"One Piece" episode 780 will be released on March 19, Sunday. The episode is titled "A Hungry Front! Luffy and the Navy Rookies!"
The Straw Hat Pirates will be met with an original filler arc, the Silver Mine Arc, in "A Hungry Front! Luffy and the Navy Rookies!" The story of the arc will revolve around the journey of Luffy and his crew as they travel to rescue Sanji, according to Weekly Shōnen Jump, as cited by Comic Book.
Luffy's appetite is really insatiable. This is not good for the Straw Hat Pirates.
Luffy and his crew will run out of food during their journey in "A Hungry Front! Luffy and the Navy Rookies!" To deal with this, he and his team will sneak into a Marine base to steal supplies. However, three new Marines from the crew of Aokiji will stop.
In "One Piece" episode 779 titled "Kaido Returns- An Imminent Threat to the Worst Generation," Luffy poorly cut the ingredients while preparing a meal. Tony Tony Chopper was tending to the injuries of Pekoms when Pedro revealed the news about the Revolutionary Army's base.
"Kaido Returns- An Imminent Threat to the Worst Generation" featured Chopper's reaction right after hearing about Sabo's relationship to Luffy. Also, Carrot and Bariete had a conversation before Carrot left Zou.
Also seen in "Kaido Returns- An Imminent Threat to the Worst Generation" were Brook, Carrot, Nami, Marshall D. Teach, Zunisha, Inuarashi, Wanda, Jack, Kaido, Trafalgar D. Water Law and Eustass Kid. Sanji, Kokoro, Jesus Burgess and Gatz were featured in a flashback in the episode that was released on March 5.
Fans of the manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda expected "One Piece" episode 780 to be released on March 12. However, it was delayed for another week because of Nagoya Women's Marathon 2017, which has 3,000 participants, according to the official website of the race.
"A Hungry Front! Luffy and the Navy Rookies!" was written by Hirohiko Uesaka. Satoshi Itō did the storyboard and served as the episode director with Kenji Yokoyama as the animation director.
Check Oda's drawing skills here: