Netflix’s ‘One Piece’: release date, cast, plot, trailer and images

With the dominance of streaming platforms and a movie box office that only seems to respond to known products before their release, Hollywood has spent years pulling the transfer of ideas. Beyond remakes, sequels and prequels, one of the strongest bets is the adaptations of other media. And we are not talking, of course, about literature, something that has been common throughout the history of cinema. The seventh art needs to steal new icons from cultural manifestations that came after it, and that is quite a novelty. Sonic and Mario are already movie stars, as well as video games. ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ has been a positive arrival of tabletop role-playing games to the cinema. It is not necessary to name either ‘The Last of Us’ and its triumph on HBO. It seems that video games are coming to an end with the same success as Disney’s Live-Action adaptations of classics. However, there is a frontier that still resists being conquered, the live-action anime adaptations.

Although it is hard for us to understand, there are still a large number of viewers who resist watching anime or animation in general. Therefore, it is clear that there are ties in Hollywood who think that adapting millionaire phenomena of Japanese anime and manga to a flesh and blood version is a good idea. It has never worked for Dragon Ball, Detective Pikachu has a sequel to it on the way, the movie Death Note Netflix is ​​considered one of the worst in history. ‘Cowboy Bebop’ lasted a week alive… Even so, ‘My Hero Academia’ will have a Live-Action adaptation, and so will ‘Naruto’ (planned for 2024, with Michael Gracey as director) or ‘Attack on Titan’ (by Andy Muschetti, the director of ‘It’). But there is no project more ambitious and difficult to imagine than Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ live-action series.

The One Piece manga, written by Eiichiro Oda, holds the world record for the longest book in history. Its anime adaptation has already had more than 1000 episodes since its inception in 1999, and Monkey D. Luffy’s adventures to become the pirate king does not stop expanding and growing. It’s hard to think that something so huge is going to come to fruition but, who knows, maybe this is the time Netflix hits the nail on the head and does what HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ has achieved with live-action adaptations of video game. This is everything we know about the ‘One Piece’ Live-Action series on Netflix.

‘One Piece’ Netflix live-action: Release date

The ‘One Piece’ Live-Action movie project started in 2017 but it wasn’t until 2020 when Netflix officially announced it and the dream came true. Netflix has announced that the first season will consist of 10 episodes and will arrive in 2023. Although there is no specific date, taking into account that there are still no teasers or images of the protagonists facing each other in April, we believe that it will be released at the end of 2023.

‘One Piece’ Netflix live-action: cast

Throughout its more than a thousand chapters, the appearances of characters are almost innumerable. However, as in all good anime, the main characters of ‘One Piece’ are quite clear and Netflix has already announced who is going to play them. Iñaki Godoy will give life to the protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy. Zoro, perhaps even more popular than Monkey, will be played by Mackenyu Arata. Emily Rudd, perhaps the best known member of the cast, will be in charge of giving life to the iconic Nami. In addition to knowing that Jacob Romero Gibson will give life to Usopp and Taz Skylar will play Sanji, the cast includes several other names in unknown roles such as Peter Gadiot, Morgan Davies, Ilia Isorel’ys Paulino, Aidan Scott, Langley Kirkwood, Jeff Ward and Celeste Loots.

Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ live-action: Plot

Defining one of the longest stories ever told in a few lines is very difficult. Netflix, in fact, has not commented much on what it is going to focus on. Therefore, it is best to believe that it will focus on the beginning. Netflix follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young man with a straw hat and whose body has the qualities of rubber. He achieved this by eating a devil fruit called Gomu Gomu. His goal is to become the new king of pirates. All in a society that is experiencing a boom in piracy. They all have the same goal, to find the treasure of the Pirate King, Gold Roger, who declared before he died that he left his great treasure for whoever found it.

‘One Piece’ Netflix live-action: trailers and images

Until now Netflix has only shown two images from behind (you have it above), one of the protagonists and another only of Luffy in the form of a poster. As soon as more images and the first trailers appear, you will find them here.