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One Piece: Episode of Skypeia Anime Special Previewed in Video
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official Twitter acccount for The One Piece franchise began streaming a commercial on Saturday for the One Piece: Episode of Sorajima (Skypeia) anime special.
8月25日(土)夜9時~放送『ONE PIECE』夏のスペシャル「エピソード オブ 空島」PV公開! https://t.co/QIGSwRCRcX #ワンピース pic.twitter.com/L9VosgQUnM
— ONE PIECE.com(ワンピース) (@OPcom_info) May 19, 2018
The special will air on August 25 on Fuji TV from 9:00 p.m. to 11:10 p.m.
The special will be the first in the "Episode of" series to cover the Skypeia arc, and will feature a character who did not appear in the original Skypeia arc from the anime.
One Piece has had previous "Episode of" specials, such as: One Piece Episode of Nami: Kōkaishi no Namida to Nakama no Kizuna (2012), One Piece Episode of Luffy: Hand Island no Bōken (2012), One Piece Episode of Merry: Mō Hitori no Nakama no Monogatari (2013), One Piece "3D2Y" Ace no Shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama to no Chikai (2014), One Piece Episode of Sabo (2015), and One Piece Episode of East Blue: Luffy to 4-nin no Nakama no Daibōken (2017).
Crunchyroll and Funimation streamed "3D2Y," "Episode of Sabo," and "Episode of East Blue" as simulcasts.
Source: Official One Piece Website (video there is region locked to Japan)