Good news for fans of One piece. Announced in 2020, the live-action series, adapted from Eiichiro Oda’s famous manga, will premiere on Netflix in 2023, according to the platform.
On Twitter, Netflix also shared two first images of the show in which we see the main character of the saga, Luffy, with his back facing a setting sun and then accompanied by his four “Mugiwaras” – the Straw Hat crew – Roronoa Zoro. , Nami, Sanji and Usopp.
They will be played on screen by Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Taz Skylar and Jacob Romero Gibson respectively. Luffy will be played by the Mexican comedian Iñaki Godoy.
Steven Ward (Dracule Mihawk), Alexander Maniatis (Klahadore), Craig Fairbrass (Chef Zeff), Langley Kirkwood (Morgan), Celeste Loots (Kaya) and Chioma Umeala (Nojiko) complete this cast.
A first season of 12 episodes.
At the moment, Netflix has not revealed a precise release date. The first season of this live-action series will consist of ten episodes that cover the “East Blue Saga” arc, that is, the first twelve volumes of the manga.
Steven Maeda (X-files, Lost), is the showrunner, writer and producer of this ambitious adaptation.
First published in 1997, One piece tells the incredible adventures of Luffy, a young man who acquired the properties of rubber after swallowing a devil fruit. With his crew, he seeks to seize Gol D. Roger’s treasure, the “One Piece”, to become the next pirate king.
Source: BFM TV
