When it comes to special episodes it’s always best to think that they won’t be simulcast until we’re told that they are so and as to whether they’ll get a home video release. We got the welcome news recently that FUNimation is bringing out the 2015 special One Piece: Episode of Sabo as a combo DVD/BD release on March 19th, 2019. Priced at $34.98, it has the 107-minute special/movie in both Japanese and English. It’s not listing any extras yet but we do have the dubbed trailer now available!
The work has had its theme song artist revealed recently with Goodbye holiday slated to perform their new song Liberator for it and you get a good taste of it throughout each of the spots.
The special is going to capitalize on the return of Sabo to the series recently in the Dressrosa arc. While details are still a bit slim overall, the official channel has previously revealed the key visual for the work and confirmed that it will be called Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers’ Bond – The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will, which keeps it in line with the previous specials of this nature.
Details are naturally nearly non-existent at this point, but it’s coming from the same production team. One Piece has done a few specials before, with Merry getting on and Nami as well as a few others.
Plot Concept: Visiting Dressrosa under orders of the Revolutionary Army, Sabo’s top-secret mission derails when Doflamingo announces the grand prize for battling in the Colosseum. The tragedy at Marineford still weighing on his mind, Sabo reunites with his little brother to protect the promises they made with Ace. Now, they’ll fight in disguise for the Colosseum’s ultimate prize: Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit.
