It looks like fans will have to wait another week to get a glimpse of "One Piece" episode 729 entitled, "Flame Dragon King! Protect Luffy's Life!" Instead, fans can watch the latest episode here.
Viewing access may depend on the viewer's territory and licensing limitation. Fans can also watch online here or here.
The upcoming episode's director and storyboard creator is, Tetsuya Endō, animation director is Shūichi Itō and screenplay is by Hirohiko Uesaka, revealed One Piece Podcast.
Below is "One Piece" Episode 729's series premise, reported Fandompost.
"Monkey. D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or anything stand in the way of his quest to become the king of all pirates. With a course charted for the treacherous waters of the Grand Line and beyond, this is one captain who'll never give up until he's claimed the greatest treasure on Earth: the Legendary One Piece!"
Meanwhile, reports have been circulating of Episode 729's delay, due to North Korea's rocket launch.
A "One Piece" fan and Reddit user started a conversation online and said that the episode may be aired in full the following week.
"Normal procedure is to delay it to the next scheduled slot (as timeslots are hard to come by on Japanese TV)," wrote Musician Sakata_Kintoki. "729 will most likely be aired in full next week (it was in the middle of the episode when they cut off the broadcast in Japan).They went back to the normal broadcast schedule at 10 AM (One Piece airs at 9:30 AM) so Japan has no f*cks to give."
"One Piece" fans voiced their frustrations on Reddit.
"Alright, so up until now, I thought of Kim Jong Un as just some nut job in a far away country that had nothing to do with my day to day life but shooting off rockets and delaying 'One Piece?!?'" wrote Reddit user, mathyu1010. "This fucker needs to have some fire and brimstone rained down on his sorry ass!! Un-f**king-forgivable!!!"
Other fans chose to not be too upset about the episode's delay.
"I've mulled over the idea of not one but two episodes next week and it seems really nice," shared gjmptwaen.
The United States and other nations have condemned North Korea's successful satellite launch in space today. Japan and South Korea viewed this event as a "front for a ballistic missile test," reported CNN.
