Long-lost One Piece-Dragon Ball Z crossover episode now available to stream

It's not every day that two anime icons unite for a crossover episode, but that's what went down in 2013 in the 590th episode of One Piece, titled "History's Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea." In this episode, aspiring king of the pirates Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece teams up with Goku from Dragon Ball, another one of the best known anime protagonists in history. Also a guy called Toriko is there. He's the star of a comparatively short-lived manga and anime series where he searches the world for rare foods. He didn't become a legend like Monkey and Goku did, but two out of three icons ain't bad.

The actual plot of the episode involves Goku, Monkey and Toriko attending a tournament where the winner gets a special kind of meat, but then evolves into a hunt for a monster fish; standard shōnen wackiness. The episode is in the news because it's finally available to stream on Netflix, whereas some fans thought it had been lost to time. "Episode #590 of #OnePIece, featuring Luffy, Goku, and Toriko is now available on @Netflix in North America and LATAM, streaming in English, Spanish, and Portuguese dubs for the first time - be sure to catch the adventure!" Toei Animation shared on Instagram.

Popular anime series often work in bulk. I already mentioned that this was the 590th episode of One Piece; that show started in 1999 and is still going today, although it's on an unprecedented hiatus until April of 2025, according to Games Radar. As of this moment, there have been over one thousand episodes of One Piece produced. Meanwhile, there have been six Dragon Ball TV series made since 1986; the newest one, Dragon Ball DAIMA, is running as we speak.

When you produce that many episodes of television over that long a period of time, a few are bound to get lost in the ether. But "History's Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea" aired on Toonami last year, and is now available to stream whenever fans like. History is preserved!

If you want to watch more of these series, did you not hear me when I said that One Piece has over one thousand episodes available? Have at it. See you in 2030. If you don't have that kind of time, Netflix is adapting One Piece into live-action, the first season (only eight episodes) is available to stream now with a second on the way.

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