I don't understand this. Personally, I don't think all female characters look like Nami, just like what 2 or 3 characters. One Piece has girls of all shape and sizes 😂 I don't know why they think it ain't got nothing but Nami lookalikes
@@eonragnarock2366 yeah, it's really just the princesses who look so much like her and I'm theorising a shared ancestor that's gonna jump out of the woodwork
Let alone what Brook is gonna look like, or post time Skip Franky , still i hope they can make enough seasons to Catch up with the anime, it might be a strech cause it would take 12 seasons but it would be epic
I've accepted Chopper will be played by twins in prosthetic makeup. And Brain Point is retooled as "Human form". With Muscle Point being cgi and base form being either cgi or a Mr. Ed situation.
@@giannicolamatteo8155thats impossible. It takes netflix like 2 seasons for one season. Also the are gonna be more cgi characters and costumes and locations. Season 12 would be in the 2050's
Ace is the most important part of season 2 for me, they have to get him right, write him right, and make him likable (with all his flaming flaws) so that he can carry his own arc throughout until that last moment so he can break our hearts all over again. He needs to be a heartbreaker if you get what I mean.
If it's arabasta, I think crocodile is the most important with vivi being close due to how prevalent she is. But if crocomom is right, then they really need to nail crocodile
If Jamie Lee Curtis ACTUALLY gets to play Dr Kureha I’ll consider this a massive W. That’s not only a perfect role selection, but MASSIVE acting power. And OMG…LABOOON!!! They have to do Laboon
I been following one piece for over 20 years, my wife who has never been into manga/anime , absolutely loves the one piece love action. So much so that she has started watching the anime and I’m betting she’s not the only one. Love it or hate it , it’s done a great job of introducing one piece to people that never even hear of it. That’s a success in my book.
That's literally me I've never seen or been into any anime at all but I absolutely loved the live action and would watch the anime now if I had a way to
I think the direction they take with Chopper, will greatly affect the direction they take with Karoo. If they do make chopper a muppet/animatronic, then I could see Karoo being very present, as he was in the manga, aslso as a muppet. My thought being, you don't want chopper to be the only muppet floating in a sea of actors, so filling the scenery with muppetized versions of the other strange creatures from the One Piece world will make Chopper blend in more. However if they end up going with CGI, or slide Chopper into a more human-esque form, then I would expect Karoo to be minimized/removed.
I love puppetry and if it's done well it can be incredibly versatile making much CGI in that respect unnecessary. CGI tends to be the lazy man's way of handling this cept in circumstances where any other option is nigh impossible.
@@Voidwielder Probably the best solution. A puppet in scenes where he's going to be fairly static on the screen, or we don't need to see his entire body moving around and CGI for full-body and action shots.
@Uzarran actual, in DC:AoR, they use digitally enhanced puppets. It's still a puppet, but they use cgi to further expressions, make it blink more convincingly, and tongue articulation when speaking.
same! she said her fave character is chopper, so given her age and build along with being a fan, i see no reason she shouldnt play dr kureha and introduce chopper. im sure shed love to do it and that would give OPLA a major A list celebrity to endorse the show
There was a meme going around where people had put image of Mia Khalifa right next to a picture Robin and said she would be the perfect as live action Robin lmao.
Millie brady's name rises up as a fancast for robin right now and i really do think she look great as robin especially when they put her picture (the one where she wears grey shirt and pose just like robin) next to robin :) otherwise i really hope they get someone that has that mysterious and elegant calm vibe for the cast ❤
@@obtusem5015 She's got experience alright. Some say she is really amateurish in some areas but ive seen go up against a loads of hard things, more than people thought she could...
11:47 - 11:56 Actually you can't skip Little Garden. Change it yes, but not skip. Its more important than most realize. It not only introduces the Giants further cementing Ussop's goal of a brave warrior of the sea, & ties in later to Enies Lobby, but its a major win moment for him, (which Live Action Ussop REALLY needs cause what they left out in Season 1), as he saves Nami, Vivi, Zoro, and yes Luffy from being killed by Mr. 3 & Ms. Goldenweek, (its cause of her Luffy is stuck), the further extension of the Zoro & Sanji rivalry, Sanji posing as Mr. Prince when talking to Mr. 0, and most importantly where Nami gets bit by the rare ancient insect that she gets critically sick enough for them seek a doctor, which of course is the whole reason they needed to go onto Drum Island to begin with. Without these plot points or a variation of them the story will start to either fall apart or be end up very messy.
Yeah, they seem to forget that 4Kids skipped both Laboon and Little Garden, and that was one of the big things people were trashing it over (outside of, you know, everything else about it being shitty, too).
Well it really depends on how far they want to take the show because I doubt this will get 20 seasons and the straw hats still haven’t even gotten to elbaf so I don’t really see a reason to emphasize that arc at all. You’re still thinking from an anime perspective not a live action these people will age lol if we get more than 10 seasons it’ll be a miracle and by 10 I would say marine ford would be the best end point for the show
@@TheAnimeCharacter1 Usopp may as well not exist without Little Garden. It's so vital to his character arc, that he may as well be cut from the show for having no purpose.
I'm actually nervous for season 2 because the East Blue saga was pretty tamed compared to what's to come in the grand line, especially the Alabasta saga. What would Chopper even look like?? 😂
@@boolinboola3064 Movies have bigger budget. So it's gonna be very expensive every time chopper is in a scene, which may very well be all the time since he's always with at least one strawhat.
I think that Crocodile's sand won't be too bad to replicate, as it is a commonly used vfx. However, most of baroque works will be quite expensive to do. What I'm most worried about though, is how Arlong was human sized, and had little to no cg on him. I know the cost of cg is insane, but think about how that would mess up all the huge and wacky characters if it continues: All the minks, fishmen island, Kaido, Big Mom, Apoo, Doflamingo, anyone above 7ft tall, and like over 60 percent of the series characters. I hope they have a solution in mind.
I genuinely hope they make the decision to increase the number of episodes per season from 8 to 12 to give it a bit more time to breathe and flesh things out in ways that fewer episodes wouldn't allow.
@@troillandford7679 Even that'd be better than just 8. I imagine at least 10 episodes, 1 episode dedicated to Loguetown and the Twin Capes, then one Whiskey Peak episode, 2 Little Garden episodes, 2 Drum Island episodes, and 3 Alabasta proper
With how the live action treated ussop, little garden has to happen now, other wise it will be near impossible to redeem his character. Also the Mr.Prince scene is vital to the story
Chopper and Brook are really interesting to me because these two will massively determine the aesthetic of the Live Action series. A lot of quirky characters may be able to be cut to make things easier but you absolutely have to show both of these Strawhats, and while Usopp works without his nose and Sanji with normal eyebrows, turning Brook into a normal human with flesh on his bones doesnt work and even human chopper seems like a heavy compromise to me. Lets see what happens.
Honestly I can see brain point as a puppet with other points being played by a human actor, brook would honestly just need the mask and gloves along with his suit.
Interestingly, Brook might be the first new strawhat they show in S2. Laboon is there, and they might give a good attention to detail in the flashbacks, and we'll see human brook.
Brook can be played by a regular human actor with a skull mask on his face and a mo-cap suit where a skeleton can be digitally grafted Chopper can be played by a little person actor with prosthetic reindeer makeup (horns and fur)
Yeah, Usopp's character already suffered in season 1 so skipping Little Garden is off the table IMO. They can skip a lot of the fighting, but they need to meet the Giants at the very least. Cut Whiskey Peak, cut a bunch of the Alabasta wandering through deserts stuff, make the fights short and sweet, but don't cut the Giants. 1 episode for Loguetown/Laboon/reverse mountain, one episode for Luttle Garden, 2 episodes for Drum, 4 episodes for Alabasta. They could pretty much just start Alabasta at Rain Dinners and not much would be lost. The only things are Zoro buying the Sandai Kitetsu and Luffy punching Vivi. Which, my God, how would they pull that off anyway? Just have Zoro buy the Sandai at Rain Dinners. Fifth episode ends with Luffy impaled, sixth episode could be the fights at the capitol, seventh episode could be the lead up to Croc's defeat with the giant bomb cannon clock tower sub plot, and eighth could be Luffy knocks out Croc, the teary farewells, and then Robin joining the crew.
In season 6, they could occasionally cut to scenes of the other crew members finding their way and mentors on the islands Kuma sent them to, adding more onto the original story.
Season 1 East Blue Season 2 Alabasta Arc Season 3 Skypiea Arc Season 4 Water7 & Ennies Lobby Season 5 Thriller Bark to Saboady Season 6 Amazon Lily to Impel Down MarineFord War should be a Movie for bigger budget (it will be the avengers fight of anime )
Actually what I've come to realise is that late payoffs in the manga and anime will be revealed much earlier. So while most are thinking about little garden or whiskey peak being cut, I'm thinking about ace, sabo and luffy's back story possibly being shown and how that works with the rest of the show. If they wait until season 6 to do the back story, luffy's child actor may be too old by then.
Something tells me for all the times it’s gonna be hard to adapt, Oda has another timeline he wrote and didn’t go with. We could see a completely cannon “alternate” universe which honestly, from the mind of Oda, I’m HERE FOR
The funny thing is people are really worried about CGI being really expensive but I think a lot of things can be done practically with a little bit of VFX help
@@Kotov_Chaosi agree with you. They could easily use a kid since he does spend a lot of time in his smaller form only using his other forms in fights/carrying someone. But they do have to build a lot of their sets from scratch and that does take time. If it wasnt for the strikes and the fact they had to wait for approval for s2. Im pretty sure the people building the sets while filming s1 couldve started work on s2 sets. But i dont work in film so im not sure on if thats how that works
One Piece is a show with huge meme potential and with so many iconic moments in the show the live action will get so much support. Season 6 ending with White Beard Yelling "THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!" will actually break the internet
I'm actually watching the first season. It's pretty good, it tries to match the manga (well there are big differences) but with a more realistic take (the expressions, and personality of the characters are here but more realistic), and some important scenes. It's pretty normal to cut the fillers. I also like how they made the characters, they look so alike, even minor details. The sceneries are also incredible. I was blown away
Yeah I was really guarded about this one given the history of live action failures and how important One Piece is to me. I'm kinda shocked how well they pulled it off. I have lots of critiques but overall I'm impressed
If they do the summit war as season 6, it would make sense to have the season's B plot be the Straw Hats solo adventures after getting sent flying by Kuma, while the A plot follows Luffy and Ace and all of that
@@irhamusman1so you want them to renew the cast right before a timeskip because they’re… too old? If anything they’ll need to renew the cast before the timeskip it’s perfectly fine to leave them after
@@puggames7271 The Live Action may never have a timeskip. Remember: the power already scales differently with Luffy being weaker, and many powers being a little bit more grounded. Since the actors naturally age, and traveling on sea will take time, it might very well be that the 'crutch to make time pass' isn't quite as necessary in the live action. Sure, there is the training issue, but that can be handled in so many ways that would fit live action better since it tries to go for a cohesive story line.
I'm actually hoping that they don't, season 2 is gonna need way more in the way of special effects given how bonkers the grandline gets, so if I get a vote (which I am aware that I don't), I'd actually end season 2 after Drum Island and have Alabasta proper be season 3 by itself, there's definitely enough content to make that work and they'd avoid having to cut anything major. Even if the budget goes up by a whole lot it's likely not enough to cover the insane effects they need AND a larger episode count, so I feel if they try to squeeze everything into one season, especially if they need to stretch the budget over 10-12 episodes, it'll be a massive hit in quality, in terms of pacing, effects, character writing, etc. It would be like all of the flaws of season 1 would be amplified with less opportunity for it's strengths to shine as much.
@jacobbissey9311 I'm a little more optimistic One Piece is consistently the most popular manga in Japan, maybe even worldwide. The budget is probably going to be higher than we can realize due to the massive potential payoff
@@Gerolanfalan a few factors: 1) IIRC season 1 already holds the record for the highest per-episode budget in television history, or at least is really close. 2) given the writer/actor strikes, if they end with the studios giving into the demands of better pay structures they are looking at a significantly larger portion of the seasonal budget going toward paying salaries and Netflix is looking at a smaller profit from the revenue, so I wouldn't expect any major budget increases any time soon, especially since their recent policy against password sharing resulted in a large exodus of subscribers. I'd say the absolute most we can expect is a 25% increase on the season budget, and that's incredibly optimistic, no increase or a minimal increase is a more reasonable expectation, a pessimist might have caused to expect the budget to *decrease*. I wouldn't expect 10+ episodes (ideally we'd want 12 to cover everything in one season) that also meet our set design and special effects needs on anything less than double season 1's budget, and that's an absolutely ludicrous expectation to hold.
As someone who has been to South Africa many times, the weather is... sporadic to say the least. One day it could be lovely and sunny and another all hell would break loose with clouded skies and harsh winds. Especially Cape Town. The weather there is extremely unpredictable.
I hope to see more Ace in the second season. The audience need more emotional bonds with him before he gets 🍩ed. Or else LA marineford arc wouldn't be as impactful as the anime's.
I don't think they would have Ace is season 2 because he bloats the plot, without adding anything too it. And they already need to have a focus of Chopper, Vivi, Smoker, Tashigi, and Robin. I suspect Ace will be teased at the very end of sesson 2,just like Smoker was in season 1. It would be better if he is added as part of Jaya, since nothing else of emotional significance is happening at the time. He doesn't really do much for the Albasta plot, so can be added anywhere at any time.
@@darrel7493 That wouldn't work with the plotline because Ace is hunting Blackbeard and fights him Post Alabasta arc. After the fight Blackbeard lands on Jaya and meets Luffy.
Curious if Liam rewatched the season after his first 8 hour binge. I have a feeling he went in taking notes and thinking about every thing he wanted to talk about and working hard to notice every little Easter egg. It’s what I did. I actually enjoyed the show even more on a rewatch.
The problem with 6 seasons, and even 12, is that unlike the anime & manga, real people AGE. I'm sure there's ways to help with that, but Netflix isn't exactly known for being fast releasing new seasons of their big shows. It's not like we'll get 1 season a year, so 6 seasons could take 10+ years. The actress playing Nami (Emily Rudd) is already 30 years old. By the time we got 12 seasons based on Netflix's schedule, she may be closer to 50.
I think they use ai technology to make the characters faces to look consistent, it's most nessesary bacause one season need atleast 2years or more to make and i think they get very old if they go until final arc
@@Claire_mendy Yeah but how often can they do back to back to back? Cameron did this with Avatar 2 and 3, shot together. This saves time. Shoot what they can analog too, I mean NON green screen. Shoot on film, don't be afraid to use excellent models where you can, like Star Trek. Don't use CGI there if you can because it can be cheaper, look better and be faster than rendering high quality CGI. I know the ship is a full size which is a great idea. On another note I hope "Hunter X Hunter" gets picked up by this production house, add people and get them to work on it. A live action version of this could be fantastic and Netflix could have it could be on and off to minimize churn on Netflix...new episodes of Hunter X Hunter one month and One Piece next. "Vampire Princess Miyu" could easily be an affordable budget TV show too. Honestly I have to ask why not pick up a select few of these Manhwa Isekai's? That farmer in another world where he sells fat burning tomato's and other stuff could work fairly well and be low cost. Granted it would be even cheaper just paying for an animated version.
@@XVa-uj8m i believe in future they save the character face and find body models. AI editing is cheaper and faster than CGI editing, just a body models and transfer the pre saved faces of actor then even the actors are old they look young because of this method
There was an interview with her before the first season dropped where someone brought it up and she said they already approached her for the character everyone wants her to play. She told them it depends on how good the first season was and that she was going to give it the side eye until then because all the adaptation failures and she was a fan. So it's probably going to happen because Season 1 blew the fuck up
Even after your rave reviews, I was still super doubtful. Finally gave it a try, and was blown away. It was such a treat to see an adaptation that so thoroughly captures the heart of One Piece. Its also been a blast seeing people coming to it for the first time, talking about the things they love about the characters, and how they would like to see them develop, being all "Ohhhh boy! Buckle up!!" 😃
My only minor complaint with the show so far, is that I felt there needed to be more episodes to give the stories some room to breathe, it could feel somewhat claustrophobic at times going from arc to arc with little to no breathing room during them. A good example would be syrup village despite being the only arc to have two episodes still felt like they had to rush through it just to get to the next place/arc. Especially when you consider these early arcs are pretty short in comparison to later ones, it makes me think seasons should focus on mainly one or two arcs depending on the length. I wouldn't want two episodes to cover the entirety of the Alabasta arc and the stories leading up to it.
12 episodes makes sense as that's how normal season are with 1 a week. They will have to do movies and or special episodes in between and movies for sure like marine ford will have to be a movie to make the budget but if they build up well and only do a few movies for major events they could make tons of money
I think it feels rushed just for those who know the anime. I felt the same but when I mentioned this to those who didn't watch the anime they didn't agree.
@@kingavarga6488 You're right, but even still, I've heard people talk about Usopp not getting enough time to prove why he should be on Luffy's crew, making him seem more unworthy, though it's likely due to being aware of the anime/manga. I do hope they don't do Alabasta in only two episodes, there's a lot of cotent I feel should be included, but I'm aware changes and cuts will need to be made.
@@agentbluegaming7709Alabasta should be at least 4 ep given an 8 ep season. I see Little Garden and Whisky Peak to be sacrifices to make it happen. Even if they make it 10 ep, more could be added for Alabasta.
You, Mr. man on the internet, have an exceptional narrative ability. I swear I’ve watched almost every one of your videos on one piece. I love to just put them on and do some desk work at my job. It helps my mind stay directed on task while I get to indulge in my excessive amount of fictional pirate anime. Just recently found out you make HxH content too, and ooooooh boy has a new addiction surfaced
I think if they do Impel Down and Marineford as a season, they'll have very sizeable B-plots of the other Straw Hats surviving/training at their respective locations so as to not make it into the "only Luffy" show
They might also decide to "expand" the story around in the b plot since a lot of Ace's early story is looking for blackbeard and asking around for luffy, so there is a possibility instead of having the marine b plot for the second season, to spend the time around ace to get audiences invested for the inevitable showdown in marineford
I’d be cool with that honestly. I feel like we could always use more Ace. It would definitely be a meta move since we pretty much know everything about him already and it’ll give new watchers a chance to connect with him on the same level as the rest of us who’ve been watching and reading over the decades
I really hope Netflix expands the seasons from 8 to 10 episodes, that would help a lot with story telling. I am thinking they really expand Ace's role in the Baroque Works arc, and give him a lot more to do in order to help the Straw Hats, so the audience cares more about him. I also wouldn't mind if they just kept Chopper as a human for most of his scenes, its a pretty minor change in the grand scheme of things and if it frees up a lot of budget to be put elsewhere that is great. I also wonder what they will do with Brooks when we get to him, for budget reasons it might just be easier to make him a zombie rather than just a full blown skeleton?
I’m honestly optimistic. I think that successfully adapting the East Blue Saga is the hard part; that’s where like 40% of people drop the series. Since the pacing is quick so far, I think the strength of the story of both Alabasta and Skypeia will pretty much eliminate all the problems people have with the early parts of the series.
so many people dropped the anime at skypiea saga including me :( . only pick up the story again when they meet brook at the manga and didnt touch the anime again. the main reasons is like you said: pacing. fillers and story drags on especially in anime.
More like 99%. East blue and alabasta are super fucking good and I loved one piece from the start but alabasta ends at episode 130. And it’s still the very beginning of the series. U can watch multiple anime instead and longer shows like Naruto and bleach have way more shit happen and way ahead plot wise by episode 130. One piece gets really good at water 7/enies lobby and the world and story opens up. One piece has a slow ass start and that’s a fact. Skypeia ends at chapter 300 and it’s still considered the beginning of the series. And most people don’t have the attention span/time or want to commit to one piece.
@@zuflisI had to push through it when I first got into one piece. Skypeia is another long arc after alabasta which is long asf. It feels like a side mission/filler but it has some world building and stuff that is relevant now but still feels like side mission that’s not that relevant to the main plot. Enel is a logia just like crocodile and Luffy beats him with plot armor. Skypeia is still good but it’s a drag because it’s still the beginning of one piece and the arcs after really open the story and worldbuilding up.
@@getpape4126people are calling them fillers and praising fillers as canon, which invalidates most of their arguments. And how do you compare civil war to tyranny reinforced battle Royale? If you want to compare skypiea to something, it is the prelude of entire yonko saga which ended just now.
I mean in all honesty, I feel like people are trying too hard to look at One Piece as having some kind of “magic sauce” that magically makes it good. And you just need to add that sauce to all anime adaptations to make them just as good. Like there are certainly lessons you can take from live action One Piece, but it’s not like a one-size fits all thing. One Piece has a specific unique tone and appeal to it, and this live action series was custom made to capture that. I’m not sure trying to replicate this exact vibe with other anime is necessarily gonna work. Every live action adaptation is gonna have to be different in order to capture the specific appeal of the anime it’s adapting.
As much as I'd love to see 12 seasons of this masterpiece realistically at best I can see them getting all the way up to 3DX2Y, and that's only if it continues to wow the audience enough to complete each season building up to that point. At that point with how long each season will probably take, and how old the cast will get by then, it could potentially be more difficult to greenlight the OPLA post 2 yr. timeskip. Who knows maybe the cast will age like wine, there won't be any major screw ups, and it'll be greenlit for 12 seasons, but each season of One Piece always ups the ante in many ways, shapes, and forms.
I agree, we need to keep in mind that Netflix changes their minds a lot and cancels shows left and right. This show will be very lucky to make it to 6 seasons, 12 is unheard of. Plus all the actors would need to remain in perfect health, fitness, and stay out of trouble. A very rare thing these days. I'm happy there's a season 2, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's all we get.
@@Recabilly Season 2 will definitely be a bigger test than the first season. This can either make or break a lot of things, and determine whether or not there will be a season 3. I’m praying we can get up to the time skip at the very least.
@@MarshalDTeachh yeah, season 1 is the start of something, but in a second season, it just goes crazy, and things just get really complicated. Truly, if they can get season 2 to work, then it would definitely prove the possibility for more.
If they actually cast Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Kureha, I would imagine the Drum Island arc is gonna last at least 2 episodes to give her more screentime. Speaking of casting, how funny would it be if they casted Jenna Ortega as Vivi (Ms Wednesday)? 😁 Edit: I said "funny", not "great". Because "Ms. Wednesday", get it? "Wednesday?" Some people... xD
I think Jenna Ortega would actually be a great Nico Robin but I think she will not be in One Piece since she already has enough work with the Wednesday Series.
Ewoks and Wookies already show Chopper's main two forms can be done just fine without CGI (though added CGI for better expressions probably). Reindeer form will be tougher but I believe in muppeteers. Ace really is kind of a dream role now that you mention it. Assuming the series gets/stays huge, his part will be hugely important and remembered while also leaving enough room for getting cast in other major roles outside of the show. It could really create a rising star. In regards to scripting, scripts are virtually never finished until shooting is over. They have writers on set because they often have to make changes in the moment. Production issues will require script changes, etc. The main point is that the BULK of the work is done and the bones are there.
given the expanded role of Helmeppo and Cody as naval cadets I can see Prince Grus and Kujaku being introduced earlier with them working under Kujaku's grandmother vice-admiral Tsuru
Lmao they would not introduce random recent marine characters for no reason. Coby and helmeppo are probably completely done for now cause otherwise I don’t see why they would have that big farewell moment. Their role is gonna be replaced by smoker/tashigi in s2. Maybe hina and fullbody/jango too but I doubt it.
@@zigsteenine8650 Yeah, they won't appear until season 3 or 4 or later. After Ennies Lobby... god, I want to see it! Hope Robin's actor will SLAY her role.
Well Netflix's FMA got a total of 3 movies and that definitely wasn't the curse breaker xD I can already see it, Season 5 ending on Kuma doing Kuma things and sending the Straw hats on a vacation and season 6 ending on Akainu doing Akainu things...
FMA isn't theirs but Warner Brothers property tho if we're basing on Netflix, their Alice in Borderland broke the curse with 2 seasons but that's normally not counted because it's Japanese productions like the Ruruoni Kenshin.
I think ending a six season run at the time skip is honestly the perfect spot to have a break in production. Also, they better not skip Little Garden, it's vital for Usopp's character arc. Might as well not have Usopp without it. You know, critically examining the series, there's enough stuff going on with what took place on Little Garden and Drum Island that it could take up the entirety of Season 2 with the couple events leading up to it. Arabasta is 40ish episodes in the anime, which is about the same length as all of East Blue. It may be entirely justifiable to put off Arabasta as a whole season of its own if we're stuck with the 8 episode format. If we're not stuck with 8 episodes and can do 10 or even 12, I can see cutting down Little Garden to 1 or 2 episodes, that's all that would really be needed to get Nami bitten and the meeting with the giants. Whether or not we have the Mr. 3 fight or not during those episodes is debatable, but if we have 2, it should fit in fine. The question would be Drum Island. If we have only 8 episodes, we can fit the key parts of Drum Island in no problem by making Arabasta a season 3 arc. If we have 10 or 12, we could cut Drum Island down to 2 episodes, or maybe 3. We'd have to have 4 episodes minimum for the Arabasta arc I feel.
I honestly think the biggest challenge with season 2 if we only get the same 8 episodes and run time is getting to Alabasta and hitting all the right story beats. And then still having enough time to do Alabasta justice. It needs at least 3 if not 4 episodes on its own and I'm worried that the first truly epic scale arc in the series will be beyond truncated much like other arcs so far.
I keep saying they gotta save it for season 3, just let Choppers story be the finale of season 2. Then lead up to alabasta at the end of season 2, but man, so many people are God damn impatient, they just want crocodile and it would be too rushed.
