Season 2 of Netflix’s One Piece, set to premiere next March, will continue on the same breezy pace as Season 1, condensing arcs the anime took 20 episodes to tell into one hour each. The upcoming season will take Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates through Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Twin Cape, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden and ultimately Drum island — but they’ll face many foes along the way, like the new trailer’s focus…Baroque Works.
This is a team of assassins, each with a Devil Fruit power, that have been sent to take out Luffy. In this trailer appear Wednesday (Charithra Chandran), Valentine (Jazzara Jaslyn), Goldenweek (Sophia Anne Caruso), Mr. 9 (Daniel Lasker), Mr. 5 (Camrus Johnson), and Mr. 3 (David Dastmalchian).
But out of the entire rogue’s gallery, most of the attention is spent on Miss Ali Sunday, who makes a fearsome impression — but we don’t need to pretend or obscure the truth. If you’re reading an animation website, odds are 99.9% you already know this woman’s real name is Nico Robin, she isn’t a true villain, and she will join the Straw Hats permanently by the end of the season.
We’ve been starving to see Lera Abova’s take on Robin since it was first announced, and she doesn’t disappoint in the role. Robin’s Devil Fruit power lets her sprout extra arms anywhere in her vicinity — she can have infinite arms and they can appear anyplace, but for a limited time. Robin gets creative enough with this power that at one point she builds wings for herself out of hundreds of limbs, but that’s an event for a far off season.
Season 2 also stars Callum Kerr as Smoker, Julia Rehwald as Tashigi, Rigo Sanchez as Dragon, Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday / Nefertari Vivi, Joe Manganiello as Mr. 0 / Crocodile, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra, Yonda Thomas as Igaram, Clive Russell as Crocus, Werner Coetser as Dorry, Brendan Murray as Brogy, Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha, Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk, Rob Colletti as Wapol, Ty Keogh as Dalton, Mark Penwill as Chess, Anton David Jeftha as K.M. / Kuromarimo, and James Hiroyuki Liao as Ipponmatsu. Plus don’t forget Mikaela Hoover as the voice and mocap of Chopper!
One Piece returns March 10 on Netflix, with a third season now in production.
