considering they put 5-6 anime episodes into 1 live action, they need another 200+ live actions to catch up to current day One Piece. At that point the anime would've finished well before a 3rd or 4th season
Mihawk has PRESENCE. You immediately buy in to him being the greatest swordfighter alive and he knows it. The actor did an amazing job of really bringing that nonchalant confidence. Even knowing Zoro had main character immunity and the story arc, I still felt worried for him going up against Mihawk.
Which sucks because the main cast is bad actors.they look the part but dont act the part. I think anime characters should be conveyed in real life if done right
Definitely my favorite character so far. I’ve started the anime and homie just DISAPPEARS. I’m sad lmao. Hopefully I don’t have to wait 400 episodes for his return
As someone who didn't see the anime before the live action, I can say I did understand why Usop was able to join the crew. Even though he didn't have a big "wow" moment to be able to shine he just had a lot of build up of small and meaningful moments throughout that you can feel his heart in it. We see Luffy is a great judge of character, so it makes sense he saw it too
I'm honestly shocked how well paced it is, too. Like youd think something like One Piece would need like 20 episodes to cover everything they did cover.
I think most of his issues and most of fans who are hyper into it are they keep comparing and saying nope nope, as if the original plot had them captivated as much as they are now. Stuff like omgosh why did luffy invite ussop no plot beat told us that, easily answered by luffy inviting a bird...ep 1. they weren't watching the show they were rewatching the show they new for changes. All his criticisms while he isn't a critic so I get him not being able to articulate them perfectly, amount to...this changed...and I don't know if its bad...or good...i think its bad...even if the opposite, they made the show one for one and 50 eps would have made normal people drop it. It worked for normies and that's what matters...even if fans and reviewers thought normies hate it, its way better than they think. Normies can handle weird ideas I mean anime is popular now so is foreign movies and films, that push to hate and call people dorks for liking things besides hollywood's crap failed...people got bored of it on their own and stopped caring about being cool and lived their lives and turns out people like things and don't mind if you don't.
@@lukedeakin7124 Yeah, most reviews amount to (person who watched the cartoon) compares everything to the cartoon and doesn't really tell you if they liked it or not besides vague...they did this good it looked good here, bad acting....(person who only read manga) This sucks they didn't do it one for one, no curly eyebrows (person who never watched and was told (people who are fans said this show was pointless much like last of us hbo yet it succeeded) never to watch and its goofy...they liked it and wanna stick to the show and are badgered by fans to read the manga till they stop liking it. lol.
@@lukedeakin7124 Overall I see barely any reviews even professional that arent just either so off (aka never watched series so keep pandering to the idea that anyone will hate it due to it being weird when its not even that weird in comparison to stuff these days) ok people who review it on weather it is shot for shot and how effects weren't perfect and overlook when they were good. Lastly people who just enjoyed it aka general public. I just want a review that states something different like noticing the plot for the plot, was it intriguing, did you feel invested, was dialogue captivating, did you forget you were watching and get invested, did you buy all the logic...were characters well done, was it creative for the time (when it came out) etc. Technically at the time of release one piece wasn't seen as the worst or greatest like people believe so i'd say a 7-8/10 is fair for a first season.
Netflix seriously woke up and realized "We could totally pick up the Pirates of the Caribbean money Disney left on the table" and consequently put genuine effort into this show. Genuinely awe-inspiring
It wasn’t necessarily Netflix who put the effort in, Oda (the mangaka of one piece) only agreed to let them produce the live action adaptation under the condition that EVERYTHING goes through him first and he perfected it as much as he could. Netflix letting him have that leniency is great though I will say that.
wow the fact the you think one piece is in the same boat (pun intended) as POC shows just how superficial your appreciation of one piece is. i hope you are a fan thats new to one piece as that would be more understandable
I agree with you, but when you think about it, Buggy was also pretty fucked up in the manga/anime. All of the One Piece villains tend to be really fucked up, now that I think about it lmao
I do think that there were some moments in the manga where Buggy was more intimidating than he ended up being in the show, because of the disparity between how goofy he seems and what he does. I wish the part with him partying to celebrate Nami joining his crew, and then telling her to kill Luffy, got carried over.
What made me interested to watch the LA was the marketing with the cast, and their interviews. They're so likeable, and they seemed so passionate about the project. That same likeability and passion is shown in the series.
I don't know why people act as if actors sitting around speaking is any different than getting together with your friend and having a good time. that's not anything special to look at
@@nineten9011 They're talking about the show, which people were curious about. Seeing them talk about their enjoyment sold people on the show possibly being good. You should probably think more, instead of making a judgement on the fly.
@@makoent2231 I saw all their interviews, it’s not that different from a lot of Hollywood actors around a show premiere. People need to stop making a big deal about celebrities talking to each other.
I showed the live action One Piece to my parents. My mom has vertigo so she can't watch anime and my dad doesn't like anything animated, but now they're both fans. As a hardcore One Piece fan I couldn't be happier with it!
I would agree but a lot of the character development for usopp takes place in water 7, so I’m completely fine with it, considering it will most likely continue into a larger LA series edit: word
I was on the team that built the sets, and having Internet Jesus approve has me screaming (happily)! I've been a One Piece fan since I was a kid and let me tell you it was awesome!! The actors are all amazing people out-of-character and the atmosphere of it all was so perfect. I look forward to working on season 2.
Congratulations to you for being a part of such an amazing project. The final result was beautiful, I absolutely loved the scenery throughout the show.
So sorry for intruding but how did you manage to work on this show? It’s literally my life dream to be either cast on this show or working behind the scenes for season 2😭 but I have no idea how to get in touch with the film directors or anything. Is there any advice or steps you took to get here?
Guy who played Coby is an underrated actor, his body language tone and acting skills were very good, he actually seemed genuine and it didn’t feel like I was watching a copy but the real thing
@@TheBurn65he’s a male that transitioned from female. Only thing with Morgan Davies is he has a very feminine face still so I can’t tell what the character is supposed to be until the movie or show says lol
I was so impressed with how they summarized the core narrative beats of the show and made everything fit while cutting the fat of the series. The characters actually felt like the characters in the show and I cannot wait to see more! They did such a good job at keeping the important parts of the story in tact while also taking creative freedoms to move the story along easier.
I’m gonna sing the praises of this show forever. I have not really ever been able to crack into anime as a medium and One Piece was at the bottom of the list of ones to try for how infamously long and stretched thin the arcs are. I didn’t expect anything from the live action show but my brother, a HUGE fan of the anime and manga, was so excited I agreed to watch it with him. It may have condensed a lot more than the anime fans would have ideally wanted but it does an incredible job of telling the story and now I’m a fan. I’m considering watching the anime now as a result and even if I don’t I have something my brother can talk to me about.
currently rewatching with One Pace and it's soo much better :) in general its manga>anime but some episodes are great in anime and elevate the source :D
One pace is very close to being fully caught up just a few early seasons still need to finish, so just a bit more patience and youll be able to binge it
Agreed, something that springs to mind that has nailed this for years is Don Mancini, creator of the Child's Play movies, staying on board with Chucky. In my humble opinion, most of the Chucky movies and the show are phenomenal because it constantly takes creative unique approaches to the goofiness/horror of the series. And, importantly, Don Mancini has maintained the use of practical FX for the 30+ years the series has been around, meaning that every scene with Chucky is either a real puppet/animatronic doll or tiny human actors (when it shows him from behind or some such). The only exception being Child's Play (2019) with Mark Hamill voicing Chucky, and I'm not really sure how that came to be or why: It's not bad, but it doesn't feel like it has Don Mancini's fingerprint on it as much as the rest of the series. It feels like more of a test pilot for the horror movie Megan from this year which I always found kind of funny. Both of them are Universal horror movies about killer robot toys that go rogue (yes, 2019's Chucky is a robot, not even slightly connected to the ghost of a serial killer or anything supernatural), but it just so happens that it worked much better in the public eye as a unique IP instead of ripping off an iconic franchise. Anyway, tangent over.
I thought Usopp's best moment in Syrup Village came before the fight rather than during it. When Kaya slapped him because she thought he was going crazy, instead of running away in despair, he chose to stay in the back of her room anyway, until she was safe from danger.
Mihawk is extremely badass. My god I literally had goosebumps during his introduction scene. And that duel with Zoro, holy shit that was pure gold. I absolutely love this show. The only thing I hate is that we're gonna have to wait a while for season 2. Grrrr I want it NOW!!!! >:(
I agree with the Usopp part. They could've easily made him fight Sham or Buchi using his antics and made Zoro fight just one of them. His awesome character development in Arlong Park was also shafted because they removed his internal monologue. I'm a big Usopp fan, even the aspects of him that annoy people endear me to him, so I was a bit disappointed that they didn't focus much on story beats that focus on him. But if you look at it from a pov of someone who's new to this, I say it's fine. The actor nailed Usopp's personality and he was a joy to watch.
facts he could have viewed it as just another check, but I knew he wouldn't. one piece is basically his baby basically lmao, he told an editor once "Be prepared to die for One Piece!". he also is one of the few people ever who has done a long manga with that much passion in an industry with insane levels of burnout for 25+ years, he has been doing it at such a high level. he never would have let this be terrible and it shows with how much power netflix needed to give him for this series to be greenlit by him.
@@RockHoward256 he’s probably the best story writing Mangaka to date actually. One Piece, with how vast it is and how many episodes it holds, out of the 1079 episodes, there is truly only 42-48 filler episodes. Less than 5% of the show is filler. Not to mention, there are almost no plot holes either, Oda has a tree of things that have happened in the series and makes sure to keep things within plot. Naruto for example, is 40% filler in just Naruto, and Naruto Shippuden was 39% filler. It’s all about perspective.
The biggest takeaway from his review was that detour into the anime where we got the realization of Luffy's character development being a gradual process more heavily loaded into the later parts.
As a non OP watcher before hand, I've now hit ep 50 and have finished arlong park. The LA hooked me in when shanks showed his haki(which I looked up and now know) in front of the sea beast. I cried when Nami was stabbing herself and then it zooms out to show the MF crew ready to storm arlong park. The LA invested me into the anime. This coming from a weeb, quite impressive
I watched this show as someone who never watched or read One Piece (I barely knew anything about it surprisingly). To me the show was completely coherent, I never felt lost and I really liked it. As someone with minimum knowledge of the show, even the minimum time spent on the boats was not a huge deal - it made sense to me that the story at this point would take place mostly on land - but I get what Charlie means. Chemistry between the actors was also on point, or at least seemed that way to me. Overall, loved it, at the moment trying to get my parents to watch it (my dad loves PotC movies, I think he'd like One Piece too), and I hope Netflix continues, cause this series so far deserves it. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go and fight the urge to start watching 1000+ episodes of the anime.
@@zshxrty251 Yes! You don't need to watch the anime or read the manga. The show is amazing and you don't need any prior information! Check it out if you haven't already.
The accents were my favorite part about the show, it's not talked about much but I think in a world full of different islands and a crew from different origins, having accents like Luffy's actor, Sanji's, Kobys, etc. really added to it.
@@ferretyluv yeah the casting was based on that, zoro would be japanese and usopp would be carribbean, letting oda be involved with the casting was just a smart idea.
