THEY’RE DOING IT! (One Piece Live Action Season 2!)

[@marumoru2773]

They will cast thrice for Chopper; 1. A child in an Ewok costume 2. The Rock in a fur suit 3. An actual reindeer

[@ilikefood8939]

2

[@TheOnlyRick3]

I might try to audition for chopper

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

Dwarf Actor in furry suit How bout that

[@teknowil]

@@self-proclaimedanimator peter dinklage

[@deadsoon]

Or an actor in motion track suit that they later CGI on top of. However idk how viable that is with their budget.

[@shreyasus8171]

If a season 2 is coming out, I hope that there will be more than 8 episodes because the next saga, the alabaster saga deserves more episodes as it is one of the best story ever!

[@a_normal_editot]

İts a good story but it has copies like skypia and dressrosa i mean they are nearly the same with alabasta

[@masierity2917]

@@a_normal_editotok? what? that's just blatantly wrong.

[@klairvoyance]

Will prolly be 10 episodes

[@kngsteve3133]

No it's not there are better arcs

[@xFATMAN192x]

@@klairvoyanceHere’s Hoping, but while your at it why not Wish for 12, minimum!

[@jeddicus9916]

Honestly, I think Garp chasing down Luffy the minute he finds out he started being a pirate was a really fun choice. Its totally in character for Garp to go after Luffy in the East Blue and kick his ass for a bit and then just let him be a pirate anyways.

[@beebajazz]

I think it's narratively very smart, because it kets garp get out of the way and be a character outside of the straw hats, and lets Smoker step in as their designated marine chaser person

[@TyandOnGoing]

@@beebajazz yea it can play back on garp warning luffy that he on his own now with smoker now being the one who chases him.

[@ChibiChidorii]

I think the idea was good but the execution was meh. Garp turned into a worried grandpa just to become supportive at the last 5 minutes without the prior idea that he's a crazy guy just like Luffy. I think having him there also gives more importance to Luffy. We are not following a random kid that just happens to be strong, but we are following the grandson of a famous marine trying to follow his dreams. It puts tension to his character but also a reason for him to be strong physically and morally.

[@senseitensei3157]

I like it a lot to💯

[@alkhemi8175]

Whole household got excited when Garp grabbed the cannonball. "He did the thing! He did the thing"

[@Purpylon]

If they do 8 episodes for season 2: 1) Loguetown 2) Reverse Mountain 3) Little Garden 4) Whiskey Peak 5) Desert walking, and getting into Alabasta 6) Main Alabasta 7) More main Alabasta 8) Crocodile defeated, Robin joins, Vivi says goodbye

[@lucascova7875]

That sounds right

[@idklol-ty2yk]

However if they skip Reverse Mountain or little garden, we would have more time for Drum island And Alabasta which is important, considering their sheer length

[@Purpylon]

@@idklol-ty2yk Reverse mountain can be skipped. Nami needs to get a Log Pose somewhere else and they need to explain how they got into the Grand Line. Laboon doesn't become important until Brook and even then it's not that important. However, Little Garden has the first contact with Crocodile, Nami gets sick which gives a reason to head to Drum, they meet the giants which will be important in Enies Lobby, and of course some Baroque Works agents to battle. Maybe they could be squeezed together into one single episode.

[@sunandmoon976]

They will have to follow Avatar: The Last Airbender's footsteps, 1 episode for 1 story, 2 or more episodes for important arcs. Fans will have to compromise a little or a lot.

[@idklol-ty2yk]

@@Purpylon yeah maybe they could jm

[@_haphazard_]

The marine B plot was really engaging to me and I absolutely loved the implementation of Garp. It’s honestly shocking to me that people didn’t like it, but I can at least understand that kind of reaction to it being a disembarking from the main plot.

[@saint037]

that's what a B plot is for though, to kinda of disembark you from the main plot with otee stories and this is a series with hour long episodes so they have to have some sort of B plot that wasn't necessary in the anime because it's basically just 20 minutes, we can take 20 minutes

[@MortimerFolchert]

I mean, the "B Plot" with Garp and Koby-Meppo was in the Manga... they meet shortly after Luffy left, so this is pretty accurate. Also brought into consideration, is that Koby needs to be "Battle-ready" during Marineford, which happens only a few months later. So he needs to start his training ASAP. ^^

[@Evil_Vegan]

I enjoyed it, B plot makes the world feels more complex & expansive, by showing that there are other things going on. They should make Smoker and or developments in Alabasta with Koza as the B plot for S2 I think, maybe cut out Garp for now.

[@krisalis709]

I agree. Garp storyline even though just a B plot did a lot in world building. Most of the lore drops actually come from the Garp storyline and not from the main story. It gives the viewer the impression that this world is huge and everything the Straw Hats are doing is connected with one another.

[@CheddahSlammer]

People just don't like that its different then the cannon. I still got friends complaining that Usopp doesn't have a long nose.

[@ananiasv]

For Chopper, they could use the same trick as "sweettooth" because he is always in his hybrid form. Even if he short, we shouldn't forget he's supposed to be 15.

[@void4972]

That's what I was thinking tbh

[@denizkendirci]

and sanji is supposed to be 19 but he looks like 29 in the show. so i don't think they are concerned about that.

[@jonathanfrancesco3305]

Honestly, Sweet Tooth works as both a blessing and a curse. A blessing in that it shows it can be done and work, and a curse in that they'll say its copying if they go that route. Casting a kid also has the problem of said kid growing at lightning speed. But ultimately, it's likely the route they go with only brief transformation scenes employing CGI.

[@ananiasv]

@jonathanfrancesco3305 they could just cast some young looking guy. Like tom holland in spider-man home coming

[@VarietyArc]

Honestly you're so right, lots of makeup or a little bit of cgi or maybe even a suit of some kind for the fur and nose and then do Sweetooth style antlers, it might not actually look that bad

[@c7walker7]

Chopper is my favorite character. I hope they do him justice. Also, Nico Robin is so complex. Season 2 is every hard.

[@leoreoibardo9294]

they can just stop right here before they butcher it. I don't see them spending 40 million USD more or less per episode

[@Maybehaha755]

​@@leoreoibardo9294makes sense. But let them try

[@j134679]

@@leoreoibardo9294 I thought they already acknowledged that season 1 was a success? They only really measure first week viewership from the looks of it

[@isiaharellano3789]

​@@leoreoibardo9294they should hand it over to HBO. They gonna give it Game Of Thrones budget 😂

[@zerox020]

I love how they've really bought even the unbelievable things to life, they've done so well. But they can't make chopper a human. I'd rather they take their time & have a super cute CG character like Detective Pikachu or Ted. It would be so ridiculous but all the 'ridiculous' things they weren't afraid to do in season 1 is what made it so great

[@brockthew2349]

I think if the live action can make it even close to marineford, that would be insane

[@moonless4246]

ngl they would not deliver if they can barley do the first season right

[@litelen2698]

@@moonless4246first season was fire

[@moonless4246]

@@litelen2698 it was 7/10 fym

[@drater1063]

@@moonless4246 it was great, It's less of a joke like the anime. Plus the story is different so you aren't watching the same thing.

[@youngrootv]

@@moonless4246a 7 out of 10 means that the show is good bruh lol

[@alfimate3712]

I swear we need a season 2. The production team and cast shattered my expectations, I love this take on retelling the story and can’t wait to see how alabasta is done

[@celeste5932]

Same. The adaptation amazing!

[@Gathaeryx]

I want a season two just to see Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Kureha

[@SamClover]

came here to say this

[@jade-leighmacdonald4599]

That would be Awesome but it's not gonna happen, unless she is (or is related to) a huge fan of the series. She would be to expensive even for a small role such as this, and would only be in 2(maybe 3) episodes at best.

[@UnnLykley]

@@jade-leighmacdonald4599 she is?

[@Blue_Lunacy]

@@jade-leighmacdonald4599 She is a huge fan of One Piece. Her daughter wanted her to play Dr. Kureha. So the only obstacles seems to be scheduling and budget.

[@X.Arybdis]

​@@jade-leighmacdonald45992 or 3 episodes are more than enough. Kureha will most likely be in 1 episode.

[@yannickbecker7599]

Garp chasing down luffy made so much sense and getting cobys coverstory actually shown was a really nice change imo

[@buciallstar]

I really enjoyed the added garp storyline

[@furnessespeon]

Like the anime, the live action did Koby’s cover story very effectively.

[@walk2break]

I like how Garp was dragged in tge 1st season. It brings fresh plot for OP fans like me. They way they focus on Koby's character developmemt, seems like they're trying to show Garp's dissapontment on Luffy's decicion to become a pirate. So, he treat Koby as a replacement of Liffy in a Marine.

[@emanuelrodriguez9044]

⁠ I liked seeing more of Garp’s and Koby’s relationship and him mentoring Koby and Helmepoo. It gave us more exposure to the marines and the characters that we barely get in the manga. It also makes complete sense that Garp would do everything in his power to stop his grandson from becoming a pirate so he wouldn’t end up on the wrong path or worse being killed in the Grandline or executed by the World Government like Roger was. It helped develop Koby further and develop his friendship and similar parallelism Garp and Roger had that he has with Luffy. Same way it helped develop Koby and Helmepoo friendship. It was awesome seeing Garp talk with Mihawk and Zeff because we rarely see Garp or any of those characters interact with more then a few characters. Seeing more of Bogard was cool too, meaning Oda hasn’t forgotten about him either. Even for any screentime they shared with characters like Sanji and Ussop those are main characters that will have thousand of moments in future seasons for us to have more of them when we will only see Garp, Helmepoo, and Koby every once in awhile future. At the end of the day the anime and manga will always be there for you to enjoy. The live action will be different and there’s no need to get bugged by changes when Oda and the crew are working in a different medium and have to do what they think is best for this version of the story. I personally think they knocked it out of the park especially with how they did Garp.

