The Crunchyroll Industry Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 was held on Thursday, July 20 at 3:00 PM PDT in the San Diego Convention Center in California.
In early celebration of One Piece Day on July 22, Crunchyroll announced it will be bringing three hit One Piece films to its streaming service on July 27, including One Piece Film: Gold (2016), One Piece: Stampede (2019), and last year’s theatrical blockbuster One Piece Film Red (2022), which became the highest grossing film of the franchise and sixth highest grossing anime film globally to date. All three will be available to stream in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
This collection of feature films follows the highly anticipated arrival of the English dub of the One Piece anime series on Crunchyroll, which launched with the first 976 episodes on July 5. During today’s panel, another batch of English dub episodes was announced to debut on July 25, which will consist of episodes 977 – 988 (Season 14 Voyage 8). The English dub of One Piece is available to stream on Crunchyroll only in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Synopsis: The glittering Gran Tesoro, a city of entertainment beyond the laws of the government, is a sanctuary for the world’s most infamous pirates, Marines, and filthy rich millionaires. Drawn by dreams of hitting the jackpot, Captain Luffy and his crew sail straight for the gold. But behind the gilded curtains lies a powerful king whose deep pockets and deeper ambitions spell disaster for the Straw Hats and the New World alike.
Synopsis: Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat pirate crew are invited to a massive Pirate Festival that brings many of the most iconic characters from throughout the franchise to participate in competition with the Straw Hats to find Roger’s treasure. It also pits the Straw Hats against a new enemy named Bullet, a former member of Roger’s crew. One Piece: Stampede is a stand-alone film that celebrates the anime’s 20th Anniversary and takes place outside the canon of the One Piece anime series.
Synopsis: Uta—the most beloved singer in the world whose voice has been described as “otherworldly”—is renowned for concealing her own identity when performing. Now, for the first time ever, she will reveal herself to the world at a live concert. With the Navy watching closely, the venue fills with Uta’s fans—including excited pirates and the Straw Hats led by Luffy, who simply came to enjoy her sonorous performance—all eagerly awaiting the voice that the whole world has been waiting for to resound. The story begins with the shocking revelation that she is the enigmatic Shanks’ daughter. Uta stands on the stage, with the ordinary wish of “making the world happy with my music.”