The Adaptation is actually why I started binging the anime, currently in Japan and have been watching it every second I've had at the Airbnb or on the trains, its fun seeing the major changes and appreciating the speed at which the show moves in live action cos, in classic anime fashion, having Captain Kuro take a full episode to walk from the house to the shore is painfully slow
I'm really hoping that they'll expand on Usopp and Sanji's characters in a second season, so they'll be able to add in the elements that made them good characters in the anime/manga.
Yeah, the real moment that sealed Sanji as part of the crew for me was the avalanche on Drum Island. I hope they include some version of it. I also hope Usopp doesn't get relegated to the background comic relief character in the future.
I think one of the BEST things this show did was solving the problem of anime hair colors. All of the characters with funky colors (nami and zoro for example) have more natural colors in their roots, while the rest of the hair is the wacky anime color. It makes the characters look like the characters, and not like actors in cosplay.
Honestly I’m more surprised how well they managed to maintain consistency towards the anime without rushing, forcing and pushing through all arcs in one episode.
I felt like there was just so much effort put into selling the setting in live-action. The sets were amazing, the absurd number of extras with amazing costumes and prosthetics, everything. I'd probably only ever seen a couple dozen episodes of the anime over my life, and have always enjoyed the idea of One Piece, but the Live Action is probably gonna get me to start reading it. Loved it a lot!
I'm so glad it's a success. The series was made in my country and usually movies flop when they make it here so the fact that one piece is doing well is great. I really hope to see a lot more in future
I scoffed at the idea of Luffy being represented by a real life personality. And then the actor managed to melt my cold jaded heart. You can hear the passion in every line he gives, how he truly wants to make this performance work. His ending scene with Coby in episode 1 actually got to me a lil
the fact that Usopp was invited to the crew because of his heart is really true, Luffy never took him because he was a good sniper. Also buggy, captain Kuro and Mihawk were perfectly casted
Luffy never took anyone because they were good at anything in the entire series it was always about their heart which is a fantastic contrast to Blackbeard. wanted zoro to join after riceball scene having never seen him fight, sanji wanted him to join after seeing him give food to gin etc., he didn't even know chopper was a doctor lmao.
As someone who had never consumed any One Piece content before, I can confidently say that I thought the live action season 1 was fantastic. I couldn’t get enough of it. The story was great, the characters (and their amazing actors) were great, and I had a blast with every episode. Since I haven’t seen the anime, I don’t know what pieces were left out, but I can say that I didn’t feel like anything was missing in the live action’s story. The pacing felt great and I didn’t feel like they were making any questionable jumps from point A to point C. As someone who probably won’t get into the anime any time soon (I’m sorry, I’m just not a massive fan of the art style and the anime is really really long), I’m glad to have this new way to be able to engage with and enjoy the story of One Piece. I can’t wait for season 2!
Never watched One Piece anime but I just love the live action. Ofc I won't understand any character changes that have been made in the live action but for now the season 1 is just perfect for me. I'm probably missing out, but I'm just keen into live action more in film or series. Not animated. It's 90% for me. I've already missed the straw hat crew. Their chemistry is perfect, it really felt like a family. Even with flashbacks, it evokes so much emotion in me just from it. (Luffy and Sanji flashback mainly)
Funny enough, I only started watching the live action for Peter Gadiot because he looks like Ryan Gosling which is the actor that I'm obsessed with but now I'm staying for the whole series. Really miss shanks tho
If u dont start watching the anime from ep1 until onepiece is found I WILL CUM FOR U DOOOO ITTTTTTTT!!!! just one ep a day or 3ep a week never skip an ep you need to take it all in i mean all of it Alright have a gud day 👍
@@Bonn-bf1tti just finished live action and i tried watching first anime episode and ngl it aint for me lol but it seems respectly good for ppl growing up watching it
@@mak_7129 same. I tried watching the anime before and couldn't complete ep 1 cuz the character designs were too wacky and the mannerisms were too cartoonish for me. Also, it was way too bright and goofy like a kids cartoon. But I loved the live adaptation. I've started reading the manga and liking it more than the anime cuz the cartoony nature is way less prominent.
As someone who has not seen the anime or read the manga, let me tell you, the live action has been a great opening for me to explore the One Piece universe. Heck, it even convinced me to finally go and watch the anime jist because of how invested i was with the world and the characters. While my opinion isnt the end all be all, i can say that, atleast for me, OPLA was effective enough to get me into the source material.
Haven't seen much of One Piece anime since how long the anime is and also that I have an early kind of hate for Luffy and Usopp... and I really wanna watch it cuz it seems pretty fun.
Not enough people talking about how well they pulled off the three sword style!! I thought it would be hard for them to make that look good but they did an awesome job with just that alone
Yeah I actually watched it all now. I agree he barely used it. But what can you actually do with a whole sword in your mouth realistically. At least they tried I guess
It's better to watch the live action version first. There's always more depth you can turn to but knowing the source material beforehand will force you to compare what you know with the adaptation. This is one of the few times I get to be on this side and it is glorious. Imagine seeing this series again for the first time? I got to do that with this adaptation and now I have the anime and the manga to experience plus get all the "new" moments that the live adaptation had to change/cutout to experience.
I remember when this was announced and it was one of those “I can’t believe this is actually gonna happen , I’m not even ready for how bad this is gonna be” to “wow the sets actually look accurate” and then I remember leading up to it all of my friends were saying that they were cautiously optimistic because of Oda’s blessing and all the footage that had been shown
As someone who never read the manga or watched the anime, I absolutely love the live action. It’s got me watching the anime now, so it’s succeeded in that regard.
as someone who has never ever seen a single episode of one piece I thought this was AMAZING. I definitely thought Usopp was deserving of a spot on the team, not because of his skills or anything but in my eyes Luffy was looking for people he got along with or saw potential in, which I believe he saw in Usopp.
This I agree with as well. But, the one thing I wished they leaned onto more was his sharpshooting skills. I only vaguely remember bits and pieces from the 4Kids iteration from decades ago, but I remember that was his one ace skill he had.
@DarukaEon ye, he's the sharpshooter in his team (SPOILERS FOR WATER 7 SAGA): İn the enies lobby fight we saw him perfectly aim at marines from such a large distance thst even they got impressed, shooting right I'm the bullseye of the world government flag and hold his own against marine captains. Even at such an early stage of the show he was a prominent Sharpshooter, not to mention him managing to put up a good fight against Luffy in the duel
Thats actually perfect because thats exactly how luffy recruits people in the original source material aswell. He never even tasted sanjis cooking before deciding that he would join his crew.
I love how Oda was not only the creative consultant on OP, but the show runners *respected him and consulted with him* so the live action conformed to his standards.
One change I know will have some effects is having the interactions with Garp so early on, specially as some of those are related to other events that should still take place based on the ending, but now it wont have the same impact as it did in the manga/anime. Hopefully season 2 has more episodes as they finally get to single arcs, which was also a big issue season 1 anime/manga had as s1 had so many enemies and characters (considering we got 4 crew members in season 1, as opposed to 1 every couple of seasons after this). But I believe with 15 episodes at least they can do Arabasta with no problem, of course things will be cut (probably the giants and the island where they encounter the first couple of members from Baroque Works) but I do believe they will be fine, but they better not cut Laboon.
Eichiro Oda was directly involved to make sure it's not 1 to 1 but to keep the same spirit of the characters, the world and the tone. Props to the artists and the crew who worked on this, they did an amazing job! I am actually very impressed with this adaptation and actually looking forward to more seasons of it lol
Yeah i heard the man basically said if its not up to his expectations he wont let them release it. if only we get that dedication from other adaptations.
This show just made me realize how little pirate "fantasy" content is out there. It's always historically accurate or adjacent. Pirates of the Caribbean had those fantastical elements, but even that was set in our actual world back in the 1700s.
I get what you mean. Closest I can think of is Wind Waker, but pirates don't really play a front and center role. But it's still fundamentally a "what if the whole world was a lawless open sea" fantasy world
Thats part of why one piece is really unique. Its a fantasy series but it chooses a setting or premise thats not seldom seen in that genre. And then he sets up the world and story structure so that he can make each island, arc, whatever style and tone or genre he wants, and they just go from island to island purveying all sorts of narrative styles, while he works on a larger plot. Its a smart way to incorporate that creative freedom into ones story. Because he set it up like this, he can do murder mystery one arc to political intrigue the next arc if he wanted.
As a first One Piece watcher, I'm now scared to watch the anime cause I want it all to be adapted in live action. Buggy is by far the best character too and you can tell they made him even better than the anime.
Do you think it is possible that no one is bold enough to try and make a pirate fantasy story (manga/anime/movie/etc) because of One Piece and PoTC? Without googling, I couldn't think of any other pirate fantasy shows with the exception of Sinbad cartoon movie (by dreamworks?), Sinbad from Magi (not much pirating in this show 😅), and Assassin's Creed Black Flag which is a game not a show/movie. Also there might be a lot out there but they never got any recognition or just bad 😂
the producers also mentioned that the legendary ODA and his team was involved the whole time in the project and including casting the crew. not surprised this adaption broke the curse lol that’s how it should always be. also by having real anime fans work in that production is a sight 👏👏
Very good review, I agree with a lot of the things here. I do also think the characters joining the crew is done differently from the manga. Rather than earning their place through battle prowess or BAMFness, they end up on the crew through happenstance, some more reluctantly (zoro, nami) than others. So it's more a collection of people. But it's during their time on the crew and subsequent episodes that they cement their loyalty and decide to stay. Which I honestly enjoyed. Ex. Zoro going from "not a crew" to "i didn't know where i was headed but luffy changed that" uwu As for Usopp, I agree that he didn't have enough combat time screen time. But one of the things that impressed me the most was after (SPOILER WARNING) Kaya turns on him for accusing the butler. In the manga, there was a period of angst, running away, nobody understanding usopp, the bad guy reveal, then vindication. But instead, in the live action, usopp stays with kaya, refusing to leave until he can be sure she's safe. It's one thing to be brave in a fight against an enemy, it's another to have the courage to stay by your friends' side to protect them, even if they may hate you. Tbh, the latter hits me harder.
I do really hope we get a season 2 and beyond. Hopefully, with the successful run of this season, they will have bigger budgets and more episodes per season. Only having 8 episodes did damper the pacing a little bit, I feel like even having 9 or 10 episodes would've made it all the more perfect.
The B Plot from the Marines they added in also cut down alot, but yeah it felt like there was never an opportunity for a breather with the crew at times. Hopefully all the production design they accomplished with building boats cuts the cost a tiny bit. That being said Season 2 would pretty much be Loguetown + Alabasta which means Giants, Dinosaurs, Crocodiles, a Labboon, Chopper, the new Paramecia users like Robin, and tons of Logia Users so they're 100% going to need that CGI budget.
I'm really hopeful for a season 2 as well, but I wouldn't expect an increase in budget at all. This first season already cost 144 Million dollars to make. For a comparison, Game of Thrones season 8 cost 90 million dollars. I think it'll already be a miracle if we get a season 2 of One Piece, and an even bigger miracle if the budget doesn't decrease.
