KEY POINTS

  • Queen’s Plague Rounds’ new variations are deadly
  • "One Piece" Episode 1006 is airing Sunday
  • The episode will be out on Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation and Netflix

Coming back after the holiday, Luffy and his allies will face the plague rounds from Queen in "One Piece" Episode 1006. The new episode is titled "The Power of Ice Oni! A New Version of the Plague Rounds!"

The official promo trailer of "One Piece" Episode 1006 reveals the show's focus will shift from the battle against Kaido to the heroes dealing with Queen and his formidable weapon.

The endless Plague Rounds are creating chaos on the Performance Floor. The deadly rounds are considered as Queen’s best weapon ever. Meanwhile, the warriors are turning into ice because of this new kind of round, which is called Ice Oni.

The anime series was on a one-week break and the official Twitter account informed fans about the delay on Dec. 27, 2021.

“Attention crew mates! The One Piece anime will be taking a break this weekend. We'll see you in the new year when Episode 1006 launches on January 8!” read the tweet confirming the hiatus.

Meanwhile, the showrunner aired a special "One Piece" episode titled "Barto’s Secret Room."

Episode 1004 of the anime focused on the battle between Kaido and the Akazaya members.

“While Luffy is hurrying to the rooftop and Yamato is trying to catch up to Momonosuke to protect him, the Akazaya members finally face off against Kaido. Hearing Kaido jeering at them for being weak, the samurai retainers attack him relentlessly, remembering the day Oden told them to master his sword skill,” the official synopsis of Episode 1004 read, according to Crunchyroll.

The cast of "One Piece" anime includes Mayumi Tanaka as Monkey D. Luffy, Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro, Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp, Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji, Kazuki Yao as Franky, Chikao Otsuka as Gol D. Roger, Hiroshi Iwasaki as Kurozumi Orochi, Hiroya Ishimaru as Oden Kozuki, Keiko Han as Toki Kozuki, Ai Orikasa as Momonosuke Kozuki, Shigeru Chiba as Buggy, Shuuichi Ikeda as Shanks, Gorou Naya as Crocus, Takahiro Fujimoto as Rakuyo, Ben Hiura as Zeff, Hideo Ishikawa as Fullbody and Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Whitebeard.

Fans can watch "One Piece" Episode 1006 online on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu and Netflix on Sunday. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles.

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