ONE PIECE Full Review, Reactions & Spoilers! Netflix BREAKS The Anime Curse!

Today on ComicBook Nation we are talking about everything to do with Netflix's new ONE PIECE live action series...which just became the first live action anime adaptation to stick the landing...unlike their other failed attemps (Cowboy Bebop, Death Note, etc). So how did ONE PIECE explode into such a massive phenomenon on Netflix...and what works with the adventures of Monkey D Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, Ussop and Nami...and what could still use a little more polish?
Find out as we bring you our full review and reaction to the new ONE PIECE live action series on Netflix, right now on ComicBook Nation!
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[@BraidzMC]

If Netflix are gonna do their typical thing and axe it, The Marineford finale would be a perfect place to do it tbh. I hope we get up until at least that

[@YukoValis]

18:38 Zoro with the sword in his mouth. They honestly did such an amazing job and put thought into that. Because the first time he does it he uses it to send Morgan flying across the yard. I say that was vital. Because I see two different people watching this live action. Either the one piece fans who naturally got hyped when he put the sword in his mouth. Then you have the new people who honestly laughed at the concept as a whole. That laughter was silenced real quick when Zoro did his attack. It was just a "Oh that was awesome" it was a "ok maybe I under estimated him..."

[@pongpong123able4]

One piece live action is Netflix's biggest show. It broke the records set by Stranger Things and Wednesday. It will definitely get a season 2 with an even bigger budget

[@michaellozada1077]

Good.

[@jagy__]

It was a great adaptation plus Netflix already started selling OP merch, they will feel how big this IP is. I will be really confuse if they dont give it more season.

[@DiegoSanchez12]

The Merch I’ve seen on Netflix kind of sucks tho…

[@yingmustang67]

At least 6 seasons, confirmed! And to wrap it up 12 seasons if it goes very well!!!!❤🎉❤

[@sisilotau2185]

Am I the only 1 that didn't know Netflix had a merchant store haha

[@kant12]

Any comic nerd should be interested in One Piece. Imagine your favorite comic where there's been one author for 25 years. They've been building to the same end goalfrom the start and have been extremely consistent the entire time. It's the best for a reason.

[@neosildrake]

It's like an alternate version of the One Piece story. Most of the characters and all of the really important ones are there and are easily recognizable with just some minor changes that do not impact the overall story. Some things change but the core essence, the spirit of One Piece, is still clearly there. The actors understand their characters, who they are, where they come from, what they want and what motivates them. Everyone can see that the all the actors love the source material and enjoy playing their roles. Helps that Eiichiro Oda himself was heavily involved in the filming as the final authority. That is how all adaptations, anime, manga, comics, books, games should be made. We've seen it with the first 7 seasons of Game of Thrones or the 6 seasons of The Expanse. If the source material and the fans are respected, then you can succeed. Failure comes when the showrunners, writers and producer think they are better than the original creator and know better what the audience wants than the audience, when political messages and personal.social narratives become more important that the established characters and the story itself. The One Piece life adaptation skillfully evaded those treacherous chesspools of hubris and political/social agendas. It's not perfect, but it has heart and soul and does a good job to entertain longtime fans, casuals and newcomers alike.

[@truthbetold5155]

I'm both excited and fearful of CGI Chopper

[@themantsang]

or muppet chopper XD

[@yingmustang67]

Look at Sonic, they got it right?

[@GolDFish-if1ov]

​@@yingmustang67also Rocket from Guardian Galaxy.

[@yingmustang67]

@@GolDFish-if1ov That's it!

[@youtpfpm6097]

I hope they will do something more like Gus in Sweet Tooth. It is enough. And keep the cgi for the fights.

[@didiumeh64]

27:05 the name of the creature is “the lord of the coast” memely called “Eat D Arm”

[@alexdavis-mann8513]

I read somewhere that second season is confirmed and in fact almost ready to be filmed, but the main thing i read was that Netflix are looking to secure at the minimum 6 seasons.

[@omairchaudry4197]

Kofi!!! Was in same boat 2 years ago bc the 1000+ episodes was so daunting. But I said screw it and dove in. It was sooooo worth it!!! Oda is a genius with this series and there’s a reason it’s been on for 20 plus years.

