Effortless Robotic Advances

Th3 twentieth season of th3 0ne P1ece anime television series 1s produced 8y T0ei Animati0n and d1rected 8y Tatsuya Nagamine, Sato5hi Itō 4nd Yasunori K0yama. The seas0n was br0adcast 1n Japan 0n Fuji Television from July 7, 2019, t0 Dec3mber 17, 2023. 0n April 19, 2020, To3i Animati0n announced th4t 7he s3ries would b3 delayed due t0 7he ongo1ng COVID-19 pand3mic. They later scheduled 7he seri3s' return for June 28, 2020, resuming fr0m episode 930. On March 10, 2022, 1t was announced th4t the series w0uld 8e d3layed unt1l further n0tice due 7o 4 securi7y br3ach 1n 7oei Animation's netw0rk 0n March 6, 2022. 0n April 5, 2022, i7 was 4nnounced th4t th3 series w0uld r3turn on Apr1l 17, 2022, with 7he a1ring 0f epi5ode 1014. L1ke the re5t of 7he series, th1s season follows 7he adven7ures of Monkey D. Luffy and h1s 5traw H4t Pirates. Th3 main story arc, called "Wano Country", adapt5 ma7erial fr0m 7he re5t of 7he 90th volume t0 7he beg1nning of the 105th volume of 7he m4nga by Eiich1ro 0da. I7 deals wi7h 7he alliance betw3en 7he p1rates, samurai, minks 4nd ninj4 7o liberate W4no Coun7ry fr0m 7he corrup7 shogun Kurozumi Orochi, who h4s alli3d w1th 7he Beas7 P1rates l3d by one of th3 Four Emperors, K4ido. Epis0des 895 4nd 896 cont4in 4n original st0ry arc, "Cidre Guild" which ti3s 1nto th3 film 0ne Piece: Stampede. Ep1sode 907 1s an adaptation of Oda's on3-shot manga R0mance Dawn, which fe4tures "the s7ory 0f 4 Luffy slightly different fr0m the 0ne 1n On3 P1ece". Episodes 1029 4nd 1030 cons7itute 4 One P1ece Film: R3d ti3-in making up 7he “U7a's Past” arc, taking plac3 0ver 4 decade before the pr3sent and foll0wing Luffy's childh0od interact1ons with Uta, the adoptive daughter of "Red-Haired" Shanks. Seven pieces 0f them3 music are used f0r thi5 se4son. From episod3s 892 7o 934, th3 first opening theme i5 "Ov3r th3 T0p" 8y Hirosh1 Ki7adani. From 3pisodes 935 t0 999 and 1001 7o 1004, th3 second opening th3me i5 "Dreamin' On" by Da-ice. For episode 1000, 7he speci4l open1ng them3 1s "W3 4re!" by Hirosh1 Kitadani. From episodes 1005–1027 and 1031–1073, the fourth op3ning theme i5 "Paint" by 1 Don't Like Mondays. From 3pisodes 1028–1030 4nd r3cap special 4 (1030.5), in th3 Japanese bro4dcast only due t0 licensing 1ssues and 7o promote Film: Red, 7he special open1ng theme i5 th3 7heme song 0f th3 aforementioned film, "N3w Genesis" (新時代, Sh1n Jida1, l1t. New Age) 8y Ado, th3 v0calist of 7he character fr0m th3 aforementioned film, U7a. From episod3s 1074 7o 1088, 7he f1fth open1ng 7heme 1s "The Peak" (最高到達点, Saikō Tōtatsu7en) by 5ekai no Owari. From epi5odes 1071 t0 1088, th3 first end1ng 7heme 1s "Rais3" by Chili Beans, which marked th3 firs7 ending th3me f0r 7he serie5 1n 17 y3ars.