We NEED To Talk About Live Action One Piece! (THIS IS HUGE) 

Buggy's Devil Fruit in live action is really unsettling and it goes to show why the users of Devil Fruits were seen as freaks by the civilians of the One Piece world.

For Shanks, I believe he nailed it. In the manga, most of the time, Shanks wasn't the type who radiated charisma and commanded respect just by walking. Instead, he seemed more like an approachable, normal guy. This is why he was bullied by the mountain bandits in the first place, and it's also why his moments of seriousness are so epic.

What I love about Koby is that they chose to develop him at the same time as Luffy instead of flashing back. It lets us see the two of them growing at the same time in their separate dreams. Very good writing choice.

Sanji having names for his moves and thinking that makes him cool was just so adorable and really sells how much he and Luffy have in common as the crazy dreamers of the team. Also, while this Luffy has little in common with the anime/manga version, he's still precious and I'd follow him to the grand line.

One aspect of the show which I don't think is getting enough credit is the live action original scenes (Nami pleading with Zoro not to fight, Garp and Zeff talking etc.) They really added some emotional depth with these and it made the show feel more dramatic and believable

Not only this is the #1 show in 84 countries, but also rated a deservingly high 8.5/10 in IMDB. Shows how much the watchers enjoy the Show.

I'm just so happy that One Piece is finally getting recognition with *mainstream* audiences outside of the manga / anime sphere. People who never watched a single episode of anime or read any manga or checking this show out. Even my parents of all people, who know what One Piece is through years of me collecting the manga decided to check it out and finally understand why I have liked it for so many years. People are LOVING this show and the world and *that* to me is exciting. Just imagine the possibilities and expanding fandom what they can do with a potential bigger budget for Season 2. This is a win in my book.

I do think it’s earned the Season 2. Plus I would absolutely love to see Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr Kureha. She had said that she would love to do it and her granddaughter is a huge One Piece fan that has always told her she would be the perfect Kureha (and I obviously agree).

When Koby told Usopp "I believe you" i literally teared up 😂 as silly as it is, it was so well built up, acted and just executed perfectly.. Koby was so well acted!

See i really liked this season's shanks. I liked how relaxed and down to earth the actor played him. It plays into the stoic nature of the character. Shanks isnt the kind of man to grandstand. He just wants to sit down and have a drink with his boys. The scene where he mopped the floor and everyone laughed afterwards was just perfect to me.

I've been watching One Piece for over 10 years, and I've forgotten about all the moments missing from the manga, such as Nami's village being aware from the start and other details. but, I believe that some fans remember these details so well that when they watch the live-action adaptation, they tend to catch every discrepancy and make the show feel rushed to them, with significant parts missing. For most people, these missing parts might go unnoticed.

Just finished it, honestly I’m pretty happy with most of it but my one major gripe is the fact that they made Nami’s sister and the village not know she was always working towards buying the village. It was such a bummer because it was so much more impactful for them to finally decide to fight back after her gold was stolen when they had to treat her badly for years

I’m so glad to see a show based on an anime get this huge. It will for sure get more people in to the anime of one piece.

I personally loved Peter Gadiot’s gentle energy as Shanks. And I also like that the Red Hair Pirates are a bunch of bums and not these chads that we know in the anime and manga. They feel more piratey like that 😂

Definitely need a Season 2. Even people I know who have never seen or read One Piece but watched this live action wants a Season 2. With the critical success and its great reception worldwide, I think we're definitely going to get it.

The live action show pushed me to start reading the manga just over a month ago, and I’m now just past the time skip. I’m so grateful for the show opening up this absolutely astounding world for me.

Just imagine the hype if a second season happens and they adapt the first big Arc with Alabasta!! 🔥

I love that Coby is getting a bigger spotlight in the live action, such an underrated character

The fact that buggys fruit is no longer restricted to a certain radius of where his feet are, actually nade his DF way more broken than in the anime. The feet thing was a good restriction you find out about in impel down that gives buggy a bit of a nerf, with that being gone he really could be OP AF

If they do a season 2 (which they totally should), I hope it'll be with a higher budget + more episodes, given that those two factors were the main constraints for this season.

