One Piece Anime Movies Sail Onto Netflix

 Two classic One Piece movies join Netflix's streaming library in the build-up to the premiere of the streaming giant's live-action remake.

Netflix announced that the eighth and ninth One Piece animated movies, Episode of Arabasta and  Episode of Chopper: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura, are coming to its streaming service.

The classic anime movies were both briefly featured in Netflix's monthly round-up of new titles and will both be added to the company's streaming library sometime in February. Netflix's first new addition, Episode of Arabasta, is a 2007 compilation movie that offers an abridged version of the Arabasta arc. The full, televised version of the arc is already available for streaming on the platform. The second movie, Episode of Chopper, was originally released in 2008 and is a remake of the Drum Island Arc. The theatrical version of the story adds in several addition characters who weren't originally part of the arc, including Nico Robin and Franky.

Netflix is likely building up its library of One Piece titles in the build-up to the premiere of its upcoming live-action remake of the series. While other One Piece titles have appeared on Netflix in the past, in the United States, currently only the first four arcs, which comprise roughly the first 100 episodes of the series, are available on the service. The series premiered its 1000th episode last November.

The live-action One Piece was originally announced in 2017. The series is being produced by Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, the production company behind the short-lived Cowboy Bebop live-action series. The series announced its cast late last year, which stars Go, Youth! and Who Killed Sara?'s Iñaki Godoy as the series' stretchy protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy. Series creator Eiichiro Oda is working on the remake as an executive producer.