The sixth season of the One Piece anime television series ran from February 9, 2003 through June 13, 2004 on Fuji Television. Directed by Konosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation, it is based on the 24th to 32nd volumes of Eiichiro Oda's manga of the same name. It was licensed by Funimation as the first season dubbed in English after 4Kids Entertainment was dropped for their heavily edited dubbing. The sixth season deals primarily with the Straw Hat Pirates's exploration of the legendary Skypiea, a land of winged humanoids built upon clouds, where they face off against Eneru and his henchmen.
The English version ran from September 29, 2007 through March 15, 2008 on Cartoon Network, airing just the first 24 in the US. Australia, however, continued to air new episodes and concluded the season on November 3, 2008 to January 9, 2009. English broadcasts of the season used the name translations established by 4Kids for the first 31 episodes; episodes 32 onward, and Home Media releases of the entire season, use Funimation's uncut naming scheme instead.
The season uses six pieces of theme music: two opening themes and four ending themes. The opening theme by The Babystars in Japanese and Vic Mignogna in English is used until episode 168, followed by "Bon Voyage" by Bon-Bon Blanco for the rest of the season. The ending theme "Free Will" by Ruppina in Japanese and Kristine Sa in English is used until episode 156, followed by Ruppina's "Faith" until episode 168 in Japanese, with Caitlin Glass performing the English version, "A to Z" by ZZ in Japanese and Vic Mignogna in English until episode 181 and by shela in Japanese and Stephanie Young in English for the rest of the season. Funimation's dub uses English versions of these songs. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + Avex Pictures (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 6thシーズン 空島·スカイピア篇 piece.01 144–146 August 4, 2004 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.01" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.02 147–149 September 1, 2004 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.02" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.03 150–152 October 6, 2004 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.03" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.04 153–155 November 3, 2004 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.04" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.05 156–158 December 1, 2004 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.05" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.06 159–161 January 13, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.06" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.07 162–164 February 2, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.07" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.08 165–167 March 3, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.08" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.09 168–170 April 6, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.09" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.10 171–173 May 11, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・スカイピア篇 piece.10" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. 6thシーズン 空島·黄金の鐘篇 piece.01 174–176 June 1, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.01" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.02 177–179 July 6, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.02" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.03 180–182 August 3, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.03" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.04 183–185 September 7, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.04" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.05 186–188 October 5, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.05" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.06 189–191 November 2, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.06" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.07 192–193 December 7, 2005 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.07" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.08 194–195 January 11, 2006 "6thシーズン 空島・黄金の鐘篇 piece.08" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. ONE PIECE Log Collection "SKYPIEA" 144–159 June 24, 2011 One Piece Log Collection "SKYPIEA" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 11, 2011. "GOD" 160–179 July 22, 2011 One Piece Log Collection "GOD" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 11, 2011. "BELL" 180–195 August 26, 2011 One Piece Log Collection "BELL" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 11, 2011.
English In North America, this season was recategorized as the majority of "Season Three" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season Three sets were renamed Collection 12 through 15. + Funimation Entertainment (USA, Region 1), Manga Entertainment (UK, Region 2), Madman Entertainment (Australia, Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref. Season Three First Voyage 144–156 July 6, 2010N/AAugust 17, 2011"One Piece Season 3 DVD Part 1 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Second Voyage 157–169 August 31, 2010September 14, 2011"One Piece Season 3 DVD Part 2 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Third Voyage 170–182 October 26, 2010October 19, 2011"One Piece Season 3 DVD Part 3 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Fourth Voyage 183–195 January 25, 2011November 16, 2011"One Piece Season 3 DVD Part 4 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Collections Collection 6 131–156 June 12, 2012May 19, 2014N/A. Right Stuf. Collection 7 157–182 August 14, 2012August 11, 2014 Collection 8 183–205 September 25, 2012November 3, 2014Treasure Chest CollectionTwo104–205N/AOctober 31, 2013ISBN N/AVoyage CollectionThree104–156October 4, 2017ISBN N/AFour157–205November 8, 2017ISBN N/A
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