For those who still haven’t gotten a chance to listen to this week’s podcast episode, now would be the best time:

Josh Kocurek, FUNimation’s brand manager, announced on our show that the seventh season of One Piece will be releasing Summer 2015. One Piece Season 7 will consist of dubbed and subtitled episodes 385-456, which will be divided over the span of six voyage installments. This season will cover the events of Sabaody, Amazon Lily and Impel Down. Among others, Ray Hurd is expected to reprise his role as Admiral Kizaru (Borsalino) from his appearance in One Piece film Z. In addition, Mike McFarland has recently confirmed that the English voice actor for Trafalgar Law has been casted. The cast announcements will be officially rolled out once the release dates for the Season 7 installments have been solidified.

Aside from season 7, Josh brought up an open discussion about the potential of a Broadcast Dub for the One Piece anime. As of right now, the subject in question is still in the early discussion stage. Josh expressed that he is looking forward to the feedback from the fans to gauge interest. So, if you have something to say regarding the matter and want your opinion to be heard, then please tweet by using the hashtag #OPBroadcast with your feedback about the Broadcast Dub for One Piece. For more information about what would be involved in a broadcast dub, please listen to the episode!

Lastly, the final voyage for season 6 and One Piece: Collection 12 will be arriving April 7 and 21, respectively. And if you are a fairly new One Piece fan or haven’t starting buying the DVD sets yet, the Collection Treasure Chests are the way to go.

LINK: Season 7 announcement (Piece by Piece with Josh Kocurek – 1:18:13+)