List of One Piece episodes (season 9)

The ninth season of the One Piece anime series was directed by Kōnosuke Uda and produced by Toei Animation. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates from Eiichirō Oda's One Piece manga series. It is divided into the "Enies Lobby" (エニエス·ロãƒ"ー, Eniesu RobÄ«) story arc and the special arc Mugiwara Gekijō & Mugiwara Kaizoku Dan (麦わら劇場&麦わら海賊譚^?, lit. "Straw Theatre & Straw Pirate Tales"). The 67 episodes of the "Enies Lobby" arc are each 24 minutes in length and, with the exception of three sequels to the fourth One Piece television special and episodes 326 through 335, adapt Oda's manga from the end of the 39th through the 45th volumes. The special arc contains five 21-minute episodes, which summarize the backstories of the Straw Hats, and five 3-minute omake adaptations of short comics by Oda, which were originally published in the One Piece Log fan magazine.

Having crossed the yearly occurring storm called Aqua Laguna (アクア·ラグナ, Akua Raguna) on the prototype sea train Rocketman (ロケットマン), piloted by sea train conductor Kokoro (ココロ), the Straw Hats, including Usopp, disguised as his alternate ego, the sharpshooting superhero Sogeking, and their allies, the Franky Family (フランキー一家, FurankÄ« Ikka), the Galley-La Company (ガレーラカンãƒ'ニー, GarÄ"ra KanpanÄ«) foremen, and the sumo-wrestling frog Yokozuna (ヨコズナ), assault the government's stronghold island Enies Lobby to reclaim their comrades Franky and Nico Robin from the secret assassination group Cipher Pol No. 9 (CP9). Afterwards, they avoid annihilation by the dreaded military operation Buster Call (バスターコール, Basutā Kōru). And once back on the city island Water 7 (ウォーターセブン, Wotā Sebun), the Straw Hats add Franky to their crew and acquire a new ship, the Thousand Sunny (サウザンドサニ, Sauzando SanÄ«). Lastly, they encounter a group of bounty hunters, called the Atchino Family.

The season initially ran from May 21, 2006 through December 16, 2007 on Fuji Television. Since then, nineteen DVD compilations, each containing three episodes of the "Enies Lobby" arc, were released by Toei Animation between January 9, 2008 and July 1, 2009. A 20th DVD, containing two episodes, is scheduled to be released on August 5, 2009. A 21st DVD, containing four episodes, is scheduled to be released on September 2, 2009. The special arc was released on a single DVD on May 23, 2008. In July 2012, Funimation announced they had acquired this season as part of their own US "Season Five".

The season uses six pieces of theme music: four opening themes and two ending themes. The opening theme for the first part of the "Enies Lobby" arc is "Brand New World" by D-51; the special arc episodes open with "We Are! (7 Straw Hat Pirates variant)" (ウィーアー!〜7人の麦わら海賊団篇〜, Wī Ā! Shichinin no Mugiwara Kaizokudan Hen), sung by the voice actors of the first seven Straw Hat Pirates; the second part of the "Enies Lobby" arc uses "Crazy Rainbow" by Tackey & Tsubasa, up to episode 325, and "Jungle P" by 5050, until the end of the season. The two ending themes are "Adventure World" by Delicatessen, used in the first part of the "Enies Lobby" arc, and "Family", also sung by the Straw Hats' voice actors, which was used to end the episodes of the special arc. All episodes of the second part of the "Enies Lobby" arc and after have since aired without an ending theme.

Episode list

"Enies Lobby"

"Straw Hat Theater & The Straw Hat Pirate Crew"

"Enies Lobby" (cont.)

Home Releases

Japanese

English

Notes

1. ^ While "mugiwara" (麦わら^?) is usually translated as "Straw Hat" in the English adaptations of One Piece, its literal meaning is only "straw".
2. ^ ^{a b c} Episode number by Toei Animation's count
3. ^ ^{a b c} Title of the episode: literally translated, romanized using Hepburn romanization, and in kanji form
4. ^ ^{a b c} Date the episode originally aired on Fuji Television
5. ^ Episodes were initially released in English on DVD, but to correspond with the Japanese column, the airdates here will refer to their first English television airings on Toonami. For information on DVD releases, please refer to the "Home Releases" section of this page.
6. ^ ^{a b} Episodes 268 and 269 aired together as a television special.
7. ^ ^{a b} Episodes 277 and 278 aired as part of a television special alongside episodes of Sazae-san and Kochikame.
8. ^ ^{a b c d e} Though listed separately on the DVD release, the omake shorts aired as part of the episodes preceding them in the table, filling the last three minutes of the series' timeslot.

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