One Piece’s latest Netflix release gives the Straw Hat crew a surprising new narrator: Usopp. The two-part LEGO One Piece animated special revisits the story covered by the first two seasons of Netflix’s live-action adaptation, but reframes the adventure around the crew’s famously imaginative sniper rather than Monkey D. Luffy.
That change is more than a cosmetic LEGO gag. Usopp recounts the crew’s victories to Chopper, turning familiar events into a deliberately exaggerated version of history in which his own contributions become considerably more heroic. The format lets Netflix preserve major beats from the live-action continuity while giving the material a playful, self-aware angle that would not fit the central series as easily.
The special also keeps a direct connection to the live-action production. The returning voice cast includes Iñaki Godoy as Luffy, Emily Rudd as Nami, Mackenyu as Zoro, Jacob Romero as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji, and Mikaela Hoover as Tony Tony Chopper. Netflix says both episodes are streaming now, making the project an unusually quick companion piece rather than a distant spinoff. Netflix’s announcement describes it as a two-part, multi-brick adventure featuring the live-action crew’s voices.
Usopp’s promotion to storyteller is especially fitting for a franchise built around competing versions of the truth. He is a chronic exaggerator, but he is also one of the crew’s most emotionally grounded members; filtering Luffy’s journey through his perspective can make the same victories feel less like a chosen hero’s destiny and more like a chaotic group effort. It also gives Netflix a way to spotlight a supporting character without disrupting Luffy’s role in the main narrative.
The experiment arrives as Netflix expands One Piece in several directions. The live-action series’ second season, subtitled Into the Grand Line, is streaming in 2026, and Netflix has already renewed it for a third season. The streamer’s guide confirms that the new season continues Luffy’s voyage with Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp as the crew moves toward the Grand Line.
There is another major reinterpretation ahead as well. THE ONE PIECE, a new anime adaptation produced by WIT STUDIO, will restart Eiichiro Oda’s manga from the East Blue saga and premiere globally on Netflix in February 2027. Netflix’s media information positions that series as a fresh adaptation rather than a continuation of the long-running television anime. Taken together with LEGO One Piece, the strategy suggests Netflix is treating the property as a flexible storytelling universe—one that can change its animation style, continuity, and even point of view while keeping the Straw Hats at the center.
