Popular Japanese manga and anime One Piece is getting a live-action television version. It will not be a Japanese TV adaptation, but a foreign one.
[Image: Eiichiro Oda]
Yesterday in Tokyo, Weekly Shonen Jump editor-in-chief Hiroyuki Nakano announced the news. In the Natalie photo below, the screen next to him states that One Piece is being turned into an overseas (or foreign) drama.
[Image: Natalie]
Hollywood producer Marty Adelstein’s Tomorrow ITV Studios, which is also doing a live-action Cowboy Bebop, will be doing the One Piece TV drama. Previously, Adelstein executive produced Prison Break.
One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda is quoted by Oricon as saying he “absolutely didn’t want to betray” fans who’ve been supporting the series for the past 20 years. “That was the condition from me,” Oda added in a written statement. According to Nakano, the reason why One Piece will be a foreign TV drama and not a Japanese one is that Oda felt like it would be possible to ensure quality and not betray fans. Also, foreign TV dramas have much bigger budgets than Japanese ones.
When asked details such as when the One Piece show is going to air or how many episodes it will be, Nakano said, “No comment.” Expect those details to be revealed at a later date.
While this might be the first foreign One Piece live-action adaptation, back in 2015, the manga was the basis of a live-action Japanese TV drama in which a man mistakenly eats the gum-gum fruit that made Luffy all rubbery.
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4 responses to “One Piece Getting A Live-Action TV Adaptation”
I just don’t see them being able to do one peice justice, Jpn made or otherwise.
I’ll probably check it out if only to see the uhhh big personalities of some of the cast…
Staring Scarlet Johanson as Nami!
They will need some actress with big …. assets to do the tv show justice