Overview
- The Elbaf arc premieres April 5, 2026 with episode 1156, and Jump Festa 2026 debuted a first teaser and key visual.
- Toei Animation confirmed roughly 26 episodes for 2026, shifting away from weekly output to preserve quality and pacing.
- Staff said episodes will adapt at least one manga chapter to more closely match Eiichiro Oda’s pacing and widen the anime–manga gap.
- Oda’s Jump Festa message teased a move toward the island only the Pirate King reached—widely interpreted as Laugh Tale—and the appearance of the “man marked by flames.”
- Oda also said a new anime film is in development but “not progressing smoothly,” while Netflix’s live-action Season 2 is slated for March 2026.