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NEWS: Netflix's Live-Action One Piece Series Reveals Cast Members

Looking at the sidebar and seeing them get ready for a Gundam movie, something tells me they are not stopping at Bebop and One Piece.

I can understand being skeptical about the existence of a live action version of Ine Piece in general because it's hard to imagine that being pulled off well, but I'm curious on what basis a lot of you are saying the casting looks "horrible" because a lot of these actors seem to be relative unknowns (aside from Zoro's who was apparently Enshi in the live action Kenshin films which is probably a promising sign if anything) and the fact that there seems to have some actual deterrence to Oda's proposed nationalities for the Straw Hats instead of just immediately casting the most bankable white actors they could afford means the showrunners might actually care about what they're doing.

TBF most superhero movies casting and direction are still objectively terrible adaptions. People can praise and love the MCU as much as they want but as far as being a reflection of the comics Marvel films do an absolute terrible job that rivals the worst live-action anime adaptions out there at its very worst. That's probably why the MCU success hasn't translated into comic sales like successful anime adaptions always boost manga and light novel sales.

I don't remember quite well how Coyboy Bebop was presented at first, but I don't think it was this bad...? maybe...? Or they fixed things with the actors using their costumes, as well as with the teaser...? I honestly didn't have a good opinion of the show at first, with only Ein looking quite fit for the role, and Faye not looking the part at all. Jet... well, looks quite fit, though I don't understand why they had to change him to be from a different ethnicity, makes little sense to me unless it was just for their "equalty agenda" or whatever.

Not a lot of fans want to see a Japanese show bing played by white, hispanic, black, or other non-Japanese people and that alone is enough to instantly turn people off. It might be common in American adaptions to raceswap characters, but anime never does that with adaptions so people are used to them sticking to canon.

Not a lot of fans want to see a Japanese show bing played by white, hispanic, black, or other non-Japanese people and that alone is enough to instantly turn people off. It might be common in American adaptions to raceswap characters

So yeah, you need more than Alita and Edge of Tomorrow.

Even then, only Marvel movies really get the benefit of the doubt cause they have an earned, proven track record that spans over 30 films. The DCU live action universe is in shambles. Why? Cause a few good movies doesn't erase a lot of the drama and stink behind the failures.

TBF most superhero movies casting and direction are still objectively terrible adaptions. People can praise and love the MCU as much as they want but as far as being a reflection of the comics Marvel films do an absolute terrible job that rivals the worst live-action anime adaptions out there at its very worst. That's probably why the MCU success hasn't translated into comic sales like successful anime adaptions always boost manga and light novel sales. They're as different as night and day and liking one doesn't mean you'll like the other.

I've never seen Alita and Edge of Tomorrow, or read their source material, but its a bit telling that those two series never got anime adaptions for people to compare them to unless you count the 2-episode OVA Alita got.

I dont know why they keep going after these difficult to adapt properties. Black Lagoon is RIGHT there begging for a holywood adaptation. I think hollywood could succesfully adapt anime and manga, they just need to choose things thats in their wheelhouse

So... who saw the article and clicked straight to the comments.

The MCU movies are most certainly not objectively terrible adaptations. The Black Panther even won several Oscars and even the most harsh critics will acknowledge that the MCU is successful at what they do. If you think the MCU are bad adaptations, you haven't seen Catwoman or Supergirl or even some non-MCU Marvel flops like the original Daredevil movie.

An adaption being popular or successful doesn't make it good. Black Panther may have found success with critics and box office results but it's not very indicative of the classic comic books it's based on and many of the characters are either recent additions or completely different than their comic counterparts. Do people remember how badly recieved The Promised Neverland season 2 was and called it a bad adaption? That was still more accurate to the manga than the Marvel movies are to their respective comics.

If that's too vague then maybe an example is in order. The MCU is basically if they made a live-action One Piece show, and the first episode is about Sanji and his origin at Baratie. Just Sanji, no other Strawhats. He fights and deals with Don Krieg and his crew all by himself and the episode ends with him leaving Baratie to find adventure. The second episode is about Chopper doing the same thing with Wapol. The third episode is back to Sanji again and now he's fighting Mr. 2 in Alabasta randomly by himself. The fourth episode is about Usopp saving his village from Kuro. Finally, episode five introduces Moneky D Luffy and goes into his origin and first fight with Captain Morgan. Episode 6 is when they all team up to face off against Arlong. Also, Sanji is the leader of the Strawhats now because his solo episode got higher ratings than Luffy's did so he's a more popular character. Where's Zoro, Nami, and Usopp? Well, Zoro can't show up in the show because his television rights are owned by another company. Usopp is just considered too silly and weird for this very serious adaption so he's just never mentioned. Nami's television rights are also tied up so she can't appear, so instead they replace her with Apis and make Apis a perminate crew member. Oh, Apis was introduced in the second Sanji episode and he recruited her for his team. One might argue doing Arlong arc without Nami is kind of pointless, but that's just the way it is. Sanji, Luffy, Chopper, and Apis team up to form the Avengers/Straw Hats and fight against Arlong and save the island.

That's basically what superhero movies are like. Doesn't mean they can't be financially successful or loved by fans who don't know or care about comics (which admitted is a lot of people since comics are pretty niche) but they are, objectively, bad adaptions. That's probably why manga and anime adaptions are criticized a lot more. We're used to better adaptions that genuinely try to recreate the style, story, and remain faithful to the source material. Why would anyone watch this live-action One Piece over Toei's animated adaption of the manga? The answer is something like this is aimed at people who don't read manga or watch anime, same way comic movies are not aimed at fans of the comics.

Here is the thingN. One piece is a single story. And adaption that.everyone knows. In comparison, comics have no straight continuity. Characters are rebooted, retooled, and reinvented constantly. How.many times has Jean Gray died in X-men? Your argument is that the MCU is inaccurate because it picks and chooses thing. Comics themselves do that very thing. We never get the exact years of a marvel character, merely vague accounts that can be changed overtime when the next writer hates the previous amount of work. In comparison, Neverland is not the same at all. Neverland was a complete story. Barring opinions on the show itself, you can read all of promised neverland or one piece by starting with chapter 1 and moving on. Now say you can do the same for something like Avengers or Spider-man.