[@Gfp1995]

At first I wasn't too keen on it because I like that Koby just kinda disappeared for a bit in the comic but I love how it paid off at the end

[@garyforagerjr5074]

That good point

[@firetracks2581]

I don’t entirely dislike how they did Garps character but I just think his placement in the story at this point was a little weird, I think if you don’t know the legacy of the character and how over powered he’s meant to be he makes more sense

[@azadice3534]

We need to support this show as much as we can, re watch.... let's gooooooooooo. Don't drop it, let's make this the biggest show ever for Oda

[@sieversen1235]

Alabasta will be a huge milestone for this show. If they make it past that and do it justice, this project will have been a massive success. I don't think we should worry about anything beyond that for now. I think the best way to do it would be to have Alabasta be it's own season and let season 2 deal with all the setup like introducing Smoker, Baroque Works, Vivi and Chopper. That would still leave Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden and Drum Kingdom for Season 2 with an expanded Smoker subplot.

[@MusicalMarble]

I can see them going as far as Rain Dinners by the end of season 2

[@seankeller1560]

ive been under the same season opinion end season 2 on drum kingdom and season 3 focus on alabasta. either that or make season 2 around 12 episodes.

[@ryan.3059]

Agreed. But people don't stay young forever. I think Netflix will adapt Oda's shortened version of one piece. But... I rather do the anime justice

[@danielnikochandra]

@@ryan.3059 I do think they will recast some / most of the main characters if they can reach timeskip. Assuming season 2 is from Loguetown until the end of Alabasta, Season 3 will start with Jaya until the end of Post-Ennies Lobby. Season 4 then starts from Thriller Bark until the end of post-war then the timeskip, that is around 6-8 years from now (if they are not cancelling it before then)

[@escarretada]

@@danielnikochandra or they can keep getting older, always find retarded that just passed 2 years in the anime anyway , would prefer see the characters get older in the anime

[@tenminusone]

Honestly the Garp part make sense for live action. It’s a good adaptation for the character. I like how he genuinely cared for Luffy going all the troubles to chase him down just to make sure he is ready. He’s actually a family and not someone that just throw kids in the jungle to survive and we’re supposed to laugh at it bc it’s funny. I mean it is but this garp make sense.

[@roger_towny_jr]

Also, it's a good way to introduce the marines, but to then follow up with Smoker in Season 2, cause now, Luffy doesn't have the luxury of the marines being his friends or family. Smoker is not either, and he won't hesitate to take him into custody.

[@hosway873]

I agree, they needed something interesting for the viewers to get into.. and the whole cat and mouse keeps people hooked (new viewers)

[@santiagosenoran1217]

My theory is that season 2 will skip many more things than they did on season one. They will focus on chopper and then focus on arabasta. That's the best thing I think they can do

[@kino6395]

There needs to be an episode on the giants, as well as lubbuk (the whale) As it's so critical to ussop/brook as a character, it's influences there dreams so much. Which is what the show is about. To be fair, it could be done in a single episode.

[@santiagosenoran1217]

@@kino6395 exactly. And the more I think about it the less I feel they will need to skip more things than they did on the first season. If you think about it east blue had to introduce 4 different crew members and their backstories while also adding character to koby and helmeppo. Second season will have drum island and arabasta as its main focus and then the rest can be condensed in like 3 episodes total. So maybe drum island will take 2 episodes and arabasta 3. I think they are fine

[@jaylewis219]

Naw cuz you gotta remember by the time we get to season 2 will be deep into elbalf and ussop and giants are for sure getting looked at every body gon wanna c them in live action after that for sure

[@learn905]

they should do alabasta in season 3 there is plenty of plot going on with reverse mountain laboon wiskey peaks chopper mr 3 giants meeting mr 2 and becoming "friends" boroque works as a whole especially if they are only going to do 8 episodes. let it play out

[@moonantiusbankin]

I thought it was Alabasta, arabasta is just how the Kanji *could* be pronounced

[@mams3862]

If we do get a season two, which I hope we do, Whisky Peak will definitely either be cut or condensed heavily. Even though there's the pattern of two episodes/Arc, I think it would be beneficial to drop that. I can see loguetown being one episode, Reverse mountain being one episode, Little Garden one episode, two episodes for Drum Island and then the rest of the show dedicated to Alabasta

[@Corredor1230]

With a 9-episode season, they'd be able to pull it off. Alabasta seems perfectly doable in 3 or 4 episodes.

[@staynemarkov8375]

​@@Corredor1230Alabasta in 3-4 episodes is crazy

[@zeromagnum2811]

They cant properly do alabasta without a entire season dedicated to just alabasta itself. Too much happens there with Baroque works, Crocodile and vivi and the Rebel army. to do logue town to drum properly it would take a full season. 1 Episode for loguetown, 1 for reverse mountain, 1 for whiskey peak, 2 for little garden, and 3 for Drum. Because they have to do the 1 episode with luffy carrying Nami up the mountain with sanji. Then the flashback for Chopper. And then Beating Wapol. And they cant cut whiskey peak because that has to be there to establish Crocodile hunting them after Zoro takes out the 100 bounty hunters, and Vivi asking them for help there. To cut anything at this point would only hurt it's narrative going forward. With Alabasta there is too much content even if you cut some. They have to do Smoker and Tashigi, they have to Do Ace, Which that would be 1 episode by itself. Then Rain base would be a second episode. The Fight with Luffy and Crocodile its own episode. a 4th to set up the final stretch and robin and pell helping luffy. Then the rest the final battles in Alubarna. Alabasta would be a bastardized version if it didnt have a full season to itself.

[@williamhanna9718]

I bet they hold Alabasta for season 3

[@willistownsend2137]

I’m pretty sure they did 10 eps originally but saved 2 for season 2

[@Xen8008]

Not surprising in the slightest, the series has been a massive success and a season 2 was inevitable. Brilliant stuff!

[@spawnpoint111]

Imagine they stopped in season 1 lmao

[@zakanyimen]

it is netflx you don't have to imagine it. It happens all the time@@spawnpoint111

[@linkvegeta2]

I absolutely hate it. I am in shock people enjoyed this. Felt like oda giving the middle finger to one piece. The amount of people twisting my words is insane. All I'm saying is that I personally hate it and how I feel. Like go touch some grass. You don't need to be terminally online.

[@tjrose9830]

@@linkvegeta2troll I see

[@grandpagohan1]

​@@linkvegeta2Shame you feel that way. I absolutely adored it. But hey, different strokes and all that. Hope you find something that can bring you the same kind of joy, OPLA brought me.

[@gingerpotter21]

I think the purpose of Oda doing this live action series is so he can get the general public interested in the anime as he is gearing up for its grand finale that he wants to make an international event that everyone wants to watch not just anime fans, like game of thrones audience meets one piece audience type of scenario

[@may3877]

yes this is the most logical answer, we're entering the end of an era. The pirate era :'(

[@unnamedshadow1866]

Which is why they can't skip Elbaf. We are heading there in the manga on 2024. If Season 2 is announced, we could get the live action version of Little Garden in late 2024/early 2025.

[@gingerpotter21]

@@unnamedshadow1866 i know but at the same time i just cant see how they can cover everything in the live action, i dont even see it ending cause of how netflix ends its shows in 4 to 5 seasons, i just feel like it will get cancelled eventually, but at least after 3 or 4 seasons itll get the general publics attention that Oda is looking for for his finale. I dont see them able to cover elbaf, or impel down or marineford or dressrosa and wano, those are all multi season arcs if each season will be 8 episodes and they wont be satisfying without netflix putting most of their money in them to create up to 15 or so seasons which they have never done, not to mention that if each season will take around 2 years to produce, it'll take the live action show 15 to 20 years to finish which is already a rarity in anime but almost impossible in live action for general public realm

[@GamersVersus]

Oda trying it's best to get more audience for one piece and I think it's working

[@mimi19932]

And his strategy worked! I was immediately drawn to the world of One Piece by watching the series trailer. Now, I am watching the anime.

[@ryanroose9562]

I loved Garp in the live action. I think it was absolutely necessary for Garp to be in the show

[@emanuelrodriguez9044]

⁠ I liked seeing more of Garp’s and Koby’s relationship and him mentoring Koby and Helmepoo. It gave us more exposure to the marines and the characters that we barely get in the manga. It also makes complete sense that Garp would do everything in his power to stop his grandson from becoming a pirate so he wouldn’t end up on the wrong path or worse being killed in the Grandline or executed by the World Government like Roger was. It helped develop Koby further and develop his friendship and similar parallelism Garp and Roger had that he has with Luffy. Same way it helped develop Koby and Helmepoo friendship. It was awesome seeing Garp talk with Mihawk and Zeff because we rarely see Garp or any of those characters interact with more then a few characters. Seeing more of Bogard was cool too, meaning Oda hasn’t forgotten about him either. Even for any screentime they shared with characters like Sanji and Ussop those are main characters that will have thousand of moments in future seasons for us to have more of them when we will only see Garp, Helmepoo, and Koby every once in awhile future. At the end of the day the anime and manga will always be there for you to enjoy. The live action will be different and there’s no need to get bugged by changes when Oda and the crew are working in a different medium and have to do what they think is best for this version of the story. I personally think they knocked it out of the park especially with how they did Garp.

