2003 "4thシーズン アラバスタ上陸篇 Piece.4" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. Piece.05 105–107 June 4, 2003 "4thシーズン アラバスタ上陸篇 Piece.5" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. Piece.06 108–110 July 2, 2003 "4thシーズン アラバスタ上陸篇 Piece.6" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.01 111–112 August 6, 2003 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.1" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.02 113–115 September 3, 2003 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.2" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.03 116–118 October 1, 2003 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.3" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.04 119–121 November 6, 2003 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.4" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.05 122–124 December 3, 2003 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.5" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.06 125–127 January 7, 2004 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.6" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.07 128–130 February 4, 2004 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 4thシーズン アラバスタ激闘篇 piece.7" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. ONE PIECE Log Collection "ARABASTA" 93–110 January 28, 2011 "ONE PIECE Log Collection “ARABASTA”" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on March 20, 2010. "VIVI" 111–130 January 28, 2011 "ONE PIECE Log Collection “VIVI”" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
Blu-ray The Eternal Log contains 16:9 versions of the episodes in standard definition Blu-ray format. + Avex Pictures (Japan, Region A BD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. ONE PIECE Eternal Log ARABASTA 62–130 July 23, 2021
English In North America, this season was recategorized as part of "Season Two" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season Two sets were renamed Collection 8 through 10. +Funimation Entertainment (USA, Region 1), Manga Entertainment (UK, Region 2), Madman Entertainment (Australia, Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref.USAUKAustralia Season Two Fourth Voyage 92–103 December 15, 2009N/AApril 20, 2011"One Piece Season 2 DVD Part 4 (Hyb) Uncut" . Right Stuf. Fifth Voyage 104–116 January 19, 2010May 18, 2011"One Piece Season 2 DVD Part 5 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Sixth Voyage 117–130 March 16, 2010June 15, 2011"One Piece Season 2 DVD Part 6 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Collections Collection 4 79–103 January 31, 2012November 11, 2013N/A. Right Stuf. Collection 5 104–130 March 13, 2012February 17, 2014. Right Stuf.Treasure Chest CollectionOne1–103N/AOctober 24, 2012ISBN N/ATwo104–205October 31, 2013ISBN N/AVoyage CollectionTwo54-103September 6, 2017ISBN N/AThree104-156 October 4, 2017ISBN N/A
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