THE ONE PIECE is a new anime series that will re-animate the “East Blue” arc of the original “ONE PIECE” manga. WIT Studio will handle the animation production, and it will be distributed on Netflix. At the “ONE PIECE DAY’24” event held in Chiba, Makuhari on August 11, 2024, the details of the staff, including Uda, were announced.
Staff List
- Director: Masashi Koizuka (Attack on Titan, Moonrise)
- Assistant Director: Hideaki Abe (key animator for Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet film, episode 5 of Suicide Squad ISEKAI)
- Character Designers/Chief Animation Directors:
- Kyoji Asano (Attack on Titan, chief animation director for Spy×Family)
- Takatoshi Honda (animation director for The First Slam Dunk film)
- Image Board and Creature Design: Yasuhiro Kajino (design and key animator for In/Spectre, conceptual design and key animator for RIN-NE 2nd season)
- Prop Design: Eri Taguchi (animation director for Vampire in the Garden, character designer for Play It Cool, Guys)
- Series Scripts: Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!, Ranking of Kings)
- Action Animator:
- Ken Imaizumi (animation director for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Shuhei Fukuda (animation director for My Hero Academia seasons 4 and 6, My Hero Academia: You’re Next film)
- Art Director: Tomonori Kuroda (A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun)
- Animation Producer: Ryōma Kawamura (Moonrise)
Additionally, a video of the production site of “THE ONE PIECE” is currently being released on the official “ONE PIECE” YouTube channel. The video includes interviews with Uda, Asahara, Araki, and Tetsuya Nakata, who is a managing executive of WIT Studio, as well as footage of the production studio.
THE ONE PIECE Production Notes Vol.1 ~Staff Interview~