[@arturosandoval205]

Agreed. It is in line with Garp's motivations and the off-screen action we barely see in the manga (Koby and Helmepo). My only critique is that he is way more serious of a character than he was originally. The proposed storyline with Captain Morgan is just straight-up terrible. I am happy with what we got.

[@Actar_Raikit]

I liked Garp's increased presence. There's a personal connection to Luffy, and it reminds me of the dynamic that Zuko had with Aang in the first season of Avatar.

[@alternateaman]

Bro Garp's increased presence is alright but portraying him as evil(antagonist) just makes it hard to accept as all OP fans know Garp is the epitome of Goodness..He even helped his enemy and took care of his child...Apart from that I have nothing to complain about the show...I liked almost everything and hope it gets s2.

[@andrewmahabir589]

​@alternateaman Wait what are you talking about did you see the ending

[@alternateaman]

@@andrewmahabir589 Nope I'm on Ep 5.

[@joshuahuff607]

@@alternateaman I'm not sure where you see that he is evil. It's the complete opposite.

[@alternateaman]

@@joshuahuff607 Well first instance of the opening scene in the anime shows him Nonchalantly ordering Marines to execute Garp(Which I understand he has to show that in front of the whole world but it just ruins the dynamic between Roger and Garp)but if u have seen or read anime u know how close they both were,heck even they fought together in God Valley...The only thing I didn't like in the show is that they destroyed the bond b/w Roger and Garp(unless they redeem themselves in future by showing his backstory just like in Manga). I didn't mean evil literally just that he seemed much more of an antagonist than any of the marine but in Manga u can see that Oda never tried to portray him like that even though he actually is an antagonist to pirates. I know I shouldn't compare LA to Anime/Manga but still accepting a new dynamic b/w the character is hard.

[@BostonChattanooga]

I know some didn’t like the Garp and Koby storyline, but as someone who always wanted more Koby and Garb, I freaking loved it!!! Koby and Luffy are on the same path but on different sides, and that brings some good rival energy I wish the manga and anime focused more on.

[@chinhoewong]

Good for you and Garp Koby fans. Rip Gin Gen Fans

[@BostonChattanooga]

@@chinhoewong that was tragic 😩😩 I’m so sorry for y’all

[@number1rimbaudfan]

as a fellow garp and koby fan, I loved the fact that we got more of them tbh, I just kinda wish garp’s personality stayed the same. otherwise koby was SO ACCURATE it was amazing

[@FatManJackson]

Garp was turned into a Scottish Akainu. And his iconic hat looked like a DIY version an elementary schooler made. They said they had over 17 million per episode and his hat looks like some random hobo from across the street made it for 10 bucks.

[@ThisisKyle]

​@@FatManJacksonLive action Garp is nothing like Akainu

[@charlieedwards4331]

I think Lougetown, Reverse Mountain, Whiskey Peak and possibly Little Garden can be covered in the first four episodes since those arcs are kinda short but Drum Island is gonna need two episodes each and Alabasta’s probably gonna need four episodes to cover everything! I hope Netflix allows season 2 to be 10 episodes long cuz if not idk how everything would work with only 8.

[@oomshaka6683]

Drum island could definitely fit in 1 episode, there will Definitely be more episodes with just how much they have to cover

[@chanceplace6057]

They may not cover the whole alabasta saga in season two, just like they didn't cover the whole East Blue sage (Lougetown) in season 1. Alabasta itself very well may end up being a season 3 thing

[@ParadiseDB7]

​@@chanceplace6057 that was the plan though, they just couldn't get the budget for 2 more episodes unfortunately. With this being a major success I don't think budget will be an issue

[@omlo9093]

I hope Alabasta is 4 or more hours long.

[@Minexorek]

@@ParadiseDB7 It's not really that huge of a success, as it's 10th place in history for first 4 days on Netflix and it costed a lot of money, but I hope it gets enough views in the next weeks that it might get another season

[@jacksonroy8720]

This may be unpopular due to how many people are itching for Alabasta, but I honestly think that Alabasta is going to be a season three topic. Loguetown, Reverse Island, Whiskey Peak, Drum island, Little Garden, all of those arks are just as long or longer than the ones these 8 episodes covered. As long as Oda is there to help make decisions, I cant imagine Alabasta is going to make it in the next batch. Just to make room, youd need to cut half of those, and to be honest I can see a pretty successful season two just spent covering those 5 arks, with the hype for what comes next driving the show forward to a third season. Perosnally, I definitely wouldnt mind the last episode being them finding shore at Alabasta, with an end credits teaser of Ace just like they did with Smoker.

[@304Blaise]

If they do this it’ll basically guarantee no season 3 tbh. I totally see where you’re coming from but they have to keep things moving fast to keep people watching

[@MidnightEkaki]

But none of those arcs are particularly eventful for a season storyline and can easily be condensed. The purpose of the live action is to create a bite-sized version of the original story, they can pretty easily fit each of those arcs into a single hour episode with Alabaster being the remaining episodes. Whiskey Peak is one that could even be skipped altogether in my opinion or just be like half an episode long.

[@jacksonroy8720]

@@MidnightEkaki they can be more than eventful with a proper b plot. Smoker chasing them across the ocean would create some pretty good tension, and aside from that, how they handle vivi and baroque works can supplement the rest. If they format it as more of an unraveling mystery from island to island, then it ends in a climax where they discover who Mr 0 is along with vivi, then it'd set up season 3 perfectly. Yeah they'd have to change a little bit, but nothing major, and they've already kind of done that in season 1.

[@maksymmazurok6120]

if they stretch it like this then we will need 20+ seasons to cover the whole thing. And with 2-3 years per season that's 40-60 years... So basically that dooms the whole idea. The only chance for them to keep it alive is to get to the timeskip in 3-4 seasons. And if show will not be dead by that point, use a timeskip to kickstart an interest for a second half. You have to accept that there is absolutely no way for the live show to capture more then just very essential parts of the story abd it has nothing to do with any arcs being good or bad. Honestly, I can totally see them majorly rewriting further big arcs into 1-2 episodes and skipping every small and non-essential arcs.

[@jacksonroy8720]

@@maksymmazurok6120 They will never cover the whole thing. One piece itself isn't even done yet, and live action takes so much longer than animation to produce. I see it a lot where people talk about what Thriller bark may look like, or how cool whole cake might be. The show will never reach that, no matter how good it might be. Enjoy it for what it is, the audience for it is not the exact same as the anime or mange viewers. A lot of people who are watching it have zero experience in the series, and thus don't have the knowledge to want to rush to what's next. The ones that do have the actual show they can turn to, and that's part of the point of the live action. It's not meant to be a full replacement

[@funbombz2437]

I’m most hyped about seeing Vivi in life action personally; they did a good job with Nami, I wonder how they’ll handle their first princess of many to come.

[@WhosThatBird_]

It would be funny if Vivi would be played by the same actor but blue hair 💀

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

There are people are saying her boobies size isn't the same. Like no...This is accurate, it's pre time skip

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

​@@WhosThatBird_ perfect

[@Greg12839]

@@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257 those people need to (i cant even believe im about to say this) touch grass

[@zaryabK-vi8fh]

the only thing I am worried is how they might make white character black like black vivi or croco

[@ViktorAndy]

All these challenges for future adaptation makes me appreciate how incredible of a media anime really is and how incredible, authors like Oda are, creating incredible once in a generation worlds and stories, like One Piece.

[@chinhoewong]

Rule no.1 get the creator heavily involve. Looking at you Airbender

[@faith4657]

@@chinhoewong especially they need Aaron ehasz involved, he was the one that wrote the last airbender with the others.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

​@chinhoewong that doesn't always turn out well. See Steven kings the shinning mini series.

[@Itoyokofan]

This version of Garp is actually great, it's a different take, but I like it. It always fun to watch him being serious and then just slipping to the goofy Garp we all know. Instead of just being goofy, considering that he needs to bring us to Marineford.

[@zeromagnum2811]

Realistically I doubt this series will get to Marineford. To properly do something of that scale would require more money than Netflix will be willing to spend. It would be lucky if they get to Enies lobby.

[@undead_pr1est978]

I just want to see a Golden Den Den Mushi and Buster Call. It's on my Bingo card.

[@unnamedshadow1866]

Considering how his own Son went Revolutionary and how he failed into turning Ace into a Marine. I can definitely understand why he wanted to see and test Luffy's Will. It is the 3rd time is happening. What is sad, is that it will also happen a 4th Time. His own Will of D is so powerful, that while he remains true to his ideals, those he have influenced can't help but Rebel against the WG.

[@walk2break]

Totally agree. It's different from the manga but still relevant

[@Kurotama11]

@@zeromagnum2811you clearly don’t know how rabid the one piece fandom is The community has decided we like it…..it’s here to stay

[@burns241]

Everyone's freaking out about how they are going to do Chopper, but all they really need to do is what they did with Merry in Episode 3. Small child with a facial prosthetic to make him look like a reindeer, adult actor with a facial prosthetic for when he changes into different forms and just have the kid actor do a voice over for his parts so his voice stays the same. Literally all you have to do.

