The fourteenth season of the One Piece anime series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto. The season began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television on June 27, 2010 and ended on September 25, 2011. The season focuses on Monkey D. Luffy as he, Impel Down's escaped prisoners and Whitebeard's pirates goes to the Marineford to save his adoptive older brother Portgas D. Ace from the execution. It contains two story arcs. The first is titled , which mainly adapts the 56th to 59th volumes of the material from the One Piece manga by Eiichiro Oda. The second story arc, which is also titled , also adapts material from the 59th to 61st volumes of the manga.
The season deals with the war between the Marines and Whitebeard's pirates. Focusing on Luffy, Jimbei, and the escaped convicts from Impel Down as they infiltrate Marineford with the help of Whitebeard's pirates to save Ace from the execution. Eventually, Luffy must decide on whether to continue training in two years or go back to Sabaody to see his friends once again. The first DVD compilation was released on October 5, 2011.
The season used three pieces of theme music. The first opening theme, titled and performed by Mari Yaguchi with the Straw Hats, continues to be used for the first two episodes. The second opening theme, from episodes 459 to 492, is "One Day" performed by The Rootless. The third opening theme, from episodes 493 to 516, is "Fight Together" performed by Namie Amuro. __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + Avex Mode (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 14THシーズン マリンフォード編 piece.01 459–462 October 5, 2011 piece.02 463–466 November 2, 2011 piece.03 467–470 December 7, 2011 piece.04 471–474 January 11, 2012 piece.05 475–478 February 1, 2012 piece.06 479–482 March 3, 2012 piece.07 483–486 April 4, 2012 piece.08 487–490 May 9, 2012 piece.09 491, 493–495 June 6, 2012 piece.10 496–499 July 4, 2012 piece.11 500–503 August 1, 2012 piece.12 504–507 September 5, 2012 piece.13 508–511 October 3, 2012 piece.14 512–516 November 11, 2012 ONE PIECE Log Collection "MARINEFORD" 459–476 August 22, 2014 "ACE" 477–491, 493–496 August 22, 2014 "PROMISE" 497–516 September 26, 2014 ONE PIECE ワンピース・ヒーロースペシャル! 336, 492 November 21, 2011 (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on July 16, 2013. トリコ×ワンピース コラボスペシャル完全版 492, 542 October 26, 2012
English In North America, the season was recategorized as the majority of "Season Eight" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season Eight sets were renamed Collection 38 through 42. Episode 492, the Toriko crossover, was omitted from the English home video releases. +Funimation Entertainment (USA, Region 1), Manga Entertainment (UK, Region 2), Madman Entertainment (Australia, Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref.USAUKAustralia Season Eight Voyage One 457–468 May 31, 2016N/AOctober 5, 2016 ISBN N/A Voyage Two 469–480 July 26, 2016November 2, 2016 ISBN N/A Voyage Three 481–491 September 20, 2016December 7, 2016 ISBN N/A Voyage Four 493–504 November 8, 2016January 11, 2017 ISBN N/A Voyage Five 505–516 December 13, 2016March 8, 2017 ISBN N/ACollections19446-468May 23, 2017October 22, 2018N/AISBN N/A20469-491September 19, 2017December 17, 2018ISBN N/A21493-516December 5, 2017March 16, 2020ISBN N/ATreasure Chest CollectionFive397-491N/ASeptember 6, 2017ISBN N/AVoyage CollectionTen446-491July 4, 2018ISBN N/A
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