Hurrah! The mystery of 'Alive Only' will be revealed within the coming year !
Last weekend at Jump Festa 2016 during the annual event "One Piece Super Stage", the One Piece's creator Eiichiro Oda and the rest of staff declared promising One Piece's fans that Sanji will return to the anime with an origin story in 2016. The voice actor "Hiroaki Hirata " will return to play Sanji character as well.
Oda says lots of fans ask him when Sanji is coming back. Please be assured. Next year, is the YEAR OF SANJI
— Greg (@ochimusha108) December 20, 2015
Despite being one of main characters in One Piece, Sanji disappeared in the manga for nearly two years.
Sanji disappeared since Chapter 730, which was published on December 9th, 2013 and he didnt appear until Chapter 795 on August 3th, 2015.