With One Piece Season 2 still leagues away from its 2026 premiere, there’s plenty of time to kill before returning to the high-seas. And after the recent announcement that Season 3 is already in production, fans (like me) are chomping at the bit to see our beloved Straw Hat Pirates again. But since there’s nothing we can do but wait, here are 5 shows like Netflix’s live-action One Piece that you should watch!
1. Our Flag Means Death
Why You Should Watch It: Our Flag Means Death is about big dreams with a dash of foolishness but a lot of heart. And the main characters transformations are grounded in how they change each other for the better while also being authentically themselves.
Similar themes: rag-tag group comes together, adventures on the sea, found family
Our Flag Means Death is available to stream on HBO Max.
2. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Why You Should Watch It: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is a show about loss, a big mystery, and picking yourself up over and over again. It’s also beautifully crafted with an art and costume department that has a distinct vision in the same vein of that One Piece does.
Similar themes: Big ol’ mystery, sticking together no matter what, adults being the worst
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is available to stream on Netflix.
3. Shadow and Bone
Why You Should Watch It: Shadow and Bone does lean a little more YA and fantasy, but that works if you like One Piece. This show is about good and evil being complicated. But there’s also a rag-tag group of individuals, the Crows, who really give a Straw Hats vibe but just a little bit more black and deadly.
Similar themes: rag-tag group on a mission, found family, messy pasts
Shadow and Bone is available to stream on Netflix.
4. Good Omens
Why You Should Watch It: Good Omens should be watched solely for the chemistry between David Tennant and Michael Sheen. But if you need a little bit more of a push it’s about choice. When things turn into a mess and you’ve got the world crumbling around you, who do you choose? What you’re used to or the ones who have had your back?
Similar themes: buddy comedy, impeccable style, fantasy
Good Omens is available to stream on Prime Video.
5. Firefly
Why You Should Watch It: Firefly is the epitome of different kinds of people coming together and, despite the odds, making it work. They live together, don’t always get along, but they look out for each other in a way that no one else does. And they might not say it all the time, but they’re family first, crew second.
Similar themes: sailing the high seas but just in space, found family, all characters have a troubled past
Firefly is available to stream on Hulu.