@@SinderSoyl To be fair that last season of GOT had 6 episodes, though cost wise each One Piece episode costs the same as a GOT one at that point. For another comparison, season 4 of Stranger Things had a 30 Mill Budget/episode, almost double One Piece's. A big aim for Netflix is their global audience, and One Piece is breaking records for being #1 in 84 countries. It's paying off and the last thing Netflix would want is to lose that. Especially considering what Season 2 would have I just wouldn't be surprised if the budget goes up.
@@nighttimeasbestos5958 That fact about Stranger Things is quite interesting. There's still one thing that's unclear though, and it's that shows have a reported initial budget and sometimes end up showing a much higher cost after it's released. An example would be Rings of Power, which was supposed to have a budget similar to One Piece LA but ended up spending over 450 million dollars. I wouldn't be surprised if One Piece had the same kind of announcement at some point. It definetly looked like it cost a fuckton of money to make. Stranger Things 4 probably had a significant amount of its budget dumped into the main cast's payroll. In any case, I'll stay hopeful :)
Maybe season 2 and beyond will have more than 8 episodes. With how successful season 1 did I'm also looking forward to more Live action One Piece in the future.
I also love the inclusion of the grandfather and grandson dynamic between Garp and Coby and how they're given more attention in the show than in the anime. also, the fact that shanks and his crew got more action in the LA than they did in the ENTIRE anime is almost laughable
I liked the live action overall, but I disagree on these points. I think It's cooler, and it makes a lot more sense, for Ben Beckman to solo the mountain bandits without even shooting his gun, than how they all needed to work together in the LA. There were some other power scaling concerns, like Luffy being weaker that zoro feat wise for half the show, but it still far exceeded my expectations. The Garp story line took a lot of time out of the main story line, and it removed the possibility of the luffy-garp moment at marineford if the LA ever gets there. It also feels weird for such an endgame character like Garp to be so involved. Imagine if Mihawk kept chasing the straw hats. And Coby and Helmeppo weren't given enough time to get strong at all.
Koby is the only part of the show that I can't stand so far. It just feels like the typical netflix diversity shoe in so they can appeal to the trans activists on twitter. The actor has horrible line delivery like he's reading off the script in every scene.
@@cptmtnsit seemed like a great portrayal of an anxious kid with no confidence interacting with a bunch of people far stronger and more important than him.
My wife and step daughter have never seen the anime or read the manga, nor are anime fans in general. My wife says the cartoon aspect takes away the emotion for her (I love anime so disagree). To my surprise they both love the live action show and both adore the character portrayal of Luffy. I’ve seen a lot of anime RUclipsr and commentators worried non anime fans won’t get it, but it’s actually bringing new fans to the franchise and that’s an amazing thing!
I love the main cast so much, you can feel that most of them are huge One Piece fans, too. The only thing I missed was Hatchan, it felt like the CGI budget ran out with Arlong vs Luffy, so they couldn't afford a 3 vs 6 swords fight. On the other hand, Sanji and Zeff had a great chemistry, their story was told so well.
I've loved it so far; captures the spirit but does the changes necessary to bring it to broader audiences and not be overtly cringe for the sake of being faithful; doesn't always work in live action, and they figured it out and did a very good job.
Ive seen things online that say "only unemployed people say im starting one peice." Bc of the anount of episodes, and its intimidating, going in the live action i knew i would basically just be seeing the highlights of the anime/manga but i fell in love with the world of One piece
I’ve never fully watched One piece but I loved the live action! It’s so good, i loved how the devil fruit powers look fantastic and goofy at the same time! It works so well and feels so perfect for the live action version! I really hope we get a season 2.
It's a fact that Oda did not plan everything in One Piece from the beginning, and what makes this adaptation so great is he takes everything amazing from the original and "builds" on it such as "what if I had done this, or told the story that way." It's One Piece, but with 20+ years of planning, feedback, and notes which is why it unsurprisingly worked.
You can tell Netflix wanted to make this live action show as good as it can be, that they even got Oda to take a massive roll in the creation of the show, unlike most live action adaptations
Its Netflix who called oda to help them he's the one who personally intervened to keep an eye on what they're doing to his show cuz he doesn't want them to butcher it
That and the guy who played Lufy had a lot to say. The director said he was a critic of a lot of scene and elevated them. I enjoyed the live action. It was good.
Haha it’s funny how you think Netflix actually wanted Oda to have a big say, bro didn’t want them to only add all black female lesbian trans characters
While they didn't have Jango present, they did still have his wanted poster on the bounty board where Luffy initially sees Buggy's poster. Kuro's and a few others who don't appear til way later are also there, such as Bellamy, Foxy, and Cavendish.
They missed a HUGE opportunity right after Syrup Village, which was to demonstrate Usopp's talent with shooting with cannons when Garp started a ship battle, that was the perfect moment for Usopp to shine, and it'd probably be less expensive than the CGI of Luffy doing the gum gum balloon
@@Blockoumi It was used to highlight their inexperience and naivety as a crew, it wasn't just a *"haha Usopp dumb"* moment, he's literally never even seen a cannon before, him perfectly using one to impede Garp's assault is an anime moment that should be reserved for anime...
@@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817 i mean, it was kinda obvious he badly messed up. But it also didn’t lead to anywhere. I was wondering if it was going to serve as some form of development for usopp since in his own arc, he really didn’t do anything (reread syrup village, usopp is hella well done). Maybe he’d feel a bit bad or something and he’d try to work on himself and his place on the crew. Like usopp is naturally good at aiming at stuff but they don’t reinforce it much.
Everyone felt so into their roles, it was really refreshing. Highlights include Usopp, Buggy, and Arlong. Usopp's actor adapted his fake storytelling so well, and some of his deliveries were goddamn hilarrious. Arlong, despite the costume design, absolutely nailed the character. And Buggy stole the show everytime he spoke.
I absolutely loved this adaptation. The actors did an amazing job embodying the characters. They seem so passionate about the community, the source material and really gave it their all. The set design was top notch and the actor they picked for Luffy was perfect!
I've watched the first season in one day. First 5 minutes are so cringe, it hurt to watch. Gol d. Roger's execution exposed the low budget hiring and much more. Tho the more, it came in every episode. Really bad camera work, mediocre directorship. Actors are like if you go to a anime expo and hire the cosplayers. The acting is really mediocre. B or C actors Mostly. Diversity hires, transgender Koby and more. Zoro is good, luffy, tho 10 shades more brown, a Mexican, is likeable tho. Buggy's actor is top tier, perhaps the best actor in the whole show. Also, the animators are good. But what really shines are the props - everything in the series feels like one piece. Boats, world, places houses, rooms...tio work! Acting is the weakest part. And to me, I hate diversity hires. If you have a transgender in the show, have him/her cause they Are good, and not BECAUSE they are trans. Damn... This show, according to what I saw, could have been a legendary 10/10 adaptation. As it is rn, it's like a 5 or 6/10. But... It could have been also dragon ball evolution or death note movie cringe bad travesty
@@ancientslav4863 koby actor is super koby coded what are you talking about, most of the people don't know he's trans. Also I'm mexican, and I see Iñaki as a "white mexican" as myself, he's not even tan, and canonically Luffy is brazilian and over there they also have a mix of brown, white and black people with the latin vibe so... Oda liked him and chose him
@@cottoncandylover666Fr, people are forgetting to realize the person who MADE the characters picked these people for a reason. The casting is perfect, especially for Luffy. And this guys rant abt trans people rlly invalidated his opinion anyways tbh 😂😂 Koby’s actor is exactly what he would’ve been like in the show. I fw it!
@@ancientslav4863Everything you said is garbage. I'm pretty non "pc" and lean right politically, but nowhere did I feel like anyone was a diversity hire. The casting is spot on and from what I read, the writer himself helped with that... You're trying to gatekeep the writer's own project lol
As someone who has never watched or read one piece. Watching the live action series has seriously invested me in these characters and world. Not sure if I'll watch the anime, but I'm definitely anticipating a season 2.
If you like the LA and like anime as well, then you should definitely give it a shot. A lot of the story beats done in the LA are more impactful in the anime because of the anime taking more of its time telling the story. The pacing in the LA is just too quick, still an amazing adaptation though.
@@Popabuddy1To be fair. If there's any live action that can benefit from quickening the pace, it's one piece. 😂 Still some issues from it. But not enough to ruin it all.
Please check out the anime. My coworker had his doubts, but after watching the first 30 episodes, he is now CAUGHT UP in the anime after 4 months, lol.
Main takeaway with usopp makes sense but I think the "golden ticket" to join the crew was the mention that he was yasopps son and that was what sealed the deal for luffy
I actually wasn't planning to get involved with the one piece community or anything one piece related, but then I saw the live-action and thought that It wouldn't hurt to watch 8 episodes. For one day I binged those 8 episodes and was already so invested in it, like It surpassed my expectations so hard! So with that, consider me new to the crew
i watched this 3 weeks ago. was still scared to watch it. i finally watched it 3 days ago though. i fell in love. i feel liike im watching one piece for the very first time all over again. the actors did an amazing job at capturing the essence of each character nd translating that extremely well. the iconic scenes HIT so hard
I am happy with the casting of Buggy, Luffy and Sanji!!! The scene of Nami asking Luffy for help and the back flash of Zeff and Sanji were adapted fabulously. Iñaki brings the Luffy energy and He is probably the best casted actor I have seen In a Live action adaption in a Long time. One piece is a success and I hope they keep the new seasons this good too. 🤘🏻
As someone who's only seen the live action, I got pretty invested in the world and characters; it demonstrates such heart and goofiness that I could 100% understand why so many people love it so much
so you actually know him as gold roger then huh. if youre wondering his name is actually Gol D. Roger, this is because he has the will of D just like the main character Monkey D. Luffy.
The fact that this will act as an introduction to One Piece for many people around the world fills me with joy. The most difficult part about this series is getting into it, and I'll be damned if they didn't nail that problem to the wall creating action, pacing, and music to actually interest viewers of all ages. The story is timeless and this is how they've captured that greatness.
I came in with no prior knowledge and absolutely loved it! I am now knee deep in the anime because I simply could not get enough of these characters and their stories. 10/10
The one thing i absolutely love with the live action is how they still made sanji flirty and all but hes not a creep like in the anime. A lot of sanji moments in the anime would never be accepted if it was added in the live action.
It makes Sanji likeable to be a dorky, horrible flirt who thinks he's suave. He doesn't cross the line into creepy a single time and it makes his character shine.
Jacob Romero as Usopp completely stole my heart, I really wish he had gotten more time in the trailers because he sold that role so well. I’m around 520ish episodes into the anime, and his acting really refreshed my love for that character. Honestly, the majority of the cast left that impression with me. This adaptation was a passion project that’s earned it’s place as the best of its kind!
That dance scene in the ship sold it hard for me lol he just captures the essence & spirit of Usopp's fun loving goofy playful personality but also intelligence & understanding of what's going on in his scenarios.
Credit where credit is due, they are condensing episodes upon episodes of character developement, foreshadowing and events pretty well , and while it does feel a tiny bit rushed they still managed get alot done in such short time
The Jimbei foreshadowing was👌Its so much better hearing it from Arlong given their history, in the manga/anime Jimbei was foreshadowed through Johnny and Yosaku.
I'm not sure I agree with the points on Usopp, I had never seen one piece before the live action so my first introduction to Usopp is through this show. But even then I was able to see the loyalty he showed for Kaya. Yeah he didn't get put through a trial by fire like anime Usopp did, but the show made clear that he's willing to risk his life for his loved ones.
I do think Sanji’s willingness to just join the crew was a little out of nowhere, but one thing I thought was pretty cool about the whole Don Krieg and Mihawk difference was that Mihawk actually was given a more intentional and purposeful reason for being there instead of just casually and seemingly randomly floating on in to slash some fools. Mihawk did technically clash with them in the Grand Line in the original show as well, it was just off screen, so it isn’t like just totally 100% different. The whole thing in live action made the encounter with Mihawk less by chance and more intentional.
Yeah, I do wish they added more about Sanji, especially the part where Luffy so badly wanted him to be on his crew that he refused Sanji's refusal to join hahahaha but I guess they had to fit in more about Nami and ended up cutting more of Sanji's parts out
Idk, I always thought it was cool the only reason Mihawk showed up to Baratie was bc Don Krieg interrupted his nap, lol. It really showed that he dgaf and does whatever he wants, meanwhile the Live Action version makes it look like he's more of a government lapdog but idk
What he went through with Luffy was what I went through with Polnareff. I despised him at first but once we saw him mature down and got exposition to him I sobbed like a baby at the end of part 3. He went from least favorite to second it was very impressive
There was so many hidden details in the live action if your a fan of the anime/manga, for example in the live action scene where Shanks was in the bar parting the music playing is 'binks booze' song that Brook sings/plays. That is just one of dozens of little details that is just there in the background never focused on. There was a lot of love put into the live action.
usopp did make me like his character for how much he cares and loves Kaya and wants to make her feel better by telling her stories. Sanji had a reason to join because he liked Luffy and Nami and it compelled him to join as well as Zeff encouraging him and giving him tough love to join the crew. Sanji wants to find the all blue and the crew is the best opportunity for him to find the all blue.
My absolute favorite scene was just the whole crew talking with eachother. Nothing else going on just them talking with eachother. Characters and their relationships are the most important part of one piece and I just loved the crews chemistry
I also loved that! I remember that was one of my favorite parts when I started watching/reading One Piece. I miss those moments, so I was really happy to see that again! I feel like now, since the crew is bigger, is more complicated to have moments with all of them together.
This live action was the LAST thing any of us expected, and it was genuinely one of the best adaptations I’ve ever seen. The massive world, the perfect casting, and the genuine good tv show that it is. Amazing. This is the only right way to make live action adaptations. edit - didnt expect this comment blow up lolll, glad a lot of ya'll agree though, I get that its not a 1 to 1 copy but thats simply not possible. I just appreciate the effort and dedication every part of the showmaking crew had and odas involvment. It made for an amazing adaptation.
It also helped that the showrunner is a massive fan of the series + Oda being decently involved in the process as well. And it’s crazy that this succeeded despite all its fantastical and goofy elements while “easier” to adapt series like Cowboy Bepop and Death Note failed. Just goes to show you need the right ppl behind these adaptations.
I’ve never watched One Piece. I’ve heard of it and saw bits and pieces, but never fully watched it. So like a noob, I watched the live action first and actually enjoyed it. Shortly after finishing the live action, I started the anime and started loving it more
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It’s hilarious how the one anime we thought just couldn’t be made into a live action actually managed to break the live action flop curse
fr, they failed at doing something as simple as death note.
@@prinzdenaxcowboy bebop was literally the easiest thing to adapt
@@RockHoward256 i mean its a bit more complicated than death note, cuz it takes place in space and a cyberpunk setting
RIGHT i thought for sure One Piece was gonna fail when I heard they were doing a live action 😂
it didnt break that curse alice in borderland did but one piece live action is really good
Buggy, Zoro, and Usopp were so well done it’s crazy
Personally I feel like Luffy is perfectly casted. Inaki has a lot of charm and I really can't imagine anyone else as Luffy.
zoro was done well, but it was strange that they made him so edgy and mean instead of the pretimeskip laughing goofball we know and love
Buggy stole the show damn that actor is really good
I feel like zoro talks way too low and his vocal fry is too much at times.
Buggy was so good and intimidating
I srsly hope they continue this, it deserves a LOT more then just 8 episodes
It will have more than 8
Especially when the anime has 1000000000+ episodes
@@Malialuvsmilesmoralesyour about 999998975 off at the time of writing but yeah close enough
considering they put 5-6 anime episodes into 1 live action, they need another 200+ live actions to catch up to current day One Piece. At that point the anime would've finished well before a 3rd or 4th season
@@wrth My dude, they covered 95 manga chapters in one season. I don't know where you got 5-6 anime episodes from.
Mihawk has PRESENCE.
You immediately buy in to him being the greatest swordfighter alive and he knows it.
The actor did an amazing job of really bringing that nonchalant confidence.
Even knowing Zoro had main character immunity and the story arc, I still felt worried for him going up against Mihawk.
Yes fr
When you got the same eyes as makima, you know you're him
Which sucks because the main cast is bad actors.they look the part but dont act the part. I think anime characters should be conveyed in real life if done right
Definitely my favorite character so far. I’ve started the anime and homie just DISAPPEARS. I’m sad lmao. Hopefully I don’t have to wait 400 episodes for his return
"You're like a frog, stuck in a pond. Croak. Croak. Croak."
He didn't say the last three croaks in the anime but goddamn if it doesn't scream Mihawk.
Unlike most if not all Live-action anime adaptations, you can see how passionate the cast and crew are about the source material.
I didn't ask, but I made a Hilarious video of a woman crying about her dog being put down because I make better content. 🤣😂....
"6/10 for being too faithful to the source material"
@@batmeme9349ign
Alita, Battle Angel was kinda good, tho
IGN is such a fucking joke LMAO@@batmeme9349
The fact that something cartoonish like One Piece could be a better live action adaptation than Death Note or Cowboy Beebop is insane!!
Mayne they could do a good live action of those, they just didn't the first time they tried, it'd be great to see a good version after the bad ones
@@Galactathey should have casted Ryan Gosling as spike, wouldn't have saved the show but it would have been cool, you know?
@@Benxall missed opportunity
@@BenxallToo be fair, the guy who played Shanks kinda look like Ryan Gosling a little bit in red hair wig
@@Benxall Not really.
As someone who didn't see the anime before the live action, I can say I did understand why Usop was able to join the crew. Even though he didn't have a big "wow" moment to be able to shine he just had a lot of build up of small and meaningful moments throughout that you can feel his heart in it. We see Luffy is a great judge of character, so it makes sense he saw it too
Agreed
Wait until you meet god 🙏🏽
@@hzzzzz1 Go D Ussop
@@hzzzzz1ALL HAIL THE GO D. USSOP
Yup
I'm honestly shocked how well paced it is, too. Like youd think something like One Piece would need like 20 episodes to cover everything they did cover.
Well paced??? Nikkuh stfu they cut out a bunch of shiii just so they can come out with this garbage of show
I think most of his issues and most of fans who are hyper into it are they keep comparing and saying nope nope, as if the original plot had them captivated as much as they are now. Stuff like omgosh why did luffy invite ussop no plot beat told us that, easily answered by luffy inviting a bird...ep 1. they weren't watching the show they were rewatching the show they new for changes. All his criticisms while he isn't a critic so I get him not being able to articulate them perfectly, amount to...this changed...and I don't know if its bad...or good...i think its bad...even if the opposite, they made the show one for one and 50 eps would have made normal people drop it. It worked for normies and that's what matters...even if fans and reviewers thought normies hate it, its way better than they think. Normies can handle weird ideas I mean anime is popular now so is foreign movies and films, that push to hate and call people dorks for liking things besides hollywood's crap failed...people got bored of it on their own and stopped caring about being cool and lived their lives and turns out people like things and don't mind if you don't.
Oda himself said that he was perfect for the role
@@lukedeakin7124 Yeah, most reviews amount to (person who watched the cartoon) compares everything to the cartoon and doesn't really tell you if they liked it or not besides vague...they did this good it looked good here, bad acting....(person who only read manga) This sucks they didn't do it one for one, no curly eyebrows (person who never watched and was told (people who are fans said this show was pointless much like last of us hbo yet it succeeded) never to watch and its goofy...they liked it and wanna stick to the show and are badgered by fans to read the manga till they stop liking it. lol.
@@lukedeakin7124 Overall I see barely any reviews even professional that arent just either so off (aka never watched series so keep pandering to the idea that anyone will hate it due to it being weird when its not even that weird in comparison to stuff these days) ok people who review it on weather it is shot for shot and how effects weren't perfect and overlook when they were good. Lastly people who just enjoyed it aka general public. I just want a review that states something different like noticing the plot for the plot, was it intriguing, did you feel invested, was dialogue captivating, did you forget you were watching and get invested, did you buy all the logic...were characters well done, was it creative for the time (when it came out) etc. Technically at the time of release one piece wasn't seen as the worst or greatest like people believe so i'd say a 7-8/10 is fair for a first season.
Netflix seriously woke up and realized "We could totally pick up the Pirates of the Caribbean money Disney left on the table" and consequently put genuine effort into this show. Genuinely awe-inspiring
Funny of you to mention POC when the narrator of OPlive action ep1 is Ian Mcshane, who played blackbeard on stranger tides
It wasn’t necessarily Netflix who put the effort in, Oda (the mangaka of one piece) only agreed to let them produce the live action adaptation under the condition that EVERYTHING goes through him first and he perfected it as much as he could. Netflix letting him have that leniency is great though I will say that.
@@elquesohombre9931 I think it really depends, some authors arent able to compromise, others are just there for a payday.
considering netflix isnt doing anything except paying for it makes sense its good :D
wow
the fact the you think one piece is in the same boat (pun intended) as POC shows just how superficial your appreciation of one piece is.
i hope you are a fan thats new to one piece as that would be more understandable
I like how they did buggy's character really well made him much more scary than he originally was and still kept his comedic effect.
I agree with you, but when you think about it, Buggy was also pretty fucked up in the manga/anime. All of the One Piece villains tend to be really fucked up, now that I think about it lmao
I do think that there were some moments in the manga where Buggy was more intimidating than he ended up being in the show, because of the disparity between how goofy he seems and what he does.
I wish the part with him partying to celebrate Nami joining his crew, and then telling her to kill Luffy, got carried over.
@@ItsJustValHere when you really think of their intentions they are all really fucked but the more goofy nature of the show kind of covers it up
He had strong "The Riddler" Jim Carrey vibes, which I really appreciated.
Didn't Charlie just make a video shltting on Netflix and it's content? Now he's praising this? What flip floppy douchebag.
What made me interested to watch the LA was the marketing with the cast, and their interviews. They're so likeable, and they seemed so passionate about the project.
That same likeability and passion is shown in the series.
Yes!
Its palpable how much the actors are enjoying their roles. And they are being excellently directed
I don't know why people act as if actors sitting around speaking is any different than getting together with your friend and having a good time.
that's not anything special to look at
@@nineten9011 They're talking about the show, which people were curious about. Seeing them talk about their enjoyment sold people on the show possibly being good.
You should probably think more, instead of making a judgement on the fly.
@@makoent2231 I saw all their interviews, it’s not that different from a lot of Hollywood actors around a show premiere. People need to stop making a big deal about celebrities talking to each other.
I showed the live action One Piece to my parents. My mom has vertigo so she can't watch anime and my dad doesn't like anything animated, but now they're both fans. As a hardcore One Piece fan I couldn't be happier with it!
I think I'm gonna show it to my parents. I haven't watched the anime, but I loved the live action.
You nailed Usopp. He got a bit of a raw deal in the LA.
GLR!
Kind of funny finding you here watching Charlie
I would agree but a lot of the character development for usopp takes place in water 7, so I’m completely fine with it, considering it will most likely continue into a larger LA series edit: word
@@amaan5421 only problem is he already feels more like post water 7 usopp in my opinion.
The goat himself has appeared
I was on the team that built the sets, and having Internet Jesus approve has me screaming (happily)! I've been a One Piece fan since I was a kid and let me tell you it was awesome!! The actors are all amazing people out-of-character and the atmosphere of it all was so perfect. I look forward to working on season 2.
So, is Season 2 confirmed?
Congratulations to you for being a part of such an amazing project. The final result was beautiful, I absolutely loved the scenery throughout the show.
So sorry for intruding but how did you manage to work on this show? It’s literally my life dream to be either cast on this show or working behind the scenes for season 2😭 but I have no idea how to get in touch with the film directors or anything. Is there any advice or steps you took to get here?
Continue the good work 👍
You did an awesome job! 🎉❤
The live action was my first time watching One Piece and now I’m at episode 211.
Can agree that Sanji joining felt a little rushed but him saying goodbye to Zeff was the one part of the entire show to get my heart to swell.
Guy who played Coby is an underrated actor, his body language tone and acting skills were very good, he actually seemed genuine and it didn’t feel like I was watching a copy but the real thing
Koby is a girl
@@williamkelly5689a trans but yeah, it's a girl transitioning to a guy
It’s a she. I actually didn’t mind her as Koby, but I think they gave that storyline way too much attention.
@@TheBurn65 He is a he.
@@TheBurn65he’s a male that transitioned from female. Only thing with Morgan Davies is he has a very feminine face still so I can’t tell what the character is supposed to be until the movie or show says lol
honestly i was rooting for this one. it doesnt take itself too seriously, and the cast seems to actually enjoy their roles
I didn't ask, but I made a Hilarious video of a woman crying about her dog being put down because I make better content. 🤣😂....
@@Officer_Logan_Floor fatherless behavior
@@Officer_Logan_Floor shut up
@@Officer_Logan_Floorcry bozo
@@Officer_Logan_FloorIf normal conversation makes you cringe, you live a sad life, my guy.
I was so impressed with how they summarized the core narrative beats of the show and made everything fit while cutting the fat of the series. The characters actually felt like the characters in the show and I cannot wait to see more! They did such a good job at keeping the important parts of the story in tact while also taking creative freedoms to move the story along easier.
Honestly they did so so well
I’m gonna sing the praises of this show forever. I have not really ever been able to crack into anime as a medium and One Piece was at the bottom of the list of ones to try for how infamously long and stretched thin the arcs are. I didn’t expect anything from the live action show but my brother, a HUGE fan of the anime and manga, was so excited I agreed to watch it with him. It may have condensed a lot more than the anime fans would have ideally wanted but it does an incredible job of telling the story and now I’m a fan. I’m considering watching the anime now as a result and even if I don’t I have something my brother can talk to me about.
The manga is much better paced. If you end up thinking the anime is too slow you can try that.
@@shade0636 Yep, or try One Pace. Some fans have tried to expunge the parts that drag from the story
@@seadee2834 Oh I've never heard of this until now. That's really cool, thanks for informing me.
currently rewatching with One Pace and it's soo much better :) in general its manga>anime but some episodes are great in anime and elevate the source :D
One pace is very close to being fully caught up just a few early seasons still need to finish, so just a bit more patience and youll be able to binge it
This just goes to show how respecting and actually bringing the creator to honor his vision is NECESSARY in all media
Agreed, something that springs to mind that has nailed this for years is Don Mancini, creator of the Child's Play movies, staying on board with Chucky. In my humble opinion, most of the Chucky movies and the show are phenomenal because it constantly takes creative unique approaches to the goofiness/horror of the series.
And, importantly, Don Mancini has maintained the use of practical FX for the 30+ years the series has been around, meaning that every scene with Chucky is either a real puppet/animatronic doll or tiny human actors (when it shows him from behind or some such).
The only exception being Child's Play (2019) with Mark Hamill voicing Chucky, and I'm not really sure how that came to be or why: It's not bad, but it doesn't feel like it has Don Mancini's fingerprint on it as much as the rest of the series. It feels like more of a test pilot for the horror movie Megan from this year which I always found kind of funny. Both of them are Universal horror movies about killer robot toys that go rogue (yes, 2019's Chucky is a robot, not even slightly connected to the ghost of a serial killer or anything supernatural), but it just so happens that it worked much better in the public eye as a unique IP instead of ripping off an iconic franchise.
Anyway, tangent over.
and they fixed oda's works without being too obvious, the live action is so much better compared to the manga.
oh no@@Matiasfv
@@Matiasfv nice bait
absolutely it amazes me. how disney misses this. and bastardizes the creator's brain child.
I thought Usopp's best moment in Syrup Village came before the fight rather than during it. When Kaya slapped him because she thought he was going crazy, instead of running away in despair, he chose to stay in the back of her room anyway, until she was safe from danger.
True, that was overlooked
As somebody who has not seen a single episode of the anime, I loved the hell out of the live action
You can tell Oda really showed his love for his main man Buggy with how great his scenes were, I cannot wait to see season 2
The actor who portrayed Arlong actually did a really good version of Arlong 'Sha hahahaha' laugh
Can't wait to see how are they gonna handle Blackbeard in live action next with his iconic laugh, "ZEHAHAHAHA!!!!!"
@@margarethmichelina5146Jay D Legend for Blackbeard!
@@margarethmichelina5146ZEHAHAHAHAHA
His monologues are great. So is mihawk.
Baws
Mihawk is extremely badass. My god I literally had goosebumps during his introduction scene. And that duel with Zoro, holy shit that was pure gold. I absolutely love this show. The only thing I hate is that we're gonna have to wait a while for season 2. Grrrr I want it NOW!!!! >:(
Yep I say about 2 years
Am i the only one who cringed at mihawk. Well he looks like him but the way he acts and talks is just so off putting, almost doesnt seem realistic
@@EmpteeBluffshe’s a fancy boi who lives in a mansion alone
@@jaw2409 but he acts and sounds like someone trying to be rly edgy doing a cosplay of a spinoff series of a 2012 vampire video game
@@EmpteeBluffs One piece or realistic, pick one
I think the most important thing about the show is how well they nailed the casting. Literally every actor they cast was on point.
I agree with the Usopp part. They could've easily made him fight Sham or Buchi using his antics and made Zoro fight just one of them. His awesome character development in Arlong Park was also shafted because they removed his internal monologue. I'm a big Usopp fan, even the aspects of him that annoy people endear me to him, so I was a bit disappointed that they didn't focus much on story beats that focus on him.
But if you look at it from a pov of someone who's new to this, I say it's fine. The actor nailed Usopp's personality and he was a joy to watch.
I appreciate that Oda kept his hand in the production the entire way. Hats off honestly
facts he could have viewed it as just another check, but I knew he wouldn't. one piece is basically his baby basically lmao, he told an editor once "Be prepared to die for One Piece!". he also is one of the few people ever who has done a long manga with that much passion in an industry with insane levels of burnout for 25+ years, he has been doing it at such a high level. he never would have let this be terrible and it shows with how much power netflix needed to give him for this series to be greenlit by him.
You may or may not like Oda as a storywriter, but You can't Deny how damn much he loves his work
@@RockHoward256 he’s probably the best story writing Mangaka to date actually. One Piece, with how vast it is and how many episodes it holds, out of the 1079 episodes, there is truly only 42-48 filler episodes. Less than 5% of the show is filler. Not to mention, there are almost no plot holes either, Oda has a tree of things that have happened in the series and makes sure to keep things within plot. Naruto for example, is 40% filler in just Naruto, and Naruto Shippuden was 39% filler. It’s all about perspective.
Considering how Charlie isn't a big fan of early One Piece, it really warms the heart hearing him speak so fondly of it.
It makes sense since he watched the dub
The biggest takeaway from his review was that detour into the anime where we got the realization of Luffy's character development being a gradual process more heavily loaded into the later parts.
Yeah, so glad he’s warming up to Luffy!
the dub is good imo, how do you think its bad and ruins the experience of the show?@@thefink6146
@@thefink6146watching dub one piece is my guilty pleasure 😂 it’s not that good but I love watching one piece regardless.
As a non OP watcher before hand, I've now hit ep 50 and have finished arlong park. The LA hooked me in when shanks showed his haki(which I looked up and now know) in front of the sea beast. I cried when Nami was stabbing herself and then it zooms out to show the MF crew ready to storm arlong park. The LA invested me into the anime. This coming from a weeb, quite impressive
I watched this show as someone who never watched or read One Piece (I barely knew anything about it surprisingly). To me the show was completely coherent, I never felt lost and I really liked it. As someone with minimum knowledge of the show, even the minimum time spent on the boats was not a huge deal - it made sense to me that the story at this point would take place mostly on land - but I get what Charlie means. Chemistry between the actors was also on point, or at least seemed that way to me. Overall, loved it, at the moment trying to get my parents to watch it (my dad loves PotC movies, I think he'd like One Piece too), and I hope Netflix continues, cause this series so far deserves it. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go and fight the urge to start watching 1000+ episodes of the anime.
I’m surprised they made it as good as it is for a live action adaptation everyone who took part in it did great
should I watch if I’ve never seen the anime?
And only for 15m dollars
How tf do you have 25 likes already dawg😭
@@zshxrty251 Yes! You don't need to watch the anime or read the manga. The show is amazing and you don't need any prior information! Check it out if you haven't already.
I didn't ask, but I made a Hilarious video of a woman crying about her dog being put down because I make better content. 🤣😂.
The accents were my favorite part about the show, it's not talked about much but I think in a world full of different islands and a crew from different origins, having accents like Luffy's actor, Sanji's, Kobys, etc. really added to it.
Oda has said that they’re all from different countries. Luffy is Brazilian and Sanji is French. I don’t remember the other ones.
zoro is japanese, nami is from Norway and Usopp Africa I believe@@ferretyluv
@@ferretyluv yeah the casting was based on that, zoro would be japanese and usopp would be carribbean, letting oda be involved with the casting was just a smart idea.
@@ferretyluv yup and they nailed it, thankfully oda was involved in casting
@@imaferretmaster exactly, when I saw the interview with oda and inaki I had so much hope immediately
The Adaptation is actually why I started binging the anime, currently in Japan and have been watching it every second I've had at the Airbnb or on the trains, its fun seeing the major changes and appreciating the speed at which the show moves in live action cos, in classic anime fashion, having Captain Kuro take a full episode to walk from the house to the shore is painfully slow
I'm really hoping that they'll expand on Usopp and Sanji's characters in a second season, so they'll be able to add in the elements that made them good characters in the anime/manga.
Yeah, the real moment that sealed Sanji as part of the crew for me was the avalanche on Drum Island. I hope they include some version of it. I also hope Usopp doesn't get relegated to the background comic relief character in the future.
