Netflix’s new series “One Piece” brings the anime hit Japanese manga comic series to live action
“It does the source material justice and then some,” Valentine wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “I think anime fans and newcomers ... will be surprised at what the show has to offer.”
But animes and mangas have proved notoriously difficult to translate into a live-action format. Netflix’s adaptation of the sci-fi series “Cowboy Bepop” was canceled less than one month after it debuted in 2021. The streamer’s “Death Note,” a film loosely based on a manga about a teen who finds a notebook that has the power to kill people, was widely panned by critics in 2017. Paramount’s live-action adaptation of the cyberpunk franchise “Ghost in the Shell” bombed the same year.
“The most important thing is whether the actors can reproduce the characters in a way that will satisfy the people who read the manga,” he told the Times. “I think we did it well, so I hope audiences will accept it.”The show debuts on Netflix on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 3 a.m. Eastern time. The first episode is titled “Romance Dawn,” which is the same name as the comic strip’s first volume.
Ten seasons of the animated “One Piece” show are available on Hulu so far, with options for subtitles as well as an English dubbed version.Since English translations of the series are difficult to come by, you can get a sense of their sweeping story arcs on the
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