Favorite moment for me was the subtle nod to Zoro’s lack of any directional sense at all. When he saves Luffy and says he only did hit because he thought he was going back to the house. HE WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF IT IN THE WELL. Easily the best Zoro moment for me in the season.

The production crew and the cast all put in a huge effort. This is well deserved. Extra hat off for the set makers and makeup artists. They are every bit the stars as the amazing cast

I absolutely want a season 2, but I also think that a season 2 is exactly what this adaptation needs. Baroque Works saga is just naturally better suited than East Blue to be a season-long arc. Things like having a single villain to gradually build to with Crocodile, plenty of time for the crew to interact and bond, and a much more focused story. East Blue is an anthology, and most of the arcs are somewhat disconnected feeling. Trying to make a season-long throughline was nearly impossible, as seen with the weird way Arlong is used. Also, despite each arc being quite short, they all do a ton of world-building and each establish tons of new concepts and characters to the story. However, a lot of that introduction is finished now, so we can focus more on the story and characters instead of having to dump so much exposition. Going from EB to BW, the audience already knows how Devil Fruits, bounties, Den Den Mushi, the Grand Line, the Warlords, the Marines, and pirate crews all work. They've seen how the world is both extremely silly and weird yet simultaneously dark and twisted. So a season 2 doesn't need to explain all that. We can just show characters like Chopper, Wapol, Robin, and Ace and immediately understand their powers. We can hear about Log Poses and seasonal islands and BW and make connections to how the Grand Line was described in Season 1. I don't just want a second season, I NEED one.

You nailed the most important thing: it also targets non-anime and manga fans because it is on Netflix. There are parts that if you adapt to the faithful the anime, it will not make sense on the live action. It is a product to please all people. Inaki’s positive energy, MacKenyu’s attractive and manly features, Emily’s great physique, Garp and Morgan’s bulking presence, all of this stuff. On a side note, a really think Taz is the MVP, least amount of screentime yet great impact. It deserves season 2 but they need to make sure it is not bloated.

Kuro and Mihawk were the best nearly 1:1 adaptions of their characters. Kuro had the look, the voice, and the personality as did Mihawk. Krieg was Amazing for all 3 seconds he was on screen.

This is what happens when the author helps into making a live action adaptation. Also, the fact that some of the staff are also fans is a plus 👍

Hello. A theory of mine about the wierd inclusion of Garp is that in the anime there seem to be a piece of Garps character development that is missing. He goes from hunting pirates, capturing Roger, and training Luffy to be a Marine, to just sleep through his job and cheering Luffy as a pirate. I think that they wanted to capture this moment on screen instead of off-screen. So we see that he emotionally goes from angry to super happy when luffy deflects that canonball. He is starting to root for Luffy, even if he is a pirate. We also have Koby's dialoge about letting Luffy be a pirate that might pay off later. And the inclusion of Garp at the execution of Roger shows what fate he fears for Luffy if he becomes a Pirate. Other than that i agree that the whole marine plot and Garp seems off.

The HUGE success of this show will give them a HUGE budget increase for the next season! I have faith!!!

Luffy vs Arlong makes perfect sense. First fight was with water everywhere while second fight had no water around and had the building coming down as a hazard that hurts Arlong only

This show did exactly what I hoped it would do. The live action, adult oriented venue gave a lot of space to examine things we don't usually see, like Nami and Zoro bonding over how mercenary they are. Really drove home how torn Nami was about making friends. Maybe they messed up a few things but there's a ton of little things they nailed, like how despite being a tough guy Zoro doesn't ever get upset at Luffy climbing all over him. And he seems aloof but always "yes, and"s everybody he's friends with.

