Toei Animation Europe recently announced that the One Piece anime will be coming to Africa.

StarTimes, a major Pay-TV operator in Sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired the TV rights for the first batch of One Piece anime episodes. The episodes consist of the first 195 One Piece episodes from One Piece episode 1 “I’m Luffy! The Man Who’s Gonna Be King Of The Pirates!” to One Piece episode 195 “Off to the Blue Sea! A Heartfelt Finale.” This includes the East Blue saga, Baroque Works saga and the Jaya/ Skypiea saga.

StarTimes will air the French dub of the One Piece anime in several African territories, including Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Madagascar and Rwanda. The first episode of the anime will premiere on July 1, 2016 at 17:00 C.A.T (Central Africa Time).

The French version of One Piece Film: Gold has also been recently confirmed for a theatrical release in France. The preview screenings of the movie are scheduled for July 30, 2016 and it will get a proper theatrical release with the French dub, as well as a subbed release, in both 2D and 3D later in fall.

Please support One Piece by supporting its official releases. One Piece episodes are simulcast in a number of countries including South Africa, and is currently available on the official websites for Crunchyroll, FUNimation, and One Piece Official. The anime fans can start by purchasing the big box sets that were recently released by FUNimation, containing episodes 1-299. Following that, fans can purchase the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th installments of the One Piece collection sets. Last but not least, the remaining One Piece episodes, including episodes 397-491, are available on the voyage sets. If you are a manga fan, VIZ Manga is now selling two box sets: One Piece Box Set: East Blue and Baroque Works (volumes 1-23) and One Piece Box Set 2: Skypiea and Water Seven (volumes 24-46) on Amazon at a great price. The newly announced One Piece Box Set 3: Thriller Bark to New World (volumes 47-70) will be available for purchase from October 4.

SOURCE: Toei Animation Europe, StarTimes