@@sumtingwong8592I don’t think they would extend the drum island arc to be that long, judging from the pacing of season 1. But I hope that they spend at least 12-16 episodes on season 2, it’s certainly going to need those extra few episodes to do the show justice.
@@RuuyGidk why you’re so sure of that when you don’t have any idea how Netflix works. They have a recent mandate that their big shows should all be 8 episodes per season. Unless the current strike changes something it’s gonna be 8 episodes again. They could have a longer run time though.
Since Merry actually died in season 1 it makes me think we will see more deaths in the live action series which I'm ok with and this could include characters that had fake out deaths in the series.
if they get to Alabasta they should definitely have characters that are from Alabasta (Vivi, Cobra, Igaram, Pell etc.) be played by Middle Eastern, South Asian and North African actors, considering the Aesthetic of the kingdom.
I once saw a picture of Vivi edited to have dark skin and she actually looked pretty good so I wouldn't mind if Netflix did that so long as they keep the essence of her character.
That's great, even if I'm still just stuck at the first ep since I didn't feel like "rewatching" OP. I just hope the story and character changes they made will be justified in later seasons
I hope they take as much time as they need to get season 2 right, but also find a way to produce season 2 and 3 together, so that s3 can be released like 6 months after s2. Film all of the ocean scenes at once, whenever the weather cooperates. You can shoot the indoor scenes for s3 later.
If they do end up capped at 6 seasons, I would think they could rework Marineford into a more climactic moment for the series. For one, I can't see them having all of the strawhats split up for several seasons. While that might be a storytelling device that works in Game of Thrones, I would think perhaps the entire crew will be present for the battle of Marineford and perhaps its ending could feature a pivotal character defeated. And even if Luffy isn't Pirate King at the end of it, it could definitively serve as a climax for the series, albeit a somewhat tragic one. Then perhaps they could have Luffy imply that they still need to get stronger and train more, cue a timeskip cut to epilogue where the strawhats get back together after 2 years and set sail for the new world, stronger. This would probably be the most realistic climactic exit point since 12+ seasons is just not realistic.
With some reworking that could work. Imagine this: Sabaody plays out as usual until the end. Instead of the whole crew getting packed up, Luffy is the only one that gets sent away (maybe have Rayleigh come to save the crew from Kuma shortly after or something) Amazon Lily and Impel Down play out as usual, with Luffy worried about his crew. Cut to Marineford and have the whole crew there, wanting to save Ace since they have no clue where Luffy is! All the Strawhats join the fight in Marineford, Ace dies, but this time the crew is there to comfort Luffy. Have him thank them for being there, but saying they need to get stronger to challenge the new world. Maybe get a montage of the time skip training, cut to Sabaody as the crew reunites again. This would mean that there would probably be 5-6 episodes without the other cast members, but that’s much better than a whole season (plus it allows them to be there for the emotional climax of the series)
I’m excited that Oda is as involved as he is and that he will take care and do his damndest to make not only a great remake but to also be the biggest critic about the work making sure that they take their time to make a great show overall
I've been loving watching/listening to non manga/anime fans enjoy it. The tone of adventure and optimism shines through and it's such a breath of fresh air compared the current state of western IPs.
@@GenJuhruthe small bits we managed to get from the cast did nothing but give the whole project the good will needed for people to give it a chance. But yeah, would like to see their reactions now.
They most certainly will, they need the cg budget for chopper n the main cast + events. The camel, dugong and the duck squadron will most likely showup as easter eggs just like chouchou and treasure island creatures in season 1
I think Karoo is going to be in it, while granted he's not a important character. He can still be around in the background maybe eating something or talking to Chopper while an important scene is happening in foreground. Also I'm really hoping they don't cut out Laboon and Crocus those two are important for a future character.
@@maxdubs222 I mean, thinking about it, I guess I'm not complaining. This show will never reach Sabaody anyway, but at least this way ma boi Hachi wasn't ruined same way as that angsty virgin they called "Arlong"
You think they will check that? And care? All the haters would see is "gay person on tv =bad! Why woke left ruin good one piece?" I hope you are right, but i fear you are overestimating the average hater. @@oseiaschiquellajunior8356
Season 1: East Blue Season 2: Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whisky Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island, Reach Alabasta Season 3: Everything on Alabasta Island (6 episodes) Movie 1: Skypeia Season 4: Water 7/Enies Lobby Season 5: Thriller Bark, Sabaody Archipelago Season 6: Amazon Lily, Impel Down, and Marineford Movie 2: Fishmen Island Season 7: Punk Hazard, Dressrosa Season 8: Zou, Totland Season 9: Wano Movie 3: Onigashima Raid (part 1 and 2)
After being very pleasently surpised by season 1, I am now hypped for season 2, but I share your concern : it have to be at least as good as seoson one, or even better. Can the staff do it ? I hope so. Also, 8 episodes for Logue Town + Alabasta would be very short, they have to do at least 10 episodes, 12 would be better. With the amount of content to cover, pacing won't be an issue.
Season 1 was spectacular and i can't wait to see, how they will tackle season 2! Hopefully, it doesn't take more than 2 years to complete the second season.
Season 1: Arlong park ending Season 2: Arabasta ending Season 3: Skypiea + Water 7 (Cliffhanger ending) (Repair boat is logic transition from Sky to W7) Season 4: Ennies Lobby + Thriller Bark + Sabaody (Cliffhanger ending everybody scattered) Season 5: Amazon + Impel + Marine Season 6: Fishman island (Maybe a shorter season + probably lot of cgi stuff) Season 7: Punk + Dressrosa (Punk not too long) Season 8: Zou + Cake island Season 9: Wano part 1 (Cliffhanger) Season 10: Wano part 2 Hopefully this way all pretty epic endings. Ofcourse episodes each season could differ a bit. What do you guys think?
If they were to go all the way, here’s how I think it should be done: Season 1: East Blue Season 2: Alabasta Season 3: Skypeia Season 4: Ennies Lobby Season 5: Thriller Bark Season 6: Sabaody Season 7: Marineford Season 8: Fishman Island Season 9: Punk Hazard Season 10: Dressrosa Season 11: Whole Cake Season 12: Wano Season 13: Egghead
I really hope they get into practical VFX, Chopper's brain point could be done with good puppetry touched up with CG. I'm interested how Brook is gonna be done.
I’m not like a VFX expert but I will note that, if you button up Brook’s long-sleeved shirt and put him in long pants, the only parts of his body that are exposed bone would be his head and his hands. So what if they just cast like, a skinny actor, put them in the buttoned up suit and long pants covering most of their body, and then CGI only their heads and hands into skeletons
One of my concerns about having the live action go so long is the time it takes to make each season (roughly 2-3 years) and the fact that the cast will getting older. Sure make up might work and keep them looking young till season 6 cuz that's about 10 years down the road but from season 7 to 12 I don't know how well the make up will hold up.
as long as they can do the stunts , i dont think there would be major compromise in their looks for next 10 years atleast.. they all are already full fledged adults and no one is a kid unlike in harry potter.
How I think the Episodes could break down for season 2 1. Loguetown and Reverse mountain 2. Skip to just the last part of the Strawhats meeting Laboon and promising to return and then all of Whiskey Peak 3. Little Garden 4. Drum Island 5. meeting Ace and traveling to Yuba 6. Rainbase 7. Start of war and Strawhat fights 8. End of Strawhat fights and search for bomb Start of Luffy fight 9. End of Luffy's fight, pell, Bon Clay saving the day (Shortened), and Vivi's adventure- season ends with the arm-raised scene.
As support for your point about the existence of the live action series being an overall net good for introducing people to the series, I was already invested in One Piece, but my sister was one of those people daunted by its sheer length. However she WAS willing to give the less intimidating live action a try, and it got her invested enough in the story to finally start watching the anime with me! (I know the manga would be even better, but we're going for accessibility here. Baby steps. 😆)
I did the same thing w my partner & we just finished the episode where Captain Kuro was defeated... He agreed w me that they didn't do the series enough Justice; he loved the Live Action series too. Trying to get him to the better parts is like pulling teeth... I keep saying "These characters don't matter at all to the later parts of the story. So don't overthink anything & enjoy "
I am super stoked for season 2! I feel like we will be surprised by the turn around. Now having been proven to work Netflix is about to throw money at this. I am hoping for a world with yearly seasons with a couple more episodes maybe 12-15 would be nice!
Aw man I wish, but I don’t think Netflix will do it. From Netflix perspective, you get the same amount of season 2 for 75 million dollars less if you do 8 instead of 13 eps
Yearly's probably pushing it given the scale of the series and the extreme amount of care it's taking to do it right. Also, given that the effects needs will only go up, I'd rather any budget increases go toward upping the per-episode budget than adding more episodes, even if it means it takes more seasons. Cut season 2 after Drum Island with 8 episodes and make season 3 be *only* Alabasta proper with 4-6 episodes. I'd take a shorter season that's done perfectly over a longer season that's mediocre due to worse effects and trying to cram everything together all at once.
ODA said himself he chose now to do the live action because of the advances in CGI, so we know to make MANY of the characters come to life they'll have to use CGI... Chopper with all his transformations, Brook because a person isn't skinny or tall enough to portray a skeleton and also his soul popping out to explore/investigate for the Strawhats, Jimbe because he's really huge and making him person sized, even using a wrestler might not be okay with fans, Sea Kings, and other creatures that don't exist in nature, Karu- Vivi's Duck, might have to be a machine as well as CGI... lots and lots of challenges to make this live action come out right, and honoring the anime and fans!
I'm happy that the live action version of One Piece is getting a second season and that they have plans for more. That said I'm still worried about what they are going to do with it because, this is where they're going to have to really buckle down and make sure that not only the sets look good, but especially the effects.
budget will be an issue since Netflix typically can't afford a series indefinite. The team will need to be creative in thier interpretation to reduce cost.
@cartoonishidealism582 she's very cute, but Boa would have to be super hot to fit the role, and tall. (Gal Gadot maybe?) Her whole thing is being the most beautiful woman in the world. It might be the toughest role to cast because beauty is so subjective. There's guaranteed to be many people disappointed no matter who the actress is
Problem is, every episode costs ~15 million dollars. It’s not just to make the season shorter, but cause 1 hour of One piece = fuck ton of money for the same amount of season. Kinda makes me doubt Netflix will do more than 8 :(
I'd rather any budget increases go toward the effects budget given how things will only get increasingly more bonkers as the series progresses. Just cut season 2 after Drum Island and give Alabasta proper the entirety of season 3 with like 4-6 episodes. It's my understanding that the budget is determined for the whole season and then the producers/showrunners/whomever needs to decide how to split that per-episode, so even if they get a 25% budget increase, given the greater effects needs of the Alabasta Saga that isn't really enough to add more episodes AND do the series justice. Maxing out the per-episode budget is the way to go, IMO, which means some seasons will be shorter by necessity, but also WAY better since they'll not only have more money to spend on making things look really, really good, they'll also have more time to devote to adapting the story well by being patient instead of trying to cram absolutely everything in the saga into one season.
Heck yeah I'm ready for season 2! Hopefully they can keep the ball rolling so the seasons after that won't take as long. ^^ I could see them including the duck, but he would just be there for a scene or two. Most of the time he would be on a mission with his duck buddies. Chopper will be interesting. I could see them doing a Mr. Tumnus from Narnia for Chopper. Making him more human with practical effects.
I hope LA much success but Idk. Oda said he was very involved in Season 1 and mentioned how frustrating it was at first, especially with the cultural differences. I can definitely see Oda become more hands off as the seasons progress and Netlifx gaslighting Oda into changes (Becky saying scripts are read vs Oda saying no, it will take a long time). In 2020, Avatar creators quit as executive producers 2 years into production of Avatar LA saying whatever Netflix puts out will not reflect they envisioned. Nearing 4 years now and we still do not have a show. 😅
The one issue that I can see with doing so many seasons is the actors aging, each season would probably take a year or 2 to make, and the actors won’t stop aging 😅 by the end of season 12 they will be like 10 years older 😅
Most of the Straw hats will 40 playing teenagers. This is would not look good and if they tried to make them younger using cgi. Then there is no point to do a live action since that would make it all animated again lol. Unless they shoot all the seasons back to back then work on the cgi as the years go by.
Makeup can do a lot too make people look younger. Abd story line wise, for live action there is no reason they can't say Luffy is 30 by the time he gets the one piece.
@@darrel7493 How would he get the one piece if the manga is not even done. I think it would be a bad move on Oda do allow something like that. True makeup would help but most of them will be pushing 40 maybe older by the time we even get past season 4 if it is going to take 2 years to shoot a season. But we will see, it will be interesting to see how this all will work,
I find it hard to believe they will cut little garden, because its one of Usopps most important character development moments. He already has the least time out of the main cast, they cant cut more. Or they can, but that would really suck for Usopp enjoyers such as myself.
If they are going to make more than one season, they need to know where each season ends. It does not mean we are getting six seasons, it means they need to have a plan for the future for the next season to work. If season 2 works just as well or better, we are definitely getting season 3. I hope we get six seasons. Any ideas on who should be cast as Crocodile?