[@infinitymystery21G]

No

[@temmybanana]

I feel like a child actor wouldn‘t be a good option considering the large time span between seasons; they‘d age (and grow) tremendously inbetween thus making continuity very difficult! Also because of child actor protective rights he‘d have less screen time and i think that wouldn‘t do Chopper justice. I loved what they did with Merry though, great costume! I feel like just using a shorter actor, thus simply sizing up Chopper a bit wouldn‘t be such a terrible option 🤔

[@talesofgore9424]

practical effects ain't gonna cut it here

[@yedesimbaepio]

merry looked human anyways

[@sugarkitty2008]

A dwarf would work. Either find one that can also do a child's voice or as you said, have a voice over.

[@MaxBraver555]

I think Garp's presence also served as the Authority figure for Coby, and to setup his training under Garp, since Morgan got axed after episode 1, and to counteract the corrupt side of Marine

[@Greendalewitch]

Morgan got axed? I see what you did there.

[@ShiNijuuAKL]

They need to be somehow confirmed for multiple seasons, that way they can work in parallel (while they film, another team works on the writting and the planning for next season)

[@gjermundnorumbugge7373]

Yep, this is definitely the ideal scenario. Make everything streamlined. The creation of these sets etc. will be very difficult

[@DrowsyYo]

Everyone keeps forgetting about the writer's strike. Lol

[@sabingashagaza1274]

they never visit the same island tho. it's always new locations as the story goes on

[@discordok7613]

@@sabingashagaza1274 imagine sky island, or even just alabasta, alabasta alone would have to be one season

[@RoninXDarknight]

@@DrowsyYo No one's forgotten about the strike. As important as the writers are, they don't work in a vacuum so there is plenty of pre-production work that can be done in the meantime until the strike ends.

[@TheSkullivan12]

Given the pace of the live action, I could see how they could conceivably work Alabasta into a single season. Loguetown and the approach to Reverse Mountain in one episode. Laboon/Crocus and Whiskey Peak in the second. Little Garden could be condensed into a single episode since it’s not all that long. Two episodes for Drum Island. Leaving the final three episodes to cover Alabasta, which would be plenty of time to cover all the major points. Of course I’d love to see it extended just as much as anyone else, realistically it’s not impossible to pull off.

[@SamTheGumMan117]

I think they'll need to extend it to at 10 episodes to allow more stuff to breathe and accomplish everything instead of 8

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

To properly pace the scenes, I'd put loguetown, reverse mountain, and laboon all in the same episode. Whiskey peak is just a single fight scene, so you could either use it as a way to keep people hyped for the reason of the season by putting it at the end of episode 1, or get people hyped to watch the next episode with the fight scene at the start. Either way episode 2's bulk being Little Garden just works. I wouldn't want to waste 2 episodes on drum island but unfortunately chopper is too important not to... so then you have 4 episodes left for basically just alabasta. And honestly, I think that leaves a lot of room at the end for One Piece's usual saga wrap-up stuff, just like season 1 ended with.

[@parodyspoiler]

I just hoped that season 2 will focus more on the fight scenes instead of the backstory. The casting was good in season 1 but the fighting scenes are underwhelming and short.

[@CoOlKyUbI96]

Even if they followed that prediction of yours, Alabasta would still feel extremely rushed imo. I think the bare minimum of episodes should be around 10-12. But if Netflix decides to make the season longer, then that’s even better

[@daryl787]

We gotta accept that a lot of things are gonna get cut in S2. First in the list is Laboon and the giants (too expensive). They gotta focus on the more important stories, that is drum island and Alabasta. Chopper needs at least 1 ep, Alabasta probably at least 4. So the first 3 eps is where you fit everything from Lougetown to Drum Island. So if they do include Laboon and the giants, they could be turned as ‘stories’ or ‘legends’ told by a character within the ep like Noland in S1, and not show anything, and that’s fine. I’m just amazed we’re seeing a live action of One Piece that doesn’t suck!

[@cNatTravels]

Definitely agree with the weekly episode drop, but I think not doing it for season 1 was okay because newbies like me could binge it and not lose interest over two months.

[@brianng8350]

It's fine and good, but are you going to come back and rewatch this whole season or introduce your friends to watch this to keep the numbers up for next we weeks and keep the buzz going for weeks and months? Definitely, if I had to wait a week for the next episode , I'll probably rewatch an episode. But because the whole season dropped, I'm going to the next episode rather than rewatch an episode. After binging, I might rewatch or just move on to next series,? It's just a bad model if you want to keep people talking until the next season is ready, which is going to be 2 or 3 years later at the fastest rate ..

[@Mohamad-m7md]

I love the whole binging the whole season in 1 or 2 days then rewatching it in Japanese so I Don’t mind that they released it all at once it’s more continent for everyone expect content creators

[@ZzigZaG00NIN]

I'd love to hear all the things they suggested that Oda said no to It really is amazing to have Oda there and getting the final say

[@emanuelrodriguez9044]

@@tizbit4370 Naw, I liked seeing more of Garp’s and Koby’s relationship and him mentoring Koby and Helmepoo. It gave us more exposure to the marines and the characters that we barely get in the manga. It also makes complete sense that Garp would do everything in his power to stop his grandson from becoming a pirate so he wouldn’t end up on the wrong path or worse being killed in the Grandline or executed by the World Government like Roger was. It helped develop Koby further and develop his friendship and similar parallelism Garp and Roger had that he has with Luffy. Same way it helped develop Koby and Helmepoo friendship. It was awesome seeing Garp talk with Mihawk and Zeff because we rarely see Garp or any of those characters interact with more then a few characters. Seeing more of Bogard was cool too, meaning Oda hasn’t forgotten about him either. Even for any screentime they shared with characters like Sanji and Ussop those are main characters that will have thousand of moments in future seasons for us to have more of them when we will only see Garp, Helmepoo, and Koby every once in awhile future. At the end of the day the anime and manga will always be there for you to enjoy. The live action will be different and there’s no need to get bugged by changes when Oda and the crew are working in a different medium and have to do what they think is best for this version of the story. I personally think they knocked it out of the park especially with how they did Garp.

[@TheJaw231]

I think the episode structure for season 2 would look something like this: Episode 1: Loguetown and maybe Reverse Mountain Episode 2: Coming down Reverse Mountain, All the stuff with Laboon, and Whiskey Peak. It would be a tight fit, but I think it could be done. Episode 3: Little Garden Episodes 4-8: Alabasata

[@mohammedabdulaziz1925]

Drum island brodie

[@HarryAyA]

​@@mohammedabdulaziz1925Nah they'll cut drum island out. This straw hat crew doesn't need a Doctor or a Reindeer. They'll probably cut Karoo out too.

[@fouadbane]

Season 2: Episode 1: Loguetown and maybe Reverse Mountain Episode 2: Coming down Reverse Mountain, All the stuff with Laboon, and Whiskey Peak. It would be a tight fit, but I think it could be done. Episode 3-4: Drum Island Episodes 5-8: Alabasta (Cliffhanger: Giant ship falling from the sky) Season 3: Episode 1-2: Little Garden (Replace Mr3 with some bounty hunters) Episode 3: Jaya Episode 4-8: Skypeia (Cliffhanger: Aokiji freezes the strawhats)

[@TheJaw231]

@mohammedabdulaziz1925 I did forget drum island somehow, I think in that case, they'd do the first half of Episode 3 as little garden and the second half as Drum Island part 1. We'll get the conclusion to Drum island in episode 4 and continue on to Alabasta from there.

[@yeanisch]

​@@HarryAyAbut think of the cuteness though, would netflix really sacrifice their own baby yoda?

[@ofajoel]

100% on a weekly episode release . Half the fun around big shows like GOT, TWD, & BB was the week long anticipation and build up. It made for “must see TV” and communal events around the episodes. Netflix really doesn’t DO this often and they’re missing out big time IMO.

[@Shanksiscool]

No I hate waiting tf

[@markalex88]

We allready know the story chill...

[@piratekinglordhokage4981]

I completely agree

[@analuizadefigueiredosouza7851]

I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't mind waiting longer for a great season than quickly receiving a bad or mediocre season

[@shreyasus8171]

If there will be a season 2, I hope they do our lovely boy chopper justice with good cgi.

[@montenegroafro4454]

They definitely need a bigger budget to do Chopper justice.

[@Shoegazebasedgenre0.]

I actually wished they use a costume instead

[@dyvawn]

The Rock chopper

[@thestranger1475]

I pray they do a mix of CGI with Practical effects, because a full CGI character will be a dice roll. I can imagine with proper camera angles and skill, they can pull off Chopper. I can imagine Chopper in is OG form as a mix of CG and practical effects, I see Choppers more humanoid form being fully practical, similar to the fishmen but more emphasis on the face.

[@johannahulten]

They could just hire a racoon 🤷‍♀️😉

[@ErikLambShank]

I totally agree with that they should of had a weekly release. I dont know if they would do that for a season 2 but i think its would do wonders for the shows longevity.

[@goranpiljic9362]

Unfortunately Netflix doesn't do that ever. But I totally agree. The theorycrafting, discussions, fan videos, analysis etc. of when Game of Thrones was running weekly were amazing. I wish we had that for One Piece. Or other shows. Imagine Stranger Things S1 if we had time to dissect and discuss every story beat, that would have been amazing.

