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[Angelus Errare]

You know a Japanese manga which would make an amazing tv series?.

Monster.

Wasn't HBO or Netflix going to do a series? That would be great to watch and would easily translate to motion picture.

 

[Squishy3]

I refuse to believe that lame ass Usopp is African.

Good joke, Usopp's one of the best characters.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

This man:

wasn't even designed to work while moving. How the FUCK do you even adapt him, let alone anything else?!?!!?

 

[Daingurse]

Imagine One Piece as a CW show...

Thats exactly what I'm picturing, lol.

Now that I got this is on the brain, can AMC or HBO pick up HxH? I'd watch that.

Edit: Oh Lord, how did I not think about live action Zoro . . . I gotta see this.

 

[HStallion]

Even with a GoT budget, I just couldn't see it.

They would need the Black Sails budget times like 10, if not more just to pull off the different Devil Fruit powers. Imagine if everyone was a fucking Dragon from Game of Thrones in terms of how much they would need to do for SFX.

 

[LotusHD]

(With no black people)

No lies detected....

They would need the Black Sails budget times like 10, if not more just to pull off the different Devil Fruit powers. Imagine if everyone was a fucking Dragon from Game of Thrones in terms of how much they would need to do for SFX.

Forget that, like the other poster said, how does Zoro even work?

 

[rtcn63]

They gonna do Chopper like they did Luna in the Sailor Moon live action

 

[-Horizon-]

Where's my naruto live action in the west? At least then I'll have the satisfaction of seeing some random dude in an orange jumpsuit running with their arms behind them.

 

[James Scott]

CAST 👏 ASIAN- 👏 AMERICAN 👏 PEOPLE 👏

Pretty sure a lot of the main cast isn't asian

 

[Anth0ny]

Man.



I always felt like Dragon Ball and One Piece were two manga that you just can't do in live action. They're too fucking weird.

You can't translate the designs to live action. You can't translate the attacks to live action. Just leave it alone.


ah well. this will probably suck, but I'll check it out.

 

[Kusagari]

Imagine a live action show trying to replicate shit like Law's Devil Fruit power.

Not that they'll get that far.

 

[Ray Down]

I have no clue how this will work, but I'm fascinated.

Same if there able to pull it off kudos, if it's bad imagine it will be so good bad.

 

[Merc_]

No lies detected....

Hey, we got one...

Mr. 1.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

They would need the Black Sails budget times like 10, if not more just to pull off the different Devil Fruit powers. Imagine if everyone was a fucking Dragon from Game of Thrones in terms of how much they would need to do for SFX.

Exactly. The powers and abilities folks pull off in One Piece is absurd in a good way. And let's not get on the topic of the different species in the manga either, like the fishmen.

 

[PK Gaming]

You better believe this will be the next Game of Thrones

 

[HStallion]

Wasn't HBO or Netflix going to do a series? That would be great to watch and would easily translate to motion picture.

It died a long time ago. Del Toro was pushing it and I had some people I knew at HBO that were trying to get it off the ground. Didn't get very far from what I heard.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

A TV show, where the main characters powers is stretching.

Gonna look awful.

Don't forget that filming on water is like one of the most expensive things possible, which is why the Pirates of the Caribbean movies are so expensive.

 

[Ivan 3414]

Should have figured the guy with the ring around his lips was black

Oh Japan

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Suddenly a western made death note for netflix doesn't sound so terrible

It never did cuz that's possible to do on a Netflix budget. One Piece is a beast that requires more than that.

 

[Gnome]

Imagine a live action show trying to replicate shit like Law's Devil Fruit power.

Not that they'll get that far.

We might have the technology for them to do it just fine by the time we get to that point of the story in 2030.

 

[SchrodingerC]

Maybe I could finally like One Piece since I wouldn't have to look at Oda's ugly art,

Before anyone asks:
Well drawn, yes. Pleasing art style, hell no.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

They gonna do Chopper like they did Luna in the Sailor Moon live action

Our boy is gonna be a Jim Henson puppet.

 

[chrono01]

Imagine One Piece as a CW show...

I can picture it now.

A cast of overly-attractive college people attend a sea voyage over the summer break, only to come upon a treasure chest that's been submerged in the deepest recesses of the ocean. Upon opening they're instantly cursed, and the only cure for it being the legendary treasure called "One Piece". Thus beings their voyage across the seas, but beware, some uncharted areas weren't meant to be explored...

