Luffy and the Straw Hats Jump to Live-Action in the First Teaser Trailer for Netflix’s ‘One Piece’

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Eiichiro Oda and his masterwork “One Piece” are acknowledged as masters of their craft. Because of it, One Piece has become the biggest Japanese manga in the medium’s history, selling hundreds of millions of copies throughout its entire run. The manga has also become the source material for a very long-running anime, animated films, video games, plays, and many more spin-offs. The characters of the manga even have statues placed around the entirety of Japan; to say that One Piece is big is an understatement. And so, Netflix saw the opportunity to make a live-action adaptation, and now they have released the show’s first teaser trailer.

One Piece tells the story of Monkey D. Luffy, a small pirate who is looking to recruit a crew to sail into the wide world and achieve his dream of becoming the “King of the Pirates.” Of course, such as task won’t be easy, especially when the road to the crown is plagued with countless other pirates and factions looking for the same thing, the mysterious and unfathomable treasure known as the One Piece. The live-action series counts the participation of Eiichiro Oda as a producer, and we have been told that he has been working very closely with the creative team behind the series.

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One Piece is well known for having one of the most impressive world-buildings in manga and an art style that very much takes advantage of manga and animation as a medium. Honestly, One Piece seems like the less adequate series to do a live-action on. But we are sure to give the series a chance. We never know. Maybe this is the moment when One Piece finally becomes a thing in the USA, where the series is well-known but never has reached the heights of something like Naruto. The best thing we can wish for is that the series pushes people to read the manga or watch the anime.

One Piece releases on August 31 on Netflix.

Nelson Acosta is a professional writer and translator based in Caracas, Venezuela. He is also a member of the Caracas Circle of Cinematographic Critics, a film critic association in Venezuela that aims to preserve and educate audiences on worldwide and Venezuelan cinema. He studied to be a translator at the Central University of Venezuela. Nelson is passionate about storytelling, and this road has made him a massive fan of film as a medium. He counts David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Akira Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, and Denis Villeneuve among his favorite directors. He is also a massive fan of video games, making an effort to be up-to-date with all the latest releases and analyzing the game and the surrounding industry. Nelson counts Skies of Arcadia, Bloodborne, The Wonderful 101, The Like A Dragon series, and Resident Evil 4 among his favorite video games. Nelson’s ability to analyze themes and characters and go beyond what films and video games show on the surface has allowed him to work doing script covering for several production companies and even being part of the Golden Script Competition. He recently joined Fiction Horizon as a review writer, and he has been able to cover everything from all the latest TV shows like Andor and House of the Dragon to more independent films and shows. He has also covered excellent anime shows like Chainsaw Man, Vinland Saga, and even some independent comics here and there. Nelson writes with passion and knowledge about film and television. He tries to allow all aspects of a film to get into his reviews: from the actors, the direction, the storytelling, and its mechanics, the sound, music, and the cinematography. He understands that in film and video games, all these elements are incredibly important, and if just one of them feels off, it can ruin the entire experience.