Earlier this week, Netflix teased the second season of One Piece, it's live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's historically successful pirate manga. This new season will introduce a bunch of popular characters. That includes Tony Tony Chopper, a talking reindeer who joins the Straw Hat pirates as the ship doctor.
Now, at their Tudum event, Netflix finally pulled the curtain on this character. Watch below:
Tony Tony Chopper is played by Mikaela Hoover, and by "played," I mean she's voice the character and provide facial capture. Hoover has a pretty long resume in TV and film, but the credit I remember her most for — and the one most relevant to her new role — is as Floor the Rabbit in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. If you've forgotten that movie, allow me to re-traumatize you: Floor was a genetically augmented Rabbit who became friends with Rocket Raccoon while they and other modified animals were being kept in captivity. Her story is ultimately tragic, but Mikaela Hoover crushed the role, and I have no doubt she'll do a good job as Tony Tony Chopper.
The second season of One Piece will feature the returns of cast members Iñaki Godoy (Monkey D. Luffy), Mackenyu (Zoro), Emily Rudd (Nami), Jacob Romero (Usopp), Taz Skylar (Sanji), Ilia Isorelys Paulino (Alvida), Jeff Ward (Buggy), and Michael Dorman (Gold Roger). There are also several new cast members joining the show for season 2, including:
- Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday
- Joe Manganiello as Mr. 0
- Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha
- Lera Abova as Miss All Sunday
- Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk
- Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek
- Yonda Thomas as Igaram
- Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra
- Brendan Sean Murray as Brogy
- Callum Kerr as Smoker
- Camrus Johnson as Mr. 5
- Clive Russell as Crocus
- Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9
- David Dastmalchian as Mr. 3
- Jazzara Jaslyn as Miss Valentine
- Julia Rehwald as Tashigi
- Rob Colletti as Wapol
- Ty Keogh as Dalton
- Werner Coetser as Dorry
- Rigo Sanchez as Dragon
- James Hiroyuki Liao as Ipponmatsu
- Mark Penwill as Chess
- Anton Jeftha as K.M.
One PIece season 2 won't come out until 2026
The other new piece of information we got from this tease is that One Piece season 2 isn't due to drop until 2026. Previously, Netflix dropped a teaser for 2025 that omitted One Piece, so we had a feeling this was going to be the case. But now we have official confirmation it won't drop until sometime in 2026. Might as well get comfortable while we wait for the Straw Hats' eventual return, perhaps by watching one of Netflix's other upcoming shows that's out sooner like Squid Game season 3. Whenever One Piece does premiere next year, we'll get to see more of Mikaela Hoover as Tony Tony Chopper.
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