Last week’s One Piece episode broke the internet with its brilliant direction and animation. Now, fans are waiting to see if Episode 1016 would also give them a similar experience. Well, after a week-long break, the next episode of the anime is finally close to its release.
Toei Animation has finally recovered from its server breach and gave us the much-awaited episode of One Piece last week. The episode adapted the legendary 1000th chapter of Eiichiro Oda’s manga series, and the fight between Luffy and Kaido has now begun. Megumi Ishitani’s phenomenal direction made episode 1015 a legendary one, and anime fans can’t get over the episode’s sheer brilliance. Every frame of the episode took our breath away, and the community couldn’t stop talking about it online.
Now, every One Piece fan is eager to find out what Episode 1016 will have to offer. Well, we are only a few hours away from finding out the answer to this question.
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One Piece Episode 1016 New Release Date & Time
Episode 1016 of One Piece is scheduled to release on Saturday, May 7th, or Sunday, May 8th, 2022. The episode’s release date and time will vary depending on your region. Anyway, here’s when you’ll get the episode in these time zones:
- Pacific Time: 7 PM PDT (May 7th)
- Central Time: 9 PM CDT (May 7th)
- Eastern Time: 10 PM PDT (May 7th)
- Indian time: 7:30 AM IST (May 8th)
- British Time: 3 AM BST (May 8th)
- European Time: 4 AM CEST (May 8th)
- Japanese Standard Time: 11 AM JST (May 8th)
- Australia Time: 11:30 AM ACST (May 8th)
You can watch the previous and the upcoming episodes of One Piece on Crunchyroll. The streaming provider hosts the subbed version of the popular anime series. On the other hand, the dubbed version of the anime is available to stream exclusively on Funimation.
Fans are still waiting for the English sub of One Piece to arrive on Crunchyroll after the platform merged with Funimation. But unfortunately, there’s still no news of the dub version moving over to Crunchyroll.
How Far Behind is the One Piece Anime Series from the manga?
When writing this post, the One Piece manga series has released 1047 chapters. On the other hand, the anime series had adapted Chapter 1000 of the manga in Episode 1015. Chapter 1000 of One Piece came out in January 2021, so you could say that the anime series is around one year behind the manga series.
One Piece Episode 1016 Preview
Toei Animation recently released the preview for the upcoming One Piece episode, titled “The Battle of Monsters! The Three Stubborn Captains.” In the preview, we can see Big Mom and Kaido in all their glory. Zoro can be seen pulling out his sword and running toward the enemy while Sanji is all bruised up. Luffy, Law, and Kid will probably have an argument to decide on which Emperors they should focus on.
Now, most manga readers already know the outcome of most fights, but the battle between Luffy and Kaido is still ongoing in the manga. So, anime fans are waiting for the anime to catch up to some of the greatest moments in the One Piece manga series. Anyway, here’s the full preview of One Piece Episode 1016 to give you a glimpse of the upcoming events:
