Netflix’s «One Piece» might be the streamer’s best attempt at a live remake for a manga-to-anime series thanks to Eiichiro Oda’s involvement.
Netflix’s live adaptation of “One Piece” took seven years to making, and it might be the streamer’s best attempt at a live remake for a manga-to-anime series.
The adaptation received a lot of guidance from manga creator Eiichiro Oda. Oda’s involvement consisted of on-site consultations with the production team, coupled with fan-centered updates directly from Oda. “One Piece’s” meticulous development process, standout casting and intimate and interactive marketing could be setting Netflix up for a big win, especially since the platform has been adamant about making sure it gets at one piece of the booming anime industry.
The series sets sail on Aug. 31, but before then, here’s everything you need to know about “One Piece,” its manga, its anime and its live adaptation.
“One Piece” is a manga series created by Japanese manga artist Eiichiro Oda in July 1997. It made its debut in the manga anthology magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. With over 516.6 million copies sold, the written series is regarded as the best-selling manga of all time. The overwhelming success of “One Piece” also made Oda — who wrote and illustrated the entire series — the 10th bestselling fiction writer of all time.
“One Piece” was adapted in an anime series, and it debuted Oct. 20, 1999 and has over 1,000 episodes. Netflix’s live remake of the story hits the streamer on Aug. 31.
Netflix’s “One Piece” will share the same story as its manga and anime versions.
Inspired by his childhood hero, Red-Haired Shanks — one of the greatest pirates of all-time — Monkey D. Luffy sets sail on a journey with Straw Hat shipmates to find the mythical treasure called the One Piece. Luffy, who is made completely of rubber, wants to have the One Piece to himself so he can be known as the King of Pirates.
Here is Netflix’s logline for the series:
Based on Japan’s highest-selling manga series in history by Eiichiro Oda, “One Piece,” is a legendary high-seas adventure unlike any other.
