Just wondering what people who have watched Netflix’s new One Piece series think.
They don’t have the greatest track record with anime adaptions so I’m afraid to watch it. I thought Cowboy Bebop was alright. Although they kind of butchered Vicious and Julia, imo, the people who played Spike and Jet did well enough that it was able to sustain my interest for awhile but not long enough to finish it. Death Note was barely like the original at all. The only good thing I can say was Lakeith Stanfield’s L portrayal and Willem Dafoe’s Ryuk.
But this series seems to be trending, so maybe they’ve finally done it?
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I didn’t watch the anime but have always been curious about it. Ended up watching the show with my daughter and really loved it. It’s unapologetically happy.
I think the only people who won’t like it are die hard fans of the original Anime. Even most OG fans seem to dig it. It’s crazy how each episode is the equivalent to like 5-8 of the anime shows.
I didn’t really know anything about One Piece until I watched the live action show but it was a lot of fun. The biggest thing for me was the scoring. It’s well scored and has the same swashbuckling feel as the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie!
Definitely a lot of fun and worth checking out!
I don’t feel too strongly one way or the other. It’s alright. You can make up your own mind about it. Anime fans tend to circle jerk a lot of things. If you like it, cool. If you don’t, cool.
I don’t know anything about One Piece other than the fact it’s really long and super popular.
I heard the Netflix show was pleasing fans so I threw it on when my wife was around and we both ended up getting into it. We haven’t finished the whole season yet, but we will.
It reminds me of watching power rangers back in the 90s as a kid. The dialog is really elementary and clearly targets kids, but the character acting is endearing, and it’s fun to look up the original illustrations because the casting and costumes are so spot on.
I’m particularly fond of how each episode goes through some kind of story and character development, but always climaxes on some big fight scene, just like in the old power rangers shows. It’s like soul food for me.
Think it’ll work as another feel-good, pleasant background show we can put on when we don’t feel like serious dramas? Right now we use The Great British Bake Off and The Good Place as that.
I don’t know about those other shows, but I think that’s a perfect approach for One Piece. It’s just silly kid fun from start to finish.
Yes as a fan of the manga and anime it is very good. Seems like even people who aren’t already fans are liking it too
I couldn’t get into the anime until the live action. Now I like both!
As a One piece fan I say i it was really good, there were minor things that were weird but overall it was great.
Yes!
It’s possible to get really anal about the things that they’ve cut out to keep things moving, but honestly I was blown away by how well they’ve transitioned the feel to live action. Everything about it is slightly hammed up in a way that really helps sell the fantasy, and the cgi really works.
Its really good. I was familiar with the anime but had never watched beyond the first few episodes and i loved it. I watched with my brother who loves the anime and he agreed. The casting is really good and the heart and soul of the characters are intact.
(Context: I haven’t read the manga, and have only seen a couple of the anime episodes.)
The live action is goofy, unpolished, sometimes awkward, and in some ways looks like a low-budget college production. But it also has a kind of genuine charm that I don’t see every day. Luffy in particular was very well cast, IMHO.
I kind of love it.
Yes. I’m a fan of the series and I liked it. I watched it with someone who doesn’t like anime and they liked it. I’m legitimately excited for season 2
I really liked it. I haven’t watched a ton of the anime, but I have watched more of it than the first season of live action covers.
It’s ok. Not bad, but not great either; and that’s pretty good for a manga/anime adaptation. The adult characters were all good, as well as the villains. The guy who played Usopp was the weakest actor IMO. They also have an interesting choice of camera angles. Not sure if the super zoomed in shots of everyone’s faces was intentional, or if it was a budget issue, as I believe they had a pretty large budget for this show.
That’s just how anime is shot I think
I did notice the anime has shots like that, but it doesn’t translate well to live action IMO.
I saw a clip of it, and watching an actual actor say ‘gum gum’ was…embarrassing
I still want to watch it, but probably more to laugh at it than with it
It’s a good show that stands on it’s own. Manga / anime adaptation or not, it succeeded by actually being an entertaining show.
I’m a casual One Piece manga fan and I would say it is probably the most faithful adaption to the source material. Most of the sets and scenes are bang on and the cast is just fantastic and likeable. Luffy, Zoro and Nami in particular are great casts and really grew on me. But most importantly the show has heart, which is something a lot of the modern show lacks and tries to substitute with paint-by-color beats.
100% worth watching and would recommend.
Edit: Buggy the Clown’s actor is da BOMB
Deke from Agents of SHIELD.
