Episode 1000

"Overwhelming Strength! The Straw Hats Come Together" is the 1000th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
The Straw Hats reflect on their past adventures. They gather at the live floor, prepared to battle the All-Stars and the Tobiroppo.

Long Summary
Big Mom rolls out of the castle and down the entrance steps, being spotted by Perospero. Meanwhile, Sasaki's chains are broken off by his subordinates. Sasaki swears revenge on Denjiro for betraying him.

Atop the Skull Dome, Kaidou and Jack's forces battle against the Minks. Although Jack fights off the Minks, Inuarashi and Nekomamushi take over, transforming into their Sulong forms to face him.

Inside the castle, Luffy and Zoro meet up on the platform, intending to go to the rooftop to face Kaidou. They attempt to launch through the hole in the ceiling, but they are caught by Queen's dinosaur mouth and King also appears. They are flung off the balcony, where they are faced by Jaki, one of the Numbers, on the ground below. However, Franky combines the two vehicles into the Iron Pirate, a giant robot. Operating the robot, Franky shoots down Jaki with his cannon. Unharmed by King's attack, Sanji emerges from the rubble and removes his raid suit. Although he is attacked by enemy units, Luffy and Zoro fight at his aid.

The Straw Hats battle against the enemy Beasts Pirates, remembering their past adventures as a crew. Despite being far stronger than most of the Beasts Pirates, the Straw Hats are still greatly outnumbered. Still, they gather and prepare to battle against the All-Stars and the Tobiroppo.

Anime Notes

 * This is the anime's 1,000th episode and some features were changed to signify it:
 * The opening of the episode is an updated version of We Are!. However, in the English dub, the Japanese version of the song is used, but the dubbed dialogue is kept, albeit re-recorded besides Gold Roger's dialogue, as akin to the seventh opening.
 * The eyecatcher is an updated version of the first eyecatcher.
 * As each of the Straw Hat Pirates attacked the Beasts Pirates, clips of notable events concerning them (such as their backstory, them meeting and joining Luffy, or major battles) were shown, ending with an image of them with their wanted poster and the narrator stating their epithet and bounty.
 * Usopp's Skull Exploding Grass attack has the number 1000 featured in its explosion to signify the 1000th episode of the anime.
 * When Luffy declared that he'll defeat Kaidou, there was a flash of images showing significant events that has happened to the Straw Hats.
 * The words "Thanks" and "and…" were shown at the end of the episode before the "To Be Continued" screen. This is to thank the fans for their support up to the milestone.


 * The anime adds the following:
 * After Queen spits out Luffy and Zoro, they briefly attack Jaki before landing on the ground.
 * Perospero witnessing Big Mom rolling out of the Skull Dome with a shocked expression.
 * The samurai allies' reaction to General Franky.
 * Franky defeating Jaki with Franky Cannon.
 * Jack defeating many of the Sulong minks.
 * Nekomamushi's and Inuarashi's Sulong transformations.
 * Jo, Tetsu and Hanji's reactions to Hyogoro's laugh.


 * The anime extends the following:
 * The Straw Hats' fight against the Beasts Pirates.