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One Piece Season 3 Coming in 2027: Here's Who Fans Want Cast as the Next Straw Hats
via Outlook Respawn
According to Outlook Respawn, Netflix's live-action One Piece adaptation is reportedly targeting a 2027 release window for its third season — giving the production plenty of runway to tackle one of the manga's most beloved story arcs.
Why Season 3 Is a Massive Casting Event
Seasons 1 and 2 have steadily built out the core Straw Hat crew, but Eiichiro Oda's source material introduces a wave of iconic new characters as the Grand Line adventure deepens. Depending on how the writers structure the arcs, Season 3 could bring in fan favorites like Nico Robin, Franky, and Brook — characters with enormous followings who have never been portrayed in live-action before. Each new addition carries serious weight: One Piece fans are famously passionate, and the casting bar is sky-high after the show's well-received first season. The 2027 timeline also suggests Netflix is giving the production room to get it right, which only raises the stakes for who ends up in those roles.
What myCast Fans Are Already Predicting
The myCast community has been dreaming up One Piece live-action picks across multiple fan-cast stories, and the data reveals some genuinely compelling choices worth paying attention to.
The most-voted story is One Piece, which has racked up 26 total votes across 18 roles. The standout result there is Lewis Tan as Roronoa Zoro, pulling in a commanding 10 votes — by far the single highest vote total across all One Piece stories on the platform. Tan's martial arts background and screen presence make him an easy fan favorite for the swordsman role, even though Mackenyu has already claimed Zoro in the actual Netflix series. That enthusiasm speaks to how invested fans are in getting the swordsmanship right. For Sanji, Eduard Badaluta leads that same story with 4 votes, while Justice Smith tops the Usopp picks with 3 votes — a choice that would bring serious dramatic chops to the long-nosed sharpshooter. LaKeith Stanfield earning 3 votes for Brook is one of the more creative suggestions on the platform, and honestly, the idea of Stanfield's offbeat energy powering the skeleton musician is hard to dismiss.
The One Piece villain-focused story is where things get particularly interesting for Season 3 speculation. With arcs like Whole Cake Island and Wano potentially on the horizon, the big-name antagonists become critical casting decisions. Fans have floated Javier Bardem for Gol D. Roger, Peter Stormare for Edward Newgate (Whitebeard), and Jason Scott Lee for Kaidou — a slate of picks that leans into imposing, weathered screen veterans, which feels exactly right for those characters. Over on the broader One Piece story with 73 roles catalogued, fans have been busy sketching out the full crew picture, with picks for Luffy, Nami, Usopp, and multiple competing visions for Sanji including Christopher Briney and Taz Skylar.
The Road to 2027
The 2027 window is both exciting and sobering — it's a long wait, but One Piece's visual scope arguably demands it. The arcs that likely fall within Season 3's territory are among the most elaborate in the entire manga, featuring sprawling casts, elaborate set pieces, and emotionally complex new crew members. Nico Robin in particular is a character whose live-action casting could define the season; she's nuanced, mysterious, and demands an actor who can do a lot with restraint. Whoever lands that role will face enormous scrutiny from a fanbase that has been imagining her in live-action for years.
The gap between what fans are voting for and who actually gets cast is always part of the fun — and with 2027 still far off, there's plenty of time for the conversation to evolve.
Cast Your Vote on myCast
Who do you want to see join the Straw Hat crew in Season 3? Head over to the One Piece fan cast on myCast to vote for your picks — or build your own dream roster from scratch.