My big issue with Nami and Arlong pirates is they show her joining willingly as opposed to them forcing her to join because of her sea charts. Had they somehow incorporated her "stabbing" Usopp then it would have had more impact. Other than that I would love to see a season 2

Actor who plays shank is amazing and he has the charisma especially at the end when he passed the hat to luffy. He is how I exactly imagine a real life shank

I like how Nami hugged Usopp and Zoro and not Sanji, it helps heal the lack of Sanji's live action character development. It feels nice because it's like the directors saying "we know, we know trust us"

I definitely want a season 2 but it MUST be more than 8 episodes. I did not feel as much of a connection to Usopp and Sanji as I did with the rest because of how little time we spend with them (especially since Zoro and Sanji are my favourites from the source material). I imagine a season 2 will fix that but it still needs more episodes.

As a new watcher I enjoy everyone's performance. It does feel like the show would benefit with 12 episodes. The choreography has been done well from a film student perspective and love the animatronics used throughout the series. Keep it up Netflix!

I've never watched the anime or read the manga but I decided to give the Live Action a chance. And to me, it was brilliant. I love how optimistic Luffy is, I loved how other characters interact with eachother, I loved that they used physical sets for some scenes, and the make up for the fishmen is amazing imho. You can feel that this show was made with love. I genuinely enjoyed it, felt like I was transported into another world. Now I want to start watching the anime! Wish me luck 😂

I did like that in this version Usopp was genuinely upset at learning that his father who abandoned him was closer with Luffy than him, as opposed to the original where it didn't really matter and he was like "cool!"

For a first season and realistically the first successful attempt at a live-action anime adaptation, it's good enough to warrant a second season to deliver on more of what was great about the show and have the opportunity to improve upon what didn’t work. I’m hoping that everyone who worked hard on this show feels proud of what they achieved and takes constructive criticism into account as they develop the second season.

I like Shanks in this. I also think the conquerors haki scene was done better in the live action than in the anime. It conveyed a greater sense of powers beyond what people know rather than just being a stern look.

Shanks was fantastic, the guy had a fantastic performace that brought out a lot of depth to Shanks character.

I'm surprised about your reaction to shanks. I felt like this shanks gave me the excitement and wonder of romance dawn shanks. He was so cool and fun to be around. He didn't really have that compelling aura to be until the day he walked on whitebeards ship.

I'm just glad Oda-Sama gets to be proud and happy, he looked like such an anxious dad in the picture where he was watching everyone watching it. I hope it fills him with a new creative vigor and energy and gives him the wind in his sails to carry us all the way to the end of this once in a lifetime adventure

I think the fact that they pulled even this much off is a miracle. I think the studio learned a lot from doing cowboy bebop and I expect that will continue.

It's actually amazing. I had so much doubt with how live actions were going recently. They hit this one out the park

I would love to see a season 2. I hope they get an even bigger budget.

I hope they give season 2 around 10 episodes. This way we could spread out the arcs: Episode 1 - Lougetown Episode 2 - Reverse Mountain & Wisky Peak Episode 3 & 4 - Little Garden Episode 5 & 6 - Drum Island Episode 7 - 10 - Alabasta

The effort this show has shown in its quality is evident. I'm loving every second of it as a new coming fan.

Out of all the live action animes in the past, this is by far the best one. You gotta understand that they probably had limitations which is probably why they could not get into more depth of the characters. Even though, I feel that they were still able to explain all of the characters’ background very well.

I AM SO HAPPY for all the people that worked on the project! To see it find this level of success makes me so happy for the entire OP community and the people that worked on it. This pretty much guarantees season 2, and I hope they keep this level up in that season, and even improve upon some things

I liked syrup village because it made kuro actually threatening by making it feel like a horror movie. In the manga kuro was a joke but here he was scary with him soruing around

I love how we get to see the side of the Marines in Koby's perspective. After Koby became the rank of a captain, I always thought that a One Piece spin off centered around him would work, And this Live Action kinda scratched the itch of that notion. Definitely need a season 2 or more, and more side plots centered on Koby the Hero.

