The sixteenth season of the One Piece anime television series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto. The season began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television from January 6, 2013, to January 12, 2014. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates. The first of twelve DVD compilations was released on January 8, 2014, with the last being released on June 4, 2014.
The story arc, called , adapts material from the end of the 66th volume to the end of the 70th volume of the manga by Eiichiro Oda. The Straw Hats recover a distress signal originating from Punk Hazard. There they discover Caesar Clown, an ex-Navy scientist, experimenting on children. Luffy and the prisoners team up to stop Caesar and his henchmen. An anime original story arc, called "Caesar Retrieval", takes place immediately after the Heart–Hat alliance's departure from Punk Hazard and deals with them rescuing Caesar from a mysterious person in order to take down Doflamingo and Kaido.
Two pieces of theme music are used for the season. The opening themes are performed by Hiroshi Kitadani, used up until episode 590, and "Hands Up!" performed by for the rest of the season. When the season originally aired "Hands Up!" was not used by Funimation in its simulcast due to licensing issues with the record label. These licensing issues were later resolved and Funimation restored the song for its original release. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + Avex Pictures (Japan – Region 2/A) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 16th Season Punk Hazard-hen piece.1 579–582 January 8, 2014 piece.2 583–586 January 8, 2014 piece.3 587–589, 591 February 5, 2014 piece.4 592–595 February 5, 2014 piece.5 596–599 March 5, 2014 piece.6 600–603 March 5, 2014 piece.7 604–607 April 2, 2014 piece.8 608–611 April 2, 2014 piece.9 612–615 May 14, 2014 piece.10 616–619 May 14, 2014 piece.11 620–623 June 4, 2014 piece.12 624–628 June 4, 2014 One Piece Log Collection "Punk Hazard" 574, 579–589, 591–594 July 22, 2016 "Laboratory" 595–611 August 26, 2016 "Caesar Clown" 612–628 September 23, 2016
English In North America, the season was recategorized as the majority of "Season Ten" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season Ten sets were renamed Collection 48 through 51.
+ Funimation Entertainment (North America – Region 1/A); Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand – Region 4/B) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref. NA UK & IE AUS & NZ Season Ten Voyage One 575–587 June 9, 2020N/A October 5, 2022 ISBN N/A Voyage Two 588–589, 591–600 September 8, 2020N/A October 5, 2022 ISBN N/A Voyage Three 601–614 November 10, 2020N/A November 9, 2022 ISBN N/A Voyage Four 615–628 January 5, 2021N/A November 9, 2022 ISBN N/A Collection 24 564–587 February 2, 2021 November 29, 2021N/A ISBN N/A 25 588–589, 591–614 May 11, 2021 April 4, 2022N/A ISBN N/A 26 615–641 June 15, 2021 May 16, 2022N/A ISBN N/A
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