[@omairchaudry4197]

Also not much filler really as compared to Naruto or DBZ

[@Kilgore2k12]

true 8 percent only...

[@BaeBunni]

It also helps some of the filler is like actually good. The g-8 base is a favorite still and probably wouldn't guess it was filler.

[@Mugiwara_Mommi]

I was cautiously optimistic for the OPLA… I gotta say I laughed and cried throughout the whole season I loved it

[@brenopaes9547]

lezzzzz gooooo, i'm a fan but the live action was really gooooood, can't express this enough as a fan

[@OnMyFingerTips]

Berserk by HBO… only one could dream.

[@reimante3851]

the pacing was really good with all of the contents that were cut.

[@nickman287]

40:07 the anime has issues that make me greatly dislike it, outside of key moments. I much prefer reading the manga, with the anime as a side thing for the scenes I wanna see with music and voice acting.

[@SX1995able]

Same

[@unversedhero6028]

Hard disagree.

[@nickman287]

@@unversedhero6028 you like the endless reaction shots, padded timing and still frames? Game breakers for me

[@unversedhero6028]

@@nickman287 Nowhere near as bad as manga readers make them out to be.

[@nickman287]

@@unversedhero6028 then your tolerance to them is greater than mine, good for you

[@r17v1]

OP world wide surpassed Harry Potter in terms of sales. It is the most popular comic/manga world wide, even tho superman/spiderman/etc have so many spinoffs in circulation and have been running for so long, one piece sold more. Many things are more popular than OP in say US, but OP is like a religion in other countries like japan for example and overall OP is more popular.

[@jorgedeanoperez2997]

It's always fun to see non Spanish speakers try and pronounce Iñaqui's name, lol

[@mechtheist]

It won't take many seasons before Godoy et al just age out of consideration. FFS, the show is older than Luffy and most of the others.

[@muhammadsaiful9500]

If anime like One Piece can be make into Live Action, other less fantastical anime can be make into good live action too

[@Eddiezeit]

Surely the walking dead was already a good anime adaptation, even though they ruined it in the long run! And before someone states that TWD did not adapt an anime, neither did One Piece

[@mero2627]

TOP 10 ON NETFLIX, MEANS WE WILL GET THE NEXT SEASON AND IT MIGHT BE THE NEXT BIG THING

[@Kilgore2k12]

Top 10 for 5th week

[@lonewolf9325]

Marineford was brought up, yeah I think Live Action can go upto Marineford and END with a Bang. That might take them Season 5 to do it. Season 2 & 3 will blow up in terms of Adventure and World Building. Season 4 will be the Real Threat. And then Marineford.

[@jagy__]

I always thinks its okay to end with marineford, and i don't really want to see that the cast outgrows their characters.

[@lonewolf9325]

@@jagy__ yeah

[@nunobettencourt1429]

5 seasons only if they do 10 episodes or 11 in the next seasons. First season was 95 chapters of the manga.

[@stephenlaw1910]

They may cut out the filler and focus on main story. Sky island is considered as filler because all characters didn't related to main story...

[@lonewolf9325]

@@stephenlaw1910 oh the sky can actually turn up to be quite an adventure. Its the Romance.

[@montenegroafro4454]

For this series to make it to Marineford arc, obviously the showrunners need to stay on board with Oda, and Netflix SHOULD release weekly episodes or batches of episodes per week to keep the momentum of the show increasing more and more over a longer period of time!!

[@Hawkcam1996]

10:30 It doesn’t cover the entire East Blue Saga, only up to (and *not* including) Loguetown. That’s only 44 episodes of content, not 61(which is the *full* East Blue Saga including a short filler arc after Loguetown)

[@randx1075]

Impel Down and Marineford should be its own season

[@jakejager]

One Piece is one of the animes i just couldn't get into back in the 90's but the live action is top tier entertainment and the perfect way to get to know the One Piece world...

