one piece The craze has hit the world particularly hard over the past few years, and now the love is spreading across the Atlantic to the UK.
Recently, the BBC acquired the rights to air 1,085 episodes of the popular anime based on Eiichiro Oda’s manga of the same name. Episodes will be available on the network’s free iPlayer streaming service starting September 1 (aka: today) and be released before the end of 2024. While the BBC notes that this is the only place where UK viewers can legally watch the show, it sounds like there are no plans to move it to a regular TV station like in the US via Adult Swim, and that’s a question mark over much of the anime’s content. Many movies released over the years.
At the time of writing, there are approximately 1,120 episodes one piece, So basically the entire anime will be available on BBC iPlayer. More specifically, UK viewers will be able to watch the beginning of East Blue all the way through to Wano, which concludes at the end of 2023.[is] This is a very exciting move. […] one piece has become a cultural phenomenon, and we’re excited to see how the fan base will enjoy this massive series, which is only available in English on iPlayer.
With more than 1,000 episodes aired in four months, UK audiences will have plenty of time to digest and become relatively familiar with one piece Before the year is over. Of course, if that sounds like an insurmountable hill, there’s always a live-action Netflix adaptation, with a second season currently in production, and one piece, Netflix other The adaptation means a more streamlined telling of the anime.
[via IGN]
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