It was lately revealed by Netflix Japan that a aggregate of 1000 occurrences of Eiichiro Oda’s grand corsair adventure has been added to its library. With a select number of occurrences formerly on Netflix US, and with the live- action series formerly in development, what does this mean for the future of One Piece on Netflix? Let’s bandy this below.
With over 1000 occurrences to its name, not to mention being one of the most popular anime votes ever, One Piece is one of the most in- demand anime on Netflix. Presently, Netflix US subscribers only have access to the East Blue and Alabasta sagas of One Piece, which makes up for only 123 occurrences of the anime. This means there are nearly 900 occurrences missing from the US library On Twitter, through the Netflix Japan Anime account, it was blazoned that a aggregate of 1000 occurrences of One Piece have been added to the Netflix Japan library. What’s indeed more instigative is that from every Thursday new occurrences of One Piece will be available to sluice.
What does this mean for the future of One Piece on Netflix US?
With the live- action series of One Piece in development at Netflix, it’s safe to say that the streaming service formerly has a fruitful relationship with Eiichiro Oda and, Toei Animation. Still, the license holder for the distribution of the One Piece anime in North America is FUNimation. This means that for Netflix to acquire further occurrences of One Piece they will need to bandy a licensing deal with one of their top anime challengers.
Netflix US may not be suitable to acquire a deal to admit 1000 occurrences like Japan, still, we surely could see the addition of the Sky Island, Water 7, Thriller Bark, and Summit War sagas. This would still be numerous hundreds of occurrences behind where the anime presently is, but the addition of hundreds of occurrences would be fantastic for the Netflix library and for One Piece suckers.
What about the rest of the world?
Depending on where you live in the world a different license holder will be responsible for each mainland/ country. In the UK the license belongs to Manga Entertainment, and in Australia, the license is held by Madman Entertainment. This means Netflix would have to negotiate with each license holder collectively to bring occurrences of One Piece to their country’s separate Netflix library Would you like to see further occurrences of One Piece on Netflix? Let us know in the commentary below!