Episode 739

"The Strongest Creature - Yonko - Kaido of the Beasts" is the 739th episode of the One Piece anime.

Anime Notes

 * The anime adds the following:
 * Right after Sabo left, Kyros wakes up, saying that he heard part of Sabo's story.
 * Robin and Franky are shown having additional interactions with the others in Kyros's house, and Franky struggles to fix his face through his melancholic tears, prompting Robin to offer her help.
 * A scene of Kyros and Zoro drinking together.
 * Zoro expresses his desire to spar with Kyros someday.
 * Kyros reminisces about Rebecca and his past.
 * Kyros writing the letter to Rebecca and in the process of delivering it is shown onscreen while it happened off-panel in the manga.
 * The argument between Sanji and Caesar is extended with Sanji kicking Caesar before threatening to crush his heart.
 * When Chopper meets up with Sanji and Caesar, the manga showed Chopper holding a stick while Chopper is not shown holding anything in the anime.
 * The clash between Brook and Sheepshead is extended, having them clash swords once before Sheepshead uses his Devil Fruit power.
 * When Sheepshead uses his Devil Fruit powers, the anime shows Brook, Nami, and Momonosuke's surprised reactions.
 * The narration of Kaido's failed executions is given visuals, although they do not show Kaido in them.
 * Kaido's shouting causes a shockwave, which is not present in the manga.
 * Ginrummy's name is used in her debut episode while in the manga, her name was not revealed until the next arc commenced.
 * Urouge's prayer as Kaido jumps off Ballon Terminal is silent in the anime, but in the manga, it was audible, showing him saying, "Namu".
 * The reactions Kid, Hawkins, and Apoo have upon seeing Kaido emerge from below ground are more apprehensive and frightened than they were in the manga.
 * Kaido's voice actor, Tesshō Genda, was announced several days ahead of this episode's airing, along with a couple of images from the episode showing Kaido's appearance before the episode was released.
 * Similarly, this episode aired on May 1st, which Oda had previously revealed as Kaido's birthday.