BODY: The Straw Hats are heading back to the big screen — twice. Toei Animation has confirmed that "ONE PIECE FILM GOD VALLEY" will premiere in Japanese theaters in summer 2027, with a second feature, "ONE PIECE FILM BAAD," set to follow in 2029.
The announcement marks the first new "One Piece" film since 2022's "FILM RED," which stormed the box office to the tune of ¥20.3 billion (roughly $135 million), becoming one of the highest-grossing entries in the entire franchise. Expectations for the next chapter are correspondingly sky-high.
The title "FILM GOD VALLEY" will send a jolt through the fanbase. God Valley is the legendary, now-erased island where a world-shaping clash unfolded decades before the main story — a piece of "One Piece" lore that creator Eiichiro Oda has only recently begun to unveil in the manga. Building a film around it signals the movie may dig deep into the series' hidden history rather than telling a standalone side adventure.
Details on "FILM BAAD" remain scarce, but locking in two films across a multi-year runway shows Toei is treating "One Piece" as a tentpole event brand well into the manga's final saga. The staggered 2027 and 2029 release windows give each film room to breathe while keeping the property in cinemas through the back half of the decade.
The insider take
From Tokyo, the timing reads as deliberate. "One Piece" is deep into its climactic Final Saga in Weekly Shonen Jump, and the manga's biggest revelations have circled back to God Valley — the incident tied to Roger, Garp, and the Rocks Pirates. Anchoring a film there isn't nostalgia bait; it's a way to dramatize canon-adjacent history that anime-only viewers rarely get in full. With the Netflix live-action series widening the global audience and the "Egghead" arc reinvigorating the TV anime under WIT-adjacent production buzz, Toei is clearly betting that appetite for premium "One Piece" theatrical events has never been stronger.
Originally reported by 映画ナタリー - 最新ニュース (Japanese).