 

[Angry Grimace]

Which is always coincidentally white dudes.

That's a different problem.

 

[Korigama]

...Why? One of the stupidest ideas for a live-action adaptation (let alone on a TV budget).

 

[lightskintwin]

Never watched the show, but looking at the characters and reading the posts in here it seems like the type of show that you could make incredibly diverse and inclusive including Asian American actors.

 

[LotusHD]

Maybe I could finally like One Piece since I wouldn't have to look at Oda's ugly art,

Before anyone asks:
Well drawn, yes. Pleasing art style, hell no.

If you didn't like it in the manga/anime, why the hell would you like it in live-action

 

[massoluk]

Andy Serkis will be Chopper, won't he?

 

[Ray Down]

One Piece groups watches with the manga thread will be fun you know it lotus.

 

[Anth0ny]

hmmm how will chapter 1 look in live action...


awful looking cgi water

awful looking cgi sea monster

awful looking cgi stretchy limbs









off to a good start

I can picture it now.

A cast of overly-attractive college people attend a sea voyage over the summer break, only to come upon a treasure chest that's been submerged in the deepest recesses of the ocean. Upon opening they're instantly cursed, and the only cure for it being the legendary treasure called "One Piece". Thus beings their voyage across the seas, but beware, some uncharted areas weren't meant to be explored...

don't forget the luffy x sanji x nami love triangle!

 

[GabeTheGrouch76]

Um......good luck with that.

 

[TissueBox]

AM. CRY.

They better have Pandaman cameos at least.

 

[TickleMeElbow]

As long as Zoro is Asian it's all good.

 

[HStallion]

Is this even going to be a straight adaptation or an "adaptation" where its just a show about quirky pirates searching for a legendary treasure that just shares some of the DNA of the manga/anime? I don't think they can pull off anything close to a direct translation of the original material and will do something very loose and sort of like One Piece.

 

[Chase17]

One Piece groups watches with the manga thread will be fun you know it lotus.

Cast Blackleg as Sanji

 

[Angelus Errare]

That's a different problem.

It's really not.

 

[LotusHD]

One Piece groups watches with the manga thread will be fun you know it lotus.

I could easily see someone just thinking to themselves "So yea, never bothering with the source material then" after watching this mess lol

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

On the list of things that I'd never be able to predict happening, this is certainly on it. What the helllllllllll??

CAST 👏 ASIAN- 👏 AMERICAN 👏 PEOPLE 👏

The fuck?

If anything One Piece is one of the few properties that can take total racial liberties with the characters. Anything goes, there is no "Asia" in One Piece.

 

[Gnome]

Well. At least this news reminded me I need catch up on reading Once Piece.

 

[Kusagari]

I'm surprised we haven't seen someone try to make an Inuyasha movie yet.

 

[SchrodingerC]

If you didn't like it in the manga/anime, why the hell would you like it in live-action

Depends how 1:1 they translate the manga. I've liked what I've read story wise, but lord that art.

 

[rtcn63]

As long as Zoro is Asian it's all good.

If they can get Antonio Banderas to play him then a pass is allowed

 

[JordanN]

(With no black people)

Well there was one but he was depicted so horribly, even 4kids dumped him.

 

[Zubz]

Who is the target audience for this? I appreciate One Piece, but if the show itself isn't going to do well here, why make a CGI monstrosity for... Netflix? Toonami? Those are the only 2 avenues this could possibly be going down.

 

[LotusHD]

If anything One Piece is one of the few properties that can take total racial liberties with the characters. Anything goes, there is no "Asia" in One Piece.

And yet, they'll probably still find a way to disappoint us all on this front.

 

[BatDan]

Imagine a live action show trying to replicate shit like Law's Devil Fruit power.

Not that they'll get that far.

Not just Law
All the Logia users would be a hassle
Whitebeard and his "air-quakes"
All the Fishmen
Big people. Not giants, just really big humans.

The world is too insane to properly do in live-action
What they should do is a new animated series from Disney or Frederator or Dreamworks (at least the Voltron team).

 

[Ray Down]

Must watch for the eventual goddess Pudding.

 

[jph139]

lol

I'm like 99% certain this will never get out of development hell.

But if it actually does, I'm eager to see the trainwreck.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

LOL WHAT THE FUCK????

Goda, how could you let this happen?

 

[farisr]

Spend that money on a HxH 2011 like retelling animated by Madhouse and relaunch the show from the beginning (with the dub being handled by Funi) in the west instead.