END OF AN ERA: One Piece Season 1 Ends After 26 Years — Seasonal Anime Begins

After 26 YEARS, one of the longest continuous runs in anime history has officially ended.

Season 1 of One Piece is over — closing the book on 1,100+ episodes of nonstop weekly broadcasting. Starting April, One Piece will transition into a seasonal anime format, with the first new season launching at 26 episodes.

This is a historic shift not just for One Piece, but for the entire anime industry.

In this episode of Are You Not Entertained Podcast, we break down:
• Why ending the weekly format after 26 years is such a massive moment
• What the seasonal model means for animation quality and pacing
• How this could finally solve filler fatigue and production strain
• Why major anime studios are abandoning long-running weekly releases
• What this signals for the future of legacy shonen franchises

Seasonal anime means higher budgets, better animation, tighter storytelling — but it also means longer waits and higher expectations.

Is this the beginning of One Piece’s strongest era yet… or the end of an anime tradition that defined generations?

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