The official Twitter account for the One Piece anime revealed that the 1,014th episode will finally air following the Toei hack that affected it alongside other notable series such as Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai,Delicious Party, and more.
The anime has been on hiatus for six weeks following the Toei Animation hack that occurred last month. Recap episodes have been airing to fill in the anime's usual time slot, with the Wano Country Best Selection recap episode set to air this Sunday.
One Piece's official account announced on April 7 that the show would continue come April 17. One Piece would also be among the first Toei productions to air since the event. The show’s latest arc, The Wano Country Arc, has been airing for over a year.
Toei's announcement of unauthorized third-party access to their company database, which led to the company's system's shutdown, affected the release of multiple anime spearheaded by the production company. Despite the seemingly good news, it appears that the issue is still under investigation. Apart from One Piece, the hack also affected the release schedules of Delicious Party Precure, Dragon Quest: The Adventures of Dai, and Digimon Ghost Game. The hack even affected the upcoming release of the Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero anime movie.
Before the hack occurred, TV Asahi was supposed to air the sixth episode of Delicious Party Precure on March 13, but the unprecedented developments caused it to air episode 4. Also, TV Asahi was initially slated to air new episodes of Hugtti! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories, but the hack caused the TV to air an episode of the anime in three parts on March 23 and 27, and April 3. Fuji TV was also affected by Toei's announcement since it was forced to rerun the first episode of Digimon Ghost Game.
VIZ Media publishes the One Piece manga in English, having just released volume 96 in early April. The anime is licensed by Crunchyroll LLC in North America.
Source: AnimeNewsNetwork