One Piece Egghead Arc Countdown: How Many Episodes Are Left and When the Next One Drops
One Piece is barreling toward the end of its Egghead Island arc, clearing the deck for the long-awaited voyage to Elbaph. With 1,148 episodes aired and Egghead running from 1086 onward, the finale is in sight—and the next adventure is about to begin.
Quick One Piece update: Egghead Island is basically at the finish line, and Toei has now mapped out the handoff to Elbaph — with a scheduling shift that longtime viewers might not expect.
Where Egghead stands right now
The anime is deep into the Egghead Island arc, which kicked off at episode 1086 and is planned to wrap by the end of 2025. As of now, 1148 episodes have aired, and 1148 is the latest one out — you can stream it on Crunchyroll. The arc will close with episode 1155, so there are seven episodes left in Egghead before the show pivots.
The next episode and the remaining runway
Episode 1149 is up next on Sunday, November 9, 2025. It airs in Japan at 11:15 pm JST, and Crunchyroll will carry it. For the time-zone crowd: that same day it lands at 5:15 pm GMT, 9:15 am PST, and 12:15 pm EST. If the schedule holds without interruptions, episode 1155 — the Egghead finale — would land on December 21, 2025.
- Latest status: Episode 1148 is out now (Crunchyroll) and part of the Egghead run that spans episodes 1086–1155.
- Next drop: Episode 1149 on Sunday, November 9, 2025 — 11:15 pm JST / 5:15 pm GMT / 9:15 am PST / 12:15 pm EST (Crunchyroll streaming).
- Projected Egghead finish: Episode 1155 on December 21, 2025, assuming no breaks.
- Planned pause: The anime will take a three-month break from January through March 2026.
- Return plan: April 2026 brings the Elbaph Island arc.
- New cadence starting April 2026: 26 episodes per year instead of the usual weekly grind, and that annual pace continues until the series wraps.
About that 2026 reset
This is a meaningful behind-the-scenes scheduling tweak. The series will pause for three months at the start of 2026 and relaunch in April with Elbaph — but not as a traditional weekly forever-churn anymore. From 2026 on, the anime shifts to 26 episodes per year. The idea is to keep quality consistently high and give the team a healthier runway instead of sprinting every single week.
Toei Animation producer Ryuta Koike frames the break as a strategic move to push the show forward — a reset to support the anime’s evolution as it barrels toward the endgame. Translation: better schedules, fewer corners cut, and a stronger-looking Elbaph arc. Honestly, if this keeps the show looking sharp for the final stretch, I’m not mad at it.
One Piece is streaming on Crunchyroll.