Production for ‘One Piece’ Season 2 Is Expected To Begin in June

Following the previous update from One Piece’s showrunner Matt Owens, more production updates have been confirmed in a recent Deadline interview with Joe Tracz, the new co-showrunner for the Netflix series.

Having served as the co-executive producer for Disney’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians as well as writer for A Series of Unfortunate Events, Tracz will be joining Owens as co-showrunner, executive producer a well as writer for One Piece Season Two, while former co-showrunner Steven Maeda takes up the role as executive producer. Given his experience as a writer and producer for crafting action-packed on-screen adventures in a fantasy setting, Matt Owens is confident that Tracs will serve as a great force for the show, referring to him as a co-captain of this “a co-captain of this ship.”

In the interview, Tracz mentioned that he’s been a huge fan of Eiichiro Oda’s imaginative worldbuilding in the original One Piece and that he was “blown away” by the results of the first season. “I’ve been lucky to work on big adaptations of several beloved series, and they don’t come bigger or more beloved than One Piece,” he said adding that he was “it’s a dream and a joy to come aboard the Going Merry as it enters the Grand Line for an even more giant Season Two.”

Sources have also reportedly stated that filming for Season 2 will likely begin around June, with an estimated production time of seven months to meet a 2025 release.