[@ykagz007]

if they can't then I wish they'd make 2 seasons just for alabasta I would hate to cut everything short in just 8 episodes

[@DesertTurtle]

@@goranpiljic9362 didn't they release episodes weekly for Arcane. If Netflix did it for that, why not One Piece

[@SpennyBoi]

@@goranpiljic9362they actually have once before with the show arcane which was released 3 episodes coming out each week instead of being dumped.

[@alansmithee1412]

There's actually good precedent for weekly releases! They do it currently with some anime like Zom 100, but it may depend on if they want to roll it out in that format by choice vs having to do so in obligation to other production partners.

[@5hadow5talker]

I dont care if it takes a long time, I just hope they do it well, and people are not working to death. I hold the same standards for the manga, and the anime. I know streaming services strive on hype and all that but...here's fingers crossed that they do it well.

[@IamMeHere2See]

I love your Capt Morgan idea, as I thought the actor really managed to capture his own "confidence-out-of-his-depth" motivation that was present in the original Morgan. Stretching it out, using Jango's absence to further another character, all sound like good ideas. As for releasing episodes weekly, I generally agree with the thought. Currently, I only watch the One Piece anime in episode chunks at the end of the month, because so little happens in each individual episode. However, I do follow the manga weekly.

[@jakeswork88]

I binged watch all eight episodes in one sitting, but I got to say, The live action one piece was one of the best anime adaptations I've ever watched.

[@chinhoewong]

Best coz there arent a 2nd best adaptation out there😅 Not to say OPLA isnt good btw.

[@bendover7841]

​@@chinhoewongAlita Battle Angel and Alice in Borderland are both better. So is Rurouni Kenshin.

[@johnnyvh1188]

​@@bendover7841 i think you're comparing apples to oranges a bit here. Kenshin got compressed into a LA trilogy that basically skips to the final arc in the second movie. Camerons' Alita movie is visually outstanding but butchers the story so hard that even 1 sequel to it is unlikely to be made. the 90's ova stayed closer to the source but also only covered parts of the first 2 volumes. Kishiro sensei's work really deserves a top shelf quality anime adaptation first, but GNNM is still being written and it would be a tough one to cram into less than 6 seasons as it is untill now...😅

[@maverick9357]

​@@johnnyvh1188a sequel is being worked on and even a 3 is being talked lmao

[@johnnyvh1188]

@@maverick9357 if it ever comes out i'll watch, but without expectation for it to stay anywhere near the source material. lol

[@belindaluna2067]

A note about Dragon. According to his actor, he had a season one scene but it was cut. So his casting doesn't confirm a season 2, sadly, anymore than Smoker's cameo does.

[@mikejhock]

Ofc it was cut imagine giving us info on monkey d dragon in the first season

[@mastertj99999]

I think in season 2 you will see Smoker pursuing Luffy, which honestly makes sense given he actually does that in the anime. It may also split time with Smoker and Alvida and Buggy following Luffy. Both of these are late episode 8 cameos.

[@KuzcoYT]

6:18 There was 3rd option you didn't think about, Puppets/Animatronics, like Grogu from Mandalorian and some of the most famous creatures on TV and Film are puppets/animatronics like some of the Dinosaurs from the first Jurassic Park, and the Alien from E.T. If they can use an animatronic for some of their static scenes and only reserve using a CGI Chopper for big fight scenes or very emotive scenes, they could avoid not cutting most of the scenes which Chopper is in and on the plus side it would give alot of the actors something on set to react to and interact with during scenes with chopper.

[@joebridger3339]

Chopper as a human, with maybe a little reindeer makeup is a good call. Having more than one actor/puppeteer could also work. It's rare that going full puppet works, like Baby Yoda, but a Chopper puppet who turns into a human might work too.

[@mikeydae4266]

I got goosebumps hearing you talk about how it should have been axe hand morgan dragging coby and co around. That would have been poetic bliss

[@Mohamad-m7md]

I prefer what we got cause I love Garp and don’t care for axe hand MORON

[@daveadrian492]

I just want this live action to get to Marineford and that's more than enough for me!!

[@mrlee3412]

everyone keeps saying a specific point they want it to get to. I hope they just go all the way through 😅. If they have big enough audience their budget just gets bigger and bigger.

[@UnknownUser-xs7dg]

that's like the Avenger Endgame of One Piece which could easily cost a stupid amount of money.

[@nekukurora197]

@@mrlee3412 Marineford is a good jumping off point considering you have the time skip after that, so realistically you end the live action show on Luffy sending his message to the rest of the strawhats not to meet up after three days

[@BobbieTheFish]

​@@nekukurora197 LA One Piece marineford ending: they save Ace, give up being pirates, and live happily ever after

[@nekukurora197]

@@BobbieTheFish would be a downer any other way

[@Crazed3raser337]

I was watching the live action along with a friend who has never seen One Piece, he has only heard me gush about it a bunch, and he really loved it. He is endeared to the characters, really likes the themes presented, and his favorite character was Mihawk which is based AF lol. But he told me if that they don't adapt more then he's gonna have to get into the actual series because they set up too much even in this that he doesn't want unresolved. So despite the flaws, I think that was the greatest strength of this adaptation. It is getting more people interested in One Piece, which is great.

[@The_Ghost_King]

There are two things I loved above all else in the Live Action. Mihawk's slaughtering of the Krieg Pirates was one of them. The ear snails were another.

[@DrGandW]

Also they were willing to show Zeff’s autocannibalism, fixing one of the greatest Ls of the anime

[@saint037]

the ear snails made me lose my wits😭😭 and the slaughtering of Kriegs fleet made me salty that that happened off screen in the anime😂

[@WednesdayOrFriday]

I love Liam’s captain Morgan fanfiction. Had that been how they implemented continuous marine presence in OPLA I think I could’ve given it a solid 9/10.

[@Atypical_Chad]

Agreed, and introducing Garp that way would've built so much more excitement for him, and would have been much more in character

[@meandmeself]

Missed oppurtunities

[@yusted1]

Hard to believe no one thought of that in 2 years of production. Someone probably did but didnt make it through because of compromise or it was a lower ranking member of staff and they ingnored him

[@LucasRMA]

If they can fit Alabasta into a movie (which they did), I'm sure they can shorten it to fit into season 2

[@cameronfield4617]

It's not so much me worrying about them not being able to fit it into 3 or 4 episodes. It's just doing everything else before then, they still have a lot to cover even if they do cut Whisky Peak and condense Little Garden

[@Zistheone2]

@@cameronfield4617Plus they need to include Reverse Mountain & Laboon

[@TheThursty100]

​@@Zistheone2and whiskey peak and drum island. There's a lot of stuff before alabasta

[@shanedbunting]

I haven't watch much OP aside from the first season , but I saw there was a movie length retelling of The East Blue saga and it occured to me that they didn't condense the manga or the Anime , they elongated the previously condensed sags and I think if they go forward this approach will be the key

[@cameronfield4617]

@@Zistheone2 Its a stretch but if they breeze through Loguetown they can do reverse mountain in 1 arc. They don't need to have the SHs be swollowed by a whale

[@theonesinblk]

If they implement a bit more of the LED screen virtual production tech and Unreal engine implementation like we saw with the Mandelorian and such we could actually see a lot more of those nice outdoor shots. These types of set ups are actually becoming increasingly inexpensive to setup/shoot from so it might be worthwhile in the case of live action One Piece

[@TheWarmachine375]

Chopper being given Detective Pikachu animation is a good idea.

[@theexiled3034]

That or Rocket Raccoon

[@grandpagohan1]

I agree it's probably the best solution, but I'd be ridiculously expensive.

[@justintimes3265]

Maybe both CG and Animatronics

[@ruga-ventoj]

My vote goes for Muppet Chopper.

[@icecee2000247]

Dragon's actor does show up in season 1, as an extra in Nami's village. Don't think he's playing Dragon going forward.

[@Snzn_7]

In a Tekking interview with the people who filmed epusode 1 and 2. The execution scene was the the scene that had been cut down the most. So there are cameos in there that they did not show in the final cut

[@olnnn]

@@Snzn_7 Yeah the actor that was cast for Dragon even posted on instagram that the parts he did didn't get included so they def shot something more of Dragon that got cut.

[@YuVaL77777]

To make Chopper the most practical he can be, I feel like they’re gonna need to change him a lot, and I think that will do him justice. CGI isn’t a good idea in my opinion, that’s why I think the correct route to take would be to make him like the main character in the show “Sweet Tooth”, where the boy is half human-half deer with cute deer ears and horns. It would make sense for chopper to look this way since he ate the human human fruit, and it would give the actor a chance to embody and learn about chopper as much as he can to bring him to life as a cute kid. What do y’all think??

[@clearmist1]

How would he constantly be confused for a raccoon and a pet. His bounty is 1000 berries because they think he's the pet.

[@1ng245]

100% agree

[@lb2180]

The kid who played Sweet Tooth is young Sanji :D

[@arrowriver]

@@clearmist1 Add more fur to his costume. fuzzy child. lol

[@YuVaL77777]

@@lb2180 omg! I didn’t know that! What are the odds, so cool

[@singingwolf3929]

I think if we get 12 episodes for season 2 (two 6 ep releases), we can do where we are now through Alabasta and do it reasonably well.

[@user-bn4ts9tp4d]

For the civil war, I feel like instead of the full assault, they could maybe have guerrilla warfare within the city.

