Three more new cast members have been announced for the upcoming second season of Netflix’s One Piece live-action series. The second season began filming in June 2024 and is expected to premiere this year, but an exact premiere date has not yet been announced.
The new cast members include Rigo Sanchez as Dragon, Yonda Thomas as Igaram, and James Hiroyuki Liao as Ipponmatsu.
They join new second season cast members that consist of:
- • Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek
- • Anton David Jeftha as K.M.
- • Mark Penwill as Chess
- • Joe Manganiello as Mr. O/Crocodile
- • Lera Abova as Miss All Sunday
- • Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday/Nefertari Vivi
- • Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra
- • Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha
- • Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk
- • Callum Kerr as Smoker
- • Julia Rehwald as Tashigi
- • Rob Colletti as Wapol
- • Ty Keogh as Dalton
- • David Dastmalchian as Galdino/Mr. 3
- • Jazzara Jaslyn as Mikita/Ms. Valentine
- • Camrus Johnson as Gem/Mr. 5
- • Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9.
- • Clive Russell as Crocus
- • Werner Coetser as Dorry
- • Brendan Murray as Brogy
Meanwhile, the show’s main cast from season one includes:
- • Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy
- • Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro
- • Emily Rudd as Nami
- • Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp
- • Taz Skylar as Sanji
- • Morgan Davies as Koby
- • Vincent Regan as Monkey D. Garp
- • Jeff Ward as Buggy the Clown
Joe Tracz (Percy Jackson and the Olympians co-executive producer) joined the second season as a new writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner with Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage writer). Steven Maeda, who developed the series with Owens and served as co-showrunner in the first season, will remain involved as executive producer.
Netflix’s One Piece live-action series is a co-production with Tomorrow Studios (Cowboy Bebop live action, Snowpiercer). The first season contained eight total episodes and was released on Netflix on August 31, 2023.
Eiichiro Oda’s original One Piece manga series was first launched in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 22, 1997 under the Jump Comics label. A total of 110 tankobon volumes have been released as of July 2024, with a 111th volume set for release on March 4, 2025.
The manga inspired a 1999 OVA from Production I.G and a long-running TV anime adaptation from Toei Animation that has been airing since 1999. The latter surpassed the 1000th episode mark on November 21, 2021. The franchise also inspired numerous anime films, stage plays, video games, drama CDs, card games, art and guidebooks, and more.