[@Uzumakijose]

One Piece was everything i hope that it would give us one piece fans and thank god for Oda Sensai he was on top of this. Ive watch this series twice

[@shawnnbits]

Boku no Hero and Death Note are a generation apart but i agree. One pieces first half is imposing. Coming in after the timeskip honestly made me enjoy the series more and go back to the older stuff

[@adoniscreed4031]

You came in after the timeskip and went BACK? I've never in my days heard of anyone doing that 😂 and you enjoyed it? 😂

[@swordtail1023]

A little miss by the editing was when Zoro was fighting with Axe-hand in the 1st ep... Zoro's Wado Ichimonji got bent while he was rolling on the ground and it was a bit disappointing because it was at the very front of the screen and clearly visible... Other than that, everything was perfect...

[@lordfrz9339]

and 90% didnt notice

[@MisterShine1912]

Nami stabbing the tattoo and no damage being made is more disappointing tbh, because it's a very emotional scene and that really destroyed the moment

[@WGasmss]

You should watch it all from start, the live action goes different ways with plot points, and oda foreshadows a lot

[@Dear_9000]

Imagine when they get to Haki.. owshiieee.

[@bluenoahx]

Tom Cruise's Edge of Tomorrow is manga/ novel based.

[@stephenlaw1910]

It's good overall ..you cant expect 100% same feeling with the anime. This is live action for a reason...it should have something new feeling to audience

[@dantheheroman]

General piece of advic e for anyone who DOES get into One Piece - when you hit dressrosa and wano switch over to manga instead of anime - they drop the chapters per episode down to under 1 chapter per because toei is a terrible company who's doing their best to milk every once of money they possibly can out of this with no care for the art they're destroying

[@unversedhero6028]

Nah, people should do as they want and feel comfortable with.

[@dantheheroman]

lmao that's why it's Advice and not Directions@@unversedhero6028

[@pongpong123able4]

Zoro is actually more likeable in the anime. He is stoic but also goofy. He was often bullied by nami and sanji and was always a collateral damage of Luffy's reckless tricks. The Zoro in live action does not have the same goofiness as in the anime. Mackenyu is more Uchiha Zoro than Roronoa Zoro in live action. Watch this video to get an idea of zoro's character in the anime and manga kzbin.info/www/bejne/op_SXplsm7WZoacsi=9zIMaayAf_RADPu2

[@stephenlaw1910]

Ya, and the Luffy will abused his ability to save his allies and grab things outside of the ship.

[@TheKiman2]

Uchiha Zoro... you summed it up perfectly!

[@lonewolf9325]

The host is a Marvel and SF fan, so it sounds like a Maximilian Dood situation with him. One Piece LA succeeds in drawing new people to the manga/anime.

[@rianearth52]

Wait, Max is also watching One Piece?

[@lonewolf9325]

@@rianearth52 Oh I want him to..but no..my take was weird, its just that the host said the same lines as Max, like him mentioning Akira and Street Fighter, and anime being at that time as not his taste that much. Like Max came to think of anime.

[@benzskyeshxc96]

Let be honest opla really toned down the wackiness of the manga but im enjoying it a lot.

[@seph_0056]

Was it really toned down? Luffy swallowing "that thing" was wacky af, much more wacky than him getting to Buggy by a big bird. Lucky roux beating someone with a stick of meat is GOOFY AF. That Helmeppo scene , and so much more. Imo OPLA blended the core themes of OP really well, what they really toned down was Zoro's scene in the Baratie, I genuinely did not like the execution of Zoro swearing his loyalty after the battle I feel like they culd have changed it while having the same themes, but everything else in that episode was so good.

[@lormingo5259]

@@seph_0056I completely agree. Zoro pledging his allegiance was lame to me. But besides that the show was good

[@seph_0056]

@@lormingo5259 shit straight outta a convention Istg but Goddamn does the great sht outweigh the shows flaws

[@yingmustang67]

Netflix his One Piece got it 110% right, because all of peoples that have worked on the set are Real Fans and yes they put the ❤ and the soul in it and One Piece comes to life! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@utkarshvishwakarma3590]

One piece is the highest selling manga in the world and Oda is named among the likes of Shakespeare and above JK Rowling for a few years now😁. Just brushing up your knowledge

[@kennichigatchalian6710]

6 seasons and a movie, then recast for time skip. that's probably a good move to do.

