Opening Narration

Opening narration is a short monologue at the beginning of a series that briefly explains the series premise. Starting with Episode 284, One Piece began using opening narrations following each opening song.

Gold Roger's Legacy
''From Episode 284 to Episode 396

Narrator: Wealth, fame, power. The world had it all won by one man: the Pirate King, Gold Roger. At his death, the words he spoke drove countless men out to sea. Gold Roger: My treasure? It's yours if you want it. Find it! I left all the world has there! Narrator: And so men set sights on the Grand Line, in pursuit of their dreams. The world has truly entered a Great Pirate Era!

A newsreel of Roger's execution starting with a pan of the excution platform followed by a pan of Roger about to be executed ending with a closeup of Roger's face. Then a fleet of ships set out to sea ending with a shot of a ship's helm.

The Great Pirate Era
From Episode 397 to Episode 516.

Narrator: This is the time know as the Great Pirate Era. A countless array of pirates go to battle across the seas in search of the One Piece. A legendary treasure left behind by Gold Roger, King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body turned to rubber after eating the Gum Gum Fruit, set sail to become the next King of the Pirates. As Luffy and his crew conquer numerous obstacles they capture the unwanted attention of the World Government which will use any means necessary to stop them. Monkey D. Luffy: Now this is exciting. I can't wait to see what kind of adventure ups next. Narrator: With a charted course, or watching danger and intrigue, the crew will cut a path across the Grand Line to the New World.

A lantern is lit on top a map surrounded by treasure, a pistol, a dagger and a compass. Next to it are wanted posters of the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy then stretched across the sea on to the deck of the Thousand Sunny with the other Straw Hats. The Sunny then fades into the map when the lantern goes out.

New World
From Episode 523 to Episode 752

Narrator: All pirates searching for the treasure One Piece must brave the second half of the Grand Line. These wild and dangerous seas are know as the New World. Gold Roger and his crew were the only men to chart these waters and learn all the secrets they held. For the rest of the pirates in the world this has proven to be the end of the road. A graveyard of dreams. Now Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body became rubber after eating the Gum Gum Fruit, set sail into the New World with his faithful crew. Monkey D. Luffy: I'm gonna be the King of the Pirates.

Opens to a shot of the helm of a sunken ship followed by a group of fish around a Log Pose where one is chased by a big fish only to be eaten by a bigger fish itself ending with a zoom out to reveal sunken pirate ships. Luffy is then seen by the other Straw Hats swinging from the Thousand Sunny.

Laugh Tale
From Episode 753 to Episode 803

Narrator: The goal is the last island - Laugh Tale and the Great Treasure of One Piece. However, no one has ever reached the legendary island except for Gold Roger, King of the Pirates. It is the Great Pirate Era. While the monsters of the New World fight each other fiercely, the Straw Hat Pirates are in the center of the storm! Their captain is a rubber man who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit. Monkey D. Luffy! Zoro! Nami! Usopp! Sanji! Chopper! Robin! Franky! Brook! This tight-knit group of nine pirates are making their way through the vast sea with their sights set on the One Piece! Monkey D. Luffy: I'm gonna become the King of the Pirates!

A pan over the world with images Laugh Tale, Poneglyph writings and Gol D. Roger. Next a shot over a stormy sea with flashes of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Revolutionary Army, Marines, Worst Generation and Four Emperors. Ending with the Straw Hats introduced one by one on the Thousand Sunny where Luffy is on the figurehead.

Levely
From Episode 879 to Episode 890

Narrator: The Great Pirate Era is experiencing a groundswell beyond the World Government's expectation. Being at the center of the unstoppable swell and drawing the most attention is Monkey D. Luffy! And the Straw Hats! In order to cope with the turbulent Great Pirate Era, 50 leaders hold the World Conference every four years. Known as the Levely, it is now about to start. The times are changing drastically now.

A shot of an eclipse over a fleet of pirate ships followed by a flashes of the Four Emperors, Seven Warlords of the Sea, Revolutionary Army and the Worst Generation. Then a shot of Luffy and the Straw Hats followed by shots of New Marineford, Pangaea Castle and a fade in of the Levely meeting room. Ending with shots of the Levely representatives from Alabasta, Ryugu, Sakura and Dressrosa kingdoms on their to Mary Geoise as the dawn breaks over the sea.

Trivia

 * Some of the anime openings starts with their own opening narration.