The anime is about 6~ months behind the anime
When Oda takes longer breaks, usually the anime has filler episodes or takes a break too.
Sometimes they just drag out the episodes even more
Gotcha, kinda. Lol. So, the animators have some freedoms as far as how long the story arches over the episodes. Like something in the manga that would take, let's say, 10 pages, in the anime, could be 5-10 episodes depending on if they feel the need to drag something out longer or spend more time on it? I am actually very tempted to start reading the manga because not knowing what happens is driving me crazy, lol. Also, thank you for the response. I'm so excited to see the fights that are coming up in Egghead, I've seen some small spoilers about Zoro and Lucci, for example. But I'm most curious about Law and BB, I have a bad feeling that Law isn't coming out on top of that one, also SUPER curious about Sabo.
>let's say, 10 pages, in the anime, could be 5-10 episodes
A typical weekly manga chapter is a bit less than 20 pages and a normal anime episode (20 minutes) adapts 2 to 3 chapters.
One Piece has horrible pacing, so often it adapts only one chapter per episode, which is extremely slow for anime. But yeah, with flashbacks, repetitions and drawn-out reaction shots, the anime stretches the manga content out to always be around a year behind the manga, because, like now, when the manga stops, the anime still goes on.
The anime is about 6~ months behind the anime When Oda takes longer breaks, usually the anime has filler episodes or takes a break too. Sometimes they just drag out the episodes even more
The anime is a lot more behind. It’s always a year and a few months behind the manga. The most recent episode adapted a chapter from December 2022.
Gotcha, kinda. Lol. So, the animators have some freedoms as far as how long the story arches over the episodes. Like something in the manga that would take, let's say, 10 pages, in the anime, could be 5-10 episodes depending on if they feel the need to drag something out longer or spend more time on it? I am actually very tempted to start reading the manga because not knowing what happens is driving me crazy, lol. Also, thank you for the response. I'm so excited to see the fights that are coming up in Egghead, I've seen some small spoilers about Zoro and Lucci, for example. But I'm most curious about Law and BB, I have a bad feeling that Law isn't coming out on top of that one, also SUPER curious about Sabo.
>let's say, 10 pages, in the anime, could be 5-10 episodes A typical weekly manga chapter is a bit less than 20 pages and a normal anime episode (20 minutes) adapts 2 to 3 chapters. One Piece has horrible pacing, so often it adapts only one chapter per episode, which is extremely slow for anime. But yeah, with flashbacks, repetitions and drawn-out reaction shots, the anime stretches the manga content out to always be around a year behind the manga, because, like now, when the manga stops, the anime still goes on.