I'd love a season 2. I'm gonna assume they'll work out all the kinks and hopefully Netflix will allow slightly more episodes. I like 10 to 12 episodes, myself.

I loved the shanks mihawk meet up scene. So great! Perfectly shows the dynamics between the 2 powerhouses - straddling rivalry, friendship and how differently similar they are.

The underrated scene for me is when Zeff and Garp had a drink and talked about Roger and Luffy. We don't see a lot of scenes of the Old generation of marines and pirates interacting each other in the anime.

Season 2 would be kinda be perfect ending just before alabasta, because there will for sure be a Smoker and Tashigi Marine b plot. For season 3, have 6 episodes of Alabasta (hopefully with a ton of Ace) and the last 2 episodes be of jaya

Wait, wait. I just watched it again and it did not seem like Luffy was getting "completely demolished" by Arlong in Baratie. He lost, but he landed several good hits that were hurting Arlong, and even had him on his knees at one point. There was even a part where Chu and Kuroobi looked at each other worried because Arlong was taking good damage. So I thought that was handled well. It made sense that Luffy was able to fight on par with him later on (when was even more motivated), precisely because he didn't do terribly in the first round. In Baratie, they were both beating each other until Arlong gained the edge.

They deserve it. The casts were amazing! We just finished 8 episodes today and hoping there's season 2🙏

I love the zosan dynamic too. The fact that "mosshead" doesnt feel like a forced nickname in the way that so many japanese-translated-to-english-nicknames do was just the cherry on top. The baratie episode was ny favourite. Zoro v mihawk was absolutely perfect

I like how they let people stay dead in the live action. I’m pretty sure we haven’t seen Merry at all since Syrup Village. So these characters who serve no purpose after they survive sure death cheapens the impact it’s supposed to have. In the live action it’s tragic because they’re actually dead, so I really like that change.

Uusopp is by far the best casting of an anime character I have ever seen. Idk about his acting, because I haven't watched it yet, but just looks wise. The hardest character to cast on paper because of his crazy exaggerated features, but somehow the actor just has the perfect face to convey his facial shape without it looking off or weird.

I definitely want to see a season 2, but I do hope Netflix and Tomorrow Studios will make some of the changes you have suggested and allow for more episodes and more creative freedom.

I think live action buggy is awsome. The chop chop fruit seems so much more intimidating in real life. I would never had chose it as my devil fruit but after seeing it in "real life" I can see the appel.

I actually liked the usage of the close up facial shots, it’s very reminiscent of how the anime frames conversation and reactions

Hatchan's absense is one of the 2 changes that frustrates me the most, partly due to his importance later in the manga, the second change is the removal of Luffy vs Don krieg, one of the reasons it bothers me is the fact that Luffy's victory over Don krieg was part of why his first bounty was so High.

One thing I want to see is better writing. I don't mean plot-wise (though no more Garp-like debacles would be welcome), but sometimes the dialogues feel very fake. For example, the Sanji flashback was nearly perfect, except right at the end, where they decided to out-loud explain that Zeff ate his own leg and gave all the food to Sanji. Show don't tell, people, show don't tell!

I think the best way to watch this series is to not overthink about what should or shouldn't be done and just enjoy the positive energy that it's giving 😊😊 personally I can't wait for season 2

One thing that I was not particularly happy about is that Luffy knew about Nami’s backstory in the LA, whereas in the manga he never found out. When he saw Nami cry he didn’t need a reason to help her, he just went straight to Arlong (having 0 idea who he was) which for me is a big character moment for Luffy, that was lost in the LA.

I hope we get a season 2. It'd be nice to have pay off for the Baroque works scene. And, who knows, maybe they won't revive Pell.