[@chinhoewong]

No stakes and lesser hype. Cant call it a civil war

Here's an idea... there isn't any actual need for Alabasta's civil war. It led nowhere. They can find another way to make Vivi a strong leader. To this day I don't care one bit about Koza or the civil war.

[@ProIshaanPuri]

I want Live Action to go at least Enes Lobby, I wanna see Gear 2nd.

[@Lucaneety]

I really want to see enel and skypia, this will look so good. The could actually cast Eminem for enel xD

[@fujiwaranonekobiodrando1257]

​@@Lucaneety Yes please

[@Pokeringo]

@@Lucaneety That would be great.

[@zaryabK-vi8fh]

​@@Lucaneetyeven Taz Skyler aka Sanji would have been perfect if he wasn't sanji

[@symbion13]

I mean marineford war would be really interesting to watch but they need shit ton of actors and godlike CGI to pull that off

[@KoboltBlue]

A good option could also be splitting it in 2 parts. Session 2 covers Loguetown to Drum Island, ending the session with the crew arriving in Arabasta and a forshadowing of Crocodile. Then session 3 being one large Arabasta adventure. Adding in some Ace related episodes and maybe a Smoker b story all leading up to the defeat of Crocodile and the crew doing their goodbyes to Vivi. It could also be a good stopping point for the live action

[@7thlittleleopard7]

Yeah, I think this is probably the best way to go about it. End on a hook in to Alabasta with the Crocodile talking to Robin scene. OR, now hear me out, end on the HOOK scene outside of Rain Dinners. Eh? Eh? Good cliffhanger~

[@chinhoewong]

Yes Idealy lots of One Piece fans would love this. But we know this mostly likely wont happen.

[@hippocalypse9152]

I totally agree with what you are saying about the difficulties/expense of the Alabasta saga; however, at the same time desert sets seem to me as really easy to set up and design. Also Crocodiles devil fruit CGI has been essentially done back with the first mummy movie.

[@MarshalDTeachh]

Thoughts on the alleged Dragon actor are mixed atm, but what's more concerning is how they'll render Robin, Chopper, Vivi, and Sir Crocodile. I really hope we'll get more than 8 episodes considering Alabasta was a really big arc pre-timeskip, and that each episode is approached with the same dedication and passion we saw in season 1. I also really hope Jamie Lee Curtis will be Dr. Kureha. Overall they did amazing with season 1, but the real question is can Matt's team do it again and bless us with another amazing season?

[@icefox94]

i'm not too worried about vivi and crocodile, they look fairly normal and it seems easy enough to create sandstorms for movies and whatnot they probably won't have issues with croc's devil fruit. i imagine robin's devil fruit will be a similar difficulty to buggy's and they did really well with him. i'm really only worried about chopper, but i think they can pull it off with what we've seen of the fishmen, denden mushi, and lord of the coast. for jamie lee curtis being doctor kureha, she seemed excited about the possibility during an interview that asked her about it and if they can get Aurora to sing nami's theme and ian mcshane as the narrator, i don't see why they couldn't get jamie lee curtis to act in a series she seems to really like.

[@karimamin2]

Most people binge watch shows so there would be a fall off. Majority of folks are going to rush to see it the initial week. Second week, they've already finished the series and are sitting back chatting about it. Some may re-watch the second season and some others who live under a rock will watch but I think they would have a significant drop. To be honest, they need to release the episodes maybe 2 at a time over 4 weeks.

[@Kaptime]

10 episodes over 5 weeks would be optimal. Gets 2 months subscription out of people.

[@alihorda]

I never cared about this aspect. If people are impatient let them be. Everybody knows what they prefer and if you don't like binge watching. Just don't

[@soulandfresh]

@@alihordait doesn’t matter what you think. Production is based on views and engagement. Do you know how many shows Netflix has cancelled?

[@alihorda]

@@soulandfresh I know and I don't care if they release in batches or not. That is not why Netflix is cancelling them

[@islandboy9381]

​@@alihordawhat is the reason then

[@TheWarmachine375]

One Piece live action: *Season 2 is announced* Everyone: "A surprise to be sure but a welcome one."

[@asaturner466]

I still think that OPLA is its own story and naturally plays out differently. I‘m not as much into the manga/anime, just tuned in since Gear Fifth, so maybe my perspective is another. To me, it’s most important that OPLA: hits the necessary plot points and emotional beats (watched in German sync and Luffy had a threat in his voice I never heard in the anime before), focuses on how it portrays emotion and feelings in this new medium, and much to my relief keeps the insults between Zoro and Sanji down. Like, right now, it’s a respectful rivalry, anything beyond that would lead into cartoonish absurdity. To me, eight episodes minimum an hour each are the perfect format to consume One Piece. I hope that they keep doing what they do with the feelings between characters, because then I have no doubt in my mind that this is going to be a fantastic story

[@insertcalamity7961]

If they would open a charity for the OP live action to help build the projects, I would opt in monthly.

[@YouArePitiful]

Same

[@escarretada]

They could do merchandising of the LA, like denden mushi , marine caps, marine jackets ..

[@anthonyhanlon9808]

Or change all their used sets they won't go back to into sort of an amusement park. I'd 100% pay to go on all the ships and eat at the baratie

[@testertesteb4915]

No ita not legally allowed. As a company as big as netlfix you cant take "charity" to gain profit. And netflix is a profit orientated company thats also on the stock marked.

[@cyanide4552]

Netflix isnt hurting for money lol

[@puckmin3487]

if they do end up keeping the 8 episodes i could see the following structure ep 1 -> loguetown + reverse mountain ep 2 -> whiskey peak ep 3 -> little garden ep 4/5 -> drum island ep 6/7/8 -> alabasta, with the low point being luffy losing against croc or the vivi and luffy argument. Possibly with the show ending on a semi cliffhanger of robin showing up on the merry, or just the goodbye scene

[@cameronfield4617]

Theoretically they could fit loguetown and Alabaster into one episode, I think it's better to just cut Whisky Peak. It's not a very good arc, the Luffy Zoro fight is dumb and we have already introduced Baroque Works, just fit Vivi in somewhere else

[@grandpagohan1]

I'd say combine Whiskey Peak and Little Garden since neither is that big and give Alabasta a fourth episode.

[@yannsalmon2988]

That seems about right to me. The thing with the whole Alabasta arc is that though it’s longer, there are more things you can cut or rearrange. Plus there’s a lot more action in this arc. It takes a lot of pages in the manga but in actual real time, that’s pretty fast.

[@writer8706]

​@@cameronfield4617whiskey peak is where you meet Vivi and starts that whole arc off.

[@Agitatedform]

I liked the Garp subplot in the LA. It does make some sense that he would try and crush Luffy's career before it began. The biggest issue is perhaps how they went about it. Another issue is that they have to get new fans interested as well. If they are to have even a slight chance at more than one season they need old and new fans wanting to see more.

[@Leah_Newton]

I like to say, my frds and I wouldn't be watching the anime episodes we have missed without this Live Action. It has done its job well.

[@sedativeman]

I think Loguetown was cut from S1, it was initially episode 9/10 that were cut from the show.

[@tro_celli]

Yeah the showrunner said as much, they had originally planned to end season 1 with Loguetown.

[@grandpagohan1]

​@@tro_celliThat makes much more sense. Honestly they could probably fuse it, Reverse Mountain, and maaaaybe Whiskey Peak in one episode.

[@kevinlengkoan8534]

Logue town arc was not really a long episode in anime. They could just finish it in one episode in early season 2 if they want to. I mean we have Smoker in the end credit, and we all know that's the place he showed up.

[@chantararix]

​​@@grandpagohan1 I agree, whiskey peak's main purpose is just to unveil Vivi's quest. They could even get away with no whiskey peak if done right. Reveal Vivi's identity, right there and then in front of Laboon.

[@tro_celli]

@@chantararix My current thought is: still open with Loguetown since that has a lot of important character introductions, but then cut Whiskey Peak and just have the important stuff there covered in Reverse Mountain. Have Vivi inside Laboon because she’s hiding from Baroque Works, who unmasked her secret identity offscreen. Then the Straw Hats can confront the lower level BW guys at Reverse Mountain and move straight on to Little Garden. Gives you time to introduce Vivi without the somewhat sloppy misdirect from the Manga (a rare miss from Oda IMO).

[@ProfessorZoom2140]

I really hope they'll do more than 8 episodes, they need at least 10. 5 episodes for the smaller arcs and 5 more for Alabasta itself. The B plot can include Smoker and tashigi. They can use a child actor for Chopper's hybrid form which he uses the most. An adult for his human form and a real reindeer for his animal form.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

Using a real animal is probably the worst possible solution. For many many reasons.

[@ProfessorZoom2140]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 it's just one way to do it.. They can also use an animatronic reindeer for the wide shots, CGI for action, and a real reindeer for close ups. Chopper rarely uses his animal form anyway, it's not a big deal.

[@escarretada]

Child actor don't work, since in 2 years for next season he will grow alot already, just if they got an dwarf

[@ProfessorZoom2140]

@@escarretada They can use a dwarf actor I sopouse, though I still think a child actor would be more accurate to the character. They can simply recast him when he gets older. Not the best solution I know, but you gotta work with what you got.