I think one of the BEST things this show did was solving the problem of anime hair colors. All of the characters with funky colors (nami and zoro for example) have more natural colors in their roots, while the rest of the hair is the wacky anime color. It makes the characters look like the characters, and not like actors in cosplay.
While I did like that for nami and zorro, they forgot to do that about shanks, man has the reddest hair ever
@@champiggyfrm_pig5271 i THINK that was on purpose. I mean dude is called Red-Hair Shanks. I could be wrong though.
For me, Nami's dye looks a bit unnatural but zoros looks perfect, almost natural
@@Coyotebriggsturned the homie into "redddest-hair Shanks"
I also love the implication that, at least for Smoker, some of it is just deyed
Honestly I’m more surprised how well they managed to maintain consistency towards the anime without rushing, forcing and pushing through all arcs in one episode.
That's because the pacing in the anime is sub slug speed
Alright, I’ll be honest. Your profile pic and name almost got me.
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I felt like there was just so much effort put into selling the setting in live-action. The sets were amazing, the absurd number of extras with amazing costumes and prosthetics, everything. I'd probably only ever seen a couple dozen episodes of the anime over my life, and have always enjoyed the idea of One Piece, but the Live Action is probably gonna get me to start reading it. Loved it a lot!
I'm so glad it's a success. The series was made in my country and usually movies flop when they make it here so the fact that one piece is doing well is great. I really hope to see a lot more in future
SA babyyy
I scoffed at the idea of Luffy being represented by a real life personality.
And then the actor managed to melt my cold jaded heart. You can hear the passion in every line he gives, how he truly wants to make this performance work.
His ending scene with Coby in episode 1 actually got to me a lil
Luffys reaction to the poster and seeing the straw hat Jolly Roger on the main could not have been more perfect
Yea luffy isn’t as dumb and retarded as he is in the anime
the fact that Usopp was invited to the crew because of his heart is really true, Luffy never took him because he was a good sniper. Also buggy, captain Kuro and Mihawk were perfectly casted
Helmeppo's actor surprised me a lot how great he portrayed him in OPLA along with the ones you mentioned
he also took him because he wants a great sharpshooter too just like Shanks
I loved how they made Kuro a slasher villain
Luffy never took anyone because they were good at anything in the entire series it was always about their heart which is a fantastic contrast to Blackbeard. wanted zoro to join after riceball scene having never seen him fight, sanji wanted him to join after seeing him give food to gin etc., he didn't even know chopper was a doctor lmao.
As someone who had never consumed any One Piece content before, I can confidently say that I thought the live action season 1 was fantastic. I couldn’t get enough of it. The story was great, the characters (and their amazing actors) were great, and I had a blast with every episode. Since I haven’t seen the anime, I don’t know what pieces were left out, but I can say that I didn’t feel like anything was missing in the live action’s story. The pacing felt great and I didn’t feel like they were making any questionable jumps from point A to point C.
As someone who probably won’t get into the anime any time soon (I’m sorry, I’m just not a massive fan of the art style and the anime is really really long), I’m glad to have this new way to be able to engage with and enjoy the story of One Piece. I can’t wait for season 2!
Never watched One Piece anime but I just love the live action. Ofc I won't understand any character changes that have been made in the live action but for now the season 1 is just perfect for me. I'm probably missing out, but I'm just keen into live action more in film or series. Not animated. It's 90% for me. I've already missed the straw hat crew. Their chemistry is perfect, it really felt like a family. Even with flashbacks, it evokes so much emotion in me just from it. (Luffy and Sanji flashback mainly)
Funny enough, I only started watching the live action for Peter Gadiot because he looks like Ryan Gosling which is the actor that I'm obsessed with but now I'm staying for the whole series. Really miss shanks tho
If u dont start watching the anime from ep1 until onepiece is found I WILL CUM FOR U DOOOO ITTTTTTTT!!!! just one ep a day or 3ep a week never skip an ep you need to take it all in i mean all of it
Alright have a gud day 👍
@@Bonn-bf1tti just finished live action and i tried watching first anime episode and ngl it aint for me lol but it seems respectly good for ppl growing up watching it
@@mak_7129 same. I tried watching the anime before and couldn't complete ep 1 cuz the character designs were too wacky and the mannerisms were too cartoonish for me. Also, it was way too bright and goofy like a kids cartoon. But I loved the live adaptation. I've started reading the manga and liking it more than the anime cuz the cartoony nature is way less prominent.
As someone who has not seen the anime or read the manga, let me tell you, the live action has been a great opening for me to explore the One Piece universe. Heck, it even convinced me to finally go and watch the anime jist because of how invested i was with the world and the characters. While my opinion isnt the end all be all, i can say that, atleast for me, OPLA was effective enough to get me into the source material.
enjoy your journey
Godspeed 🫡
This is the exact result I was hoping for with the LA; people deciding to watch OP because of it.
Godspeed on your 17.5 day journey
Quit your job and go binge it
Haven't seen much of One Piece anime since how long the anime is and also that I have an early kind of hate for Luffy and Usopp... and I really wanna watch it cuz it seems pretty fun.
Not enough people talking about how well they pulled off the three sword style!! I thought it would be hard for them to make that look good but they did an awesome job with just that alone
Because it’s mostly 2 sword style 😭
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That's one of the main things I was waiting for. I figure it'd either be a success or failure, no real in between.
I dont feel like they pulled it off (i didnt watch the anime), i just feel like he puts it in his mouth but never uses it as a sword or as anything.
Yeah I actually watched it all now. I agree he barely used it. But what can you actually do with a whole sword in your mouth realistically. At least they tried I guess
It's better to watch the live action version first. There's always more depth you can turn to but knowing the source material beforehand will force you to compare what you know with the adaptation.
This is one of the few times I get to be on this side and it is glorious. Imagine seeing this series again for the first time?
I got to do that with this adaptation and now I have the anime and the manga to experience plus get all the "new" moments that the live adaptation had to change/cutout to experience.
I remember when this was announced and it was one of those “I can’t believe this is actually gonna happen , I’m not even ready for how bad this is gonna be” to “wow the sets actually look accurate” and then I remember leading up to it all of my friends were saying that they were cautiously optimistic because of Oda’s blessing and all the footage that had been shown
As someone who never read the manga or watched the anime, I absolutely love the live action. It’s got me watching the anime now, so it’s succeeded in that regard.
Watch "onepace" the pacing in the anime is a little off
Please read the manga instead, anime pacing is horrible
That was the purpose of the live action. Glad to know it succeeded. Have fun.
@@hollowkid97a little?
Same, except I'm reading the manga instead. I don't have the time or patience to watch 1000 episodes of it.
as someone who has never ever seen a single episode of one piece I thought this was AMAZING. I definitely thought Usopp was deserving of a spot on the team, not because of his skills or anything but in my eyes Luffy was looking for people he got along with or saw potential in, which I believe he saw in Usopp.
AGREED I used to love reading the manga and stopped a few years ago, but never got to the anime, love this fr
This I agree with as well. But, the one thing I wished they leaned onto more was his sharpshooting skills. I only vaguely remember bits and pieces from the 4Kids iteration from decades ago, but I remember that was his one ace skill he had.
@DarukaEon ye, he's the sharpshooter in his team (SPOILERS FOR WATER 7 SAGA):
İn the enies lobby fight we saw him perfectly aim at marines from such a large distance thst even they got impressed, shooting right I'm the bullseye of the world government flag and hold his own against marine captains. Even at such an early stage of the show he was a prominent Sharpshooter, not to mention him managing to put up a good fight against Luffy in the duel
Thats actually perfect because thats exactly how luffy recruits people in the original source material aswell. He never even tasted sanjis cooking before deciding that he would join his crew.
@@Ark-oi3qyI mean in the grand scheme of things it’s pretty early in for one piece
I love how Oda was not only the creative consultant on OP, but the show runners *respected him and consulted with him* so the live action conformed to his standards.
One change I know will have some effects is having the interactions with Garp so early on, specially as some of those are related to other events that should still take place based on the ending, but now it wont have the same impact as it did in the manga/anime. Hopefully season 2 has more episodes as they finally get to single arcs, which was also a big issue season 1 anime/manga had as s1 had so many enemies and characters (considering we got 4 crew members in season 1, as opposed to 1 every couple of seasons after this). But I believe with 15 episodes at least they can do Arabasta with no problem, of course things will be cut (probably the giants and the island where they encounter the first couple of members from Baroque Works) but I do believe they will be fine, but they better not cut Laboon.
Eichiro Oda was directly involved to make sure it's not 1 to 1 but to keep the same spirit of the characters, the world and the tone.
Props to the artists and the crew who worked on this, they did an amazing job! I am actually very impressed with this adaptation and actually looking forward to more seasons of it lol
similar thoughts here man 😊
Yeah i heard the man basically said if its not up to his expectations he wont let them release it. if only we get that dedication from other adaptations.
This show just made me realize how little pirate "fantasy" content is out there. It's always historically accurate or adjacent. Pirates of the Caribbean had those fantastical elements, but even that was set in our actual world back in the 1700s.
I get what you mean. Closest I can think of is Wind Waker, but pirates don't really play a front and center role. But it's still fundamentally a "what if the whole world was a lawless open sea" fantasy world
Thats part of why one piece is really unique. Its a fantasy series but it chooses a setting or premise thats not seldom seen in that genre. And then he sets up the world and story structure so that he can make each island, arc, whatever style and tone or genre he wants, and they just go from island to island purveying all sorts of narrative styles, while he works on a larger plot. Its a smart way to incorporate that creative freedom into ones story. Because he set it up like this, he can do murder mystery one arc to political intrigue the next arc if he wanted.
I agree, I would love to see more of that kind of content and see how it's done.
As a first One Piece watcher, I'm now scared to watch the anime cause I want it all to be adapted in live action. Buggy is by far the best character too and you can tell they made him even better than the anime.
Do you think it is possible that no one is bold enough to try and make a pirate fantasy story (manga/anime/movie/etc) because of One Piece and PoTC?
Without googling, I couldn't think of any other pirate fantasy shows with the exception of Sinbad cartoon movie (by dreamworks?), Sinbad from Magi (not much pirating in this show 😅), and Assassin's Creed Black Flag which is a game not a show/movie.
Also there might be a lot out there but they never got any recognition or just bad 😂
the producers also mentioned that the legendary ODA and his team was involved the whole time in the project and including casting the crew. not surprised this adaption broke the curse lol that’s how it should always be.
also by having real anime fans work in that production is a sight 👏👏
Very good review, I agree with a lot of the things here. I do also think the characters joining the crew is done differently from the manga. Rather than earning their place through battle prowess or BAMFness, they end up on the crew through happenstance, some more reluctantly (zoro, nami) than others. So it's more a collection of people. But it's during their time on the crew and subsequent episodes that they cement their loyalty and decide to stay. Which I honestly enjoyed. Ex. Zoro going from "not a crew" to "i didn't know where i was headed but luffy changed that" uwu
As for Usopp, I agree that he didn't have enough combat time screen time. But one of the things that impressed me the most was after (SPOILER WARNING) Kaya turns on him for accusing the butler. In the manga, there was a period of angst, running away, nobody understanding usopp, the bad guy reveal, then vindication. But instead, in the live action, usopp stays with kaya, refusing to leave until he can be sure she's safe. It's one thing to be brave in a fight against an enemy, it's another to have the courage to stay by your friends' side to protect them, even if they may hate you. Tbh, the latter hits me harder.
