Here are all the filler episodes in One Piece and the story arcs fans can safely sail over without missing anything important. Adapting the long-running manga series by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece takes place in a world where piracy reigns supreme on the seas, and Monkey D. Luffy is just one of hundreds seeking the legendary treasure known as One Piece. When it comes to weekly anime series, however, filler episodes are an unfortunate fact of life. Defined as anything not found within the original manga, filler episodes are usually lighter, inconsequential stories written by the animation company to avoid catching up with the manga.
Compared to the likes of Naruto, Bleach, and Dragon Ball Z, the One Piece anime is surprisingly light on filler. Despite clocking in at over 1,000 episodes, the TV show doesn’t stray into non-canon territory often, and One Piece filler also isn’t as bad as fans might’ve seen in other anime series. No Luffy and Zoro learning to drive here. Plenty of One Piece episodes embellish legitimate manga material with scenes of non-canon filler – an extended fight scene here, some additional dialogue there – and these are definitely worth watching, but others are fabricated entirely and contain nothing of value.
Every Filler Episode of One Piece
Episode # | Episode/Arc Title |
54 – 60 | Worship Island Arc |
98 – 99 | Enter the Desert Pirates! The Men Who Live Freely!, False Fortitude! Camu, Rebel Soldier at Heart! |
102 | Ruins and Lost Ways! Vivi, Her Friends and the Country’s Form! |
131 – 135 | Post-Alabasta Arc |
136 – 138 | Goat Island Arc |
139 – 143 | Ruluka Island Arc |
196 – 206 | G-8 Arc |
220 – 225 | Ocean’s Dream Arc |
279 – 283 | Mid-Enies Lobby Flashback Mini Arc |
291 – 292 | Boss Luffy Returns! Is It a Dream or Reality? Lottery Ruckus!, A Big Rice Cake Tossing Race at the Castle! Red Nose’s Plot! |
303 | Boss Luffy Is the Culprit? Track Down the Missing Great Cherry Tree! |
317 – 319 | Mid Post-Enies Lobby Side Stories |
326 – 336 | Ice Hunter Arc |
382 – 384 | Spa Island Arc |
406 – 407 | Special Historical Arc |
426 – 429 | Little East Blue Arc |
457 – 458 | A Special Retrospective Before Marineford |
492 | The Strongest Tag-Team! Luffy and Toriko’s Hard Struggle! |
542 | A Team Is Formed! Save Chopper |
575 – 578 | Z’s Ambition Arc |
590 | History’s Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea |
626 – 628 | Caesar Retrieval Arc |
747 – 750 | Silver Mine Arc |
780 – 782 | Marine Rookie Arc |
895 – 896 | Cidre Guild Arc |
907 | 20th Anniversary Special! Romance Dawn |
1029 – 1030 | One Piece Film Red Tie-in Mini Arc |
How One Piece’s Filler Content Compares to Other Shonen Anime
As of the time of writing, One Piece has 94 filler episodes accounting for just under 9% of all episodes. That 9% is actually pretty impressive considering many other huge shonen anime produced in its era. Naruto’s anime was made up of around 40% filler while Bleach clocked in at roughly 45% filler. Though One Piece’s 9% filler is considered low even compared to Dragon Ball’s 13% filler, it doesn’t hold a candle to many modern shonen anime as My Hero Academia has only 3% while even more recent hits like Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen actually have no filler at all.
Still though, for an anime that’s been running weekly for more than two decades, only having to resort to anime original stories 9% of the time is an impressive feat. Considering One Piece’s manga is among the longest-running comics by a singular creator though, it’s no wonder the anime adaptation doesn’t often run into gaps where it don’t have enough material to adapt. This ultimately comes down to the series’ animation studio, Toei, being smart about what scenes from the manga warrant expansion. One Piece’s filler list truly is a testament to the series’ impressive length and scope.
