One Piece and Digimon Beatbreak Head to New York Comic Con 2025

Toei Animation is bringing two big panels to New York Comic Con this year. On October 10 at 12:45 p.m., the company will host a One Piece panel featuring series producer Ryūta Koike and director Wataru Matsumi, joined by English dub cast members Ian Sinclair, who voices Brook, and Madeleine Morris, who plays Lilith. Two days later, on October 12 at 12:30 p.m., Toei will host a panel for the new Digimon Beatbreak anime with producer Hiroyuki Sakurada and voice actress Megumi Han, who voices Gekkomon in the series. Han will also hold autograph sessions at the convention. New York Comic Con runs October 9 through 12 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

Digimon Beatbreak is the newest entry in the Digimon franchise and premieres on Fuji TV and other channels on October 5. The series centers on Tomoro Tenma, played by Miyu Irino, who lives in a world where human thoughts and emotions generate a form of energy called e-Pulse, used to power an AI device called Sapotama. When terrifying monsters begin appearing alongside the rise of Digimon who feed on e-Pulse, Tomoro’s life changes after a sudden encounter with Gekkomon. He joins a bounty hunting team called Glowing Dawn alongside Kyo Sawashiro and others.

Hiroaki Miyamoto, whose credits include One Piece episodes 352 through 679, One Piece Film Gold, and Star Twinkle Precure, is directing the anime at Toei Animation. Ryota Yamaguchi, known for Sailor Moon Stars, Medabots, and Dokidoki! Precure, handles series composition. Takahiro Kojima designed the characters, with Kenji Watanabe credited for Digimon design. Arisa Okehazama is composing the music.

The One Piece anime has been running since 1999. The Egghead arc began in January 2024, with Part 2 premiering on April 5 as episode 1,123. The arc paused in October 2024, and in its place a 21-episode abridged revisit of the Fish-Man Island arc aired with improved artwork and new scenes.

My take: Getting the actual production team at a convention panel is always a treat for fans, and having both One Piece and Digimon Beatbreak represented at the same NYCC is a nice moment for Toei. The Beatbreak premise sounds genuinely inventive and it will be interesting to see how the series develops.