I do really hope we get a season 2 and beyond. Hopefully, with the successful run of this season, they will have bigger budgets and more episodes per season. Only having 8 episodes did damper the pacing a little bit, I feel like even having 9 or 10 episodes would've made it all the more perfect.
The B Plot from the Marines they added in also cut down alot, but yeah it felt like there was never an opportunity for a breather with the crew at times. Hopefully all the production design they accomplished with building boats cuts the cost a tiny bit. That being said Season 2 would pretty much be Loguetown + Alabasta which means Giants, Dinosaurs, Crocodiles, a Labboon, Chopper, the new Paramecia users like Robin, and tons of Logia Users so they're 100% going to need that CGI budget.
I'm really hopeful for a season 2 as well, but I wouldn't expect an increase in budget at all. This first season already cost 144 Million dollars to make. For a comparison, Game of Thrones season 8 cost 90 million dollars. I think it'll already be a miracle if we get a season 2 of One Piece, and an even bigger miracle if the budget doesn't decrease.
@@SinderSoyl To be fair that last season of GOT had 6 episodes, though cost wise each One Piece episode costs the same as a GOT one at that point. For another comparison, season 4 of Stranger Things had a 30 Mill Budget/episode, almost double One Piece's. A big aim for Netflix is their global audience, and One Piece is breaking records for being #1 in 84 countries. It's paying off and the last thing Netflix would want is to lose that. Especially considering what Season 2 would have I just wouldn't be surprised if the budget goes up.
@@nighttimeasbestos5958 That fact about Stranger Things is quite interesting. There's still one thing that's unclear though, and it's that shows have a reported initial budget and sometimes end up showing a much higher cost after it's released. An example would be Rings of Power, which was supposed to have a budget similar to One Piece LA but ended up spending over 450 million dollars. I wouldn't be surprised if One Piece had the same kind of announcement at some point. It definetly looked like it cost a fuckton of money to make. Stranger Things 4 probably had a significant amount of its budget dumped into the main cast's payroll.
In any case, I'll stay hopeful :)
Maybe season 2 and beyond will have more than 8 episodes. With how successful season 1 did I'm also looking forward to more Live action One Piece in the future.
I also love the inclusion of the grandfather and grandson dynamic between Garp and Coby and how they're given more attention in the show than in the anime. also, the fact that shanks and his crew got more action in the LA than they did in the ENTIRE anime is almost laughable
LMAOOOOO true about the Shanks partk. Ben Beckman literally kicks their butt off screen
I liked the live action overall, but I disagree on these points. I think It's cooler, and it makes a lot more sense, for Ben Beckman to solo the mountain bandits without even shooting his gun, than how they all needed to work together in the LA. There were some other power scaling concerns, like Luffy being weaker that zoro feat wise for half the show, but it still far exceeded my expectations. The Garp story line took a lot of time out of the main story line, and it removed the possibility of the luffy-garp moment at marineford if the LA ever gets there. It also feels weird for such an endgame character like Garp to be so involved. Imagine if Mihawk kept chasing the straw hats. And Coby and Helmeppo weren't given enough time to get strong at all.
Garp and Shanks have only recently got into the spotlight for very obvious reasons. But I guess reading and comprehension ain't everyones strength.
Koby is the only part of the show that I can't stand so far. It just feels like the typical netflix diversity shoe in so they can appeal to the trans activists on twitter. The actor has horrible line delivery like he's reading off the script in every scene.
@@cptmtnsit seemed like a great portrayal of an anxious kid with no confidence interacting with a bunch of people far stronger and more important than him.
My wife and step daughter have never seen the anime or read the manga, nor are anime fans in general. My wife says the cartoon aspect takes away the emotion for her (I love anime so disagree). To my surprise they both love the live action show and both adore the character portrayal of Luffy. I’ve seen a lot of anime RUclipsr and commentators worried non anime fans won’t get it, but it’s actually bringing new fans to the franchise and that’s an amazing thing!
They absolutely nailed the show. I actually like the revisions they made to the story as well. Phenomenal job here.
I love the main cast so much, you can feel that most of them are huge One Piece fans, too. The only thing I missed was Hatchan, it felt like the CGI budget ran out with Arlong vs Luffy, so they couldn't afford a 3 vs 6 swords fight. On the other hand, Sanji and Zeff had a great chemistry, their story was told so well.
yeah i was bumbed to miss hatchan and i was bumbed that they skipped don Krieg as well
@@jobliar937 at least we got to see him use some guns i guess
ZEFF LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE MANGA/ANIME VERSION
Agree. The zeff and sanji story was so well done. Wished it was atleast 10 eps long tho
Honestly, its impressive how refreshing it is despite it bein a Live Action. Kudos to Oda
It's the first LA anime to change some things for live action that worked well.
I didn't ask, but I made a Hilarious video of a woman crying about her dog being put down because I make better content. 🤣😂.
Do I need to watch the anime first or nah
@@wujujujuYou dont need to. Enjoy it as it is, homie
@@wujujujuComing from a fan, do not watch the original if you enjoy having time to live life
I've loved it so far; captures the spirit but does the changes necessary to bring it to broader audiences and not be overtly cringe for the sake of being faithful; doesn't always work in live action, and they figured it out and did a very good job.
Ive seen things online that say "only unemployed people say im starting one peice." Bc of the anount of episodes, and its intimidating, going in the live action i knew i would basically just be seeing the highlights of the anime/manga but i fell in love with the world of One piece
WE DID IT BOYS
on word
tryna donate me a perm venom?
Enyu stop playing blox fruits and change to gpo
ENYUUUUUU 👑
@@Uglytoes1193why would he lol
Im not even a fan of anime but who ever plays Luffy did an amazing job. Everyone did a great job, this show made me so happy.
I recommend you to watch it! The anime is one of the best adventures ever written.
Iñaki Godoy is not just a fan of One Piece and Luffy, he might as well have been Luffy.
Watch it, you’ll see yourself spending countless nights going “just one more episode and thats it” Its such a great adventure
Read the manga, save time. The impact you'll get will be no less. It's a great story.
@@patrykpalarczyk3979 The impact is less because there is no music, no voices, no animation and if you’re caught up, no official color.
I’ve never fully watched One piece but I loved the live action! It’s so good, i loved how the devil fruit powers look fantastic and goofy at the same time! It works so well and feels so perfect for the live action version! I really hope we get a season 2.
The buggy arc was amazing plus syrup village arc. You felt the pressure of the scene and the darkness.
It's a fact that Oda did not plan everything in One Piece from the beginning, and what makes this adaptation so great is he takes everything amazing from the original and "builds" on it such as "what if I had done this, or told the story that way." It's One Piece, but with 20+ years of planning, feedback, and notes which is why it unsurprisingly worked.
did... you even watch east blue..? What is being built upon??
@@zionfreedom9149I didn’t understand his comment 100%, but I think he is referring to shanks using haki and other similar things.
@@drakonlegend4452 didn't Shanks already use haki???
@@zionfreedom9149 it SEEMED like he was using haki, but haki was 15 YEARS after that moment. I don't think even oda has that much foresjadowing
@@Francetheguy the scene was 1 to 1 it didn't build upon anything?????
You can tell Netflix wanted to make this live action show as good as it can be, that they even got Oda to take a massive roll in the creation of the show, unlike most live action adaptations
Its Netflix who called oda to help them he's the one who personally intervened to keep an eye on what they're doing to his show cuz he doesn't want them to butcher it
That and the guy who played Lufy had a lot to say. The director said he was a critic of a lot of scene and elevated them. I enjoyed the live action. It was good.
If only The Witcher had the same treatment.
Haha it’s funny how you think Netflix actually wanted Oda to have a big say, bro didn’t want them to only add all black female lesbian trans characters
@@juicydoubles1144 true
While they didn't have Jango present, they did still have his wanted poster on the bounty board where Luffy initially sees Buggy's poster. Kuro's and a few others who don't appear til way later are also there, such as Bellamy, Foxy, and Cavendish.
all the characters are so well casted i loved it so much !! they did amazing
They missed a HUGE opportunity right after Syrup Village, which was to demonstrate Usopp's talent with shooting with cannons when Garp started a ship battle, that was the perfect moment for Usopp to shine, and it'd probably be less expensive than the CGI of Luffy doing the gum gum balloon
I WAS HOPING THAT TOO! but then they made him incompetent instead. and they didn't use it as development for usopp either when he messes
i think it’s foreshadowing the crews over reliance on luffy and how that’s gonna screw them later on (saobody)
@@Blockoumi It was used to highlight their inexperience and naivety as a crew, it wasn't just a *"haha Usopp dumb"* moment, he's literally never even seen a cannon before, him perfectly using one to impede Garp's assault is an anime moment that should be reserved for anime...
@@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817 i mean, it was kinda obvious he badly messed up. But it also didn’t lead to anywhere. I was wondering if it was going to serve as some form of development for usopp since in his own arc, he really didn’t do anything (reread syrup village, usopp is hella well done). Maybe he’d feel a bit bad or something and he’d try to work on himself and his place on the crew. Like usopp is naturally good at aiming at stuff but they don’t reinforce it much.
Yep, quite a few people saw that
Everyone felt so into their roles, it was really refreshing. Highlights include Usopp, Buggy, and Arlong. Usopp's actor adapted his fake storytelling so well, and some of his deliveries were goddamn hilarrious. Arlong, despite the costume design, absolutely nailed the character. And Buggy stole the show everytime he spoke.
Arlong shoulda been a bigger more muscular actor. dude was fkn tiny lol
@@roageapex8738 Ultraman Blazer can beat Gear 5 Luffy in 0.0000000001 milliseconds using his “spiral burrade”
スパイラルバレードを使用すると、ウルトラマンブレザーは 0.0000000001ミリ
秒でギア5ルフィ に勝つことができます。
Ultraman>one piece
ウルトラマン＞ワンピス
@@roageapex8738 Bro nobody in the real world 8'7 tall 💀
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@@apieceoftrash8305 photoshop
I'm glad that you're enjoying One Piece, Charlie. It truly is a beautiful series!
I just love charlie’s humor its literly the main reason why i love this channel so much💀
I absolutely loved this adaptation. The actors did an amazing job embodying the characters. They seem so passionate about the community, the source material and really gave it their all. The set design was top notch and the actor they picked for Luffy was perfect!
I've watched the first season in one day. First 5 minutes are so cringe, it hurt to watch. Gol d. Roger's execution exposed the low budget hiring and much more. Tho the more, it came in every episode. Really bad camera work, mediocre directorship. Actors are like if you go to a anime expo and hire the cosplayers. The acting is really mediocre. B or C actors Mostly. Diversity hires, transgender Koby and more.
Zoro is good, luffy, tho 10 shades more brown, a Mexican, is likeable tho. Buggy's actor is top tier, perhaps the best actor in the whole show.
Also, the animators are good. But what really shines are the props - everything in the series feels like one piece. Boats, world, places houses, rooms...tio work!
Acting is the weakest part. And to me, I hate diversity hires. If you have a transgender in the show, have him/her cause they Are good, and not BECAUSE they are trans. Damn...
