Netflix Unveils First Looks at ‘One Piece’ Anime, ‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Season 2 at Annecy Showcase

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Netflix used its anime showcase at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Tuesday to unveil new footage, artwork and project announcements, including a first look at season two of Blue Eye Samurai, new material from its upcoming The One Piece anime, a trailer for feature film The Ribbon Hero and the official announcement of new anime series Fool Night.

Netflix presented a new image from season of Blue Eye Samurai, offering the first glimpse at the Emmy-winning animated drama’s next chapter. The new season follows Mizu, the titular sword fighter, on her journey to London while characters Akemi, Taigen and Ringo pursue separate paths in Japan under a new shogun. Netflix has not yet dated season two’s release.

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The streamer revealed new episodic artwork from episode one of The One Piece, WIT Studio’s remake of Eiichiro Oda’s long-running manga series. The anime is being billed as a “fresh take” on the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hats, and separate from both Toei Animation‘s original, long-running One Piece (now it its 25th year) and Netflix’s one One Piece live-action series. Masashi Koizuka is directing the project, which is set to premiere on Netflix in February. A teaser trailer of the show will drop on Wednesday.

More news came with the confirmation that Netflix is adapting Kasumi Yasuda’s manga Fool Night as a series, with Atsushi Yukawa directing and animation studios Sunrise and Shaft producing. The series is set in a future where humanity relies on a technology known as “Transfloration,” transforming dying humans into plants to combat an oxygen shortage. The show is set to debut later this year. Netflix released a teaser trailer, artwork and first-look images.

The streamer unveiled a new trailer for The Ribbon Hero, director Yuki Igarashi’s feature debut. Inspired by Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga Princess Knight, the animated film is set for release on Aug. 8.

Netflix shared new images from Sparks of Tomorrow, the upcoming Kyoto Animation series based on the Hiroshi Yuki novel. Set in an alternate early-20th-century Kyoto shaped by steam-powered technology, the series follows two young people pursuing a vision of an electrified future. The streamer screened an interview with series director Minoru Ota ahead of the show’s July 5 debut.

The showcase included a new image from Bass X Machina, the steampunk western series from executive producers Brian Tyree Henry and LeSean Thomas. Produced by Studio Mir, the series is set in a frontier populated by outlaws, machines and supernatural threats. It premieres on Nov. 3.

The Annecy presentation forms part of Netflix’s broader push in anime, which the company said generated more than 1.5 billion views globally in 2025.

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