I would like to see Rami Malik as Crocodile. His face just seems right if you put a scar on it. Of course, it matters more if he can play sinister well.
i really hope they pay attention to the moments the fans felt were most lacking. Completely dropping ALL of Usopps development was definitely one of these.
Still surprised Zoro references Mr 1 in episode 1 of the live action “you need to find somebody stronger, number 1 is my favourite number” as he flips the bird at Mr 7 😂 but I imagine that’d be an awesome callback for Live Action only fans when they see Mr 1 next season
Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr Kureha is perfect, especially since she's a big OP fan since the cast having that passion for OP is what made season 1 so good. I also really really hope that they don't cut Little Garden because not only is it a really fun arc that would suck to not have, but it also establishes the giants and introduces Elbaf and those things become quite important later on. So if they really are planning to have that many seasons, then Little Garden is quite important. Also even though it seems likely and it'd probably be smart for budgetary reasons, I still hope they don't cut Karoo because he too feels like an unofficial Straw Hat and he's just great. Though I guess I'd rather get Little Garden than get Karoo without LG so it might have to be done. Overall though, I pray above all else that they make season 2 more than just 8 episodes since I don't think that they can fit Loguetown and the whole Alabasta saga into only 8 episodes without arcs feeling rushed and many things being cut out. Season 2 should be 10 episodes at the very least but probably more to make sure that the season will be truly as good as it can be. Alabasta is a whole country and a pretty big arc and will for sure require like 3 episodes at least. I don't mind waiting longer for season 2 to come out if I know that the final product will be better in the end. Though with how good season 1 was, I have faith that season 2 will be just as good if not better.
I'm worried about the budget if the try to do more than 8 episodes for season 2, given how much more bonkers the grand line is they'll need WAY more expensive effects. Personally, I say cut season 2 after Drum Island and give Alabasta proper the entirety of season 3. They can do Logue Town through Drum Island in 8 episodes without needing to cut anything important, especially if the overall budget increases even a little bit to allow for the effects. Then they can dedicate an entire season's worth of budget to Alabasta, which will need it, especially if they do it in only 4-6 episodes. Personally, I'd much rather have episode breakdowns be decided based on the needs of the story for that season than on trying to get as many as possible, I'd happily take a 4 episode season that is absolutely perfect than an 8 episode season that feels rushed or has too much filler.
@@jacobbissey9311 I'm hoping that Netflix will give OP live action a higher budget for season 2 now that they know it's a success so that they can include all the special effects and whatnot and so they can do the whole Alabasta saga. But then again idk how Netflix operates. I personally would prefer that Loguetown and all of the Alabasta saga be included in season 2 since I think that Alabasta would be a better conclusion and better climax to the season than Drum Island and would make the season feel more complete. Especially since Crocodile would be a fantastic season climax villain since he's very menacing and would be built up throughout the season like Arlong in season 1. If Drum Island is the final arc, then the climax villain would be... Wapol, which could be a letdown. However, I have no clue how big of a budget they will be given so my ideal season 2 could just be a pipe dream. I suppose it would be better if they end at Drum Island and focus on perfecting the special effects and making all the arcs before Alabasta as good as possible if their budget isn't big enough. It'd be better than if they include everything and have the season suffer as a result. One thing I will say is I'd definitely prefer if they include Little Garden and end at Drum Island (then have Alabasta in season 3) than if they end with Alabasta but don't include Little Garden. I absolutely don't want any canon arcs to be skipped. I for sure don't want them to pull a 4kids and skip LG.
I just thought of another reason why Little Garden shouldn't be skipped. Nami getting a deadly illness from LG is a very important plot point that leads to the Straw Hats going to Drum Island and her illness heavily impacts the events of Drum Island. The whole reason why Luffy goes through hell to climb up the mountain and get to the castle is to save Nami's life. It shows how much he cares for her and what he's willing to go through for his friends and it also leads to them meeting and eventually recruiting Chopper. I also really like how when Nami first gets sick on the ship, the whole crew is deeply concerned about her, even to the point that they all fall asleep in her room. It shows just how much they care about each other as a crew. If they skip LG, they'll need a different plot device to get the Straw Hats to go to Drum Island. If Nami doesn't get sick, then all those great scenes could be lost and the events of Drum Island would have to be greatly altered which I wouldn't really like. So LG is really important to include or else Drum Island will be completely different. Unless of course they just make Nami get 'grandline fever' or something like in the 4kids dub, but that'd be kinda dumb. (Edit: Dorry and Brogy themselves are also brought up again in Enies Lobby when Sogeking convinces the giants guarding the gate, sooo yeah LG really can't be skipped)
@@Dimentio21 I sincerely doubt they'd get more than a 25% budget increase across the whole season, even that would be pushing it. I'd say to include everything including all of Alabasta proper in one season they'd need 12 episodes to really do it justice, and given the significantly increased special effects needs I wouldn't expect them to pull that off with anything less than double their season 1 budget. Thankfully the effects needs are slightly offset by less intensive set design needs. IIRC they already have most of what they need for Logue town built, Reverse mountain should be mostly done in studio, Whiskey Peaks can repurpose a bunch of the existing bar sets so minimal construction needed, Little Garden can either be done in studio or in a rainforest somewhere, so not super difficult, and most of Drum Island can be done in studio. Alabasta proper likely will need both location filming AND elaborate set construction, on top of their ridiculous special effects needs, so I'd really rather that got a full season's budget. IIRC season 1 already got the single highest per-episode budget in all of television history, I *really* would not expect an especially significant increase any time soon. Especially if the writer and actor strikes somehow end with the streaming services like Netflix caving to the (IMO reasonable) demands of the unions (from what I've heard, anyway, I admittedly haven't looked super in-depth into what they're asking for, but it sounds like reasonable pay and protection from AI replacements, which are reasonable asks IMO), as that'll mean they have to pay more in salaries and can expect less revenue going forward, so throwing record breaking sums of money around isn't likely any time soon. As for ending on Wapol, of they work in the Baroque Works angle properly, we can still have a big battle that's built up throughout the season without much issue, just have occasional run-ins with ranking members of BW throughout, maybe some cuts to some board meetings, then have it culminate in the strawhats getting ambushed as they're leaving Drum Island, maybe crocodile is there, maybe he's not, but having Miss All Sunday would probably be important to maybe lay the groundwork of her being less antagonistic and open to switching sides or something. End with the Strawhats getting away as they sail to Alabasta or something. Not super different from the manga overall, just one or two extra scenes per episode and one huge extra fight. The hardest part is coming up with a plausible reason for the Strawhats to actually get away if they're facing a bunch of heavy hitters at once that wouldn't feel like an ass pull, I expect the writing team to be fully capable of that, though.
Things i think they should do is combine Laboon and whiskey peak arcs together. That way they dont need extras and they can still keep Laboon and have Vivi join and save time. It could also having Igaram nursed back to health by Crocus to explain away why he survived asuming they dont kill him. Also i think its safe to say that we'll have a flashback that shows off Brook when he was alive.
The Alabasta Arc is so huge I wonder if they can pull it off in just one season, especially considering we haven't even really concluded East Blue. I'm inclined to think they'll either give season two more episodes (resulting in a bigger delay before we see it) or change A LOT and take us to Alabasta proper immediately after we get Chopper, skipping everything else before and after. Vivi could be introduced anywhere and in many different ways really. I'm not even 100% confident we'll get Drum Island as snowy outsides aren't really that common in South Africa.
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The idea of Emily Rudd playing all the female characters with different hair because they all look like nami clones is hilarious 😂
i love this
Her resume is gonna be STACKED
I don't understand this. Personally, I don't think all female characters look like Nami, just like what 2 or 3 characters. One Piece has girls of all shape and sizes 😂 I don't know why they think it ain't got nothing but Nami lookalikes
@@eonragnarock2366 yeah, it's really just the princesses who look so much like her and I'm theorising a shared ancestor that's gonna jump out of the woodwork
I wouldn't mind as long as Robin and Boa is different
Live action Chopper is gonna be an interesting take regardless of how they do it
Let alone what Brook is gonna look like, or post time Skip Franky , still i hope they can make enough seasons to Catch up with the anime, it might be a strech cause it would take 12 seasons but it would be epic
I've accepted Chopper will be played by twins in prosthetic makeup. And Brain Point is retooled as "Human form".
With Muscle Point being cgi and base form being either cgi or a Mr. Ed situation.
@@giannicolamatteo8155thats impossible. It takes netflix like 2 seasons for one season. Also the are gonna be more cgi characters and costumes and locations. Season 12 would be in the 2050's
a real reindeer in a greensuit - mark my words
I think they will just use cgi for chopper
Ace is the most important part of season 2 for me, they have to get him right, write him right, and make him likable (with all his flaming flaws) so that he can carry his own arc throughout until that last moment so he can break our hearts all over again. He needs to be a heartbreaker if you get what I mean.
If it's arabasta, I think crocodile is the most important with vivi being close due to how prevalent she is. But if crocomom is right, then they really need to nail crocodile
@@darkfoxx133 live action croco being female is the dumbest assumption I've heard 🤣
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People were pretty sure she was in the crowd at Roger's execution.
@@SophiaSanders61 but crocodile and that woman are nothing alike 🤣😭🤦🏼♂️
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Just saying what I've heard. I haven't gotten around to watching it yet.
If Jamie Lee Curtis ACTUALLY gets to play Dr Kureha I’ll consider this a massive W. That’s not only a perfect role selection, but MASSIVE acting power.
And OMG…LABOOON!!! They have to do Laboon
She does, in an interview she said she wants to
Bro laboom made my gf bawl. She cried so fucking much lmaooo they have to keep him in!
My only problem is that can she actually fulfill the roles emotional hits?
@@SmokeyNalgazhopefully y’all break up so you can bawl your eyes out
@@aizen5842 skull
I been following one piece for over 20 years, my wife who has never been into manga/anime , absolutely loves the one piece love action. So much so that she has started watching the anime and I’m betting she’s not the only one. Love it or hate it , it’s done a great job of introducing one piece to people that never even hear of it. That’s a success in my book.
I just finished pre timeskip and omg have I been missing out.
As someone who doesn’t watch anime but watched the live action and now suddenly in the 600s on one piece, she’s definitely not the only one 😂
I’m gonna watch the anime because the live action was so good
I'm 54 and LOVE One Piece. Makes me wish I was in my 20s though, ugh...
That's literally me I've never seen or been into any anime at all but I absolutely loved the live action and would watch the anime now if I had a way to
I think the direction they take with Chopper, will greatly affect the direction they take with Karoo. If they do make chopper a muppet/animatronic, then I could see Karoo being very present, as he was in the manga, aslso as a muppet. My thought being, you don't want chopper to be the only muppet floating in a sea of actors, so filling the scenery with muppetized versions of the other strange creatures from the One Piece world will make Chopper blend in more.
However if they end up going with CGI, or slide Chopper into a more human-esque form, then I would expect Karoo to be minimized/removed.
muppet chopper is the way to go
I love puppetry and if it's done well it can be incredibly versatile making much CGI in that respect unnecessary. CGI tends to be the lazy man's way of handling this cept in circumstances where any other option is nigh impossible.
They could go with a hybrid, like Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
@@Voidwielder Probably the best solution. A puppet in scenes where he's going to be fairly static on the screen, or we don't need to see his entire body moving around and CGI for full-body and action shots.
@Uzarran actual, in DC:AoR, they use digitally enhanced puppets. It's still a puppet, but they use cgi to further expressions, make it blink more convincingly, and tongue articulation when speaking.
I hope they cast Jamie lee Curtis as Dr Kureha because she would be perfect for the role, also I had no idea she was such a One Piece fan.
Seeing how excited she was about people wanting her to be Kureha is so wholesome
This. All day.
same! she said her fave character is chopper, so given her age and build along with being a fan, i see no reason she shouldnt play dr kureha and introduce chopper. im sure shed love to do it and that would give OPLA a major A list celebrity to endorse the show
Lol
@@iliketrains263I'm willing to say it's all but guaranteed after that interview, she seemed excited about the idea
I can't even begin to describe how happy I am. I can't wait to see who they cast as Robin! I need to see the Alabasta fit.
There was a meme going around where people had put image of Mia Khalifa right next to a picture Robin and said she would be the perfect as live action Robin lmao.
@@Greendalewitchfranky outright makes a joke about thinking he’s seen robin before granting the grabbing
Millie brady's name rises up as a fancast for robin right now and i really do think she look great as robin especially when they put her picture (the one where she wears grey shirt and pose just like robin) next to robin :)
otherwise i really hope they get someone that has that mysterious and elegant calm vibe for the cast ❤
Doesn't mia have experience playing characters that are intelligent women? Solid choice
@@obtusem5015 She's got experience alright. Some say she is really amateurish in some areas but ive seen go up against a loads of hard things, more than people thought she could...