This show, according to what I saw, could have been a legendary 10/10 adaptation. As it is rn, it's like a 5 or 6/10. But... It could have been also dragon ball evolution or death note movie cringe bad travesty
@@ancientslav4863 koby actor is super koby coded what are you talking about, most of the people don't know he's trans. Also I'm mexican, and I see Iñaki as a "white mexican" as myself, he's not even tan, and canonically Luffy is brazilian and over there they also have a mix of brown, white and black people with the latin vibe so... Oda liked him and chose him
@@cottoncandylover666Fr, people are forgetting to realize the person who MADE the characters picked these people for a reason. The casting is perfect, especially for Luffy. And this guys rant abt trans people rlly invalidated his opinion anyways tbh 😂😂 Koby’s actor is exactly what he would’ve been like in the show. I fw it!
@@sl8044 he's going to lose it when he meets O-Kiku 😭
@@ancientslav4863Everything you said is garbage.
I'm pretty non "pc" and lean right politically, but nowhere did I feel like anyone was a diversity hire.
The casting is spot on and from what I read, the writer himself helped with that... You're trying to gatekeep the writer's own project lol
As someone who has never watched or read one piece. Watching the live action series has seriously invested me in these characters and world. Not sure if I'll watch the anime, but I'm definitely anticipating a season 2.
If you like the LA and like anime as well, then you should definitely give it a shot. A lot of the story beats done in the LA are more impactful in the anime because of the anime taking more of its time telling the story. The pacing in the LA is just too quick, still an amazing adaptation though.
This a good thing since it was one of the reasons why the show was made. To get people invested in One Piece at least for one form of medium.
@@Popabuddy1To be fair. If there's any live action that can benefit from quickening the pace, it's one piece. 😂
Still some issues from it. But not enough to ruin it all.
Please check out the anime. My coworker had his doubts, but after watching the first 30 episodes, he is now CAUGHT UP in the anime after 4 months, lol.
Same, but i kind of not want to spoil next LA season altough it might be years from now 😅
My guy is on thriller bark … about to hit top one piece arcs back to back, can’t wait for a video about it
I like to hear more updates of your OP journey as I am also going through the firsts arcs
Main takeaway with usopp makes sense but I think the "golden ticket" to join the crew was the mention that he was yasopps son and that was what sealed the deal for luffy
he shouldnt get in based on his dad
@@anarchycypher Luffy offered a treezombie to join his crew... he is not that picky
@@Motherfunkateer😂
Its because of how crazy his aim was.
luffy couldnt care less about that
I actually wasn't planning to get involved with the one piece community or anything one piece related, but then I saw the live-action and thought that It wouldn't hurt to watch 8 episodes. For one day I binged those 8 episodes and was already so invested in it, like It surpassed my expectations so hard! So with that, consider me new to the crew
Nice. It would actually be nice to hear how the anime is like from someone who liked the live action adaptation
Welcome aboard! Enjoy the ride.
welcome aboard we will wait for you at wano!
Congrats, my friend. You have no idea how great of a decision this is. Truly enjoy OP to the fullest.
If you're gonna watch the anime. Watch "onepace"
i watched this 3 weeks ago. was still scared to watch it.
i finally watched it 3 days ago though.
i fell in love. i feel liike im watching one piece for the very first time all over again. the actors did an amazing job at capturing the essence of each character nd translating that extremely well. the iconic scenes HIT so hard
I am happy with the casting of Buggy, Luffy and Sanji!!! The scene of Nami asking Luffy for help and the back flash of Zeff and Sanji were adapted fabulously. Iñaki brings the Luffy energy and He is probably the best casted actor I have seen In a Live action adaption in a Long time. One piece is a success and I hope they keep the new seasons this good too. 🤘🏻
As someone who's only seen the live action, I got pretty invested in the world and characters; it demonstrates such heart and goofiness that I could 100% understand why so many people love it so much
You should watch the anime, it’s great! Though it is quite long…..
so you actually know him as gold roger then huh. if youre wondering his name is actually Gol D. Roger, this is because he has the will of D just like the main character Monkey D. Luffy.
The manga/anime is 1 mio times better than the LA
@rider338 you lnow that being Gol D roger instead of gold roger is a very big spoiler.
@@Adzukii-Samawas waiting for someone like you 🐀🐀🐀🐀
The fact that this will act as an introduction to One Piece for many people around the world fills me with joy. The most difficult part about this series is getting into it, and I'll be damned if they didn't nail that problem to the wall creating action, pacing, and music to actually interest viewers of all ages. The story is timeless and this is how they've captured that greatness.
I watched the first episode and I'm highly considering getting into the source materials
@@syro2412go for it bro. You won't regret
@@syro2412just be aware of lots of throwbacks, just skip them through, there's alot 😂
I watched the first 4 eps with a couple of friends, and one of them is already planning to watch the anime!
@@Pulko172 Yeah that's quite the giant amount of content I'm about to consume. Would be wise to skip the fillers xD
I came in with no prior knowledge and absolutely loved it! I am now knee deep in the anime because I simply could not get enough of these characters and their stories. 10/10
The one thing i absolutely love with the live action is how they still made sanji flirty and all but hes not a creep like in the anime. A lot of sanji moments in the anime would never be accepted if it was added in the live action.
It makes Sanji likeable to be a dorky, horrible flirt who thinks he's suave. He doesn't cross the line into creepy a single time and it makes his character shine.
Jacob Romero as Usopp completely stole my heart, I really wish he had gotten more time in the trailers because he sold that role so well. I’m around 520ish episodes into the anime, and his acting really refreshed my love for that character. Honestly, the majority of the cast left that impression with me. This adaptation was a passion project that’s earned it’s place as the best of its kind!
Ahhh you finally hit the timeline skip, welcome
That dance scene in the ship sold it hard for me lol he just captures the essence & spirit of Usopp's fun loving goofy playful personality but also intelligence & understanding of what's going on in his scenarios.
Credit where credit is due, they are condensing episodes upon episodes of character developement, foreshadowing and events pretty well , and while it does feel a tiny bit rushed they still managed get alot done in such short time
None of it felt rushed, they were condensing a lot of material. So much BS criticism for anything that comes out.
@@chrissadler6459it does feel a BIT rushed when you have watched the anime or read the manga tbh
The Jimbei foreshadowing was👌Its so much better hearing it from Arlong given their history, in the manga/anime Jimbei was foreshadowed through Johnny and Yosaku.
I wonder if they will cover the minor arks, like the one where they all loose there memorys execpt Robin
@@giannicolamatteo8155I think that is a filler arc but correct me if I’m wrong
I'm not sure I agree with the points on Usopp, I had never seen one piece before the live action so my first introduction to Usopp is through this show. But even then I was able to see the loyalty he showed for Kaya. Yeah he didn't get put through a trial by fire like anime Usopp did, but the show made clear that he's willing to risk his life for his loved ones.
Completely agree as someone who had not watched the anime before the live action
Charlie’s live action Ed impersonation is everything😂😂😂
I do think Sanji’s willingness to just join the crew was a little out of nowhere, but one thing I thought was pretty cool about the whole Don Krieg and Mihawk difference was that Mihawk actually was given a more intentional and purposeful reason for being there instead of just casually and seemingly randomly floating on in to slash some fools. Mihawk did technically clash with them in the Grand Line in the original show as well, it was just off screen, so it isn’t like just totally 100% different. The whole thing in live action made the encounter with Mihawk less by chance and more intentional.
why? hes going after the all blue, they pretended his food was bad so he could chase the dream, seemed like a good opportunity.
Yeah, I do wish they added more about Sanji, especially the part where Luffy so badly wanted him to be on his crew that he refused Sanji's refusal to join hahahaha but I guess they had to fit in more about Nami and ended up cutting more of Sanji's parts out
love those changes, it aint a 1:1 form the soruce makes it still entertaining to watch regards knowing what would happen
Idk, I always thought it was cool the only reason Mihawk showed up to Baratie was bc Don Krieg interrupted his nap, lol. It really showed that he dgaf and does whatever he wants, meanwhile the Live Action version makes it look like he's more of a government lapdog but idk
his intro was sooooo badass. i love the scot prilgrim like bounty intro's. Instead of the VS we get the bounties. Soo good
What he went through with Luffy was what I went through with Polnareff. I despised him at first but once we saw him mature down and got exposition to him I sobbed like a baby at the end of part 3. He went from least favorite to second it was very impressive
So true
polnareff went from average baguette to 🐢
@@aahhhhhhhhhhhhhthat’s pretty bizarre
polnareff is the real protagonist of part 3
@@SkyflyNB I love Jotaro, he's my first favorite. But I did notice that Polnareff was there more than Jotaro
There was so many hidden details in the live action if your a fan of the anime/manga, for example in the live action scene where Shanks was in the bar parting the music playing is 'binks booze' song that Brook sings/plays. That is just one of dozens of little details that is just there in the background never focused on. There was a lot of love put into the live action.
@@DanTrenerry42but this one wasn’t?
They didnt butcher the story donno where you got that idea@@DanTrenerry42
@@DanTrenerry42You must be one of those guys that complains Usopp's nose isn't long and Sanji's eyebrows isn't curly
usopp did make me like his character for how much he cares and loves Kaya and wants to make her feel better by telling her stories. Sanji had a reason to join because he liked Luffy and Nami and it compelled him to join as well as Zeff encouraging him and giving him tough love to join the crew. Sanji wants to find the all blue and the crew is the best opportunity for him to find the all blue.
My absolute favorite scene was just the whole crew talking with eachother. Nothing else going on just them talking with eachother. Characters and their relationships are the most important part of one piece and I just loved the crews chemistry
I also loved that! I remember that was one of my favorite parts when I started watching/reading One Piece. I miss those moments, so I was really happy to see that again! I feel like now, since the crew is bigger, is more complicated to have moments with all of them together.
@@ItsJustValHere yeah I absolutely agree. Like in the anime when zoro and chopper are taking a bath and zoro washes choppers back, I love that stuff
This live action was the LAST thing any of us expected, and it was genuinely one of the best adaptations I’ve ever seen. The massive world, the perfect casting, and the genuine good tv show that it is. Amazing. This is the only right way to make live action adaptations.
edit - didnt expect this comment blow up lolll, glad a lot of ya'll agree though, I get that its not a 1 to 1 copy but thats simply not possible. I just appreciate the effort and dedication every part of the showmaking crew had and odas involvment. It made for an amazing adaptation.
Definitely up there with live action Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X movies.
liked it but HATED Usopp in EVERY aspect. He was a complete waste of a character and actually painful to listen to and watch
It also helped that the showrunner is a massive fan of the series + Oda being decently involved in the process as well. And it’s crazy that this succeeded despite all its fantastical and goofy elements while “easier” to adapt series like Cowboy Bepop and Death Note failed. Just goes to show you need the right ppl behind these adaptations.
@@luckyluchiano72ussop? I hated the whole show
Was cringe, mid piece 🤣
he’s is in for such a ride only being on thriller bark
I’ve never watched One Piece. I’ve heard of it and saw bits and pieces, but never fully watched it. So like a noob, I watched the live action first and actually enjoyed it. Shortly after finishing the live action, I started the anime and started loving it more