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You’d think such a story wouldn’t take over 26 years and 1140-something episodes to finish, but both the manga and anime cover a multitude of different stories as part of that overarching plot. In order to help widen the gaps between the manga and anime, though, the latter sometimes introduces filler episodes that are completely disconnected from the source material. These give the manga creators time to catch up, but we know there are plenty of fans who want nothing more than to skip them and just get to the core story.
To help give you the best watching experience of all of One Piece’s arcs to fit your preferences, we’ll take you through which anime episodes are filler and canon, what’s a mixture of the two, and where you can watch the whole series right now.
After confirming reports by Crunchyroll and Anime Filler List, the complete list of One Piece episodes that are entirely skippable filler is as follows:
To clarify, we’re referring to ‘pure filler’ as in content that is entirely original to the anime and was not adapted from the manga whatsoever. These can either be add-ons to currently existing arcs, or arcs that are exclusive to the anime altogether.
For instance, episodes 131-143; the Post-Arabasta arc, Goat Island arc, and Ruluka Island arc; were stories that were not featured in manga at all — essentially adding more between the Alabasta and Jaya arcs.
Meanwhile, episodes 98-99 were extra inclusions to the Alabasta arc.
Of course, you’re free to try out watching some of the filler arcs if you wish, but the rule of thumb is that these are somewhat lower quality than the manga-faithful episodes. These One Piece episodes are 100 per cent skippable if you’re going for a viewing experience that follows the manga.
In anime like One Piece, mixed canon/filler episodes refer to those with a mix of both content that is still featured in the manga, but shares screen time with filler material as well.
As laid out by the hardworking team at Anime Filler List and double-confirmed by Radio Times, the complete list of One Piece episodes that are mixed canon & filler is as follows:
The general rule around these episodes is that they’re technically optional as well, but fit in nicely with the fully canon One Piece episodes, since they flesh out a bit more of the story in their respective arcs.
The exceptions might be those like episode 61, which is the conclusion of the entirely filler Warship Island arc — which might be confusing to those jumping straight in. Nevertheless, episodes like these are still a good bit of fun and are worth the additional tidbits of manga-faithful material.
After reconfirming the findings by Crunchyroll and Anime Filler List, we’ve found that the complete list of One Piece episodes that are entirely faithful to the manga is as follows:
All episodes of the One Piece anime are available to watch right now on Crunchyroll, both in the UK & US. UK viewers can also find the One Piece anime on Netflix.
If you’re in the UK and don’t feel like paying for a subscription, One Piece is also available to watch on BBC iPlayer. Keep in mind, however, that iPlayer only has access to the English dub, which has only covered up to episode 1088.
You also need to have a paid TV license in order to access the BBC iPlayer service.
In the US, the One Piece anime is also available to watch via streaming services like Netflix & Hulu, but they are regularly behind Crunchyroll in terms of current episodes as well.
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