11:47 - 11:56 Actually you can't skip Little Garden. Change it yes, but not skip. Its more important than most realize. It not only introduces the Giants further cementing Ussop's goal of a brave warrior of the sea, & ties in later to Enies Lobby, but its a major win moment for him, (which Live Action Ussop REALLY needs cause what they left out in Season 1), as he saves Nami, Vivi, Zoro, and yes Luffy from being killed by Mr. 3 & Ms. Goldenweek, (its cause of her Luffy is stuck), the further extension of the Zoro & Sanji rivalry, Sanji posing as Mr. Prince when talking to Mr. 0, and most importantly where Nami gets bit by the rare ancient insect that she gets critically sick enough for them seek a doctor, which of course is the whole reason they needed to go onto Drum Island to begin with. Without these plot points or a variation of them the story will start to either fall apart or be end up very messy.
Yes that's what I was thinking when he said that
Yeah, they seem to forget that 4Kids skipped both Laboon and Little Garden, and that was one of the big things people were trashing it over (outside of, you know, everything else about it being shitty, too).
Well it really depends on how far they want to take the show because I doubt this will get 20 seasons and the straw hats still haven’t even gotten to elbaf so I don’t really see a reason to emphasize that arc at all. You’re still thinking from an anime perspective not a live action these people will age lol if we get more than 10 seasons it’ll be a miracle and by 10 I would say marine ford would be the best end point for the show
@@TheAnimeCharacter1 Usopp may as well not exist without Little Garden. It's so vital to his character arc, that he may as well be cut from the show for having no purpose.
@@Darke_Exelbirth I know right, but some people like @malaki6600 will be esperate to justify their moronic choices
I'm actually nervous for season 2 because the East Blue saga was pretty tamed compared to what's to come in the grand line, especially the Alabasta saga. What would Chopper even look like?? 😂
Hopefully great CGI like Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy
@@boolinboola3064 Movies have bigger budget. So it's gonna be very expensive every time chopper is in a scene, which may very well be all the time since he's always with at least one strawhat.
Either more like his anime form or very similar to what he is miscalled as
@@boolinboola3064my thoughts exactly. Making Chopper a human would be a massive hit and miss
I think that Crocodile's sand won't be too bad to replicate, as it is a commonly used vfx. However, most of baroque works will be quite expensive to do.
What I'm most worried about though, is how Arlong was human sized, and had little to no cg on him. I know the cost of cg is insane, but think about how that would mess up all the huge and wacky characters if it continues: All the minks, fishmen island, Kaido, Big Mom, Apoo, Doflamingo, anyone above 7ft tall, and like over 60 percent of the series characters. I hope they have a solution in mind.
I genuinely hope they make the decision to increase the number of episodes per season from 8 to 12 to give it a bit more time to breathe and flesh things out in ways that fewer episodes wouldn't allow.
Alabasta was the first long arc so I can see it being most of a season if not all. The arcs before it were easier to summarize
Each episode is gonna cost over $20 mil to produce. It's too expensive.
10 episodes 1 hr each
@@troillandford7679 Even that'd be better than just 8. I imagine at least 10 episodes, 1 episode dedicated to Loguetown and the Twin Capes, then one Whiskey Peak episode, 2 Little Garden episodes, 2 Drum Island episodes, and 3 Alabasta proper
I almost see it as necessary going forward, because of all the big arcs once we enter the grandline.
With how the live action treated ussop, little garden has to happen now, other wise it will be near impossible to redeem his character. Also the Mr.Prince scene is vital to the story
Chopper and Brook are really interesting to me because these two will massively determine the aesthetic of the Live Action series. A lot of quirky characters may be able to be cut to make things easier but you absolutely have to show both of these Strawhats, and while Usopp works without his nose and Sanji with normal eyebrows, turning Brook into a normal human with flesh on his bones doesnt work and even human chopper seems like a heavy compromise to me. Lets see what happens.
Honestly I can see brain point as a puppet with other points being played by a human actor, brook would honestly just need the mask and gloves along with his suit.
Interestingly, Brook might be the first new strawhat they show in S2. Laboon is there, and they might give a good attention to detail in the flashbacks, and we'll see human brook.
See Sweetooth for a Chopper option
Brook can be played by a regular human actor with a skull mask on his face and a mo-cap suit where a skeleton can be digitally grafted
Chopper can be played by a little person actor with prosthetic reindeer makeup (horns and fur)
@@iwasanangryyoungmanhow will they show Brook's emotions and expressions tho?
Elbaf is vital to Usopps character. I don't know how you can skip him not meeting the giants.
Same with ussop telling other elbaf giant in empil down arc
The character is simply not the same without them.
@@Shadow_26 Enies Lobby?
@@GalekC yes
Yeah, Usopp's character already suffered in season 1 so skipping Little Garden is off the table IMO. They can skip a lot of the fighting, but they need to meet the Giants at the very least. Cut Whiskey Peak, cut a bunch of the Alabasta wandering through deserts stuff, make the fights short and sweet, but don't cut the Giants. 1 episode for Loguetown/Laboon/reverse mountain, one episode for Luttle Garden, 2 episodes for Drum, 4 episodes for Alabasta.
They could pretty much just start Alabasta at Rain Dinners and not much would be lost. The only things are Zoro buying the Sandai Kitetsu and Luffy punching Vivi. Which, my God, how would they pull that off anyway? Just have Zoro buy the Sandai at Rain Dinners.
Fifth episode ends with Luffy impaled, sixth episode could be the fights at the capitol, seventh episode could be the lead up to Croc's defeat with the giant bomb cannon clock tower sub plot, and eighth could be Luffy knocks out Croc, the teary farewells, and then Robin joining the crew.
In season 6, they could occasionally cut to scenes of the other crew members finding their way and mentors on the islands Kuma sent them to, adding more onto the original story.
Season 1 East Blue
Season 2 Alabasta Arc
Season 3 Skypiea Arc
Season 4 Water7 & Ennies Lobby
Season 5 Thriller Bark to Saboady
Season 6 Amazon Lily to Impel Down
MarineFord War should be a Movie for bigger budget (it will be the avengers fight of anime )
2 hour movie!!!!
I like the idea of Marineford being a movie. AS IT SHOULD!
Creators have a 12 year plan. They just worked out a 6 year deal with Netflix to guarantee half of it.
bro..if they do a movie for marineford war that would be very EPIC
Brother I don't think it'll be that easy, s2 for example what about little garden and the other place
Actually what I've come to realise is that late payoffs in the manga and anime will be revealed much earlier. So while most are thinking about little garden or whiskey peak being cut, I'm thinking about ace, sabo and luffy's back story possibly being shown and how that works with the rest of the show. If they wait until season 6 to do the back story, luffy's child actor may be too old by then.
They could always put them together
Just got to shoot that stuff ahead of time. It's not really very many scenes to shoot either
@@KingMinish True. If they wanted to they could film all the backstories back to back to get them out of the way
Tbh that would be better, maybe then Sabo wouldn't feel like he was pulled out of nowhere.
Didn't stop Dumbledore from being in Harry Potter.
Something tells me for all the times it’s gonna be hard to adapt, Oda has another timeline he wrote and didn’t go with. We could see a completely cannon “alternate” universe which honestly, from the mind of Oda, I’m HERE FOR
The funny thing is people are really worried about CGI being really expensive but I think a lot of things can be done practically with a little bit of VFX help
Just put a child in a brown shirt and little hat then clean it up in post. Boom, perfect.
That’s how it should always be done in Tv+movies.
@@Kotov_Chaosproblem with that, the child will grow up
@@sedarue123 get another child who is seeing his face
@@Kotov_Chaosi agree with you. They could easily use a kid since he does spend a lot of time in his smaller form only using his other forms in fights/carrying someone. But they do have to build a lot of their sets from scratch and that does take time. If it wasnt for the strikes and the fact they had to wait for approval for s2. Im pretty sure the people building the sets while filming s1 couldve started work on s2 sets. But i dont work in film so im not sure on if thats how that works
One Piece is a show with huge meme potential and with so many iconic moments in the show the live action will get so much support. Season 6 ending with White Beard Yelling "THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!" will actually break the internet
Can we get much higher🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
no, its gonna be THE ONE PENIS IS REAL!! according to 6:25
Its a joke if you're gonna call me dumb
No not live action Whitebeard exposing himself please💀
SO HIIIGH OOH OOH OOOH OOH OOH OOOH
Imagine thinking it's not getting cancelled after season 2
I'm actually watching the first season. It's pretty good, it tries to match the manga (well there are big differences) but with a more realistic take (the expressions, and personality of the characters are here but more realistic), and some important scenes. It's pretty normal to cut the fillers. I also like how they made the characters, they look so alike, even minor details. The sceneries are also incredible.
I was blown away
Yeah I was really guarded about this one given the history of live action failures and how important One Piece is to me.
I'm kinda shocked how well they pulled it off. I have lots of critiques but overall I'm impressed
If they do the summit war as season 6, it would make sense to have the season's B plot be the Straw Hats solo adventures after getting sent flying by Kuma, while the A plot follows Luffy and Ace and all of that
Yes, and maybe renew the actors after that? Since 6 seasons will age them quite a bit.
@@irhamusman1so you want them to renew the cast right before a timeskip because they’re… too old? If anything they’ll need to renew the cast before the timeskip it’s perfectly fine to leave them after
Too much story for a 8 episode season. Maybe a few minutes in the last episode for each straw hat.
@@puggames7271 The Live Action may never have a timeskip. Remember: the power already scales differently with Luffy being weaker, and many powers being a little bit more grounded. Since the actors naturally age, and traveling on sea will take time, it might very well be that the 'crutch to make time pass' isn't quite as necessary in the live action. Sure, there is the training issue, but that can be handled in so many ways that would fit live action better since it tries to go for a cohesive story line.
@@Aviertje Luffy isn't weaker though thats the thing his enemies are just buffed
They said they would’ve needed 2 more episodes to do loguetown town, I’m hoping they can schedule more than 8 episodes for the future seasons 😊
I'm actually hoping that they don't, season 2 is gonna need way more in the way of special effects given how bonkers the grandline gets, so if I get a vote (which I am aware that I don't), I'd actually end season 2 after Drum Island and have Alabasta proper be season 3 by itself, there's definitely enough content to make that work and they'd avoid having to cut anything major. Even if the budget goes up by a whole lot it's likely not enough to cover the insane effects they need AND a larger episode count, so I feel if they try to squeeze everything into one season, especially if they need to stretch the budget over 10-12 episodes, it'll be a massive hit in quality, in terms of pacing, effects, character writing, etc. It would be like all of the flaws of season 1 would be amplified with less opportunity for it's strengths to shine as much.
@jacobbissey9311 I'm a little more optimistic
One Piece is consistently the most popular manga in Japan, maybe even worldwide.
The budget is probably going to be higher than we can realize due to the massive potential payoff
@@Gerolanfalan a few factors:
1) IIRC season 1 already holds the record for the highest per-episode budget in television history, or at least is really close.
2) given the writer/actor strikes, if they end with the studios giving into the demands of better pay structures they are looking at a significantly larger portion of the seasonal budget going toward paying salaries and Netflix is looking at a smaller profit from the revenue, so I wouldn't expect any major budget increases any time soon, especially since their recent policy against password sharing resulted in a large exodus of subscribers.
I'd say the absolute most we can expect is a 25% increase on the season budget, and that's incredibly optimistic, no increase or a minimal increase is a more reasonable expectation, a pessimist might have caused to expect the budget to *decrease*. I wouldn't expect 10+ episodes (ideally we'd want 12 to cover everything in one season) that also meet our set design and special effects needs on anything less than double season 1's budget, and that's an absolutely ludicrous expectation to hold.
12 episodes per season every year for next decade to adapt the complete story in live action.
Give me 12 eps
As someone who has been to South Africa many times, the weather is... sporadic to say the least. One day it could be lovely and sunny and another all hell would break loose with clouded skies and harsh winds. Especially Cape Town. The weather there is extremely unpredictable.
I hope to see more Ace in the second season. The audience need more emotional bonds with him before he gets 🍩ed. Or else LA marineford arc wouldn't be as impactful as the anime's.
Yep.. I'm ready for ace and his packs LOL 🤭 his devil fruit gonna be epic .. also smoker ohoho
That donut 😂 😭 I'm still traumatized
I’m sure they would add in Luffy, Ace, Sabo Flashback to build that emotional bond
I don't think they would have Ace is season 2 because he bloats the plot, without adding anything too it. And they already need to have a focus of Chopper, Vivi, Smoker, Tashigi, and Robin. I suspect Ace will be teased at the very end of sesson 2,just like Smoker was in season 1. It would be better if he is added as part of Jaya, since nothing else of emotional significance is happening at the time. He doesn't really do much for the Albasta plot, so can be added anywhere at any time.
@@darrel7493 That wouldn't work with the plotline because Ace is hunting Blackbeard and fights him Post Alabasta arc. After the fight Blackbeard lands on Jaya and meets Luffy.