[@finnkedinn1573]

Even if they ended the live action run with alabasta’s end I’ll be pretty happy, kind of a peak into the series. I’d love to see them get up to enies lobby but that’s really pushing it

[@alibinqauizhiersarapuddin7860]

I'd want them to do Water 7, or if possible sabaody/marineford. Water 7 is one of the best arc on OP and I'm pretty sure it will be the breakthrough of OP to mainstream ala red wedding for game of thrones. If they adapt marineford I definitely think it will almost match the infinity war level of hype.

[@Snzn_7]

​@@alibinqauizhiersarapuddin7860I think water 7 is good arc for them to end.

[@fakehatti]

@@Snzn_7 Even just thinking is awesome! Water 7 would be awesome in live action

[@Zoetical]

I do think a season 2 is pretty likely. Especially after Tekkings interview with one of the cinematographers who said "I don't know what Steven will do for season 2", it just sounded very definitive and not speculative. Personally what I'd like to see in a season 2 would be Logue Town, Reverse Mountain, Little Garden and Drum Island. Finish the series with the crew arriving at Arabasta and then devote an entire 3rd season just to that arc and really flesh it out.

[@danielnikochandra]

I agree with you, but I do think Netflix will do it in this order: Season 2 is from Loguetown until the end of Alabasta (10ep), Season 3 will start with Jaya until the end of Post-Ennies Lobby (11ep) Season 4 then starts from Thriller Bark until the end of post-war (11ep) then the timeskip (the chance to recast some of the actors as they are maybe a bit too old to play the same characters, imagine a 37-38year old Emily Rudd as Nami after timeskip 💀). This is if they are not cancelling it before then.

[@f13rro37]

@@danielnikochandra Why? They can just change the two year time-skip to a 6 year time-skip. Thus adjusting the characters age to the ones of their actors and it won't have any impact on the story other than a slight adjustment to the prophecies.

[@thechristianmindset440]

Yes to everything you said!

[@Zoetical]

@@danielnikochandra I'm not certain about it being 10 episodes. I kind of get the feeling that it was originally 10 but got scaled down and I think they had filmed a good chunk of Logue town but that got cut. Also depends how badly they stick to the 2 episode story structure, Reverse Mountain could be painful if its stretched out like that

[@cameroncrouch5843]

My friend has a theory that if we get a season 2, they will combine the Loguetown and Whiskey Peak islands. Having Smoker there to stop pirates who enter the Grand Line makes sense, and it would get Smoker more involved in Alabasta besides "Go get Luffy"

[@DavitAbulashvili]

The idea with Captain Morgan and growth of Kobi and Helmeppo is genius!!! I thinks the second season will be focused before Alabasta, all small islands will be set, probably Croco will be introduced as a main villain and team up with Vivi and the 3rd season would be all in Alabasta. I believe we need to see Ace as well (can't wait for it).

[@chinhoewong]

You want more Coby Helmepo scenes in Season2?.

[@Fleckigesflegmon]

@@chinhoewong who doesnt? It’s like the Most interesting scenes since it’s something completely new

[@chinhoewong]

@@Fleckigesflegmon Sorry. Not fan of Coby or Helmepo. And I'm not alone either. I dont dislike him. I find them to be fine in 2-3 episodes....there are much much more smaller characters and animala deserve more screentime then just 2 cadet marines in One Piece World. Yes they are the story/build up explain for Coby's know nothing in the world. But not in Season 2 pls.

[@Fleckigesflegmon]

@@chinhoewong thx now I understand and I appreciate your respectful speech, sorry my english isnt that Good 😅

[@genrubica5350]

Crocodile, a Warlord, being the big baddie in Season 2 will set up the whole season's hype. They could retell Morgan, Coby, and Helmeppo in Sky Island Saga (Season 3), sicne the saga only compose of 2 arcs( Jaya and Skypeia).

[@xavierconde789]

i may be mistaken but i think i saw the actor for dragon in coco village as one of the villagers rallying up to fight arlong he was just one of the background villagers

[@NobleFamily16]

Definitely need more than 8 episodes if we get a season 2. That Morgan fan fiction is amazing lol I definitely would have liked that better than Garp being introduced this early

[@chinhoewong]

Everyone wants more then 8 eps for season 2 while we didnt even get 10 eps in season1. Even with higher budget increase with Season 2, money wil be well spent on CGI like Crocodiles ot manu of the Devil fruit users then more Episodes instead.

[@thedon6344]

I really like how League of Legends: Arcane released their episodes and how they paced their runtime over a 3 week span of 3 episodes at a time that was great

[@beastlygamer21]

I personally liked Garp as the show progressively showed Garp’s free personality as it went along but I do agree that the Marine sub plot could of been cut just a bit for more depth on Usopp for example

[@drewfusaurusrexhash3970]

ill take marine stories over usopp any day...he makes the anime hard to watch

[@e1901]

We doubted about adapting Buggy, and his Gum Gum Fruit. And look how well they did!!! For Chopper- All we need is to trust GODA once more, they crew’ll deliver 💛💛

[@CryptoNiacs77]

You meant his chop chop fruit?

[@TheJjcczz]

The most practical option for Chopper that doesn’t involve a massive character change is to keep him in his full human form and use his hybrid form sparingly. This works out narratively because Chopper would sometimes uses his full human form to try to fit in, but fail. This allows them to hire a regular actor in a costume and have the Straw Hats be the first outsiders to accept him in his human form giving him a reason to make it his primary form instead of his hybrid form

[@santipe100]

I think Garp's plot was on point, mainly because you get to see a worried grandfather watching his grandkid venturing to the most dangerous sea while being hunted by both pirates and marines. This build up will probably pay off when we get to Marineford and see Garp s thinking if he did wrong by not stopping his kids (parallel to Luffy's reaction after Zoro fighting Mihawk)

[@eleven11three]

Yeah Garp > Morgan The audience need more emotional bonding with Garp than Morgan.

[@kkatraouras]

@@eleven11three i dont think it will ever reach Marineford. Hopefully :D

[@Mohamad-m7md]

@@kkatraouras You’re hoping it DOESN’t reach Marian ford ? I hope it does unless they cast ace wrong in that case I would rather the show gets cancelled but if they cast ace right I want them to continue to Marian ford

[@billbillinger2117]

I hope they greenlight more episodes for Alabaster, it deserves a longer season.

[@theunknown4645]

Lol I skipped alabaster, a Pirate show placed in the desert it was so boring

[@digdog66]

S1 originally was going to be 10 episodes according to the show runner they made it 8 episodes due to budget costs

[@discord4039]

@@theunknown4645 How? Like I'm genuinely curious what you skipped? I understand not liking the desert arc (i didn't either) but it is extremely important. Did you look at the wiki and skimmed what happened or?

[@doodgoi9102]

@@discord4039 homie skipped the first arc that set up the deeper storylines in One Piece (Government cover-ups, corrupt warlords, legal sufferage of people, Whitebeard Pirates, Poneglyphs, etc.)

[@IndoorGarden420]

It's alabasta not alabaster

[@alexanderdrinkwater5848]

I think they did great keeping it relatively simple because one-piece isn't just a powerscaler. Those conversations and battles and the drama and the amazing characters with amazing personalities. Even if the story changes a lot it will be great as long as they don't mess with the personalities too much. One-piece can work long term better than any other manga/anime for live action because its about a lot more than just powerscaling.

[@itsjustme6334]

I could see a practical effects/somewhat more human Chopper working fairly well. Netflix adapted Sweet Tooth awhile back and the animal kids looked great!

[@HanaNoMaude]

For s2 I see two possibilities (well 3 if you count “no s2 at all” as a possibility): 1. They set themselves up to speed run one piece in a handful of seasons by skipping through things like whiskey peak, little garden, etc. or 2. We simply do not get to Alabasta. They save Alabasta for s3, building up to it with s2 while taking the time to go from loguetown to drum island. This second option makes more sense bc you have time for your Smoker B plot, you don’t have to put chopper in an entire season, and you can keep it to an 8 episode formula without having to cut a ton of content, alienate the fanbase, and make even more changes to the story that Oda would probably grind against. However this option 2 scenario requires a mindset of “let’s just keep adapting this thing as long as Netflix lets us!” Rather than “let’s try to finish this thing in a handful of seasons for the sake of getting to the end game before they cancel us, if we can”

[@HanaNoMaude]

Going into some more detail on what s2 could look like if we don’t try to get all the way to Alabasta, divvying baroque works up into 2 parts makes a lot of sense (in an ideal world) Pt 1 loguetown to drum island your budget will go to building different settings like in s1 and figuring out what whacky creatures and powers you want to put your budget towards (Laboon, giants, dinosaurs, gold fish, Karoo, chopper…) P2 then (aka a s3) focused solely or primarily on Alabasta you don’t have to have as many diverse settings so some of that budget can reallocate to a larger scale battle at the climax of the war Also not trying to speed run the baroque works saga, you have plenty of material to pull from. Like how Garp got played up more in s1 (for better or worse) you could for example move some of Ace’s stuff up. Instead of missing the straw hats in drum island, you could start to sow the seeds of meeting him earlier (following closer to anime vs manga logic where he spends more time with the crew come time in Alabasta). Maybe even build his backstory pulling from the light novels. And you could hint at more Roger stuff if you end up spending time with crocus, and plant Easter eggs for the rumbar pirates. You could also sow seeds for Blackbeard, having him start to work as a Sephiroth like background villain presence in drum island where you know he’s there and start to get a sense of the threat, all while adding to the world building as news comes in about the brewing Alabasta conflict that Vivi and the crew are working towards. Hell they could even beef up Wapol’s character dev by pulling from recent reverie things (thinking of buggy’s s1 line about how shanks betrayed him…) Capping a s2 w drum island could land emotionally w Hiriluk and kureha and chopper all while the world builds and tension mounts to tee up Alabasta as a climactic s3 epic

[@thettioo]

But there's a little problem for not reaching Alabasta within season 2. There's no big threat between Loudgetown and Drum Island. Like big main villain like Arlong in East Blue. In my opinion, that will made less interesting for (non-manga/anime)fans. So, reducing might be their answer. The best things we would like to see is having 10 or 12 eps long series.

