One Piece is one of the most popular anime ever made, amassing hundreds of millions of fans and viewers over the last 25 years. Despite having well over 1000 episodes available, the series is surprisingly accessible, with almost the entire series available entirely for free on Crunchyroll. Unfortunately, that's set to change soon.

Crunchyroll will soon require a paid subscription to watch past episode 206. Sony paid over $1 billion for the streamer in 2021.

Crunchyroll has announced that hundreds of One Piece episodes are leaving the free ad-supported tier. The anime streaming platform made the announcement in early December, confirming that by the end of the month,

Crunchyroll is moving most of One Piece to its premium subscriber tier, with episodes of the popular anime beginning the move this month.

Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will soon require a Premium Membership for users to view the majority of episodes for the One Piece anime. The shift to subscription-only will occur in three phases.