One Piece (Live-Action Series)

One Piece is a live-action television series based on the manga of the same name, produced by Tomorrow Studios for the streaming service Netflix. The first season was released on August 31, 2023. On September 14, 2023, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season. 
Eiichiro Oda served as executive producer for the series alongside Tomorrow Studios' CEO and President Becky Clements. and Matt Owens were the showrunners for the first season, serving as writers and executive producers. Other writers include Diego Gutierrez, Allison Weintraub, Ian Stokes, Lindsay Gelfand, Laura Jacqmin, Jason Cho, Damani Johnson, and Tom Hyndman.
The series was first announced on July 21, 2017, by Weekly Shonen Jump editor-in-chief to commemorate the manga's 20th anniversary .
==Production==
===Season 1===
With the series' announcement, Oda commented that "the first condition [he] presented is that the live-action [sic] will be faithful to the fans who have supported ‘One Piece’ for 20 years". A few days later, Adelstein predicted that its budget "could set a new record for the highest production cost in television drama history" as "the work's worldwide fame merits this scale of production". The series will reportedly begin with the East Blue Saga. In May 2020, Tomorrow Studios had planned to begin filming the series in South Africa by the end the year. However, in December Variety magazine reported that One Piece had not "set a start date" in an article about South Africa's lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions.
In September 2020, Matt Owens discussed adapting the series on a YouTube live-stream hosted by fans of the franchise. Owens explained that he hoped to introduce the franchise to new audiences through live-action version and that writers' ambition for each episode is to replicate the manga's ability to make readers "laugh," "cry" and "go 'holy shit!'"; however, the East Blue arc will be less episodic and the series' humor will be suited to contemporary Western sensibilities. Owens also recounted that he was given Oda's approval after explaining how significant the franchise had been in his life.
In March 2021, a social media post by Maeda, which featured a photo of an office door labeled Project Roger, suggested that in-person work on the series had resumed. On February 1, 2022, Netflix confirmed that the series was in production. The series was filming under the codename Project Panda.
On June 17, 2023, an official teaser trailer for the series was released on YouTube. A full-length trailer released on July 22, 2023, with a final trailer released on August 30, 2023.
===Season 2===
On September 14, 2023, two weeks after the first season released, an official video featuring Oda was released on Netflix's social media officially confirming that the series was renewed for a second season. With the video ending with Oda drawing a sketch of Tony Tony Chopper, teasing his debut in the upcoming season. On August 20, 2024, Oda announced that the season would adapt the story from the Loguetown Arc to the Drum Island Arc.
As of the 1st of July, Netflix has confirmed that production of season 2 has begun, with the season set to premiere in 2025. The codename for season 2 is Project Renaissance.
==Episodes==
=== Season 1===
The first season consists of eight episodes, with the plot covering the East Blue Saga, starting from the Romance Dawn Arc up to the end of the Arlong Park Arc.
#"Romance Dawn"
# "The Man in the Straw Hat"
#"Tell No Tales"
#"The Pirates are Coming"
#"Eat at Baratie!"
#"The Chef and the Chore Boy"
#"The Girl with the Sawfish Tattoo"
#"Worst in the East"
===Season 2===
The plot will cover the start of the Arabasta Saga, from the Loguetown Arc to the Drum Island Arc.
#"The Beginning and the End"
==Cast==
Cast members were first revealed on November 9, 2021, starting with the actors for the first five Straw Hats being announced on the official series Twitter. Further cast members were announced on March 8 and June 6, 2022. Additionally, Jean Henry and Len-Barry Simons reportedly announced their own casting on social media.
