MrBeast recently changed his profile picture to a picture of the character Luffy from the anime One Piece. This apparently did not sit well with One Piece fans, who were quick to call out the media personality. Now, MrBeast has responded to the backlash on a livestream, stating:"Holy sh*t. One piece fanbase can be so toxic. They're like constantly like "he's not actually watching it, he's just trying to latch on to our anime to milk us for audience." Let me say something: And its probably for negative for me to say this. But I've seen more anime than all you clowns with your anime pnps on Twitter out there."The YouTuber continued:"I have. Go dig through my Twitter. I've got 'Guardians of Galactic Heroes'. I was tweeting about that sh*t in 2019. Six seven years ago. I've been tweeting about anime since before some of you motherf*****s were born. Okay, so first off, back off. Call me a phony for trying to bandwagon on One Piece for attention. Y'all are crazy. I've watched all 700 hundred episodes of Naruto. I've watched.. its ridiculous."It is to be noted that there is no anime called 'Guardians of the Galactic Heroes'. The anime MrBeast seems to be referencing is actually called The Legend of the Galactic Heroes, which released its latest version, Die Neue These, in 2018. A search with the name Guardians of the Galactic Heroes on Google or Copilot search takes one to The Legend Of The Galactic Heroes search page.The backlash that MrBeast was around the belief from One Piece fans that it was some kind of marketing strategy by Netflix or some other form of corporate ploy.Chibi Reviews @ChibiReviewsLINKMrBeast changed his profile picture to One Piece100% starting to feel like corporate bullshit with all these big content creators talking about itMan watches 1 or 2 episodes and suddenly does this. Feels extremely forced100% its something to do with the live actionRock Solid @ShitpostRockLINK>biggest YouTuber in the world (Mr. Beast) suddenly gains intrest in One Piece>watches 2 episodes and changes his profile picture to Luffy >2 days later the reveal for season 2 live action One Piece on netflix Least obvious marketing ployMrBeast's interest in One Piece is not unprecedented, with the YouTuber clearly having some interest in animation and cartoons beforehand. In recent months, he launched the Beast animations YouTube channel, which has been releasing short-form animations where he and his animated crew fight aliens in the form of shadow monsters.The series of shorts has so far had one season of 10 episodes, with more likely to come in the near future. The episodes have been well-received, with the first episode having nearly 7 million views.MrBeast is currently working on Beast Games season 2MrBeast has currently been working on Beast Games season 2, which will feature contestants such as Twana Barrett, Akira Andrews, Jeff Randall, Jesse Lopez, and Omar.The contestants compete for a $5 million USD prize, and season 2 premiered on January 7, 2026, with three episodes. The rest of the series will be available from January 14, 2026. The final episode of the series is set to be released on February 25, 2026.MrBeast @MrBeastLINKMakes me so happy seeing so many people enjoy Beast Games 2The show is being produced by Jimmy Donaldson, Tyler Conklin, Sean Klitzner, Matt Apps, Michael H. Miller, Chris Keiper, Joshua Kulic, and directed by Tyler Conklin, as per the Prime Video description of the new season. Interested viewers will need a Prime Video subscription to watch the video.Alongside his work on season 2 of Beast Games, the YouTuber and media personality has been uploading his regular content of challenge videos, with the latest one seeing 30 celebrities from Hollywood fight it out for $1 million USD, including Kevin Hart and Paris Hilton.