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There are very few stories in the entertainment industry that have stretched out as long as Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, which started way back in 1997. The series has been going on for almost 30 years with the anime starting in 1999. However, even after going on for so long, it looks like the story will be dragged for a few more years before it reaches the finish line.

While fans are happy to get a continuous dose of One Piece, dragging the series for almost 30 years might not have worked so well for the creators. In fact, there are a few of them who have sadly passed away before even finding out the conclusion of the series. Most of these are voice actors who have offered their voices for the characters from One Piece.

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece | Credit: Toei Animation

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2025 marks 10 years since the passing GeGeGe no Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki. And in honor to celebrate Mizuki's continued influence, a series of new projects will kick off this year. Fans in Japan can enjoy rebroadcasts of classic Kitaro episodes, followed by the return of the stage show this summer. Fuji TV and other stations will first broadcast GeGeGe no Kitaro: My Favorite GeGeGe Generation starting April 6. The weekly feature will welcome the many voice actors who have played Kitaro over the decades, each choosing their own favorite episodes to discuss: GeGeGe no Kitaro voice actresses The lineup includes: Masako Nozawa (Series 1-2) Keiko Toda (Series 3) Yoko Matsuoka (Series 4) Minami Takayama (Series 5) Miyuki Sawashiro (Series 6) Toko Yatabe, the character designer for the film The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe has drawn a new illustration for the upcoming feature, showing Mizuki's studio and Kitaro as he has appeared across the many seasons.

A Sherlock Holmes-inspired anime, directed in part by Hayao Miyazaki prior to the formation of Studio Ghibli, is heading to major streaming platform Hulu. The 40-year-old steampunk-esque series was initially released in 1984 and reimagines the main characters of classic Sherlock Holmes stories as anthropomorphic dogs.

Per Hulu, the iconic Sherlock Hound will be coming to the streaming platform in dubbed form on Dec. 1, 2024. The Italian-Japanese anime series was produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha in conjunction with Radiotelevisione italiana, reimagining Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective, Sherlock Holmes, and other characters as anthropomorphic animals, primarily dogs. Its main protagonist, Sherlock, works to solve various mysteries in Victorian-era London, with Watson, Professor Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade and other familiar characters also making familiar appearances.

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Sonic the Hedgehog is currently celebrating a great 23rd year of existence, with a recent gaming remake coming out right in time for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to hit theaters. Sadly, this comes as the speedy rodent's animated ventures are leaving one of the biggest streaming platforms.

The anime Sonic X and the later series Sonic Boom are currently streaming on Netflix, but that's about to change. Via What's On Netflix, by the end of December, both of them will be off the streaming service. Thankfully, fans of Sonic's anime series can still watch it elsewhere.

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A legendary shonen sports anime centered around boxing is finally coming to Crunchyroll, allowing audiences to stream the series in full for the first time in U.S. history.

The arrival of Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe) on Crunchyroll's streaming platform marks the first time that all 79 episodes will be available to stream legally in America. The first season, comprising 79 episodes, made its way onto the site earlier this week, while the 47-episode second season is set to debut on Crunchyroll on Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. Pt. Subtitles are available in English, Latin American Spanish and Portuguese. Tms Entertainment teased the release earlier this month, dropping the first three episodes on YouTube for free.

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Despite their fervor for the show and its many pirates, many casual One Piece fans may be unaware that many of the beloved characters are based on real-life pirates or other nautical figures, such as X Drake and Basil Hawkins. Fans who have gone in-depth on the series and looked into details carefully, however, probably have an idea, with Blackbeard being the most obvious example of a character based on a real person.

Creator Eiichiro Oda has based many of his characters on real-life figures, not all of which are pirates. Oda has used his skills brilliantly to bring the legends of these characters into One Piece. Many historical pirates and explorers have served as inspirations for Oda's wide cast of pirate characters, though the extent to which they served as inspiration varies from simply copying a name to mimicking the personality and actions of various real-life people.

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Stars: Yû Aoi, Jessica Boone, Ayano Fukuda, Arata Furuta, Adam Gibbs, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, David Matranga, Haruma Miura, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Rob Mungle, Emily Neves, Shun Oguri, Chikao Ohtsuka, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyuki Sawashiro | Written by Harutoshi Fukui, Kiyoto Takeuchi | Directed by Shinji Aramaki

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Space Pirates, guys! Come on, what more do I have to say? This review basically writes itself. Pirates. In space. If that’s what you want, this is the film for you. You want dramatic space battles, rather crazy non-stop action and the intense...

Look out for the ship … with the giant ramming skull! I’ve never actually heard of “Space Pirate Captain Harlock”, but then again, I’ve never heard of a lot of things. It looks pretty cool, though. So what is Space Pirate Captain Harlock, anyway? We’re told that it’s about the titular Captain Harlock, who “rebels against Earth’s inept government and fights for humanity with his crew of 40 aboard the invincible space battleship Arcadia”. Apparently it started life as a Japanese manga in the late ’70s, became an animated TV series about the same time, and even inspired some big-screen movies. The trailer that you see below is for a new “Captain Harlock” CG movie directed by Shinji Aramaki and written by Harutoshi Fukui. Starring Yuu Aoi, Arata Furuta, Ayano Fukuda, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, and Chikao Ohtsuka, “Space Pirate Captain Harlock” is...