Curious if Liam rewatched the season after his first 8 hour binge. I have a feeling he went in taking notes and thinking about every thing he wanted to talk about and working hard to notice every little Easter egg. It’s what I did. I actually enjoyed the show even more on a rewatch.
He said he rewatched it on their podcast. He still had the same take as his review video
The problem with 6 seasons, and even 12, is that unlike the anime & manga, real people AGE.
I'm sure there's ways to help with that, but Netflix isn't exactly known for being fast releasing new seasons of their big shows. It's not like we'll get 1 season a year, so 6 seasons could take 10+ years. The actress playing Nami (Emily Rudd) is already 30 years old. By the time we got 12 seasons based on Netflix's schedule, she may be closer to 50.
I think they use ai technology to make the characters faces to look consistent, it's most nessesary bacause one season need atleast 2years or more to make and i think they get very old if they go until final arc
I agree!! There is not enough time to make it happen. That is the downfall of Marvel films. Comic books are different. You can control time.
@@Claire_mendy Yeah but how often can they do back to back to back? Cameron did this with Avatar 2 and 3, shot together. This saves time.
Shoot what they can analog too, I mean NON green screen. Shoot on film, don't be afraid to use excellent models where you can, like Star Trek. Don't use CGI there if you can because it can be cheaper, look better and be faster than rendering high quality CGI. I know the ship is a full size which is a great idea.
On another note I hope "Hunter X Hunter" gets picked up by this production house, add people and get them to work on it. A live action version of this could be fantastic and Netflix could have it could be on and off to minimize churn on Netflix...new episodes of Hunter X Hunter one month and One Piece next. "Vampire Princess Miyu" could easily be an affordable budget TV show too.
Honestly I have to ask why not pick up a select few of these Manhwa Isekai's? That farmer in another world where he sells fat burning tomato's and other stuff could work fairly well and be low cost. Granted it would be even cheaper just paying for an animated version.
The Timeskip could be some sort of getting through It. The characters are changing so you can cast new ones. But I really don't think we get this far.
@@XVa-uj8m i believe in future they save the character face and find body models. AI editing is cheaper and faster than CGI editing, just a body models and transfer the pre saved faces of actor then even the actors are old they look young because of this method
I need Jamie Lee Curtis to be in season 2, I need this to happen!
Agreed
98% chance we’ll be having her. Im so fkin excited !
There was an interview with her before the first season dropped where someone brought it up and she said they already approached her for the character everyone wants her to play. She told them it depends on how good the first season was and that she was going to give it the side eye until then because all the adaptation failures and she was a fan. So it's probably going to happen because Season 1 blew the fuck up
She’ll be perfect for Dr. Kureha
Let's cross the fingers. Jammie Lee Curtis does her due diligence
Even after your rave reviews, I was still super doubtful. Finally gave it a try, and was blown away. It was such a treat to see an adaptation that so thoroughly captures the heart of One Piece. Its also been a blast seeing people coming to it for the first time, talking about the things they love about the characters, and how they would like to see them develop, being all "Ohhhh boy! Buckle up!!" 😃
I don’t think they should skip little garden. It adds a lot to usopp character and they already fumbled in syrup village
Yes without Jako, his first fight was cut and even his Crew was missing.
@@TheIhplodur yeah and it seemed like he joined the crew for no reason. All Luffy saw him do was do a trick shot and let him join
@@abubakarjalloh8665 He worked at Kayas Shipyard, so maybe his duty to repair the ship was something to cover for that. But thats a bad way to do it.
@@TheIhplodur yeah
Syrup Village was honestly the biggest let down of the series so far for me.
My only minor complaint with the show so far, is that I felt there needed to be more episodes to give the stories some room to breathe, it could feel somewhat claustrophobic at times going from arc to arc with little to no breathing room during them. A good example would be syrup village despite being the only arc to have two episodes still felt like they had to rush through it just to get to the next place/arc. Especially when you consider these early arcs are pretty short in comparison to later ones, it makes me think seasons should focus on mainly one or two arcs depending on the length. I wouldn't want two episodes to cover the entirety of the Alabasta arc and the stories leading up to it.
Unfortunately this was a money problem.
12 episodes makes sense as that's how normal season are with 1 a week. They will have to do movies and or special episodes in between and movies for sure like marine ford will have to be a movie to make the budget but if they build up well and only do a few movies for major events they could make tons of money
I think it feels rushed just for those who know the anime. I felt the same but when I mentioned this to those who didn't watch the anime they didn't agree.
@@kingavarga6488 You're right, but even still, I've heard people talk about Usopp not getting enough time to prove why he should be on Luffy's crew, making him seem more unworthy, though it's likely due to being aware of the anime/manga. I do hope they don't do Alabasta in only two episodes, there's a lot of cotent I feel should be included, but I'm aware changes and cuts will need to be made.
@@agentbluegaming7709Alabasta should be at least 4 ep given an 8 ep season. I see Little Garden and Whisky Peak to be sacrifices to make it happen. Even if they make it 10 ep, more could be added for Alabasta.
You, Mr. man on the internet, have an exceptional narrative ability. I swear I’ve watched almost every one of your videos on one piece. I love to just put them on and do some desk work at my job. It helps my mind stay directed on task while I get to indulge in my excessive amount of fictional pirate anime. Just recently found out you make HxH content too, and ooooooh boy has a new addiction surfaced
I think if they do Impel Down and Marineford as a season, they'll have very sizeable B-plots of the other Straw Hats surviving/training at their respective locations so as to not make it into the "only Luffy" show
Would totally be on board with 12 seasons! 😂
Cast gonna be 45 playing 20year olds 😂😂
@@coochtheking1827 they can simply change the timeskip length to reflect the actors ages 😂
They might also decide to "expand" the story around in the b plot since a lot of Ace's early story is looking for blackbeard and asking around for luffy, so there is a possibility instead of having the marine b plot for the second season, to spend the time around ace to get audiences invested for the inevitable showdown in marineford
I’d be cool with that honestly. I feel like we could always use more Ace. It would definitely be a meta move since we pretty much know everything about him already and it’ll give new watchers a chance to connect with him on the same level as the rest of us who’ve been watching and reading over the decades
That would actually be fucking fantastic
Showing him asking around about things without yetting the audience know who is yet until he finally meats luffy, would be a great way to include him.
I really hope Netflix expands the seasons from 8 to 10 episodes, that would help a lot with story telling. I am thinking they really expand Ace's role in the Baroque Works arc, and give him a lot more to do in order to help the Straw Hats, so the audience cares more about him. I also wouldn't mind if they just kept Chopper as a human for most of his scenes, its a pretty minor change in the grand scheme of things and if it frees up a lot of budget to be put elsewhere that is great. I also wonder what they will do with Brooks when we get to him, for budget reasons it might just be easier to make him a zombie rather than just a full blown skeleton?
I’m honestly optimistic. I think that successfully adapting the East Blue Saga is the hard part; that’s where like 40% of people drop the series. Since the pacing is quick so far, I think the strength of the story of both Alabasta and Skypeia will pretty much eliminate all the problems people have with the early parts of the series.
so many people dropped the anime at skypiea saga including me :( . only pick up the story again when they meet brook at the manga and didnt touch the anime again. the main reasons is like you said: pacing. fillers and story drags on especially in anime.
More like 99%. East blue and alabasta are super fucking good and I loved one piece from the start but alabasta ends at episode 130. And it’s still the very beginning of the series. U can watch multiple anime instead and longer shows like Naruto and bleach have way more shit happen and way ahead plot wise by episode 130. One piece gets really good at water 7/enies lobby and the world and story opens up. One piece has a slow ass start and that’s a fact. Skypeia ends at chapter 300 and it’s still considered the beginning of the series. And most people don’t have the attention span/time or want to commit to one piece.
@@zuflisI had to push through it when I first got into one piece. Skypeia is another long arc after alabasta which is long asf. It feels like a side mission/filler but it has some world building and stuff that is relevant now but still feels like side mission that’s not that relevant to the main plot. Enel is a logia just like crocodile and Luffy beats him with plot armor. Skypeia is still good but it’s a drag because it’s still the beginning of one piece and the arcs after really open the story and worldbuilding up.
@@getpape4126people are calling them fillers and praising fillers as canon, which invalidates most of their arguments.
And how do you compare civil war to tyranny reinforced battle Royale?
If you want to compare skypiea to something, it is the prelude of entire yonko saga which ended just now.
if this series continues it needs to be studied by the worlds most prestigious scientists for years to come until a perfect formula could be created
Maybe science will give us the perfect LA....but wich anime do we choose for that?
A perfect LA dragonball would be killer.
corny
Pretty sure Liam is said scientist 😹
Hxh la imagine
I mean in all honesty, I feel like people are trying too hard to look at One Piece as having some kind of “magic sauce” that magically makes it good. And you just need to add that sauce to all anime adaptations to make them just as good.
Like there are certainly lessons you can take from live action One Piece, but it’s not like a one-size fits all thing.
One Piece has a specific unique tone and appeal to it, and this live action series was custom made to capture that. I’m not sure trying to replicate this exact vibe with other anime is necessarily gonna work. Every live action adaptation is gonna have to be different in order to capture the specific appeal of the anime it’s adapting.
As much as I'd love to see 12 seasons of this masterpiece realistically at best I can see them getting all the way up to 3DX2Y, and that's only if it continues to wow the audience enough to complete each season building up to that point. At that point with how long each season will probably take, and how old the cast will get by then, it could potentially be more difficult to greenlight the OPLA post 2 yr. timeskip. Who knows maybe the cast will age like wine, there won't be any major screw ups, and it'll be greenlit for 12 seasons, but each season of One Piece always ups the ante in many ways, shapes, and forms.
I agree, we need to keep in mind that Netflix changes their minds a lot and cancels shows left and right. This show will be very lucky to make it to 6 seasons, 12 is unheard of. Plus all the actors would need to remain in perfect health, fitness, and stay out of trouble. A very rare thing these days.
I'm happy there's a season 2, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's all we get.
@@Recabilly Season 2 will definitely be a bigger test than the first season. This can either make or break a lot of things, and determine whether or not there will be a season 3. I’m praying we can get up to the time skip at the very least.
@@MarshalDTeachh yeah, season 1 is the start of something, but in a second season, it just goes crazy, and things just get really complicated. Truly, if they can get season 2 to work, then it would definitely prove the possibility for more.
Can’t wait for Amazon lily, and y’all know why 🗿🍷
Exactly
Gal Gadot for Boa Hancock...🔥🔥
Oh hell nawh🥲
Get Emily Watson for boa Hancock
pervert...
If they actually cast Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Kureha, I would imagine the Drum Island arc is gonna last at least 2 episodes to give her more screentime.
Speaking of casting, how funny would it be if they casted Jenna Ortega as Vivi (Ms Wednesday)? 😁
Edit: I said "funny", not "great". Because "Ms. Wednesday", get it? "Wednesday?" Some people... xD
😂
I think Jenna Ortega would actually be a great Nico Robin but I think she will not be in One Piece since she already has enough work with the Wednesday Series.
@@libera7161 No one said anything about Robin, lol. Looks like your confusing Robin and Vivi. Robin is Ms. Sunday. Vivi is Ms. Wednesday.
@@vailingbow1068 jenna as vivi is mid, robin would be a better fit for her
@@surgewarrior6882Jenna is too young for Robin, Robin is 27ish in Alabasta..
Ewoks and Wookies already show Chopper's main two forms can be done just fine without CGI (though added CGI for better expressions probably). Reindeer form will be tougher but I believe in muppeteers.
Ace really is kind of a dream role now that you mention it. Assuming the series gets/stays huge, his part will be hugely important and remembered while also leaving enough room for getting cast in other major roles outside of the show. It could really create a rising star.
In regards to scripting, scripts are virtually never finished until shooting is over. They have writers on set because they often have to make changes in the moment. Production issues will require script changes, etc. The main point is that the BULK of the work is done and the bones are there.
given the expanded role of Helmeppo and Cody as naval cadets I can see Prince Grus and Kujaku being introduced earlier with them working under Kujaku's grandmother vice-admiral Tsuru
Lmao they would not introduce random recent marine characters for no reason. Coby and helmeppo are probably completely done for now cause otherwise I don’t see why they would have that big farewell moment. Their role is gonna be replaced by smoker/tashigi in s2. Maybe hina and fullbody/jango too but I doubt it.
@@zigsteenine8650
Yeah, they won't appear until season 3 or 4 or later. After Ennies Lobby... god, I want to see it! Hope Robin's actor will SLAY her role.
Well Netflix's FMA got a total of 3 movies and that definitely wasn't the curse breaker xD
I can already see it, Season 5 ending on Kuma doing Kuma things and sending the Straw hats on a vacation and season 6 ending on Akainu doing Akainu things...
FMA isn't theirs but Warner Brothers property tho if we're basing on Netflix, their Alice in Borderland broke the curse with 2 seasons but that's normally not counted because it's Japanese productions like the Ruruoni Kenshin.
I think ending a six season run at the time skip is honestly the perfect spot to have a break in production.
