One Piece followers rejoice, a live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s beloved manga is coming to Netflix. A complete of ten episodes have been ordered to this point and might be produced by the identical studio, Tomorrow Studios, who’re at present engaged on the upcoming Netflix Cowboy Bebop adaptation. Right here’s the most recent and every little thing we all know to this point.
As franchises go, One Piece is without doubt one of the most beloved and well-recognized manga collection of all time. Since making its debut on July 22nd, 1997 in a problem of Weekly Shōnen Soar, 969 chapters of the manga have been revealed, together with 95 volumes and nonetheless counting!
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— NX (@NXOnNetflix) January 29, 2020
One Piece can be acknowledged because the highest-selling manga of all time, outselling the likes of Dragon Ball, Golgo 13, and Naruto with over 462 million copies offered. This additionally makes One Piece one of many highest-grossing fictional franchises of all time, generated over $21 billion in income throughout its a number of mangas, movies, video video games and varied different items of merchandise.
The unique anime collection can be becoming a member of Netflix. A number of seasons are set to hit Netflix within the US and different areas in June 2020.
What’s the story of One Piece?
The story of One Piece takes place on an alternate model of Earth, and one that’s at present within the midst of the ‘Golden Age of Pirates’. Ruthless cut-throat pirates rule the seas, and solely the strongest have the prospect to put declare to the legendary treasure often called ‘One Piece’ that was left behind by the best pirate of all of them Gol D. Roger. Years after the loss of life of Gol D. Roger, a younger boy by the identify of Monkey D. Luffy has desires of elevating his personal crew, discovering One Piece and declaring himself as Pirate King.
After consuming a satan fruit that grants Luffy the ability to make his physique like rubber, it provides him huge energy and agility. When Luffy lastly comes of age, he units sail from Foosha Village in East Blue and units upon his grand journey to develop into the subsequent Pirate King.
A younger Luffy eats the Gum-Gum Fruit – Copyright. Toei Animation
The place is One Piece in manufacturing and when will it launch on Netflix?
It’s far too early to know a launch date, however on the earliest, we might see the live-action One Piece collection in 2021.
5 months after its preliminary announcement, we’ve received some new data on the manufacturing courtesy of an interview with Marty Adelstein via Syfy.
In line with the interview, manufacturing was resulting from get underway over the summer time of 2020 nonetheless, with the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s been pushed again. Nevertheless, Marty stated they’re hoping to “ramp up later this 12 months”.
Filming is about to happen in Cape City in South Africa. He additionally added:
“We’ve got principally all 10 scripts written. We are going to begin casting once we return. My suspicion is June 1, however we’ll begin doing our casting. We’ve got numerous names that we’re speaking about, and we ought to be in manufacturing in September. We’ve got been working very intently with Sensei Oda. So, we’re going to get began, and this one could be very massive. I imply, Snowpiercer was an enormous manufacturing; that is even greater.”
In June 2020, we received phrase that manufacturing (through ProductionWeekly) of One Piece is about to start out on August 31st, 2020, and is at present scheduled to wrap up on Feburary eighth, 2021.
Given the collection present manufacturing schedule, we’re not anticipating One Piece to reach on Netflix till the top of 2021.
Netflix, the world’s main streaming leisure service, might be lending us their super manufacturing help! That is so encouraging!! How far will the story progress over the 10 episodes of Season 1? Who might be forged!? Please be affected person a little bit longer and keep tuned!!”
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) January 29, 2020
Might we see multiple season?
There’s an immense quantity of supply materials that may be lined in a live-action adaptation. Within the anime, the episode depend at present stands at 909, there’s no probability that the live-action adaptation could have that variety of episodes. If additional seasons are anticipated sooner or later we are able to anticipate to see loads of filler glossed over, and the story of the arcs minimize up.
Whereas the concept of chopping up any of the One Piece tales could also be blasphemous, how on this planet can a live-action collection cowl 95 volumes of manga in just a few seasons? Every season could cowl the respective ‘Saga’ which has a choose variety of story arcs.
The primary season of the live-action adaptation will cowl the recruitment of Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji and finish with Luffy’s struggle towards Arlong.
Different Dwell-Motion diversifications on Netflix
One Piece isn’t the primary live-action anime adaptation, and positively gained’t be the final. On the time of writing Netflix is at present engaged on the live-action Cowboy Bebop collection and The Last Airbender.
Extra live-action diversifications on Netflix are:
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