[@HanaNoMaude]

@@thettioo I actually just posted more detail in a reply to my own comment about how building to drum island could actually work really well! Too long to retype but it’s there if you wanna check out my ideas

[@prodICYN]

@@HanaNoMaude Yeah they still could make it work, but even *if* blackbeard gets teased in the background of drum island, they still definitely won't have a fight or anything, and without some kind of actual *big threat* , casual watchers could be less excited, who are their main source of profit. While adapting slowly might be better as a series, you gotta remember that, even if they did really well in season 1, it's still netflix and it's still a business. And if they want to go anywhere before being axed, they gotta start picking things up, especially considering the arcs only get longer from here

[@tonym.8069]

I think your option is quite smart actually. It allows us to really bond with Vivi and have her be a crewmate for two seasons, gives Usopp more time to shine, properly set up the mystique of the Grandline, allows a bit more breathing room than S1 had at times allowing the crew to have more quieter moments to bond, and of course giving focus to someone like Jamie Lee Curtis to be Dr. Kureha. Though curious how they will handle Robin and the sort of bait and switch we got in the manga (us thinking plausibly Vivi joins the crew when it turns out to be Robin all along lol). Cause yeah...thinking about Shadow and Bone them bumrushing through Alabasta would be their equivalent of rushing through the second and third books of the original trilogy. I get why they did it, but it did not help us sell people on that world and piss off fans. It also keeps hyping up Baroque Works as this mega-threat, which given how Crocodile manhandles Luffy until the Grand Tomb? Make sense. Another thing is the budget with Alabasta wouldn't be too bad then right? Cause if its mostly set in a deserty-region (A Summer Island in the lore) they just gotta build sets out in California or film somewhere that would not be too bad for cost. Maybe Mexico cause they could film LIttle Garden there and then go back to do Alabasta.

[@thevideo-beast122]

I can imagine that they might squeeze the Lougue Town arc to 10-20 minutes of the first episode, similarly to what they did with Alvida. The Straw Hats stop there to restock, the marines spot them, and there is a cool chase scene where the crew escaped. Though if they do the scaffolding scene, it might be a surprise cut to begin the episode. After that, the rest of the episode will be centred Reverse Mountain and Laboon.

[@nooneknowme3641]

This is true..for choper it will get full 1ep or maybe more..coz luffy will need to fight that guy too, forgot his name..that guy that eat and transform.

[@numberonecrate]

⁠@@nooneknowme3641Wapol, i wonder how they’ll get that guys devil fruit to work, if they try it at all

[@jakeluismatthew9084]

fuck laboon, nah just kidding but his whole backstory will take 1 episode and its not gonna cut it when he only has 2 episodes in the anime, his story can just be on s3 flashbacks or when they meet brook something like that

[@mustafaLY2631]

20 minutes? nah 30 minutes at least

[@purplemc65]

If you’ve seen the Netflix show Sweet Tooth, I think a more human deer bit is easier to do. Sweet Tooth made animal people look very realistic and passable

[@yuvrajganguly]

I really want this show to atleast go till Marineford.... The Marineford in Live Action will be BONKERS!!!

[@monkeybomb1232]

If they get there it should be a movie with impel down with the proper budget.

[@cameronfield4617]

Gonna say it now, Marineforde will be too expensive for this show to make it anywhere close to what we got in the manga

[@zaryabK-vi8fh]

same but it's difficult like I hope ai somehow revolutionizes cgi and ease in the coming years

[@quanganhvu6791]

​​@@monkeybomb1232 I know netflix is a big corporation, but fuck it if they are successful and get close to marineford but then get hesitant about the budget, we'll all make a crowdfund and donate 1-2 dollars each. I'm sure we can scrape up Avengers-level budget in no time

[@Gkold]

id agree with this@@quanganhvu6791

[@scottthong9274]

I've heard that in the industry, new shows always get 2 seasons greenlit. This explains why even badly received projects like Velma get second seasons.

[@p1xelz323]

velma got 20 episodes ordered. technically not 2 seasons, but to get more viewers and save money, they split them into 2 seasons.

[@Gfp1995]

Not true

[@ashpelt1]

Honestly Netflix need to hire Liam to help write the screenplay 😭

[@eideardpeschak7546]

I definitely like your season 1 scenario regarding Kobi and Helmeppo more than what we saw. And yeah, true, Netflix f-ed up when it comes to the distribution of season 1. There would have been more question marks for the next episode and more excitement and that's what keeps an audience hooked.

[@Alvar333]

If they make chopper look kind of like the main child in the series “sweet tooth” (possibly a little more fur) I would be happy with it

[@calebray1834]

Yeah get a child actor and put some prosthetics.

[@axelwust9376]

Yeah, that could work... Only thing is if they are going to go for few season, the child will noticeably age, unlike Chopper. I personally go with heavier prosthetic, makes it easier to mask if a new actor is playing Chopper.

[@chinhoewong]

Child actor eh? Goodluck. Did not like the kids in OPLA btw

[@Shanksiscool]

@@chinhoewongbtw no one asked

[@chinhoewong]

@@Shanksiscool True. No one ask you to reply.

[@elfmonster1476]

I think the optimal setup for Season 2 would be E1 - Loguetown/Reverse Mountain E2 - Laboon/Whiskey Peak E3 - Little Garden 1 E4 - Little Garden 2 E5 - Drum 1 E6 - Drum 2 E7 - Meeting Bon Clay on the way to Alabasta E8 - Arrival at Alabasta (Cliffhanger revealing Ace to be Luffy's brother) And then have Season 3 focused on the meat and potatoes of Alabasta, with the last 1 or 2 episodes focused on Jaya.

[@MarshalDTeachh]

​@@ogshub I like both of the optimizations, but I hope they give a little more than 8 episodes. It may be unlikely, considering budget production costs, but that would be a better move overall considering Alabasta is one of the biggest arcs pre-timeskip.

[@awesomeavis7861]

I think having the live action end with the straw hats sailing off holding up their arms up to show their friendship with Vivi would be a perfect way to get people invested enough to complete the story via the anime or manga.

[@craigsovilla6578]

Most people would just leave it at that man. Not many people have the want or need to get through a 1,000+ episode anime.

[@awesomeavis7861]

@@craigsovilla6578 either way it would be a good ending if they continue or not. The straw hats setting sail and showing their friendship is good as and ending or the gateway to a new adventure

[@who-ny5oe]

No! I want a season 2.

[@t5dagreat]

I'm interested to see how they do Choppa. I think with their budget, they could do a actor in a Choppa makeup and costume, and it would be fire! That way they could dedicate more of the budget on the Choppa transformations. I can't wait to see Crocodile too. Him and Doflamingo are two of my favorite One Piece villains.

[@Lordija]

They really need to make special episodes between seasons. They would keep interest between long breaks + it would tie the story together. For example, if we have special for Loguetown, that way we get content + Season 2 would be Alabasta Saga

[@monkeybomb1232]

Copper is 100% going to be child actor with horn hat that can do reindeer stuff, mostly heavy point where he switches with an adult actor occasionaly and one scene with the rumble balls for a big fight or one ball across several.

[@rashodmasters4299]

That's a drastic change but an acceptable one at least

[@jaycol21]

The problem is the time between seasons. Chopper might shoot up like a weed. Little Chopper is suddenly almost as tall as Nami. Maybe if they used a child actor who was also a little person and gave him the Merry treatment.

[@kratosgow09]

A detective pikachu quality cgi chopper could work.

[@Hecubusx]

Sweet tooth

[@TheOnlyRick3]

Im gonna try audition for him

[@SkorpionSSs]

As an OP fan I love that they expanded the Garp and Koby stories, and my man Helmeppo was so good too.

[@Seijuro69]

I agree. I like helmeppo he so hilarious!

[@motherplayer]

Admittedly is easier when this show is working with a lot of foresight in the series that Oda probably didn't have at this point in the story when he was writing it. So that is cool, no doubt.

[@islandboy9381]

Garp being framed as stuck in the past and not open to the future is completely contradictory to what we know now in the manga, but if they can write it in a convincing way to that point in the next season it could be salvaged.

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

Yea it's the most organic change that makes the most sense, it's great to see their development fully fleshed out instead of being shown in tiny bits in the manga.

[@chinhoewong]

I respect Helmepo Fans but I do not want to see him in Season 2.

[@haydensmith4794]

Me keeping it on replay in the background to up the numbers for season two

[@ManjMau]

This is a great opportunity for Oda to do his original vision of Chopper by instead of making him a cute mascot and instead keeping him in his muscular monster mode instead of the miniature baby human reindeer mode. Also givr him more significance as a member instead of a side character.

[@chrismorales7516]

I'd prefer this as a One Piece fan, but I can't see them go with this route, because they would simply miss out on a potential Baby Yoda in terms of merchandise, which Netflix is definitely interested in.