| Season Number: | 16 Punk Hazard |
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| Num Episodes: | 50 |
| Network: | Fuji Television |
| Episode List: | List of One Piece episodes (seasons 15–present) |
The sixteenth season of the One Piece anime television series was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Hiroaki Miyamoto. The season began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television from January 6, 2013 to January 12, 2014. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirates. The first of twelve DVD compilations was released on January 8, 2014, with the last being released on June 4, 2014.
The story arc, called, adapts material from the end of the 66th volume to the end of the 70th volume of the manga by Eiichiro Oda. Having left Fishman Island, the Straw Hats recover a distress signal originating from Punk Hazard. There they discover Caesar Clown, an ex-Navy scientist, experimenting on children. Luffy and the prisoners team up to stop Caesar and his henchmen. An anime original story arc, called "Caesar Retrieval", takes place immediately after the Heart–Hat alliance's departure from Punk Hazard and deals with them rescuing Caesar from a mysterious person in order to take down Doflamingo and Kaido.
Two pieces of theme music are used for the season. The opening themes are performed by Hiroshi Kitadani, used up until episode 590,[1] and "Hands Up!" performed by for the rest of the season. When the season originally aired "Hands Up!" was not used by Funimation in its simulcast due to licensing issues with the record label. These licensing issues were later resolved and Funimation restored the song for its original release.__TOC__
| Volume | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16THシーズン パンクハザード編 | piece.01 | 579–582 | January 8, 2014 | ||
| piece.02 | 583–586 | January 8, 2014 | |||
| piece.03 | 587–589, 591 | February 5, 2014 | |||
| piece.04 | 592–595 | February 5, 2014 | |||
| piece.05 | 596–599 | March 5, 2014 | |||
| piece.06 | 600–603 | March 5, 2014 | |||
| piece.07 | 604–607 | April 2, 2014 | |||
| piece.08 | 608–611 | April 2, 2014 | |||
| piece.09 | 612–615 | May 14, 2014 | |||
| piece.10 | 616–619 | May 14, 2014 | |||
| piece.11 | 620–623 | June 4, 2014 | |||
| piece.12 | 624–628 | June 4, 2014 | |||
| ONE PIECE Log Collection | "PUNK HAZARD" | 574, 579–589, 591–594 | July 22, 2016 | ||
| "LABORATORY" | 595–611 | August 26, 2016 | |||
| "CAESAR CLOWN" | 612–628 | September 23, 2016 | |||
In North America, the season was recategorized as the majority of "Season Ten" for its DVD release by Funimation Entertainment. The Australian Season Ten sets were renamed Collection 48 through 51.
| Volume | Episodes | Release date | ISBN | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | UK & IE | AUS & NZ | ||||||
| Season Ten | ||||||||
| Voyage One | 575–587 | June 9, 2020 | N/A | October 5, 2022 | ISBN N/A | |||
| Voyage Two | 588–589, 591–600 | September 8, 2020 | N/A | October 5, 2022 | ISBN N/A | |||
| Voyage Three | 601–614 | November 10, 2020 | N/A | November 9, 2022 | ISBN N/A | |||
| Voyage Four | 615–628 | January 5, 2021 | N/A | November 9, 2022 | ISBN N/A | |||
| Collection | 24 | 564–587 | February 2, 2021 | November 29, 2021 | N/A | ISBN N/A | ||
| 25 | 588–589, 591–614 | May 11, 2021 | April 4, 2022 | N/A | ISBN N/A | |||
| 26 | 615–641 | June 15, 2021 | May 16, 2022 | N/A | ISBN N/A | |||