One Piece Episode 1026 Stuns Fans with Toei's Sickest Animation Yet

By Megan Peters - July 24, 2022 05:52 pm EDT

One Piece has kept fans on edge waiting for the manga to come back, but it seems the anime is drawing everyone's attention right about now. Toei Animation tackled episode 1026 this weekend after plenty of teases. And even with the fandom's high expectations, the studio managed to overcome fans with some of its sickest animations of the year.

As you can see below, the tag #OnePiece1026 is taking over Twitter from Japan to the United States and beyond. This all comes after the anime dropped its latest update, and it put Luffy on center stage with his friends at his side. After all, the show's Wano saga has finally hit what manga readers call 'Roof Piece', and the arc is one of the best parts of Wano period.

After all, this One Piece arc keeps an eye on Luffy as he teams with Zoro, Law, and Kid to take on two of the most powerful Yonko. Kaido faces off with Luffy one-on-one for the most part with some assists like Big Mom worries about the rest. So if you want to know what the Worst Generation can do, well – episode 1026 gave us a taste of the pirates' true potential.

Clearly, One Piece fans are loving the attention to detail in episode 1026, and this is just one of several releases by Toei Animation to get this kind of love in 2022. And as the Wano saga carries on, you can rest assured knowing the studio isn't done surprising us just yet.

Have you checked out this most recent episode of One Piece? Do you think Toei Animation is pulling out all the stops for Wano? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB.

One Piece Meets Dragon Ball

#ONEPIECE1026 Toei saw Chapter 1009 and really said : FUCK IT !! Lets put a DBZ fight in there while we at it........not that I'm complaining of course pic.twitter.com/89BrbS8VfX
— FpsRaptor 👒🏴‍☠🍖🐒 (@FpsRaptor5000) July 24, 2022

Bring the Heat

#ONEPIECE1026 #ONEPIECE #ROOFPIECE

LUFFY VS KAIDO!!!

THIS IS FIRE🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/HerF6hXR1c
— Rex (@REX3838_) July 24, 2022

Hypnotizing

ANDD THESE FRAMES?? IT'S MESMERIZING💖💖#ONEPIECE1026 pic.twitter.com/VWhA6UWw5l
— may ☀️ ルフィ☀️ #ONEPIECEDAY ✨ (@luffysmayie) July 24, 2022

Every Scene Is the Best

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THAT ONE PIECE EPISODE!

I was expecting something special but this went way beyond what I expected. SO MANY GREAT MOMENTS AND SCENES! #ONEPIECE1026 pic.twitter.com/1BmkVrN1Kv
— King Recon (BLEACH, BERSERK AND HXH ARE BACK) (@YoshidaShoyou) July 24, 2022

Out of This World

Fucking. Phenomenal. Episode. I really don't know what to say. Ryota Nakamura's directorial skills are out of this world. The direction, the SB, art, composite, every aspect of this episode was nailed. Tu really wasn't lying about his earlier comment!#OnePiece #OnePiece1026 pic.twitter.com/5ov9srIM4s
— Cheezitos (@cheezit0s) July 24, 2022

At Its Absolute Best

Toei back again with another 11/10 banger. I feel like they didn’t even adapt the manga, I just love how much creative freedom Nakamura had with this episode while loosely keeping it in line with the source material. Now this is in-canon filler at its best. #ONEPIECE1026 pic.twitter.com/MmtrDpMeYO
— ⚡️ Soulstorm ⚡️ CR: ReZero (@Soul_StormOP) July 24, 2022

Just Look at It

HOLY FUCK TOEI THIS ANIMATION!!!!! pic.twitter.com/Xbb9LHAbeT
— dre 🫧 (@v2TokyoGhost) July 24, 2022

Something Special