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 up to now and will probably be produced by the identical studio, Tomorrow Studios, who’re presently engaged on the upcoming Netflix Cowboy Bebop adaptation. Right here’s the most recent and the whole lot we all know up to now.
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 difficulty of Weekly Shōnen Leap, 969 chapters of the manga have been revealed, together with 95 volumes and nonetheless counting!
One Piece can also 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 bought. 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 numerous different items of merchandise.
The unique anime collection can also 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 presently 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 dying 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 offers him monumental power and agility. When Luffy lastly comes of age, he units sail from Foosha Village in East Blue and units upon his grand journey to change into the following 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 may see the live-action One Piece collection in 2021.
5 months after its preliminary announcement, we’ve acquired 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 nevertheless, with the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s been pushed again. Nevertheless, Marty mentioned 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 mainly all 10 scripts written. We’ll begin casting after we return. My suspicion is June 1, however we’ll begin doing our casting. We’ve a whole lot of names that we’re speaking about, and we ought to be in manufacturing in September. We’ve been working very carefully with Sensei Oda. So, we’re going to get began, and this one may be very massive. I imply, Snowpiercer was a giant manufacturing; that is even greater.”
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: A One Piece dwell motion is within the works! @OnePieceNetflix pic.twitter.com/gnuR5JgmXw
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) January 29, 2020
Netflix, the world’s main streaming leisure service, will probably be lending us their large manufacturing help! That is so encouraging!! How far will the story progress over the 10 episodes of Season 1? Who will probably be forged!? Please be affected person a bit longer and keep tuned!!”
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) January 29, 2020
May we see multiple season?
There may be an immense quantity of supply materials that may be lined in a live-action adaptation. Within the anime, the episode depend presently stands at 909, there’s no likelihood that the live-action adaptation could have that variety of episodes. If additional seasons are anticipated sooner or later we are able to count on to see loads of filler glossed over, and the story of the arcs minimize up.
Whereas the thought of slicing 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 Stay-Motion variations on Netflix
One Piece isn’t the primary live-action anime adaptation, and positively received’t be the final. On the time of writing Netflix is presently engaged on the live-action Cowboy Bebop collection and The Last Airbender.
Extra live-action variations on Netflix are:
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