Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers through the Season 1 finale of “One Piece,” now streaming on Netflix.
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s bestselling manga “One Piece” launched Friday, giving fans their long-awaited chance to compare the eight-episode first season to its print and anime versions.
The manga takes place in a fantastical world where pirates and marines battle for control over the Blue Sea. Young boy Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) grows up aspiring to be the next king of the pirates, despite his inability to swim — a side effect of the magical “Gum Gum” Devil Fruit he ate as a child, which gave him an extraordinarily stretchy body as a gift from the sea, along with the curse that he cannot survive in its waters. In Luffy’s journey through the East Blue section of the sea while looking for the famed “the one piece” treasure...
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s bestselling manga “One Piece” launched Friday, giving fans their long-awaited chance to compare the eight-episode first season to its print and anime versions.
The manga takes place in a fantastical world where pirates and marines battle for control over the Blue Sea. Young boy Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) grows up aspiring to be the next king of the pirates, despite his inability to swim — a side effect of the magical “Gum Gum” Devil Fruit he ate as a child, which gave him an extraordinarily stretchy body as a gift from the sea, along with the curse that he cannot survive in its waters. In Luffy’s journey through the East Blue section of the sea while looking for the famed “the one piece” treasure...
- 9/2/2023
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Fans of “One Piece” are getting psyched for Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga series, and a new trailer and some first-look images have arrived.
“Based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series in history by Eiichiro Oda, ‘One Piece’ is a legendary high-seas adventure unlike any other,” notes Netflix in its official synopsis. “Monkey D. Luffy is a young adventurer who has longed for a life of freedom since he can remember. Luffy sets off from his small village on a perilous journey to find the legendary fabled treasure, One Piece, to become King of the Pirates! But in order to find the ultimate prize, Luffy will need to assemble the crew he’s always wanted before finding a ship to sail, searching every inch of the vast blue seas, outpacing the Marines, and outwitting dangerous rivals at every turn.”
Read More: ‘One Piece’ Trailer: Watch...
“Based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series in history by Eiichiro Oda, ‘One Piece’ is a legendary high-seas adventure unlike any other,” notes Netflix in its official synopsis. “Monkey D. Luffy is a young adventurer who has longed for a life of freedom since he can remember. Luffy sets off from his small village on a perilous journey to find the legendary fabled treasure, One Piece, to become King of the Pirates! But in order to find the ultimate prize, Luffy will need to assemble the crew he’s always wanted before finding a ship to sail, searching every inch of the vast blue seas, outpacing the Marines, and outwitting dangerous rivals at every turn.”
Read More: ‘One Piece’ Trailer: Watch...
- 7/25/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
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