The seventh season of the One Piece anime series are produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kōnosuke Uda adapted from Eiichiro Oda's manga of the same name. The season was released in Japan as a single chapter, called "Escape! The Naval Fortress & the Foxy Pirate Crew". It deals with the Straw Hat Pirates' infiltration of and escape from a Marine fortress to reclaim their confiscated treasure. The Straw Hats later meet Foxy the Silver Fox and his crew, who challenges them to the Davy Back Fight, a competition involving battles between Foxy's crew and Luffy's crew. Soon after, they encounter Aokiji, a Marine admiral who is determined to capture Nico Robin, but spares the crew after defeating Luffy.
The season began broadcasting on Fuji Television on June 20, 2004, and ended March 27, 2005, lasting 33 episodes. One Piece began airing in high definition, 16:9 format from the 207th episode. Despite this, the Japanese DVD release and analog broadcasts remained in 4:3 fullscreen format until the beginning of the 8th season for the DVD releases.
Funimation released the first ten episodes of the season in English as the conclusion their own US "Season Three" on April 19, 2011. In October, they announced that they had acquired the remaining episodes, along with the entirety of the following season for release as part of "Season Four". Funimation released each of the Season's episodes in their original aspect ratio. Beginning with this season, One Piece also made its return to Toonami, now a Saturday night block on Adult Swim, in its uncut form. Continuing from episode 207, the season debuted on May 19, 2013. The previous season had aired on Toonami in 2008, during the weekend block's original run on Cartoon Network.
The episodes use four pieces of theme music throughout the series. The first opening theme, titled "Bon Voyage" by Bon-Bon Blanco in Japanese and Brina Palencia in English, and the ending theme, titled "Dreamship" and performed by Aiko Ikuta in Japanese and Jessi James in English continues to be used for the beginning of the season. The second opening and ending themes, used from episode 207 to 228, are and , respectively performed by Boystyle and Tackey & Tsubasa. In English speaking territories, "Mirai Koukai" was replaced with "Eternal Pose" (the following ending theme) due to music licensing issues.'Season Four: Voyage One' DVD opening disclaimer __TOC__
Episodes
Home media release Japanese + Avex Mode (Japan, Region 2 DVD) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. 7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇 piece.01 196–198 February 1, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.01" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.02 199–201 March 1, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.02" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.03 202–204 April 5, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.03" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.04 205–207 May 3, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.04" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.05 208–210 June 7, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.05" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.06 211–213 July 5, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.06" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.07 214–216 August 2, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.07" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.08 217–219 September 6, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.08" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.09 220–222 October 11, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.09" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.10 223–225 November 8, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.10" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.11 226–228 December 6, 2006 "7thシーズン 脱出!海軍要塞&フォクシー篇piece.11" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. ONE PIECE Log Collection "NAVARON" 196–206 August 26, 2011 One Piece Log Collection "NAVARON" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 11, 2011. "FOXY" 207–228 December 21, 2011 One Piece Log Collection "FOXY" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 11, 2011.
English In North America, this season was recategorized as part of "Season Three" and "Four" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season sets were renamed Collection 16 through 18. +Funimation Entertainment (USA, Region 1), Manga Entertainment (UK, Region 2), Madman Entertainment (Australia, Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref.USAUKAustralia Season Three Fifth Voyage 196–205 April 19, 2011N/ADecember 14, 2011"One Piece Season 3 DVD Part 5 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Season Four Voyage One 206–217 August 7, 2012October 24, 2012"One Piece Season 4 DVD Part 1 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Voyage Two 218–229 October 30, 2012January 9, 2013"One Piece Season 4 DVD Part 2 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Collections Collection 8 183–205 September 25, 2012November 3, 2014N/A . Right Stuf. Collection 9 206–229 April 15, 2014April 13, 2015. Right Stuf.Treasure Chest CollectionTwo104–205N/AOctober 31, 2013ISBN N/AVoyage CollectionFour157–205November 18, 2017ISBN N/AFive206–252December 6, 2017ISBN N/A
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