Also, they better not skip Little Garden, it's vital for Usopp's character arc. Might as well not have Usopp without it.
You know, critically examining the series, there's enough stuff going on with what took place on Little Garden and Drum Island that it could take up the entirety of Season 2 with the couple events leading up to it. Arabasta is 40ish episodes in the anime, which is about the same length as all of East Blue. It may be entirely justifiable to put off Arabasta as a whole season of its own if we're stuck with the 8 episode format.
If we're not stuck with 8 episodes and can do 10 or even 12, I can see cutting down Little Garden to 1 or 2 episodes, that's all that would really be needed to get Nami bitten and the meeting with the giants. Whether or not we have the Mr. 3 fight or not during those episodes is debatable, but if we have 2, it should fit in fine.
The question would be Drum Island. If we have only 8 episodes, we can fit the key parts of Drum Island in no problem by making Arabasta a season 3 arc. If we have 10 or 12, we could cut Drum Island down to 2 episodes, or maybe 3. We'd have to have 4 episodes minimum for the Arabasta arc I feel.
I’m really hoping this’ll work out well
Season 1 was surprisingly good
Rejoice One Piece fans!!! Another opportunity to enjoy this beautiful art.
WE CANT STOP WINNING
The live action got me into the anime. Love both and I hope they continue making this show with Oda!
I honestly think the biggest challenge with season 2 if we only get the same 8 episodes and run time is getting to Alabasta and hitting all the right story beats. And then still having enough time to do Alabasta justice. It needs at least 3 if not 4 episodes on its own and I'm worried that the first truly epic scale arc in the series will be beyond truncated much like other arcs so far.
I keep saying they gotta save it for season 3, just let Choppers story be the finale of season 2. Then lead up to alabasta at the end of season 2, but man, so many people are God damn impatient, they just want crocodile and it would be too rushed.
@@sumtingwong8592I don’t think they would extend the drum island arc to be that long, judging from the pacing of season 1. But I hope that they spend at least 12-16 episodes on season 2, it’s certainly going to need those extra few episodes to do the show justice.
We most likely will get 10 episodes.
@@sumtingwong8592hard disagree. Season 2 would be disappointing if the main villain is fucking Wapol. Lol
@@RuuyGidk why you’re so sure of that when you don’t have any idea how Netflix works. They have a recent mandate that their big shows should all be 8 episodes per season. Unless the current strike changes something it’s gonna be 8 episodes again. They could have a longer run time though.
Liam: A lot of One Piece characters are named after what they do
Me: *looking very suspiciously at Kidd*
I hope that it's just like the anime and keeps getting better every season.
Since Merry actually died in season 1 it makes me think we will see more deaths in the live action series which I'm ok with and this could include characters that had fake out deaths in the series.
if they get to Alabasta they should definitely have characters that are from Alabasta (Vivi, Cobra, Igaram, Pell etc.) be played by Middle Eastern, South Asian and North African actors, considering the Aesthetic of the kingdom.
I once saw a picture of Vivi edited to have dark skin and she actually looked pretty good so I wouldn't mind if Netflix did that so long as they keep the essence of her character.
THIS
I'd rather have actors actually look like the character. No one wants Adam Sandler as Superman
I love the Live adaptation.
But, I would like to point out that we won't be seeing Merry flying up to Sorajima and Sunny's coup de burst properly
That's great, even if I'm still just stuck at the first ep since I didn't feel like "rewatching" OP. I just hope the story and character changes they made will be justified in later seasons
I hope they take as much time as they need to get season 2 right, but also find a way to produce season 2 and 3 together, so that s3 can be released like 6 months after s2. Film all of the ocean scenes at once, whenever the weather cooperates. You can shoot the indoor scenes for s3 later.
If they do end up capped at 6 seasons, I would think they could rework Marineford into a more climactic moment for the series. For one, I can't see them having all of the strawhats split up for several seasons. While that might be a storytelling device that works in Game of Thrones, I would think perhaps the entire crew will be present for the battle of Marineford and perhaps its ending could feature a pivotal character defeated. And even if Luffy isn't Pirate King at the end of it, it could definitively serve as a climax for the series, albeit a somewhat tragic one. Then perhaps they could have Luffy imply that they still need to get stronger and train more, cue a timeskip cut to epilogue where the strawhats get back together after 2 years and set sail for the new world, stronger. This would probably be the most realistic climactic exit point since 12+ seasons is just not realistic.
With some reworking that could work. Imagine this: Sabaody plays out as usual until the end. Instead of the whole crew getting packed up, Luffy is the only one that gets sent away (maybe have Rayleigh come to save the crew from Kuma shortly after or something) Amazon Lily and Impel Down play out as usual, with Luffy worried about his crew. Cut to Marineford and have the whole crew there, wanting to save Ace since they have no clue where Luffy is! All the Strawhats join the fight in Marineford, Ace dies, but this time the crew is there to comfort Luffy. Have him thank them for being there, but saying they need to get stronger to challenge the new world. Maybe get a montage of the time skip training, cut to Sabaody as the crew reunites again.
This would mean that there would probably be 5-6 episodes without the other cast members, but that’s much better than a whole season (plus it allows them to be there for the emotional climax of the series)
it feels illegal being this early
It is
I feel like a whore being this early
@@AFed69TF you on
Agree
Ayyy I wish I would've looked at this video 5 mins ago.
I’m excited that Oda is as involved as he is and that he will take care and do his damndest to make not only a great remake but to also be the biggest critic about the work making sure that they take their time to make a great show overall
I've been loving watching/listening to non manga/anime fans enjoy it. The tone of adventure and optimism shines through and it's such a breath of fresh air compared the current state of western IPs.
A bit sad the cast wasn't able to promote the show on its launch coz of the strike. But nevertheless-- Season Two!
@@GenJuhruthe small bits we managed to get from the cast did nothing but give the whole project the good will needed for people to give it a chance. But yeah, would like to see their reactions now.
Yeah I feel about shows especially teen dramas are too mean spirited
I started the manga 16 years ago, I really liked the live action so this news is so hype for me 💖 I hope they don't cut Karoo out though
They most certainly will, they need the cg budget for chopper n the main cast + events. The camel, dugong and the duck squadron will most likely showup as easter eggs just like chouchou and treasure island creatures in season 1
I think it would make sense to make Robin a B or C plot in season 2. So that we get to know who she really is.
Smokers most likely gonna be the B plot
Just pray Netflix won't make her black, but given Netflix's track record, they will definitely be doing that
I was hoping for a D cup. Oh wait...
I think Karoo is going to be in it, while granted he's not a important character. He can still be around in the background maybe eating something or talking to Chopper while an important scene is happening in foreground. Also I'm really hoping they don't cut out Laboon and Crocus those two are important for a future character.
*cough-cough * Hachi
@@endlessnoodle3056yeah cutting out hachi is weird considering he’s sort of important for moving the plot along in sabaody
@@maxdubs222 I mean, thinking about it, I guess I'm not complaining. This show will never reach Sabaody anyway, but at least this way ma boi Hachi wasn't ruined same way as that angsty virgin they called "Arlong"
@@maxdubs222hachi is in the credits, I'm pretty sure he's the guy nami cooked in cards
Im really exited to see how they are gonna make chopper and especially Logia users work, could either look really good, or incredibly goofy
Ace and Smoker are my favourite for the first half of the manga chapters. I really excited who they will cast.
We want Netflix to adapt EVERYTHING! 6 is a good start!
100% agreed!!!
If Netflix has a $300 mil budget per season then sure.
Everything would include gear 5 aka live action tom&jerry and I don't think any amount of CGI could make that look good.
@@patrickstar5136 I just imagine it as the movie "The Mask"
Netflix when they found out about Bon-chan: "This is where the fun begins!"
"WhY iS One PieCe pUsHinG wOkE gAy aGeNdA" 😂😂 i can already hear the haters fuming.
@@thanossnap4170Less than zero people will say that, since it’s in the original.
You think they will check that? And care? All the haters would see is "gay person on tv =bad! Why woke left ruin good one piece?"
I hope you are right, but i fear you are overestimating the average hater. @@oseiaschiquellajunior8356
Season 1: East Blue
Season 2: Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whisky Peak, Little Garden, Drum Island, Reach Alabasta
Season 3: Everything on Alabasta Island (6 episodes)
Movie 1: Skypeia
Season 4: Water 7/Enies Lobby
Season 5: Thriller Bark, Sabaody Archipelago
Season 6: Amazon Lily, Impel Down, and Marineford
Movie 2: Fishmen Island
Season 7: Punk Hazard, Dressrosa
Season 8: Zou, Totland
Season 9: Wano
Movie 3: Onigashima Raid (part 1 and 2)
After being very pleasently surpised by season 1, I am now hypped for season 2, but I share your concern : it have to be at least as good as seoson one, or even better. Can the staff do it ? I hope so. Also, 8 episodes for Logue Town + Alabasta would be very short, they have to do at least 10 episodes, 12 would be better. With the amount of content to cover, pacing won't be an issue.
Season 1 was spectacular and i can't wait to see, how they will tackle season 2!
Hopefully, it doesn't take more than 2 years to complete the second season.
Season 1: Arlong park ending
Season 2: Arabasta ending
Season 3: Skypiea + Water 7 (Cliffhanger ending) (Repair boat is logic transition from Sky to W7)
Season 4: Ennies Lobby + Thriller Bark + Sabaody (Cliffhanger ending everybody scattered)
Season 5: Amazon + Impel + Marine
Season 6: Fishman island (Maybe a shorter season + probably lot of cgi stuff)
Season 7: Punk + Dressrosa (Punk not too long)
Season 8: Zou + Cake island
Season 9: Wano part 1 (Cliffhanger)
Season 10: Wano part 2
Hopefully this way all pretty epic endings. Ofcourse episodes each season could differ a bit. What do you guys think?
Probably will end at Ennies Lobby or MarinFord
If they were to go all the way, here’s how I think it should be done:
Season 1: East Blue
Season 2: Alabasta
Season 3: Skypeia
Season 4: Ennies Lobby
Season 5: Thriller Bark
Season 6: Sabaody
Season 7: Marineford
Season 8: Fishman Island
Season 9: Punk Hazard
Season 10: Dressrosa
Season 11: Whole Cake
Season 12: Wano
Season 13: Egghead
I really hope they get into practical VFX, Chopper's brain point could be done with good puppetry touched up with CG. I'm interested how Brook is gonna be done.
I’m not like a VFX expert but I will note that, if you button up Brook’s long-sleeved shirt and put him in long pants, the only parts of his body that are exposed bone would be his head and his hands.
So what if they just cast like, a skinny actor, put them in the buttoned up suit and long pants covering most of their body, and then CGI only their heads and hands into skeletons
@@cartoonishidealism582 that is a clever solution. I like that!
One of my concerns about having the live action go so long is the time it takes to make each season (roughly 2-3 years) and the fact that the cast will getting older. Sure make up might work and keep them looking young till season 6 cuz that's about 10 years down the road but from season 7 to 12 I don't know how well the make up will hold up.
as long as they can do the stunts , i dont think there would be major compromise in their looks for next 10 years atleast.. they all are already full fledged adults and no one is a kid unlike in harry potter.
How I think the Episodes could break down for season 2
1. Loguetown and Reverse mountain
2. Skip to just the last part of the Strawhats meeting Laboon and promising to return and then all of Whiskey Peak
3. Little Garden
4. Drum Island
5. meeting Ace and traveling to Yuba
6. Rainbase
7. Start of war and Strawhat fights
8. End of Strawhat fights and search for bomb Start of Luffy fight
9. End of Luffy's fight, pell, Bon Clay saving the day (Shortened), and Vivi's adventure- season ends with the arm-raised scene.
As support for your point about the existence of the live action series being an overall net good for introducing people to the series, I was already invested in One Piece, but my sister was one of those people daunted by its sheer length. However she WAS willing to give the less intimidating live action a try, and it got her invested enough in the story to finally start watching the anime with me! (I know the manga would be even better, but we're going for accessibility here. Baby steps. 😆)
I did the same thing w my partner & we just finished the episode where Captain Kuro was defeated... He agreed w me that they didn't do the series enough Justice; he loved the Live Action series too. Trying to get him to the better parts is like pulling teeth... I keep saying "These characters don't matter at all to the later parts of the story. So don't overthink anything & enjoy "
I am super stoked for season 2! I feel like we will be surprised by the turn around. Now having been proven to work Netflix is about to throw money at this. I am hoping for a world with yearly seasons with a couple more episodes maybe 12-15 would be nice!
Aw man I wish, but I don’t think Netflix will do it. From Netflix perspective, you get the same amount of season 2 for 75 million dollars less if you do 8 instead of 13 eps
Yearly's probably pushing it given the scale of the series and the extreme amount of care it's taking to do it right.
Also, given that the effects needs will only go up, I'd rather any budget increases go toward upping the per-episode budget than adding more episodes, even if it means it takes more seasons. Cut season 2 after Drum Island with 8 episodes and make season 3 be *only* Alabasta proper with 4-6 episodes. I'd take a shorter season that's done perfectly over a longer season that's mediocre due to worse effects and trying to cram everything together all at once.
