One Piece creator had two \u201cmajor\u201d demands for Netflix live-action series NetflixThe creator of hit manga and anime One Piece had some major demands for the live-action Netflix series. Get ready to sail the four seas, because Netflix\u2019s One Piece is almost here! For those who don\u2019t know what One Piece is, One Piece was originally a manga \u2013 the highest-selling manga of all time, in fact \u2013 written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It was then adapted into an anime by Toei Animation in 1999, and is still going strong 1,000 episodes later. But the One Piece train \u2013 or boat in this case \u2013 isn\u2019t stopping, because a live-action series has been in the works for a few years now. Ever since Netflix announced a One Piece live-action adaptation in 2020, fans have been waiting excitedly to hear any information about the show. And in a recent interview, the showrunner of Netflix\u2019s One Piece has revealed what Eiichiro Oda wants from the upcoming series. Eiichiro Oda made two demands of live-action One Piece Recently, Shueisha posted a statement from One Piece live-action showrunner Matt Owens. In this statement, he mentioned a number of requests that One Piece creator Oda had made, with two in particular being \u201cmajor.\u201d The first was that the Straw Hats\u2019 backstories had to be kept the same: \u201cThey\u2019re so pivotal to who they are as people, what their dreams and motivations are, and how Luffy digs into that as he meets them and helps them rediscover those dreams.\u201d The second was based on the characters\u2019 different skills: \u201cSpecific devil fruit powers and other skill sets were all carefully crafted by Oda and a lot of imagination went into what different people can do and what the rules are with that,\u201d Owen explained. So while some fans may have their reservations about the upcoming series, we can at least know that Oda was very involved in the process. Check out the synopsis for the series below: \u201cAs a child, Monkey D. Luffy was inspired to become a pirate by listening to the tales of the buccaneer \u201cRed-Haired\u201d Shanks. But Luffy\u2019s life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Devil Fruit and gained the power to stretch like rubber\u2026at the cost of never being able to swim again! Years later, still vowing to become the king of the pirates, Luffy sets out on his adventure\u2026one guy alone in a rowboat, in search of the legendary \u201cOne Piece,\u201d said to be the greatest treasure in the world\u2026\u201d The One Piece live-action series will officially drop on Netflix on August 31, 2023. Click here to find out more. The One Piece anime can currently be streamed on Crunchyroll, and be sure to check out our other anime hubs below: Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 3 | Bleach Thousand Year Blood War Part 2 | Chainsaw Man Season 2 | BRZRKR movie | Jigokuraku Hell\u2019s Paradise | Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One Piece creator had two \u201cmajor\u201d demands for Netflix live-action series NetflixThe creator of hit manga and anime One Piece had some major demands for the live-action Netflix series. Get ready to sail the four seas, because Netflix\u2019s One Piece is almost here! For those who don\u2019t know what One Piece is, One Piece was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}