During Netflix’s TUDUM 2025 event, the company revealed a first-look at Tony Tony Chopper for the second season of the One Piece live-action series, as well as its upcoming premiere in 2026.
Actress Mikaela Hoover will voice Tony Tony Chopper and also perform the facial capture for the character.
She joins several new second season cast additions, some of which include:
- • Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek
- • Anton David Jeftha as K.M.
- • Mark Penwill as Chess
- • Joe Manganiello as Mr. 0/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
Meanwhile, the show’s main cast returning from the first season includes:
- • Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy
- • Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro
- • Emily Rudd as Nami
- • Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp
Joe Tracz (Percy Jackson and the Olympians co-executive producer) is serving as showrunner for the second season, after first joining as a new writer and executive producer. Matt Owens was the initial showrunner for the first season, but stepped down from his role this past March. Steven Maeda, who developed the series with Owens and served as co-showrunner in the first season, also remains 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.
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 111 tankobon volumes have been released as of March 2025. VIZ Media releases the manga series in English for North America.
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.
Crunchyroll is streaming the TV anime series worldwide and describes the main synopsis as:
Monkey D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become King of the Pirates. With his rubber-like stretching powers granted by the supernatural Devil Fruit, the spirited young pirate seeks the legendary treasure known as the One Piece. He’ll chart a course for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and recruit a motley crew to build his Straw Hat Pirates one bond at a time. This is one captain who’ll never drop anchor until he and his friends all reach their dreams!
Source: Netflix Official Twitter
