Episode 579

"Landing! The Burning Island, Punk Hazard" is the 579th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
The Straw Hats have arrived at a volcanic island that does not show on the New World Log Pose. Luffy in his enthusiasm votes to go to the island, though most of his crew are reluctant to go. The crew than receives a distress call from someone on the island who is being attacked by a samurai. They then draw sticks on who will go with Luffy and who will stay on the ship, with Zoro, Robin and Usopp coming with Luffy. With the help of Nami's clouds, the scouting group arrive at the main entrance which Zoro cuts down with ease. The group wanders the area seeing the whole place being constantly on fire and wondering what happened here. Their exploration is suddenly cut short when they encounter a Dragon looking hungrily at them.

At Raijin Island, Smoker and Tashigi intercept the distress call that Luffy picked up and order the G-5 Marines to set a course for Punk Hazard.

Anime Notes

 * This is the first episode of the Punk Hazard Arc and the New World Saga.
 * The following scenes are added in the anime:
 * When Brook talks about the samurais of the Wano Country, Zoro has a small flashback of when he recieved Shusui from Ryuma.
 * The scene where the Straw Hats decide who will accompany Luffy on Punk Hazard is expanded. In particular, comical scenes with Usopp betting his luck on one of the sticks is added.
 * In place of the deep sea fish, which was lost in the Z's Ambition Arc, Sanji makes lunches with the giant shellfish given to them by Panz Fry.
 * The G-5 Marines were not shown scorching their captive pirate like in the manga. They only held their torches close to him. Also in the anime, not shows the scene of other pirate being tortured with spears.
 * In the manga, Smoker comments on the Straw Hats' strange decision to go to Punk Hazard instead of one of three other islands pointed to by the Log Pose. In the anime, Smoker's comment is different, he no longer talks about the three islands, and instead seems to predict that they would go to Punk Hazard, after the events on Fishman Island, and another incident.
 * In the manga, Luffy is seen eating a bit of Robin's food when she was distracted. In the anime, Robin offered some of her food to him.