With the popularity of One Piece, has Netflix hit the winning formula for live-action anime adaptations?
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One Piece’s postmodern take on the pirate genre has characters dressed in neat business suits, and contemporary t-shirts.
Key Points:
- One Piece’s postmodern take on the pirate genre has characters dressed in neat business suits, and contemporary t-shirts.
- But it is the general mix of the manga’s fun, action and drama that the series captures so well.
From Manga to Anime to Live-action
- In 2020, anime streaming service, Crunchyroll, released the anime across its platforms in Europe and the Middle-East.
- While manga and anime such as Dragon Ball Z and Pokémon have long attracted a global audience, One Piece is aimed at a slightly older audience.
- One Piece’s journey from manga, through anime to live-action has precedence across all genres in Japan, not just in children’s cartoons.
Keeping it ‘real’
- If you’re not sure how passionate fans can be, here’s one spirited review of the series, that he’s thoughtfully limited to just under one hour.
- The remake copped a Variety review claiming that it was marred by its “charmless heroine, leaden storytelling and dime-store production values”.
Casting the crew
- Perhaps one of the keys to this series immediate success is its international casting.
- Luffy is played with ineffable joy by Mexico’s Inaki Godoy, who captures the wild-eyed optimism of the original manga character.
- The excellent casting in One Piece tops off the series’ ability to remain breathtakingly fun.
Secret to success?
- How did they create an adaptation that captured the excitement of both the manga and anime and doesn’t, well, suck?
- Many of the props, including some of the boats, were actually built, so the actors aren’t just green-screening their performances.