The eighth season of the One Piece anime series contains the "Water Seven" chapter. Its episodes are directed by Kōnosuke Uda and Munehisa Sakai and produced by Toei Animation. The episodes are based on Eiichirō Oda's One Piece manga series, and adapt the 34th through 39th volumes of its source material over thirty-five episodes. They initially ran from April 17, 2005 through April 30, 2006 on Fuji TV. Twelve DVD compilations, each containing three episodes, were released by Toei between January 10 to December 5, 2007. In October 2011, Funimation announced they had acquired this season, along with the entirety of the previous season for release as part of their own US "Season Four". The press release stated that the episodes would be featured in 16:9 widescreen. The press release also mentioned that the episodes would be released in "HD" hinting at a possible Blu-ray release, but made no direct mention of the high definition disc format. However, the Japanese analog broadcasts are still in 4:3 fullscreen format.
The season centers around the intrigue of Water Seven as Nico Robin leaves the crew to seemingly join up with Cipher Pol No. 9, a hidden organization under the World Government as the Straw Hat Pirates are accused of an attempted assassination on Iceberg, the leader of Water Seven and the Galley-La Company. Meanwhile, most of their money is stolen from Usopp by Franky's henchmen before they could use it for repairs. Later, after finding out the Going Merry was unrepairable, Usopp leaves when Luffy reluctantly admits that the ship is done for and ends losing an official duel to Luffy.
The season uses five pieces of theme music: one opening theme and four ending themes. The opening theme is by BOYSTYLE. The four ending themes are by Tackey & Tsubasa, used in the first two episodes; by Asia Engineer, used to end episodes 231 to 245; "Dear friends" by TRIPLANE, used for episodes 246 to 255; and by TVXQ, which was used for the remainder of the season. In English speaking territories, "Mirai Koukai" was replaced with "Eternal Pose" 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. 8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.01 229–231 January 10, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.01" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.02 232–234 February 7, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.02" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.03 235–237 March 7, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.03" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.04 238–240 April 11, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.04" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.05 241–243 May 9, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.05" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.06 244–246 June 6, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.06" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.07 247–249 July 11, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.07" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.08 250–252 August 1, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.08" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.09 253–255 September 5, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.09" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.10 256–258 October 10, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.10" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.11 259–261 November 7, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.11" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. piece.12 262–263 December 5, 2007 "8thシーズン ウォーターセブン篇 piece.12" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on June 11, 2009. ONE PIECE Log Collection “WATER SEVEN” 229–247 December 21, 2011 One Piece Log Collection "WATER SEVEN" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 11, 2011. “ROCKET MAN” 248–263 January 27, 2012 One Piece Log Collection "ROCKET MAN" (in Japanese). Toei Animation. Retrieved on February 11, 2011.
English In North America, this season was recategorized as part of "Season Four" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season Four sets were renamed Collection 18 through 21. +Funimation Entertainment (USA, Region 1), Manga Entertainment (UK, Region 2), Madman Entertainment (Australia, Region 4) Volume Episodes Release date ISBN Ref.USAUKAustralia Season Four Voyage Two 218–229 October 30, 2012N/AJanuary 9, 2013"One Piece Season 4 DVD Part 2 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Voyage Three 230–241 December 18, 2012March 20, 2013"One Piece Season 4 DVD Part 3 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Voyage Four 242–252 March 19, 2013June 19, 2013"One Piece Season 4 DVD Part 4 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Voyage Five 253–263 May 14, 2013August 21, 2013"One Piece Season 4 DVD Part 5 (Hyb) Uncut". Right Stuf. Collections Collection 9 206–229 April 15, 2014April 13, 2015N/A. Right Stuf. Collection 10 230–252 October 28, 2014June 15, 2015 ISBN N/A Collection 11 253–275 January 13, 2015August 10, 2015 ISBN N/ATreasure Chest CollectionThree206-299N/ADecember 7, 2016ISBN N/AVoyage CollectionFive206-252December 6, 2017ISBN N/ASix253-299January 10, 2018ISBN N/A
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