===Main Cast===
Character 	Actor 	Seasons 	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons
Character 	Actor 	1 	2 	 	 	 	 	
Monkey D. Luffy	 	Main 	Main 	 	 	 	 	
Monkey D. Luffy	Colton Osorio (young) 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Roronoa Zoro 	 	Main 	Main 	 	 	 	 	
Roronoa Zoro 	Maximilian Lee Piazza (young)	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nami 	 	Main 	Main 	 	 	 	 	
Nami 	Lily Fisher (young) 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Nami 	Sophie Ellenbogen (toddler) 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Usopp 	 	Main 	Main 	 	 	 	 	
Usopp 	Kevin Saula (young) 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sanji 	 	Main 	Main 	 	 	 	 	
Sanji 	(young) 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Monkey D. Garp 	 	Main 	 	 	 	 	 	
Buggy 	 	Main 	 	 	 	 	 	
Koby 	 	Main 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Supporting Cast===
Character 	Actor 	Seasons 	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons	Seasons
Character 	Actor 	1 	2 	 	 	 	 	
Shanks 	 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Shanks 	Matt Herrington (young)	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alvida 	Ilia Isorelýs Paulino 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Axe-Hand Morgan	 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Helmeppo 	Aidan Scott 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Nojiko 	Chioma Umeala 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Genzo 	Grant Ross 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Arlong 	 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Chew 	Len-Barry Simons 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Kaya 	Celeste Loots 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Merry 	Brett Williams 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Kuro 	Alexander Maniatis 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Sham 	Bianca Oosthuizen 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Buchi 	Albert Pretorius 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Zeff 	 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Dracule Mihawk 	Steven John Ward 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Dracule Mihawk 	Theo Le Ray (young) 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Higuma 	Tamer Burjaq 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Bogard 	Armand Aucamp 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Benn Beckman 	Laudo Liebenberg 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Lucky Roux 	Ntlanhla Morgan Kutu 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Yasopp 	Stevel Marc 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Makino 	Kathleen Stephens 	Recurring	 	 	 	 	 	
Rika 	Kamdynn Gary 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ukkari 	Richard Wright-Firth 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Boodle 	Lindsay Reardon 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Banchina 	Chanté Grainger 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Patty 	Brashaad Mayweather 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Don Krieg 	Milton Schorr 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fullbody 	Jean Henry 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Moodie 	Amber Hossack 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Gold Roger 	 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mr. 7 	Rebaone Ben Kgosimore 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kuina 	Audrey Cymone 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sada 	Claire Glover 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wier 	Paul Snodgrass 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Meshi 	Andrew Roux 	Guest 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mr. 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Miss Valentine 	Jazzara Jaslyn 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mr. 5 	Camrus Johnson 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mr. 9 	Daniel Lasker 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Crocus 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dorry 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Brogy 	Brendan Murray 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Smoker 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tashigi 	Julia Rehwald 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wapol 	Rob Colletti 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dalton 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kureha 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hiriluk 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nefertari Cobra	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Miss Wednesday 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Voice Cast===
 voices the narrator in the first episode.
On July 1, 2023, it was announced that the Straw Hats' (Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji) voice actors from the Toei anime would reprise their roles for the Japanese dub. Additionally, Godoy and Skylar voiced their own characters (Luffy and Sanji, respectively) for the Spanish dub. While speaking at 2024, , Portgas D. Ace's voice actor in the Toei anime, confirmed that he would similarly reprise his role in the second season's Japanese dub.
In general, voice actors from Toei Animation anime reprise the roles for the Japanese dub. Exceptions to this are listed below:
Character	Japanese VA	Notes
Sham 	 	Due to Sham being portrayed as a woman in the live-action.
Arlong 	 	
==Gallery==
===Promotional===
====Concept Works====
====Wanted Cast Posters====
===Props===
===Merchandising===
==Trivia==
*On March 8, 2019, a listing for One Piece appeared on Netflix in the “American Programmes” category, but was removed the next day. It reappeared with the Netflix Original branding once the first season was announced in January 2020.
*According to South African president , this series is Netflix's largest production in the continent of Africa.
*The closing credits are shown over a map of the East Blue, and are expanded each episode. The map has several details and cameos:
**The map is shown to be issued by Kong, and his face can be seen under the title.
**Goat Island and the Island of Rare Animals, locations which did not make an appearance in the series, still appeared on the map. 
***Loguetown, which is yet to be visited by the Straw Hats, also appears.
**Other locations mentioned in the original series are also present, such as the Oykot Kingdom, Sixis, Cozia, Kumate Island, and Mirror Ball Island.
**Momoo can also be spotted on the map but does not appear in the series.
**In Episode 8, Paradise can be briefly seen, and Sandy Island and Jaya can be identified.
*The codename for the first season, "Project Panda", may be an allusion to the series' most prominent easter egg character, Pandaman.
**The codename for the second season, "Project Renaissance", may be derived from the antagonist group Baroque Works, the being the cultural movement preceding the .
==References==
==External Links== 
*One Piece Live Action Wiki
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