Which Filler Episodes Interrupt The One Piece Arcs In Order?

I’ll be blunt and chatty: if you care mainly about the manga plot, there are certain chunks of the 'One Piece' anime that you can consistently skip because they’re anime-original. The show throws in two kinds of fillers — short one-offs that interrupt a canon arc, and whole filler arcs that sit between two canon arcs. I’ll list the more notable ones in the order they appear on the broadcast timeline so you get a clear picture.

The first real filler arc you’ll hit is the Warship Island block in the mid-50s; it’s a self-contained adventure placed after Loguetown. Later, after the Alabasta arc, the anime runs several short, standalone episodes (a handful of mid-130s episodes and nearby numbers) that aren’t in the manga — they’re light and episodic. After the sky-island material, the G-8 arc shows up as a longer, episodic filler sequence that many folks praise because of its fun premise despite being non-canon. Shortly after that come Ocean’s Dream and the short Foxy return episodes — both are small detours during the Water 7/Enies Lobby-era broadcast.

Farther down the road you’ll encounter other filler blocks: an ice-themed mini-arc, a spa/resort mini-arc, and a few short arcs created to tie in with movies or merch. There’s also the compact four-episode promotional arc that reroutes the crew briefly before a film tie-in. My practical tip: if you want an uninterrupted manga experience, skip entire numbered blocks that are widely labeled filler; if you enjoy side stories and laughs, sample a few — G-8 in particular is worth a look in my book.

Alright — let me walk you through this like we’re geeking out over a rewatch. I broke things down by where the filler blocks appear in the broadcast order and which canon arc they slip into or sit between, so you can spot them while bingeing 'One Piece'. I’ll highlight the bigger, commonly-cited filler arcs and the clusters of short anime-original episodes that tend to interrupt canon pacinG.

Early on, the first sizable filler arc is the Warship Island arc (around episodes in the mid-50s). It shows up after the Loguetown material and before the crew properly moves on to the next big stretches. Later, after the Alabasta Saga there are several short, anime-original episodes clustered together — think of them as little detours before the next major arc. These mini-fillers usually cover local island adventures and one-off mysteries the manga never touched.

A fan-favorite filler arc is the G-8 arc (late 190s–early 200s), which sneaks in right after a big sky-island storyline; it’s actually a tight, well-made filler that many fans enjoy despite being non-canon. Not long after you’ll hit the Ocean’s Dream episodes and the short Foxy return episodes — these come sandwiched within the larger Water 7/Enies Lobby flow in the anime’s airing order. Into the later half of the series there are other anime-original arcs and multi-episode fillers (a spa resort detour, a winter/Ice hunter mini-arc, and a short promotional arc tied to a film) that pop up between big canon beats.

If you’re trying to skip filler: look for known filler blocks (the Warship Island block, the post-Alabasta cluster, G-8, Ocean’s Dream/Foxy bits, the ice/spa arcs, and the short film-related arcs) and jump from the last canon episode before each block to the next canon episode after it. Personally, I still watch a handful of those because some fillers have great gags or side-character moments, but I skip the ones that slow down the story I’m most invested in — works for me every time.

Let me give you a compact walkthrough in order, from my rewatch shorthand: the mid-series filler blocks start with the Warship Island episodes (a mid-50s block), then a cluster of short, non-manga episodes right after Alabasta (small detours in the 130s–140s range), then the much-loved G-8 arc after the sky-island saga (late 190s–early 200s). After that you get Ocean’s Dream and the two-episode Foxy return that interrupt the Water 7/Enies Lobby broadcast, and later on there are other mini-arcs — an ice-hunter sequence, a spa/resort set of episodes, and a short film-related promotional arc (the four-episode little island story). These are the filler stretches that most people notice as interruptions to the main manga arcs.

I usually skip the ones that feel padded and keep the ones with good jokes or character focus. G-8, for instance, is a guilty pleasure for me, while the episodic fillers after big battles feel more skippable. End note: if you love seeing the Straw Hats in silly side adventures, peek at a few; if you’re only here for the core story, hopping over those numbered blocks saves loads of time. Cheers — happy sailing!