Netflix has greenlighted OnePiece, a live-action series based on one of the best-selling manga titles of all time
and Shueisha. Tomorrow Studios also is behind another live-action Netflix series adaptation of a classic Manga property, the upcoming follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew as they explore a fantastical world of endless oceans and exotic islands in search of the world’s ultimate treasure known as “One Piece” to become the next Pirate King.
Veteran Steven Maeda is the writer, showrunner and executive producer. Matt Owens is writer/executive producer. Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios are executive producers alongside Eiichiro Oda, the author of the manga series.s a co-production between Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between Adelstein and ITV Studios. Netflix will handle physical production.
In 1997, Oda’s wildly popular story was first serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan. Over 460 million copies have been published worldwide. The series also made history in 2015 obtaining the Guinness World Record title for having the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author.
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