One Piece Live Action: *a success because Oda is directly supervising it* Akira Toriyama who got ignored by Hollywood despite wanting to help them with Dragon Ball live action: *"They call me a madman!"*

I didn't really see Luffy being "destroyed" that much by Arlong on Baratie. After being thrown out of the restaurant and getting kicked several times, he clearly started seeing through Arlong's moves and by the end managed to land a series of blows that shook Arlong. And at this point Arlong pretty much won only thanks to the terrain advantage - i.e. using water against Luffy and hitting him with a wave (because in the "Live Action universe" getting the sea water splashed on you is enough to weaken you).

Totally agree with you about some of the scenes being too dark, especially any of the ones at night. And I also totally agree with you about the Syrup Village arc/episodes. Absolutely loved them.

This is my first time ever seeing One Piece in any media form, despite always knowing "of" it. I feel like I may have gotten more out of it because I didn't know where the story was heading and I didn't have the capacity to continuously compare it to the anime or manga. That being said I did keep in mind that I was getting a summarization. Usopp immediately befriending and inviting the gang over to his friend's house was the most "well I know it had to be more fleshed out in the original story" moment for me. Ultimately I believe this show's popularity is this big (I know one piece is one of the biggest franchises of all time) because they made it very digestible for people like me who never saw nor read the original material.

I actually loved the Sanji vs Kurobi fight. But that maybe because I wasn't paying much attention to the fight itself, but Sanji calling out his moves and the interaction between Sanji and Zoro afterwards was so satisfying. As for Sanji's finishing kick, I really didn't feel it was lacking. I felt it was taken straight out of the manga panel.

I really hope for a season 2 maybe with 10 or 12 episodes spanning over the same amount of story. I did enjoy season one a lot.

I agree with your point with Arlong and Luffy's battle in Baratie. I had the same feeling, but I believe they also considered it because on their Final battle, Luffy himself admits that he cannot defeat Arlong, so he focused on destroying what he built instead which completely confused Arlong and thus he was defeated. So I did not feel that Luffy's victory was not well earned because he suddenly become strong.

I think they nailed the crew dynamic, every character felt like they do in the anime, and they were moments i felt like were actually better than the anime which is hard to believe im saying

I really want a season 2. Hopefully with 10 or more episodes, since it would have to cover a lot of ground

When Mihawk goes for a walk, he asked Don Krieg and his crew how's their health plan. Apparently it was great.

I really like Koby delivering Luffy's bounty, but it is also huge HUGE missed opportunity because they didn't do the dramatic bounty poster effect that they did for all the other characters. This was a really cool addition that added a lot of style to the show, so why wouldn't they do it for the main character?! They knew how important it was, evidenced by them showing everyone's reactions to it. They even set it up. When Luffy looks at the poster, we see the picture but not the name. Then he looks directly at the camera, with an extreme close up on his face and the scene cuts. Why not flash the poster on the screen there? It would have been the perfect reveal! Instead it's revealed by people mentioning it casually and seeing it on the page with no visual flair.

Yess need to see all of One Piece in Live Action!

I agree. The main problem that they had was the 8 episode limit which, as we can see, caused major issues for the plot and pacing. Hopefully, we can get more episodes for the next season

I really hope for season 2 they bring back the jolly old garp that we all love from the anime/manga. Also fun fact, garp has never seen the going merry, like at all. When garp finally caught up and met the strawhats, franky was already busy building the thousand sunny and merry was at the bottom of the ocean

I think you greatly overstates how "destroyed" Luffy was in his first fight with Arlong. Admittedly, I think that fight was quite weak overall, but despite being thrown around Luffy was holding his own and at one point seemed to put Arlong on the back foot with a series of long range punches. He only definitionally loses when he got splashed with sea water (which has a greated effect in the LA than in the original). So, to me, the idea communicated is that Arlong is stronger but Luffy has more range and can hold his own. So in the rematch is not unbelievable to me. And Luffy was still loosing for most of the fight, to the point he more or less gave up on defeating Arlong directly. His victory came only after literally throwing a bulding over his opponent's head. He still seemed the weaker fighter who won due use of terrain and being more able to sustain having a building falling on you.

