‘One Piece’ is getting a live-action TV series adaptation by Hollywood

[Zannabluke]

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[quote][b]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.[/b]

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[b]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.[/b]

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 twenty 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, so that was also a factor.

[b]When asked details like when the One Piece show as going to air or how many episodes it will be, Nakano said, “no comment.” Expect those details to be revealed at a later date.[/b]

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.[/quote]

[url]http://kotaku.com/one-piece-getting-a-live-action-tv-adaptation-1797118240[/url]

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[quote=Oda's official comment on the live adaption]Translation: There have been many stories about making a live-action series in the past 20 years. About three years ago, I decided to make a live-action picture. After many twists and turns, I found a good partner. Today on the 20th anniversary, we made the production announcement. This is actually a coincidence, I am very happy. This announcement may cause some anxiety but my one condition was to never betray the fans who supported my work for 20 years. Please get excited and wait for the next report.
Please look forward to it!!
Eiichiro Oda[/quote]

[Netsui]

Haven't the fans been concerned about his health issues for a long time now, thinking he'll die before even finishing the manga?

Oda should focus on that rather than add even more work to his already troublesome schedule.

[Dr. Kyuros]

Gee, I wonder how well that worked the last ti-

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[sir whoopsalot]

Because Hollywood doing anime adaptations has gone so well in the past. Right, Dragonball Evolution and Ghost in the Shell?

[27X]

This is going to be sooo bad.

[Matrix374]

Give me Hollywood JoJo you fucks

[Zannabluke]

[QUOTE=Gwoodman;52491940]Haven't the fans been concerned about his health issues for a long time now, thinking he'll die before even finishing the manga?

Oda should focus on that rather than add even more work to his already troublesome schedule.[/QUOTE]

health isssue and the actual end of one piece don't really seem to concern anymore: the series had some heavy development in the last year, even oda's latest "thank you" message for one piece's 20th anniversary heavily suggests that 2/3rd of the story is done. nowdays, oda usually puts out 3-5 chapters weekly before taking an entire week off and for now, his condition appears to be somewhat stable

still, like you said, a live-action adaptation is worrisome

[DinoJesus]

I can't wait to see bad cgi stretchy arms and medical reindeer.

[Skelosk]

This is gonna bomb so hard

get a hint Hollywood

[Native Hunter]

How about No?

[imadaman]

Oh come on, it could be good.
Like... uh... shit hold on.
Okay like- fuck.
I know I had something there.
...nah, I got nothing.

[lonefirewarrior]

I guarantee you it'll pretty much be Pirates of the Caribbean but even stupider.

[Tamschi]

[QUOTE=DinoJesus;52491982]I can't wait to see bad cgi stretchy arms and medical reindeer.[/QUOTE]

This is one of those series I really can't see being good in live-action right now.
Issues with extremely expensive special effects aside, I really doubt the mood whiplash will translate well.

[Kljunas]

I've never read/watched One Piece but it doesn't look like something that would work too well in live action.

[DinoJesus]

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[Scot]

Have you seen live action Japanese TV adaptations? Or even movies? They're almost always terrible and Oda seems to know that.

[Corn]

How the hell do you make all of those manga chapters and turn them into a coherent movie plot without losing what makes One Piece unique

[Marik Bentusi]

I can sooort of see the theory behind Live Action adaptations when the source material is remotely grounded in reality... but One Piece? It's got such a bizarre and goofy style that against all odds still manages to come across as genuine and heartfelt when drama needs it to, without going off-model.

I don't believe for a second that Live Action could capture that quality even if it recreates a One Piece arc panel by panel, word by word.

[Hanso]

[QUOTE=Dr. Kyuros;52491943]Gee, I wonder how well that worked the last ti-

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I forgot how much this movie failed to look like Dragonball at all.

[Tamschi]

[QUOTE=Kljunas;52492063]I've never read/watched One Piece but it doesn't look like something that would work too well in live action.[/QUOTE]

Story-wise, it probably works better than Dragon Ball since it's much more serious. The main issue is with how crazy the style and setting in general are.
At this point, [sp]only about half the characters that appear are even human[/sp]. They'd pretty much have to go [sp]Planet of the Apes[/sp] on the budget if they wanted something that looks up-to-date while staying true to the source material. (The earlier arcs are [I]a bit[/I] less of a problem in this regard.)

They'd have to change a ton of the presentation and probably partially rewrite or at least reframe a lot of scenes to translate the core of the series.
I [I]really[/I] hope they don't try to censor the violence. The manga isn't especially gory or even bloody, but a lot of the most important panels are pretty brutal.

[Zannabluke]

even if they decide to take some huge liberties (and they should) and adapt the very early arcs when most of the stuff is still to a certain extent "grounded" in reality, not even 100 chapters in the manga you start having stuff like the fishmen

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how do you translate a humanoid species that's the combination of a human and a fish on the big screen without entering the uncanny valley?

[imadaman]

What'd be wrong with uncanny valley with the fishmen though?

[Kube]

So it's tv series and not a movie? That seems workable.

[Rocâ„¢]

[QUOTE=Dr. Kyuros;52491943]Gee, I wonder how well that worked the last ti-

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I look at this now, at, well, simply the poster, and ask, how did people think this was a good idea?

[c:]

[QUOTE=Matrix374;52491962]Give me Hollywood JoJo you fucks[/QUOTE]

Japan's already making a live action JoJo movie and it looks awful.

[Rocâ„¢]

[QUOTE=Gwoodman;52491940]Haven't the fans been concerned about his health issues for a long time now, thinking he'll die before even finishing the manga?

Oda should focus on that rather than add even more work to his already troublesome schedule.[/QUOTE]

That's the manga industry in a nutshell.
Super Eyepatch Wolf had a video on that, but I forget which one.

Publishers or whatever push the creators to near death for releases.

[Chaitin]

Actually there is already one.

[video=youtube;Z-PKVwfr-ZM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-PKVwfr-ZM[/video]

[gk99]

[QUOTE=Dr. Kyuros;52491943]Gee, I wonder how well that worked the last ti-

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Hey now, it could still be goo-

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[Coldmute]

I just woke up and at first I thought it said Bollywood and I was actually really interested to see how Bollywood would adapt it. Instead it'll just be another shitty adaptation like Ghost in the Shell was.

[Mein Bratwurst]

Cast Megan Fox as Nico Robin. It's only logical.