Netflix does the impossible
You mean it hasn’t been cancelled yet?
If I watch it through Stremio, am I evil yet for watching Netflix?
I’m someone that’s up to date on the One Piece anime, so episode 1073. I’ve watched 3 episodes of the live action so far and I’ve actually been really enjoying it. It’s been hitting the major plot points of the anime/manga but taken decent liberties with a lot of the the smaller details and how things happen along the way. Also the characters don’t feel like an exact one to one match to their anime/manga counterparts but keep the general spirit of the characters while being entertaining in their own right. It hasn’t been moment for moment recreation of One Piece into live action but rather a proper adaptation of the spirit of One Piece to a live action format told in a way that people who are more fans of love action rather than anime will enjoy. If youre someone that watches and enjoys the anime, it’s a fun retelling of the first 60ish episodes and a great way to re-experience them as long as you don’t mind that the details will be different. If you’re someone that hasn’t seen One Piece or isn’t even a fan of anime it’s just a fun show in its own right and a great way to dip your feet into the world of One Piece.
As someone who just got to Water 7, I want to be like you.
As someone who watches episodes week to week, no you don’t.
I’ve always been interested in One Piece but just can’t commit to that long of a show. I wonder if they plan to tell the story more succinctly (which might be difficult since my understanding is the story isn’t finished yet). If they do, I might check this out
you can’t condense 1000 20 minute episodes into a few hours
Definitely, but I’d be willing to bet a good chunk of those 1000 episodes could be cut without losing much of the plot.
You’re right. Though unlike what a lot of others will tell you, there’s not a lot of outright filler. Most of the added time is from panning shots and characters staring and not talking.
There’s actually a fan project that re-edits the series to take kess time and improve the pace a lot
Do a search for “One Pace”. A good feeling pace is about 2 manga chapters per anime episode but the anime creators reduced that to 1 chapter per episode when they started running low on material. One Pace edits the anime to 2 chapters per episode and has it follow the manga more closely.
A sample of a scene from an episode with both versions compared:
Geez the pacing of the original is ridiculous. I could never sit through whole episodes of that lol. I might try out One Pace
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I’ve never actually watched it, but my wife does, and I’ve seen enough to say you’re 100% right
There’s a whole bunch of fillers each time they remotely catch up to the Manga and several “guides” about which ones to skip etc. It’s not too hawrd to catch up if you make it a consistent low-time commitment like watching half an ep on the pooper
I was really enjoying watching the anime with my brother, it was one of the only ways we could stand to be around each other lol, so I was actually glad it had 1000+ episodes. Then there was a drastic shift in the over-sexualisation. In the beginning there are crazy proportions and little clothing, sure, but it didn’t bother me much. Then suddenly every episode started featuring a woman’s shirt bursting open, or a guy would sexually harass/assault women in “funny” ways. Apparently the creator married a very busty woman and claimed all the extra focus on tits was a loving tribute to his new wife 🙄 I just couldn’t stand it anymore, which was a shame because I was still pretty invested in the story.
Is there any source to this info? Yes there are busty characters but the manga doesnt feel like it focuses on that at all. Try reading it from Thriller Bark as it may be the ridiculous pacing issues that the anime has that extends these scenes you are mentioning.
My brother looked it up, trying to defend the reasoning to convince me to keep watching. It didn’t work. So I don’t know his source, I wasn’t the one looking.
I finished the Arabasta saga, I don’t think I made it far into the next saga. I might try the manga, I handled the busty characters fine. Any particular reason you suggest starting from Thriller Bark?
Oh i thought you were far into it… I thought you meant Dressrosa or something for the oversexualization in the anime. I suggested thriller bark because thats when it becomes unbearable for the anime. Outside of One Pace.
But if you didnt like it by Alabasta im not sure theres anything to put you back into it.
If anything else, try the manga from that point and see if you like it. Power through it and if by some reason you still dont like it after Enies Lobby I suggest to drop it by then.
All the trailers looked really good, reminds me of the Bollywood stuff I watched as a kid. American action movies definitely can’t work with anime, but I’d expect the Bollywood style to work extreme well with anime.
American movies take themselves too seriously and not seriously enough at the same time, always trying to avoid being “corny”. Indian movies seem to revel in this corniness, the stories are far more genuine and the special effects being bad is part of the charm
I’m not a massive fan of the original but still somewhat enjoyed what I saw. I think I got a few seasons in before my interest faded.
I just watched the first episode of the live action and initially it felt very weird and wasn’t really a big fan. I stuck to it and honestly it really grew on me and like how they handled it. Definitely gonna watch the rest when I get the chance.
huh, interesting. Gotta say I had less hope for this than I did for Cowboy Beebop. (which also wasn’t much, but I digress)
Maybe I give it a shot… and take a shot before it starts…
The original took like 300 episodes to get interesting for me. I am into the 500s and enjoy it now. Skipping the filler episodes really helps.
You watched 300 episodes of something you didn’t find interesting?
I spend a lot of time doing things I am not all that interested in, like living.
“Watched” is generous; it was background noise that occasionally caught my attention with the Devil Fruit powers. I stuck with it because of the powers and I wanted to see what ones they came up with. I am glad I did because Law’s power is sick.
If they’ve managed to make a decent live action adaptation of any Japanese media I’m impressed for them. Cowboy Bebop, the Resident Evil tv series come to mind as their mos trecent failings. I think One Pieces kind of cartooniness is something that can be adapted in live action so its good to see them actually do it.
Cool. It’s on my watch list.
I’m curious, too. A positive review certainly helps. This doesn’t appear to be cherry picking, either. Rotten Tomatoes has season one at 83 percent!
Seen about the first half of it so far and I really like it. I feel like it’s something I can recommend to friends who want to understand the appeal One Piece without having to slog through hundreds of episodes. I really hope it gets a season 2 so they can give the Arabasta arc a similar treatment.
Yeah. I’d never seen any One Piece before, and I liked it, too. Yesterday I watched the first two episodes. I’m thinking about watching the anime.
Just snuck in a few minutes of Netflix and I don’t hate it. It watches very similarly to the manga. Minor spoiler, Luffy punches Alvida and she ragdolls very nicely so the effects budget is adequate.
Kakegurui one was pretty good, it’s not impossible to have good live action
It does a great job of condensing the important parts of the arcs it covers into 8 episodes, but it’s still lacking a lot of the humor that I feel like is the heart of the show.
I still enjoyed it and would love for them to cover the whole series but that feels like a longshot considering how much more CGI heavy it’s gonna need to get with things like new bad guys with crazy powers, new allies with crazy powers, and at least two more crew members that will have to be fully-CGI in order to work.
Does nami look less like a crackwhore outside of trailers? Cause that hair aint worked there
…TIL I might be into crackwhores
