A piece : the GOAT from Japanese manga and anime
105 volumes, an anime adaptation that currently has 1080 episodes, about fifteen released films and derivative products galore. What more can I say that hasn’t already been said A piece ? Indeed, the manga created by Eiichiro Oda has become an institution in Japan. true frankness, A piece has definitely taken over other monsters in Japanese popular fiction such as pokemon or also dragon ball. A real irony for the latter since Oda has never hidden the influence of Akira Toriyama.
Having long attained an international aura, A piece it is the object of desire of the most important American productions. It is in this context that Netflix has managed to prevail by creating a live-action series which attracts both curiosity and skepticism. It must be said that since the disaster of Dragon ball evolutionfans of Japanese manga and anime no longer truly trust American studios to offer adaptations worthy of the name.
A worrying report for the Netflix live series
And it’s not the first media feedback from the series to reassure them. Indeed, the Netflix platform recently organized the first screenings of this adaptation of A piece. However, according to the Twitter account Seeker of divinities, the reviews would be very negative.
According to the report, the special effects, set design and makeup were awful. From a narrative point of view, the scenario would make no sense for those who have never seen the source material. Seeker of divinities details, in fact, that most of episode 1 of A piece is dedicated to a long flashback of Luffy, before returning to the present in the last 15 minutes…
The strategy would be risky, unlike the manga (and anime) which greatly develops the first interactions between Luffy and his future companions. In the face of the hype, production has apparently started from scratch, which could lead to a postponement of the series’ release.
Before a denial
The series would cost a $100 million budget (a record for Netflix). A failure would therefore be annoying for the streaming giant. This return of Seeker of divinities is mainly shared by many media which scares Netflix which has already faced a lot of criticism on its live adaptations of manga such as death Note or lately Cowboy bebop.
However, the information of Seeker of divinities I am to be taken with tweezers. Why second JapanFMconsultant journalist Greg Werner who knows the production of the various adaptations quite well A piecenot of the same opinion and also made it known on Twitter.
Under his post, many Internet users later denounced the credibility of Seeker of divinities. Indeed, according to some, the media are often notorious for the unreliability of their scoops. He would have, in the past, declared from the fake news on a series of Detective Pikachu as well as on a new work dedicated to Harley Quinn. Something that would have been denied on social media by the new DC Films boss himself: James Gunn.
Who is right ? Who is wrong? This is what we will know when the series live A piece will finally reach our screens.
Source: Cine Serie
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