Episode 970

Sad News - The Opening of the Great Pirate Era
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Japanese Information
Kanji	悲しき知らせ 大海賊時代幕開け
Romaji	Kanashiki Shirase - Dai Kaizoku Jidai Makuake
Airdate	April 18, 2021
Opening	DREAMIN' ON
Season	20
Piece	19
English Information
Title	Sad News! The Opening of the Great Pirate Era!
Airdate	April 17, 2021
Episode Credits
Screenplay	井上亜樹子 - Akiko Inoue
Art	飯野敏典 - Toshinori Īno
Animation	高木雅之 - Masayuki Takagi
Direction	鈴木裕介 - Yusuke Suzuki
Statistics
Chapters	Chapter 968 (p. 15-17) Chapter 969 (p. 2-11)
Eyecatcher	Monkey D. Luffy - Kozuki Oden
Format	16:9 (HDTV)

"Sad News - The Opening of the Great Pirate Era" is the 970th episode of the One Piece anime.

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Characters in Order of Appearance

• Kozuki Oden
• Kin'emon
• Kozuki Toki
• Raizo
• Kurozumi Orochi
• Kozuki Momonosuke
• Kozuki Toki (fantasy)
• Kurozumi Semimaru
• Kurozumi Higurashi
• Kaidou
• Shinobu
• Inuarashi
• Kikunojo
• Gol D. Roger
• Edward Newgate
• Donquixote Doflamingo
• Buggy
• Shanks
• Dracule Mihawk
• Crocodile
• Gecko Moria
• Monkey D. Dragon
• Smoker

Anime Notes

• The anime adds the following:
  • Beasts Pirate subordinates spotting Oden on his way to the Flower Capital and attempting to get in contact with Orochi.
  • Momonosuke giving Oden the newspaper (which he got from a messenger of Orochi) with the news of Roger's death.
    • Whitebeard is also shown reading the news.

• The following are extended:
  • Oden running towards Orochi's castle.

Trivia

• The filler scene of Smoker as a child watching Roger's execution is a callback to Episode 48.

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