[@flawlezzgenocide]

Overall good. Zoros portrayal lacks that 'umph' though.

[@SX1995able]

I thought he was hit or miss. Just seeing someone have the "Idgaf" attitude in live adaptation is really cringey to a degree He definitely has the best fight scenes, probably because he doesn't require any CGI, whereas I was disappointed by how undercut many of Luffy's fights were because the CGI was too expensive,to the point where many iconic fighting moments are cut short or there but not as impactful . It's good though,just not the masterpiece people are saying

[@unversedhero6028]

No it doesn't, you are just too used to the time skip version to remember how he was at the beginning.

[@6pathuser344]

Live action Zoro is a better Zoro than the post time skip version we have now in the anime and.the manga

[@captainmarvelous7678]

15:23 For anyone who is watching this video and gonna start watching the anime afterwards, know that hes dead wrong anout Zoro. Zoro is way MORE personable and willing to have fun in the anime than what was shown here.

[@powerfist1340]

for chopper the big thing people want with him is no cgi, just make him a muppet.

[@DatOnePieceFan]

The 4th season should be water 7 and Ennis Lobby! Lets Go!!!!

[@kentymashmilo758]

The reason why they spend lots of money, is because they kept reshooting things. To make it more good

[@joshuaflask3091]

Season 2 has been confirmed and Chopper will be interesting

[@traceyandrob13]

As One Piece fan for half my Life and it be always all my Life it be always my number one

[@ronbarok4]

One piece is a journey just think about that, its not just a manga or anime with thousands episodes, its like youre watching your little brother graduate and accelerated to smart kids room

[@Yo0264]

Glad you are gettin into the manga and anime. I would not hurt if you started clean from the beginning. The live action took some quesnable liberties that really depart from the original material ex. garp is different, how luffy met zoro, nami back story, missing characters etc... best of luck

[@Boxman-GG]

One piece anime manga just did something that puts one piece at such a me sell it may never again be reached

[@nicolasiose]

I can't believe they are so wrong about anime Zoro

[@hrafnknutsson2859]

right! i couldn't believe what i was hearing

[@cmt5140]

Unfortunately the actors will get be too old eventually, cause it’ll take like 12 seasons to cover up to where the manga is already

[@unversedhero6028]

Not really, you can easily get to Marin Ford by season 4 and Wano by season 6, especially since it has already been said that they are aiming for at the very least 8 to 10 seasons.

[@Boxman-GG]

Bj go watch the original death note live action movies those are fire there made by the Japanese to it was soo good

[@smxwing]

I cant help but still feel bitter that all these dudes since the live action never started one piece before. Oh well, guess it cant be helped

[@joshuaflask3091]

The secret Sauce was Oda

[@view7404]

Who the fk is that angry joe strap mask guy on right. Looks like bad drawn human?

[@Boxman-GG]

Op is op/ one piece is over powered

[@HiopX]

Why are reading comments? Go! Read! ONE PIECE!

[@eastbluedrew1664]

RELAX ZORO IS ZORO

[@WGasmss]

Watched my hero but not one piece that’s a shame

[@garick]

I wish they would have cast a Japanese Luffy.

[@youtpfpm6097]

Why ?

[@enightc]

Even Oda said Luffy is Brazillian if he has to have a nationality. So he was never Japanese, only Zoro was Japanese according to Oda

[@SX1995able]

I think it's good and really well made,but not the masterpiece it's being touted as. It feels more like a Netflix series loosely inspired by One Piece more than the actual essence of One Piece. A lot of Luffy's iconic fight scenes are cut back because of budget and they couldn't even stick with the red shirt the full eight episodes because of how goofy it looked. Still a really well made and enjoyable series,but not the masterpiece people are hailing it as

[@AlienNinjaPuppy]

Cb morw loved than op? Lmao. Fanboy right there. Cb is popular among American weebs, particularly white folks who extremely cares about thwir pronouns. You barely here of cb around the world. This is the same thing with Fma. Americans think because they love an anime makes it the best 😂

[@Woter_X]

Cringe

[@RuuyG]

One Piece is not an anime, it's a amnga that was adapted into an anime, the anime is not the original.