A collection of time-honored anime shows is coming to Tubi, the free streaming service managed by Fox Entertainment. The company has signed a content deal with Toei Animation in a move to expand its anime offerings, which now includes the popular series One Piece.
One Piece will transfer six television specials to the ad-supported platform. These include 3D2Y, Adventure of Nebulandia, Episode of East Blue, Episode of Sabo, Episode of Skypiea, and Heart of Gold. Currently, the franchise is available on other streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll; however, viewers are only able to access such outlets with ongoing subscriptions.
One Piece is based on the hit Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the story of Monkey D. Luffy, a young boy who gained the superhuman power to manipulate his body like rubber after eating a mystical food called a Devil Fruit. Luffy and his crew of Straw Hat Pirates travel the world in search of a treasure called “One Piece,” which will allow him to ultimately become the next King of Pirates. The manga series is so successful that it has set a Guinness World Record for “the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author.” As of February 2021, it became the best-selling manga series in history, having sold 480 million copies in 43 countries across the globe.
Toei Animation began producing the small-screen adaptation of One Piece back in 1999 and it became a critical success among Japanese audiences. Soon after, an English-language release was produced by 4Kids Entertainment in 2004 and Funimation in 2007, which further expanded the franchise’s fanbase. Today, One Piece remains to be one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, captivating the hearts of anime lovers all over the world with its television and film offerings.
Fox Entertainment purchased Tubi in 2020 in a $440 million deal that was part of the company’s growth strategy. Tubi already has a built-in library of over 30,000 movies and television shows, as well as a solid base of over 250 content suppliers. According to Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO of Fox Entertainment, Tubi is on its way to becoming a “billion-dollar business,” which was the main appeal of the acquisition.
Other anime series that are part of the content deal includes Toriko, Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho, Ge-Ge-Ge No Kitaro, Slam Dunk, Saint Seiya: Hades, and Dr. Slump. The last two titles in that list – Saint Seiya: Hades, and Dr. Slump (which comes from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama) – will have the option for English subtitles for the first time ever, according to Tubi.
One Piece is now available to stream on Tubi.
Source: The Verge
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