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Crunchyroll Streams One Piece Anime's Egghead Arc Part 2 in India
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Part 2 of the Egghead arc will premiere with its first episode (1,123rd overall episode) on Fuji TV on April 5 at 9:00 p.m. JST, and will air alongside a recap episode of Part 1 of the Egghead arc. The second episode (1,124th overall episode) will air on April 6 with its new timeslot at 11:15 p.m. JST.
The Egghead arc in the anime debuted in January 2024. Crunchyroll added episodes 892-1077 of the anime in India in September 2023 and began streaming episode 1078 onwards from October 2023.
In mid-October, the franchise announced that the current Egghead arc of the anime would pause to "recharge," and then the arc would continue in April 2025. The anime then aired One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga, a 21-episode abridged version of the Fish-Man Island arc of the anime, with reshot scenes, retouched art, and other improvements.
The announcement at the time had said the anime would change its timeslot once it returned. To Be Hero X will air in what is currently One Piece's timeslot, Sundays at 9:30 a.m. JST, starting in April.
Subaru Kimura will be the new voice of Franky.
The group GRe4N BOYZ (formerly known as GReeeeN) performs the anime's new opening theme song "Tenshi to Akuma" (Angels and Demons).
The ongoing anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga premiered in 1999.
Netflix added the 2014 special edition of the 2008 One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura anime film, the One Piece: Strong World anime film, and the One Piece Film Z anime in India in early 2024. The streaming service added the One Piece Film Gold anime movie in India in January 2024. It added the One Piece Film Red anime in India in December 2023. The film opened in India in October 2022.
Voice actors Kappei Yamaguchi (voice of Usopp) and Hiroaki Hirata (voice of Sanji) will attend Mumbai Comic Con as part of the anime's cast on April 12.
Source: Press release
