One Piece is a Japanese shonen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It was first published in July 1997 and it hasn’t looked back since. One Piece became a fan-favorite manga series soon after its debut and its market domination was so overwhelming that it affected the sales of other series.

With its huge success, it became one of the Big Three in its community and got an anime adaptation by Toei Animation. Its first episode premiered on 20 October 1999 on Fuji TV.

Monkey D. Luffy, the series' main character, is the focus of One Piece. Accidentally consuming a devil fruit as a child gave Luffy's body rubber-like qualities, effectively transforming him into a rubber man. Luffy sets sail and travels the Grand Line with his pirate crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, with a dream to find the One Piece and become the next King of the Pirates. He visits unusual places on his quest and encounters a wide range of characters, both allies, and enemies.

One Piece is one of the longest-running manga series and anime of all time. So far, the franchise has 1120+ manga chapters divided into 109 tankobon volumes, 1100+ anime episodes divided into 21 seasons, 15 One Piece movies, and 21 OVAs (Original Animated Videos), shorts, and specials as of September 2024.

With these huge numbers, it can be hard for newcomers to catch up to the series as they wouldn’t know where to start. So, here is the chronological order of the series which fans can refer to enjoy the world of One Piece.

1. East Blue Saga

• Romance Dawn Arc: Episodes 1-3

• Orange Town Arc: Episodes 4-8

• Defeat Him! The Pirate Ganzack!

• Syrup Village Arc: Episodes 9-18

• One Piece: The Movie

• Baratie Arc: Episodes 19-30

• Arlong Park Arc: Episodes 31-44

• Loguetown Arc: Episodes 45

• Buggy’s Crew Adventure Chronicles: Episodes 46-47

• Loguetown Arc Cont. : Episodes 48-53

• Clockwork Island Adventure

• One Piece TV Special: Adventure in the Ocean’s Navel

• Jango’s Dance Carnival

• Warship Island Arc: Episodes 54-61

• One Piece: Episode of East Blue: Luffy and His 4 Crewmates’ Big Adventure

2. Arabasta Saga

• Reverse Mountain Arc: Episodes 62-63

• Whisky Peak Arc: Episodes 64-67

• Diary of Koby-Meppo: Episodes 68-69

• Little Garden Arc: Episodes 70-77

• Drum Island Arc: Episodes 78-91

• Dream Soccer King

• Arabasta Arc: Episodes 92-130

• The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta

• Chopper’s Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals

• Post-Arabasta Arc: 131-135

3. Sky Island Saga

• Goat IslandArc: Episodes 136-138

• Dead End Adventure

• The Cursed Holy Sword

• One Piece: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father’s Huge, HUGE Dream

• Take Aim! The Pirate Baseball King

• Ruluka Island Arc: Episodes 139-143

• Jaya Arc: Episodes 144-152

• Skypiea Arc: Episodes 153-195

• One Piece: Episode of Sky Island

• G-8 Arc: Episodes 196-206

• Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

4. Water 7 Saga

• Long Ring Long Land Arc: Episodes 207-219

• One Piece: Protect! The Last Great Stage

• Oceans Dream Arc: Episodes 220-224

• Foxy’s Return Arc: Episodes 225-228

• Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

• Water 7 Arc: Episodes 229-263

• Enies Lobby Arc: Episodes 264-290, 293-302, 304-312

• Boss Luffy Historical Specials: Episodes 291-292, 303, 406-407

• Post-Enies Lobby Arc: Episodes 313-325

• Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom

5. Thriller Bark Saga

• Ice Hunter Arc: Episodes 326-335

• Chopper Man Special: Episode 336

• Thriller Bark Arc: Episodes 337-381

• Spa Island Arc: Episodes 382-384

6. Summit War Saga

• Little East Blue Arc: Episodes 426-429

• One Piece Film: Strong World

• Straw Hat Chase

• One Piece 3D! Trap Coaster

• Romance Dawn Story

• Sabaody Archipelago Arc: Episodes 385-405

• Amazon Lily Arc: Episodes 408-417

• Straw Hats Separation Serial Arc: Episodes 418-421

• Impel Down Arc: Episodes 422-425

• Impel Down Arc Cont. : Episodes 430-452

• Straw Hats Separation Serial Arc Cont. : Episodes 453-456

• Marineford Arc: Episodes 457-489

• Post-War Arc: Episodes 490-491

• Toriko Crossover: Episode 492

• Post-War Arc Cont. : Episodes 493-516

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7. Fish-Man Island Saga

• Return to Sabaody Arc: Episodes 517-522

• Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends

• Fish-Man Island Arc: Episodes 523-541

• Toriko Crossover: Episode 542

• Fish-Man Island Arc Cont. : Episodes 543-574

8. Dressrosa Saga

• Zs Ambition Arc: Episodes 575-578

• Glorious Island Part 1

• Glorious Island Part 2

• One Piece Film: Z

• Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand Island

• One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

• Punk Hazard Arc: Episodes 579-589

• Toriko & Dragon Ball Crossover: Episode 590

• Punk Hazard Arc Cont. : Episodes 591-625

• Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend

• Caesar Retrieval Arc: Episodes 626-628

• Dressrosa Arc: Episodes 629-746

• Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers’ Bond – The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will

9. Whole Cake Island Saga

• Silver Mine Arc: Episodes 747-750

• One Piece: Heart of Gold

• One Piece Film: Gold Episode 0

• One Piece Film: Gold

• Zou Arc: Episodes 751-779

• Marine Rookie Arc: Episodes 780-782

• Whole Cake Island Arc: Episodes 783-877

• Levely Arc: Episodes 878-889

10. Wano Country Saga

• Wano Country Arc – Act 1 (890 - 916)

• Wano Country Arc – Act 2 (917 - 958)

• Anime 20th Anniversary Special: Episode 907

• Wano Country Arc – Act 2 continuation (Oden Kozuki Past) (959 - 1004)

• Cidre Guild Arc: Episodes 895 - 896

• One Piece: Stampede

• Wano Country Arc – Act 2 Continuation (1005 -1030)

• One Piece Film: Red

• Wano Country Arc – Act 2 Continuation (1031 - 1085)

11. Final Saga

• Prologue to Egghead (1086 - 1088)

• Egghead Arc (1089 - 1120 and running)

Even with these huge numbers, the series still has a way to go before it reaches its most anticipated conclusion. So for the foreseeable future, fans will keep getting new updates and have quite some time to keep enjoying the adventures of their favourite pirate crew, the Straw Hat Pirates.