The very discreet Eiichiro Oda, creator of the famous manga, announces that the eight episodes of the live series are “being finalized”.
The long-awaited adaptation of One Piece will be broadcast later this year and the eight episodes that make up its first season are “being finalized”, announced the creator of the famous manga, Eiichiro Oda, in a rare message.
Usually in the background, the mangaka wrote a long text published on Netflix’s social networks to give reassuring news on the progress of the project. “The team promised me (that the series) won’t be launched until I’m fully satisfied with it.”
“Given my state of health, this may be our last chance to discover One Piece to the whole world”, however, continues the designer. “If it has to be done, I want to be able to supervise everything as long as I am still active.”
An ex from “Lost” in charge
This first season will retrace the “East Blue Saga” arc, i.e. the first twelve volumes of the manga. Steven Maeda (X-Files, Lost)is the showrunner, screenwriter and producer of this ambitious adaptation.
The identity of the five actors chosen to embody the “Mugiwaras”, aka the Straw Hat crew, is already known: Iñaki Godoy (Luffy), Mackenyu (Zoro), Emily Rudd (Nami), Jacob Romero Gibson (Usopp) and Taz Skylar (Sanji).
The rest of the cast is made up of Steven Ward (Dracule Mihawk), Alexander Maniatis (Klahadore), Craig Fairbrass (Chef Zeff), Langley Kirkwood (Morgan), Celeste Loots (Kaya) and Cgioma Umeala (Nojiko).
Over 1000 chapters published
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 get his hands on Gol D. Roger’s treasure, the “One Piece”, to become the next king of the pirates. The manga, still popular after twenty-four years, reached the 1000th chapter published in 2022.
