The official Twitter account of Netflix’s One Piece live-action revealed a special video on Aug 11, 2023, showcasing a brief tour of Shuisha’s Editorial Department featuring Luffy’s live-action actor, Iñaki Godoy.
Iñaki provides fans with a sneak peak into the birth place of One Piece, and was greeted by the staff with utmost enthusiasm. He also got the opportunity to meet Editor-in-Chief Hiroyuki Nakano, who exclaimed, “You are the real Luffy!”, leaving Iñaki speechless.
The highlight of the visit was the presentation of the original artwork from One Piece’s very first episode by Eiichiro Oda, “a piece of history that dates back to 1997”.
He concluded the video tour by taking a moment to thank everyone for their hard work over the years, and that he would do his best to make everyone proud.
Checkout the video below:
One Piece live-action will release on Aug 31, 2023, exclusively on Netflix.
The One Piece live-action cast includes Iñaki Godoy, who portrays Monkey D. Luffy, Emily Rudd as Nami, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar will play Sanji. Colton Osorio will portray a young Luffy.
Furthermore, Peter Gadiot will play Shanks, Morgan Davies as Koby, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida, Aidan Scott as Helmeppo, Jeff Ward as Buggy, McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, and Vincent Regan as Garp.
The other cast members include:
- Alexander Maniatis as Klahadore
- Steven Ward as Mihawk
- Craig Fairbrass as Chef Zeff
- Langley Kirkwood as Captain Morgan
- Celeste Loots as Kaya
- Chioma Umeala as Nojiko
The live-action will be adapting the East-Blue Saga from the One Piece manga and then “broaden from there”. Matt Owens will serve as the upcoming show’s writer, while Steven Maeda and Becky Clements will be executive producers along with Eiichiro Oda.
Netflix will exclusively stream the series, produced by Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between producer Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios.
Eiichiro Oda had previously stated that the live-action series won’t be launched until he was satisfied.
It was previously revealed that the live-action adaptation won’t be a carbon copy of the original work.
The live action adaptation was under production in South Africa since Feb 1, 2022.
One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 105 tankobon volumes as of March 2023.
Source: Comic Natalie
