Summary

  • One Piece filler episodes are minimal and mostly consist of additional scenes, not full arcs like other anime series.
  • Some filler episodes add value with extended scenes, while others are entirely fabricated and lack substance.
  • Despite minor filler, One Piece's anime adaptation remains impressive with only 9% of its episodes being filler content.

Here are all the filler episodes in One Piece and the story arcs fans can safely sail over without missing anything important. Adapting the long-running manga series by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece takes place in a world where piracy reigns supreme on the seas, and Monkey D. Luffy is just one of hundreds seeking the legendary treasure known as One Piece. When it comes to weekly anime series, however, filler episodes are an unfortunate fact of life. Defined as anything not found within the original manga, filler episodes are usually lighter, inconsequential stories written by the animation company to avoid catching up with the manga.

Compared to the likes of Naruto, Bleach, and Dragon Ball Z, the One Piece anime is surprisingly light on filler. Despite clocking in at over 1,000 episodes, the TV show doesn't stray into non-canon territory often, and One Piece filler also isn't as bad as fans might've seen in other anime series. No Luffy and Zoro learning to drive here.

All episodes of One Piece are streaming on Crunchyroll.

Plenty of One Piece episodes embellish legitimate manga material with filler scenes - an extended fight scene here, some additional dialogue there - and these are definitely worth watching, but others are fabricated entirely and contain nothing of value.

Every Filler Episode of One Piece

Episode #

Episode/Arc Title

54 – 60

Worship Island Arc

98 – 99

Enter the Desert Pirates! The Men Who Live Freely!, False Fortitude! Camu, Rebel Soldier at Heart!

102

Ruins and Lost Ways! Vivi, Her Friends and the Country's Form!

131 – 135

Post-Alabasta Arc

136 – 138

Goat Island Arc

139 – 143

Ruluka Island Arc

196 – 206

G-8 Arc

220 – 225

Ocean’s Dream Arc

279 – 283

Mid-Enies Lobby Flashback Mini Arc

291 – 292

Boss Luffy Returns! Is It a Dream or Reality? Lottery Ruckus!, A Big Rice Cake Tossing Race at the Castle! Red Nose's Plot!

303

Boss Luffy Is the Culprit? Track Down the Missing Great Cherry Tree!

317 – 319

Mid Post-Enies Lobby Side Stories

326 – 336

Ice Hunter Arc

382 – 384

Spa Island Arc

406 – 407

Special Historical Arc

426 – 429

Little East Blue Arc

457 – 458

A Special Retrospective Before Marineford

492

The Strongest Tag-Team! Luffy and Toriko's Hard Struggle!

542

A Team Is Formed! Save Chopper

575 – 578

Z’s Ambition Arc

590

History's Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea

626 – 628

Caesar Retrieval Arc

747 – 750

Silver Mine Arc

780 – 782

Marine Rookie Arc

895 – 896

Cidre Guild Arc

907

20th Anniversary Special! Romance Dawn

1029 - 1030

One Piece Film Red Tie-in Mini Arc

One Piece Filler Episodes That Are A Secret Treasure

While One Piece's later episodes involve many large-scale situations, twisted class wars, and disgustingly evil villains, the series didn't start with stakes so high. One common complaint with later One Piece content is that viewers don't get much time to watch the Straw Hat crew interacting, which they often did in early filler episodes. Many filler episodes contain light-hearted scenes filled with comedy and time for the Straw Hat crew's cast to show off their quirks in a way canon stories don't always have time for. However, one particular filler arc after Skypiea exceeded all expectations.

Episodes 196 - 208 feature an arc where the Straw Hats land the damaged Going Merry in the middle of the impenetrable G-8 Marine base. The ship is captured, and many of the Straw Hats go undercover as Marines to find a means of escape. The filler arc is filled with moments for each crewmate to shine, including Sanji's infectious cooking, Robin's infiltration skills, Usopp's lying, and Luffy's lack of subtlety, creating some of the biggest laughs of the series while telling a compelling story of cat and mouse as the Straw Hat's avoid total capture.

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More Than a Few of One Piece's Filler Arcs Are Rough Sailing

Though One Piece undoubtedly has some strong filler arcs and episodes, there are more than a few that just don't hold up. The Cidre Guild arc, all of the Boss Luffy arcs, the Spa Island arc, and the Foxy's Return arc all rank among One Piece's worst filler arcs. These arcs are generally considered either boring or annoying. Even worse, some of these arcs contradict canon material, such as the Warship Arc infamously having the Straw Hats meet a dragon only for them to say 500 episodes later that they've never met a dragon before.

How One Piece's Filler Content Compares to Other Shonen Anime

Goku in Dragon Ball, Luffy in One Piece, Naruto and Ichigo in Bleach

As of the time of writing, One Piece has 94 filler episodes accounting for just under 9% of all episodes. That 9% is actually pretty impressive considering many other huge shonen anime produced in its era. Naruto's anime was made up of around 40% filler while Bleach clocked in at roughly 45% filler. Though One Piece's 9% filler is considered low even compared to Dragon Ball's 13% filler, it doesn't hold a candle to many modern shonen anime as My Hero Academia has only 3% while even more recent hits like Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen actually have no filler at all.

For an anime that's been running weekly for more than two decades, only having to resort to anime original stories 9% of the time is an impressive feat.

Still though, for an anime that's been running weekly for more than two decades, only having to resort to anime original stories 9% of the time is an impressive feat. Considering One Piece's manga is among the longest-running comics by a singular creator though, it's no wonder the anime adaptation doesn't often run into gaps where it doesn't have enough material to adapt. This ultimately comes down to the series' animation studio, Toei, being smart about what scenes from the manga warrant expansion. One Piece's filler list truly is a testament to the series' impressive length and scope.

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One Piece

Created by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece is a multimedia franchise that began as a manga series and follows the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates as led by Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy, an enthusiastic pirate with a thirst for adventure, is afflicted by a mysterious curse that gives him various powers he uses to protect himself and his friends. The manga eventually gave way to the anime series, with the two being some of history's longest-running anime and manga series. Along with over fifty video games made over the years, the series entered the live-action world with Netflix's 2023 adaptation.

Created by
Eiichiro Oda
First Film
One Piece: The Movie
First TV Show
One Piece
Cast
Kazuya Nakai , Akemi Okamura , Kappei Yamaguchi , Hiroaki Hirata , Ikue Ôtani , Yuriko Yamaguchi
Character(s)
Monkey D. Luffy , Roronora Zoro , Nami (One Piece) , Nico Robin , Usopp (One Piece) , Vinsmoke Sanji , Tony Tony Chopper , Franky (One Piece) , Jimbei (One Piece)
Video Game(s)
One Piece: Unlimited World RED , One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 , One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 , One Piece: World Seeker , One Piece Odyssey