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Lego One Piece is an unreliable retelling of the live-action show, and Netflix just dropped its first full trailer
Netflix has released the first full trailer for Lego One Piece, a two-part animated special that reimagines the events of the live-action series' first two seasons using Lego characters. Narrated unreliably by Usopp, who exaggerates and fabricates parts of the story, the special is designed to introduce newcomers to the sprawling One Piece world while offering longtime fans a fresh, comedic take on familiar storylines.
The full cast of the live-action show returns to voice their Lego counterparts, including Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and showrunner Tom Hyndman said the aim was to blend accessibility for new viewers with fun for existing fans. Lego One Piece premieres on Netflix on 29 September. It follows other franchise developments: season three of the live-action series has finished filming and is due in 2027, the same year Netflix's One Piece anime remake is set to begin streaming, starting in February.
In short
- Netflix drops trailer for Lego One Piece animated special
- Usopp narrates an exaggerated, unreliable retelling; premieres 29 September
- Live-action season 3 and anime remake both arrive in 2027
Explained simply
One Piece is a sprawling adventure franchise that originated as a Japanese manga comic strip and has spawned an enormous anime series, films, merchandise, and more. The story follows a diverse crew of characters as they journey across a fictional world of islands and oceans in search of treasure. Netflix recently produced a live-action version of the series, which has attracted both new audiences and longtime fans of the original material.
Lego One Piece is a new animated special that takes the events from the live-action show's first two seasons and retells them using Lego characters. The twist is that the story is narrated by Usopp, one of the main characters, who is presented as an unreliable narrator that exaggerates and invents parts of what happened. This approach is designed to make the material accessible to people encountering the world for the first time while providing existing fans with a comedic reimagining of familiar plot points.
The special is part of a broader expansion of the One Piece franchise on Netflix. The live-action series is set to return for a third season in 2027, and Netflix is also developing an animated remake of the original anime series that will begin streaming the same year. Lego One Piece therefore sits within a larger effort to bring the franchise to different audiences through various formats.