One Piece Announces Two New Films, God Valley and BAAD
God Valley marks a departure from recent standalone One Piece films by adapting the God Valley flashback directly from Eiichiro Oda's manga, part of the currently airing Elbaph arc.
Key Facts
- One Piece Film God Valley will open in Japanese theaters in summer 2027.
- One Piece Film BAAD is scheduled for a 2029 release.
- Both films were announced on August 23 at the One Piece Day '26 event at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
- One Piece Film God Valley adapts the God Valley flashback from the Elbaph arc, while BAAD has no story details revealed.
- The previous One Piece theatrical film, One Piece Film Red, earned 20.33 billion yen in Japan.
Reporting from 8 sources: Anime News Network, Cartoon Brew, Denfaminicogamer, Cinema Today, and 4 more.
Toei Animation announced two new One Piece theatrical films on August 23, during the second day of the One Piece Day '26 event at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. One Piece Film God Valley will open in Japanese theaters in summer 2027, and One Piece Film BAAD is scheduled for a 2029 release. The titles, along with a teaser video, were revealed immediately after the event's main stage concluded.
- God Valley adapts the God Valley Incident, an epic battle 38 years before the main story involving the Rocks Pirates, the Roger Pirates, the Marines, and world nobles.
- BAAD has no revealed story details; the title logo was drawn by hand by Eiichiro Oda.
- God Valley releases in the 30th anniversary year of the manga, which began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 22, 1997.
- BAAD coincides with the 30th anniversary of the anime, which premiered in Japan on October 20, 1999.
- The two films are the 15th and 16th in the franchise, following 2022's One Piece Film Red, which grossed 203.3 billion yen with over 14.74 million attendees including encore screenings.
- Oda teased the new film at Jump Festa 2026, saying it was about something he was sure everyone would be interested in.
- No directors or key creative personnel have been announced for either film, and international release plans are unconfirmed.
- Toei Animation and producer Ryūta Koike said in October 2025 that the anime will cap annual episode output at 26 starting in 2026, following a three-month production hiatus from January to March 2026.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 8 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News One Piece Announces 2 New Anime Films
- Cartoon Brew Two New ‘One Piece’ Movies Announced For 2027 And 2029
- Denfaminicogamer 『ワンピース』新作映画2本が公開決定。『ONE PIECE FILM GOD VALLEY』が2027年夏、『ONE PIECE FILM BAAD』が2029年
- Cinema Today 『ONE PIECE』新作映画、2027年夏＆2029年に2作連続公開決定 タイトルは『GOD VALLEY』『BAAD』
- Anime Anime 「ONE PIECE」新作映画公開決定！27年夏「FILM GOD VALLEY」29年「FILM BAAD」
- Anime Corner One Piece God Valley Anime Movie Officially Announced for 2027, BAAD Film for 2029
- Animehunch One Piece Announces Two New Films Five Years After Film Red
- OtakuKart Anime One Piece Film: God Valley May Be the First Franchise Movie Without Luffy and the Straw Hats