ODA said himself he chose now to do the live action because of the advances in CGI, so we know to make MANY of the characters come to life they'll have to use CGI... Chopper with all his transformations, Brook because a person isn't skinny or tall enough to portray a skeleton and also his soul popping out to explore/investigate for the Strawhats, Jimbe because he's really huge and making him person sized, even using a wrestler might not be okay with fans, Sea Kings, and other creatures that don't exist in nature, Karu- Vivi's Duck, might have to be a machine as well as CGI... lots and lots of challenges to make this live action come out right, and honoring the anime and fans!
So they are giving nami some wigs ? For vivi and Robin ? 😂
I'm happy that the live action version of One Piece is getting a second season and that they have plans for more. That said I'm still worried about what they are going to do with it because, this is where they're going to have to really buckle down and make sure that not only the sets look good, but especially the effects.
budget will be an issue since Netflix typically can't afford a series indefinite. The team will need to be creative in thier interpretation to reduce cost.
I just wanna see what supermodel they cast for Boa Hancock. It'll be a guaranteed controversy no matter who it is i bet. 😅
Emily Rudd with a black wig
@cartoonishidealism582 she's very cute, but Boa would have to be super hot to fit the role, and tall. (Gal Gadot maybe?) Her whole thing is being the most beautiful woman in the world. It might be the toughest role to cast because beauty is so subjective. There's guaranteed to be many people disappointed no matter who the actress is
The seasons needs to be 10-12 episodes!!!! They are seeing the success of this so they need to give us more eps.
And longer time per episode
I can't see them doing anything less that 12. Especially with Alabasta.
Problem is, every episode costs ~15 million dollars. It’s not just to make the season shorter, but cause 1 hour of One piece = fuck ton of money for the same amount of season. Kinda makes me doubt Netflix will do more than 8 :(
I'd rather any budget increases go toward the effects budget given how things will only get increasingly more bonkers as the series progresses. Just cut season 2 after Drum Island and give Alabasta proper the entirety of season 3 with like 4-6 episodes.
It's my understanding that the budget is determined for the whole season and then the producers/showrunners/whomever needs to decide how to split that per-episode, so even if they get a 25% budget increase, given the greater effects needs of the Alabasta Saga that isn't really enough to add more episodes AND do the series justice. Maxing out the per-episode budget is the way to go, IMO, which means some seasons will be shorter by necessity, but also WAY better since they'll not only have more money to spend on making things look really, really good, they'll also have more time to devote to adapting the story well by being patient instead of trying to cram absolutely everything in the saga into one season.
@@harrisoncarter7614 they are seeing the success. More episodes means more views as well. I don’t see it as a loss. Everyone is watching this show rn
One piece season 2 started production todayyyyyyyyyy huge w
Heck yeah I'm ready for season 2! Hopefully they can keep the ball rolling so the seasons after that won't take as long. ^^
I could see them including the duck, but he would just be there for a scene or two. Most of the time he would be on a mission with his duck buddies. Chopper will be interesting. I could see them doing a Mr. Tumnus from Narnia for Chopper. Making him more human with practical effects.
I hope LA much success but Idk. Oda said he was very involved in Season 1 and mentioned how frustrating it was at first, especially with the cultural differences. I can definitely see Oda become more hands off as the seasons progress and Netlifx gaslighting Oda into changes (Becky saying scripts are read vs Oda saying no, it will take a long time).
In 2020, Avatar creators quit as executive producers 2 years into production of Avatar LA saying whatever Netflix puts out will not reflect they envisioned. Nearing 4 years now and we still do not have a show. 😅
Yes I'm excited. Also another RUclipsr suggested Chomper (Sorry for butching Mr. Reindeer's name) should be done as a realistic muppet.
The one issue that I can see with doing so many seasons is the actors aging, each season would probably take a year or 2 to make, and the actors won’t stop aging 😅 by the end of season 12 they will be like 10 years older 😅
Most of the Straw hats will 40 playing teenagers. This is would not look good and if they tried to make them younger using cgi. Then there is no point to do a live action since that would make it all animated again lol. Unless they shoot all the seasons back to back then work on the cgi as the years go by.
Makeup can do a lot too make people look younger. Abd story line wise, for live action there is no reason they can't say Luffy is 30 by the time he gets the one piece.
@@darrel7493 How would he get the one piece if the manga is not even done. I think it would be a bad move on Oda do allow something like that. True makeup would help but most of them will be pushing 40 maybe older by the time we even get past season 4 if it is going to take 2 years to shoot a season. But we will see, it will be interesting to see how this all will work,
they could just have the story reflect how much time has passed irl, many shows do that.
I find it hard to believe they will cut little garden, because its one of Usopps most important character development moments. He already has the least time out of the main cast, they cant cut more. Or they can, but that would really suck for Usopp enjoyers such as myself.
The casual slander of Thriller Bark at the start of the video has me reeling.
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If they are going to make more than one season, they need to know where each season ends. It does not mean we are getting six seasons, it means they need to have a plan for the future for the next season to work. If season 2 works just as well or better, we are definitely getting season 3. I hope we get six seasons. Any ideas on who should be cast as Crocodile?
I would like to see Rami Malik as Crocodile. His face just seems right if you put a scar on it. Of course, it matters more if he can play sinister well.
12 seasons would be very tight to for the whole story but anything beyond that would be practically interesting
I did not expect you to use the onepenis meme from twitter HAHA
I just hope the cast and crew will keep the passion for the series
i really hope they pay attention to the moments the fans felt were most lacking. Completely dropping ALL of Usopps development was definitely one of these.
Still surprised Zoro references Mr 1 in episode 1 of the live action “you need to find somebody stronger, number 1 is my favourite number” as he flips the bird at Mr 7 😂 but I imagine that’d be an awesome callback for Live Action only fans when they see Mr 1 next season
Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr Kureha is perfect, especially since she's a big OP fan since the cast having that passion for OP is what made season 1 so good. I also really really hope that they don't cut Little Garden because not only is it a really fun arc that would suck to not have, but it also establishes the giants and introduces Elbaf and those things become quite important later on. So if they really are planning to have that many seasons, then Little Garden is quite important. Also even though it seems likely and it'd probably be smart for budgetary reasons, I still hope they don't cut Karoo because he too feels like an unofficial Straw Hat and he's just great. Though I guess I'd rather get Little Garden than get Karoo without LG so it might have to be done.
Overall though, I pray above all else that they make season 2 more than just 8 episodes since I don't think that they can fit Loguetown and the whole Alabasta saga into only 8 episodes without arcs feeling rushed and many things being cut out. Season 2 should be 10 episodes at the very least but probably more to make sure that the season will be truly as good as it can be. Alabasta is a whole country and a pretty big arc and will for sure require like 3 episodes at least. I don't mind waiting longer for season 2 to come out if I know that the final product will be better in the end. Though with how good season 1 was, I have faith that season 2 will be just as good if not better.
I'm worried about the budget if the try to do more than 8 episodes for season 2, given how much more bonkers the grand line is they'll need WAY more expensive effects. Personally, I say cut season 2 after Drum Island and give Alabasta proper the entirety of season 3. They can do Logue Town through Drum Island in 8 episodes without needing to cut anything important, especially if the overall budget increases even a little bit to allow for the effects. Then they can dedicate an entire season's worth of budget to Alabasta, which will need it, especially if they do it in only 4-6 episodes.
Personally, I'd much rather have episode breakdowns be decided based on the needs of the story for that season than on trying to get as many as possible, I'd happily take a 4 episode season that is absolutely perfect than an 8 episode season that feels rushed or has too much filler.
@@jacobbissey9311 I'm hoping that Netflix will give OP live action a higher budget for season 2 now that they know it's a success so that they can include all the special effects and whatnot and so they can do the whole Alabasta saga. But then again idk how Netflix operates. I personally would prefer that Loguetown and all of the Alabasta saga be included in season 2 since I think that Alabasta would be a better conclusion and better climax to the season than Drum Island and would make the season feel more complete. Especially since Crocodile would be a fantastic season climax villain since he's very menacing and would be built up throughout the season like Arlong in season 1. If Drum Island is the final arc, then the climax villain would be... Wapol, which could be a letdown.
However, I have no clue how big of a budget they will be given so my ideal season 2 could just be a pipe dream. I suppose it would be better if they end at Drum Island and focus on perfecting the special effects and making all the arcs before Alabasta as good as possible if their budget isn't big enough. It'd be better than if they include everything and have the season suffer as a result. One thing I will say is I'd definitely prefer if they include Little Garden and end at Drum Island (then have Alabasta in season 3) than if they end with Alabasta but don't include Little Garden. I absolutely don't want any canon arcs to be skipped. I for sure don't want them to pull a 4kids and skip LG.
I just thought of another reason why Little Garden shouldn't be skipped. Nami getting a deadly illness from LG is a very important plot point that leads to the Straw Hats going to Drum Island and her illness heavily impacts the events of Drum Island. The whole reason why Luffy goes through hell to climb up the mountain and get to the castle is to save Nami's life. It shows how much he cares for her and what he's willing to go through for his friends and it also leads to them meeting and eventually recruiting Chopper. I also really like how when Nami first gets sick on the ship, the whole crew is deeply concerned about her, even to the point that they all fall asleep in her room. It shows just how much they care about each other as a crew.
If they skip LG, they'll need a different plot device to get the Straw Hats to go to Drum Island. If Nami doesn't get sick, then all those great scenes could be lost and the events of Drum Island would have to be greatly altered which I wouldn't really like. So LG is really important to include or else Drum Island will be completely different. Unless of course they just make Nami get 'grandline fever' or something like in the 4kids dub, but that'd be kinda dumb.
(Edit: Dorry and Brogy themselves are also brought up again in Enies Lobby when Sogeking convinces the giants guarding the gate, sooo yeah LG really can't be skipped)
@@Dimentio21 I sincerely doubt they'd get more than a 25% budget increase across the whole season, even that would be pushing it. I'd say to include everything including all of Alabasta proper in one season they'd need 12 episodes to really do it justice, and given the significantly increased special effects needs I wouldn't expect them to pull that off with anything less than double their season 1 budget. Thankfully the effects needs are slightly offset by less intensive set design needs. IIRC they already have most of what they need for Logue town built, Reverse mountain should be mostly done in studio, Whiskey Peaks can repurpose a bunch of the existing bar sets so minimal construction needed, Little Garden can either be done in studio or in a rainforest somewhere, so not super difficult, and most of Drum Island can be done in studio. Alabasta proper likely will need both location filming AND elaborate set construction, on top of their ridiculous special effects needs, so I'd really rather that got a full season's budget.
IIRC season 1 already got the single highest per-episode budget in all of television history, I *really* would not expect an especially significant increase any time soon. Especially if the writer and actor strikes somehow end with the streaming services like Netflix caving to the (IMO reasonable) demands of the unions (from what I've heard, anyway, I admittedly haven't looked super in-depth into what they're asking for, but it sounds like reasonable pay and protection from AI replacements, which are reasonable asks IMO), as that'll mean they have to pay more in salaries and can expect less revenue going forward, so throwing record breaking sums of money around isn't likely any time soon.
As for ending on Wapol, of they work in the Baroque Works angle properly, we can still have a big battle that's built up throughout the season without much issue, just have occasional run-ins with ranking members of BW throughout, maybe some cuts to some board meetings, then have it culminate in the strawhats getting ambushed as they're leaving Drum Island, maybe crocodile is there, maybe he's not, but having Miss All Sunday would probably be important to maybe lay the groundwork of her being less antagonistic and open to switching sides or something. End with the Strawhats getting away as they sail to Alabasta or something. Not super different from the manga overall, just one or two extra scenes per episode and one huge extra fight. The hardest part is coming up with a plausible reason for the Strawhats to actually get away if they're facing a bunch of heavy hitters at once that wouldn't feel like an ass pull, I expect the writing team to be fully capable of that, though.
Considering how greatly they managed the flashbacks in Season 1 I don't know if I'll be able to ever be ready for Merry or Ace.
Things i think they should do is combine Laboon and whiskey peak arcs together. That way they dont need extras and they can still keep Laboon and have Vivi join and save time. It could also having Igaram nursed back to health by Crocus to explain away why he survived asuming they dont kill him. Also i think its safe to say that we'll have a flashback that shows off Brook when he was alive.
I didnt even watch season one and Im happy now
The Alabasta Arc is so huge I wonder if they can pull it off in just one season, especially considering we haven't even really concluded East Blue. I'm inclined to think they'll either give season two more episodes (resulting in a bigger delay before we see it) or change A LOT and take us to Alabasta proper immediately after we get Chopper, skipping everything else before and after. Vivi could be introduced anywhere and in many different ways really. I'm not even 100% confident we'll get Drum Island as snowy outsides aren't really that common in South Africa.
They had no problems removing three (best) quarters of Arlong Park, so they'll manage to finish Arabasta in season 2.