With the third season of One Piece wrapping up with production, we have been given some information regarding the characters involved in the third season. One of the actors, Xolo Maridueña (Sakamoto Days, Practical Magic 2) who plays Ace has given his thoughts on the role.
For those who don’t know, One Piece is a series that follows a pirate named Monkey D. Luffy, who’s goal in life is to be the King of the Pirates. Luffy throughout the course of his journey has met people that would join his crew and they they also have dreams and goals of their own. During the second season, Luffy and his crew met Princess Vivi who’s on a mission to return to her home in Alabasta that is under siege by a man who calls himself Mr. Zero. For the third season, we will get to see the conflict to pass in Alabasta and with this conflict we will see new characters some being friends, while others will be enemies. Maridueña’s character Ace will show up in this season and for fans of the manga and anime they will know what role Ace will play.
The cast consists of Iñaki Godoy (Don’t Open the Door, MexZombies), Emily Rudd (Delicious in Dungeon, Hunters), Mackenyu (Chihayafuru: Full Circle, The 19th Medical Chart), Jacob Romero (Water Angel, Rap Sh!t), Taz Skylar (Monitor, Two Neighbors), Charithra Chandran (Christmas Karma, The Death and Life of River Song), Lera Abova (Selling Sex, Honey Don’t!), Mikaela Hoover (Beef, Dead Giveaway), Joe Manganiello (Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost History of America, Big City Greens), Maridueña, Cole Escola (Family Guy, The Simpsons), and Awdo Awdo (One Piece, Under Siege).
The third season will drop in 2027. In the meantime, you can watch the previous two seasons on Netflix in order to get caught up for the main event.