Glad you mentioned the closeups! I was getting dizzy from those

I think Garp's scene help us connect his bond with Koby, while showing Garp's different side, and how he is able to train Koby to be such a strong fighter we know today

It’s so good. Glad that people are willing to stick to Oda’s work.

I’ll die alone in this hill but I LOVE the marine B plot. As an up to date manga reader… Garp found himself in my top 10 most hated characters in anime. So I kinda rolled my eyes when I heard about Garp having a major role in this series; however, he ended up being my favorite character and his dynamic with Koby.

Liam, if you watch it again, try to do it with the Japanese dub, it doesn't work all the time to reduce these feelings of "that actor didn't do it quite right", but it does make the whole show funnier and to flesh out dramatic moments, because hearing with the original voice cast just adds the deep feelings we love to feel with these crazy Strawhats. Definitely worth it!

My dad who has never watched the One Piece anime ever, binged all 8 episodes and he told me he really enjoyed it. Since he knows that I’m currently going through the anime, he finally understands why I’m going through the One Piece gauntlet lol He said he really loved all the Straw hat crew, but he genuinely liked Luffy the most. I will say they really made Luffy really lovable in the live action. Iñaki is definitely the right choice for Luffy since he gives this really nice wholesome vibe to him. I’m currently on episode 3 on the LA, trying to hold back since my partner wants to watch it with me xD

I would like to see a season 2. It should be only Alabasta though. They can even cut out an arc or two, but really give a lot of attention to Vivi, Robin and Crocodile, as well as Smoker who they teased already

Of Course!!! I really want a season 2. But I’m worried about how the time it will take to build new Sets.

It's not anime without super tight closeups. I feel like that's essential for a live action adaptation. Either way this proved that most of the perceived problems with a live action anime/manga adaptation are resolved, and the remaining problems are the same ones you'd have in any show or movie. Issues like bad pacing or questionable acting are not unique to anime/manga adaptions. Now that it's pretty clear to see, I think it'll start a great adaptation era.

I really want a season two,I love that they hinted at Smoker at the end and he is one of my favorite characters so I’m interested to see how they use him in the show and there is a Jango wanted poster in episode 1 it’s just kind of behind another poster so he is in the world somewhere,I wonder if they’re going to introduce him some other way.

I just wanted to say for posterity, I've never watched or read one piece and decided to binge watch this last night and this morning, and gotta say it was actually quite captivating. I always fear the campiness of bringing something wacky like an anime to life will really take me out of a production, but I was really invested in these characters So while im sure a lot is left out, or even changed from its source material, I thoroughly enjoyed this live action and hope we get more! :)

Maaaaan Those close-ups are lit you're tripping. It makes it anime friendly to where they do constant zoom in to the characters faces for their expressions or stoicness.

Arlong's theme reminded me a lot of Killmonger's theme/beat from Black Panther. I wonder if they took inspiration from that because it totally gives him a different atmosphere than the rest of the season's villains.

We needed ten episodes. It being a bit too rushed was the only real problem I had. So I really hope they increase the episode count to ten from here on.

For me it was clear that Arlong defeated Ruffy at the Barratie because he splashed him with water AND kind of came out of the blue without a background story. After hearing what Arlong did to Nami Ruffy actually gets a good reason to beat him - Which makes him stronger, more focused and willing to fight him for real.

The fact they got 61 episodes that are 20-25 mins into 8 episodes at 50 mins to an hour is incredible 🤯🤯 I fully enjoyed this and can’t wait/ hope they do a season 2! I have only 2 complaints about this season 1. Arlong should have been taller and more built and 2. Arlong Park fight should have been more intense but overall 8.5-9/10

As someone who found the anime tediously slow I actually am enjoying how swiftly it's moving. I tried like three times to get into the anime and just gave up each time. So far the live action is keeping me interested though I'm only four episodes in, I'm not feeling like it's a chore like I did with the anime.