The eighteenth season of the One Piece anime television series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Toshinori Fukuzawa, Satoshi Ito, and Tatsuya Nagamine. The season began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television from June 26, 2016 to April 2, 2017. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates. The season contains three story arcs.
The "Silver Mine" story arc, being an original story of the anime, deals with Luffy and Bartolomeo getting kidnapped by the Silver Pirate Alliance; the story also serves as an introduction to the events of the film One Piece Film: Gold. The "Zou" story arc adapts material beginning from the middle of the 80th volume to the middle of the 82nd volume of the manga by Eiichiro Oda. The Straw Hats arrived at Zou to reunite with Sanji and the others, only to discover Sanji has been swept up in a personal conflict and that Zou has been under siege by the Beasts Pirates. The "Marine Rookie" story arc, also an original story of the anime, deals with Luffy robbing a marine base for food after running out of it on the ship.
Only a single piece of theme music is used for this season. The opening theme, titled , is performed by Kishidan and Hiroshi Kitadani. However, from episodes 753–756 in the Japanese broadcast only due to licensing reasons and as to promote One Piece Film: Gold, there is a special opening movie featuring scenes from the afterformentioned film. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + Avex Pictures (Japan – Region 2/A) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 18th Season Zou-hen piece.01 751–754 January 11, 2017 piece.02 755–758 February 1, 2017 piece.03 759–762 March 1, 2017 piece.04 763–766 April 5, 2017 piece.05 767–770 May 3, 2017 piece.06 771–774 June 7, 2017 piece.07 775–778 July 5, 2017 piece.08 779–782 August 2, 2017 One Piece Film Gold Eiga Rendō Tokubetsu-hen "Silver Mine" 747–750 December 28, 2016 One Piece Log Collection "Zou" 751–760 July 26, 2019 "Mink" 761–771 August 30, 2019 "Jack" 772–782 September 27, 2019
English + Crunchyroll LLC (North America – Region 1/A); Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand – Region 4/B) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref. NA UK & IE AUS & NZSeason Twelve Voyage One 747–758 October 4, 2022N/A December 6, 2023 ISBN N/A Voyage Two 759–770 January 17, 2023N/A February 7, 2024 ISBN N/A Voyage Three 771–782 March 21, 2023N/AN/A ISBN N/A Collection 31 747–770 April 11, 2023 July 3, 2023N/A ISBN N/A 32 771–794 August 8, 2023 September 4, 2023N/A ISBN N/A
Notes
References General
Specific