The ninth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates from Eiichirō Oda's One Piece manga series. The majority of the season covers the story arc, which adapts Oda's manga from the end of the 39th through the 45th volumes. Between Enies Lobby episodes there is the five episode arc , with the flashback scenes being shown in 4:3 fullscreen format and are pillarboxed within the 16:9 widescreen format, and three episodes covering the . "Ice Hunter" deals with the Straw Hats taking on the Atchino Family to retrieve their flag. The final episode is a stand-alone storyline featuring Chopperman.

Having crossed the yearly occurring storm called on the prototype sea train , piloted by sea train conductor , the Straw Hats, including Usopp, disguised as his alternate ego, the sharpshooting superhero Sniperking, and their allies, the , the foremen, and the sumo-wrestling frog , assault the government's stronghold island Enies Lobby to reclaim their comrades Franky and Nico Robin from the secret assassination group Cipher Pol No. 9 (CP9). Afterwards, they avoid annihilation by the dreaded military operation . And once back on the city island , the Straw Hats add Franky to their crew and acquire a new ship, the . Lastly, they encounter a group of bounty hunters, called the Atchino Family.

Each episode of "Straw Hat Theatre & Straw Pirate Tales" features a 21-minute recap of the Straw Hats' backstories and 3-minute omake adaptation of a short comic by Oda which was originally published in the One Piece Log fan magazine. The "Historical Drama Boss Luffy" episodes are sequels to the fourth One Piece television special which take place in Grand Jipang.

The season initially ran from May 21, 2006, through December 23, 2007 on Fuji Television. Since then, nineteen DVD compilations, each containing three episodes of the "Enies Lobby" arc, were released by Avex Mode between January 9, 2008 and July 1, 2009. A 20th DVD, containing two episodes, was released on August 5, 2009. A 21st DVD, containing four episodes, was released on September 2, 2009. The special arc was released on a single DVD on May 23, 2008. In July 2012, Funimation announced they had acquired this season as part of their own US "Season Five".

The season uses six pieces of theme music: four opening themes and two ending themes. The opening theme for the first part of the "Enies Lobby" arc is "Brand New World" by D-51 for the first fifteen episodes; the special arc of five episodes open with , sung by the Japanese voice actors of the first seven Straw Hat Pirates; the second part of the "Enies Lobby" arc uses "Crazy Rainbow" by Tackey & Tsubasa, up to episode 325, and "Jungle P" by 5050, until the end of the season. The two ending themes are "Adventure World" by Delicatessen, used in the first 15 episodes of the "Enies Lobby" arc, and the special ending theme, "Family", also sung by the Straw Hats' voice actors, which was used to end the episodes of the special arc. All episodes of the second part of the "Enies Lobby" arc and after have since aired without an ending theme until season 20.

Episodes

Home media release Japanese + Toei Animation (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 9thシーズン エニエス·ロビー篇 piece.01 264–266 January 9, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.01" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.02 267–269 February 6, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.02" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.03 270–272 March 5, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.03" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.04 273–275 April 2, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.04" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.05 276–278 May 7, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.05" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.06 284–286 June 4, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.06" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.07 287–289 July 7, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.07" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.08 290, 293–294 August 6, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.08" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.09 295–297 September 3, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.09" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.10 298–300 October 1, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.10" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.11 301–302, 304 November 5, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.11" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.12 305–307 December 3, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.12" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.13 308–310 January 7, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.13" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.14 311–313 February 4, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.14" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.15 314–316 March 4, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.15" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.16 317–319 April 1, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.16" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.17 320–322 May 13, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.17" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.18 323–325 June 6, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.18" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.19 326–328 July 1, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.19" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.20 329–331 August 5, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.20" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.21 332–335 September 2, 2009 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン エニエス・ロビー篇 piece.21" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on October 4, 2009. 9thシーズン特別篇「麦わら劇場&麦わら海賊譚」 279–283 May 23, 2008 "ONE PIECE ワンピース 9THシーズン特別篇「麦わら劇場＆麦わら海賊譚」" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. 時代劇SP｢ルフィ親分捕物帖2｣通常版 291–292, 303 August 1, 2007 "ONE PIECE 時代劇SP｢ルフィ親分捕物帖2｣通常版" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. ONE PIECE ワンピース・ヒーロースペシャル! 336, 492 November 21, 2011 https://www.amazon.co.jp/ONE-PIECE-%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB-DVD-TV%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1/dp/B005CXI0F2/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1373951748&sr=1-1&keywords=One+Piece+Hero (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on July 16, 2013. ONE PIECE Log Collection "NICO ROBIN" 264–278, 284 July 27, 2012 One Piece Log Collection "NICO ROBIN" "CP9" 285–290, 293–302, 304–306 July 27, 2012 One Piece Log Collection "CP9" "FRANKY" 307–325 August 24, 2012 One Piece Log Collection "FRANKY"

English In North America, this season was recategorized as "Season Five" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season Five sets were renamed Collection 22 through 27. +Funimation Entertainment (USA, Region 1), Manga Entertainment (UK, Region 2), Madman Entertainment (Australia, Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref.USAUKAustralia Season Five Voyage One 264–275 July 23, 2013N/ASeptember 18, 2013"One Piece Season 5 DVD Part 1 (Hyb) Uncut" . Right Stuf. Voyage Two 276–287 September 3, 2013November 20, 2013"One Piece Season 5 DVD Part 2 (Hyb) Uncut" . Right Stuf. Voyage Three 288–299October 15, 2013February 19, 2014 Voyage Four 300–312December 3, 2013May 21, 2014 Voyage Five 313–324January 14, 2014June 18, 2014 Voyage Six 325–336 March 4, 2014July 23, 2014 Collections Collection 11 253–275 January 13, 2015August 10, 2015N/A ISBN N/A Collection 12 276–299 April 21, 2015December 28, 2015 ISBN N/A Collection 13 300–324 July 14, 2015October 3, 2016 ISBN N/A Collection 14 325–348 November 10, 2015November 28, 2016 ISBN N/ATreasure Chest CollectionThree206-299N/ADecember 7, 2016ISBN N/AFour300-396ISBN N/AVoyage CollectionSix253-299January 10, 2018ISBN N/ASeven300-348February 21, 2018ISBN N/A

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