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Honestly the best part of the Snails for me is the fact they decided to go old school and make them real life animatronics. Like any other show would make them cgi or scrap them all together but they really said NOPE, let's get the snails and make them lowkey terrifying lmao

To be fair, Zoro was smaller in the beginning, so Mackenyu's body really fit that image. I feel like a lot of the manga/anime fans superinpose on him the body Zoro has later on forgetting that it's not how Zoro used to look. I feel like Mackenyu matches perfectly in height and has the perfect mix of lean and muscular.

21:17 Absolute favorite bit of this reaction was Rick going "Good!" at the Transponder Snail and Eric just looking at him in bewilderment

Mackenyu, who plays Zoro is the son of a really famous Japanese actor and martial artist, Sonny Chiba. He was in Kill Bill too.

Aw man. The whole crew should be here. This show actually turned out to be REALLY GOOD. I hope they'll join in S2 if Eric & Rick love this live action version.

I know it's only been 8 episodes, but Iñaki as Luffy genuinely seems to me to be one of the best castings in recent years in an adaptation, he has the attitude, the spirit, the charisma, the good vibes, there's still a long way to go to see what his best ones will be. moments, but at least to me in this S1 he seemed Excellent, you understand perfectly why Master Oda chose him to be Luffy

I am in my 50's and I loved this show so much that I started binging the anime and I just got to the time skip. Prior to this I was never much of an anime type person. Now I love it.

Buggy is played by Jeff Ward, AKA Deke in Agents of SHIELD

It’s nice to see One Piece AND Rick back again!!!

Nah fam, the whole blind wave crew should all react to the one piece remake once it comes out, it wouldn’t be the same without everyone in it to reacting to it.

Fun fact: Snail Phone in japanese is Den Den Mushi, Denwa means phone and Den Den is something like little phone. Mushi is a a generic snail or insect, but is also what they say when they pick up the phone "moshi moshi". Pretty much any magical or weird thing in the One Pieice world could be explained with a pun.

"I expected it to be more grounded but I'm glad it's not" I think this is one of the big reasons it worked. They didn't try *too* hard to make it realistic. That and they embraced the Priates of the Carribean of it all rather than trying to steer clear of a similar vibe

Mackenyu (Zoro) is really familiar with sword work, so it makes sense that he moves so well with them. He also showed his sword work when he played Enishi Yukishiro in the Rurouni Kenshin Live action (I'm not sure if Rick realises he's the same actor yet though)

This show was my gateway into one piece, caught up to the manga a couple months after it came out. I still smile everytime I see Inaki's performance as Luffy.

Oda, the author, had final approval of cast and script for the show.

also, luffy is the first sunshine and rainbows character that i like but only because you can see the darkness in his soul. the pain and weight he carries on his shoulders. the live action also makes it work because it's more obvious sooner - it took about 20 episodes of the anime to realize luffy is not just crapping glitter and fun, here, you can tell by the middle of the episode that he's got this intensity and mischievous spirit.

"I've read up to Water 7." Uh oh... you may wanna read until the end of Eines Lobby arc for what's about to happen in the middle of this series.

“It’s such a mismatch of tones” one of my favorite things about the manga as well 😂 but it somehow WORKS!!

"It's such a mishmash of tones" Me: "Yup, that's one piece"

20 years not watching anime and this live action show is what got me into watching the anime lol. of all animes the longest running one is what hooked me

Re Shanks' hair: the funny thing is that without the hat it actually looks perfectly nice - I think the shape of the hat just makes it look like they're trying to hide the hairline of a bad wig And Matt Owens, the showrunner, is also from SHIELD. He just straight up offered Jeff Ward Buggy after working with him there

as someone who hasnt watched the anime, i'm ~ half way through the live action, and I think its done a great job of not only introducing me to the world and the characters, but also convincing me why I SHOULD watch the anime.

Vincent Reagan (Garp) is such an underrated actor in my opinion

As a person who had never watched any anime I loved this show it has actually made me more interested in anime

This is one of the best live action adaptations of anything I've ever seen. There's still some changes here and there, but regardless, It's almost perfect. I'll admit when they broke the curse, I cried a little.

I’m about to finish the Impel Down arc in the anime. I started watching the anime (my first anime actually) because of the live action. Best show ever :)

This is amazing, and I am sitting here watching with a big smile on my face. What a series to get the ol' Rick x Eric combo back for!

I am commenting before watching, but I have one word for this: FINALLY!!! Seriously, I was begining to think Blind Wave wasn't going to react to this, which was making me sad, because you are the guys I most have been wanting to see react to this! Edit: You are going to have to bring Calvin and Aaron up to date with this too.

My jaw literally dropped when I reloaded my feed and this vid showed up. It’s unfortunate that this is not a whole crew reaction but I know Eric and Rick will enjoy this!🔥

wish it was the whole crew watching this but i’m glad to see rick back! also just extremely excited for this ride, i love this show and i hope you enjoy it too

I love how OPLA Zoro thinks that a bad haircut is worse than death lmao

i love this adaptation! i knew about one piece before but never watched it. and then i saw the first episode of the live action and then stopped and went and i saw the first 100 episodes of the anime and then came back to finish the live action and now i'm continuing with the anime :)

And there I was just wrapping up another reaction channel’s LA One Piece reactions and y’all post this. Thanks! Considering the wait until Seasons 2 reactions like this, catching up on the manga and following the cast’s social (especially Emily’s 😍) are making the wait easier. I was a big OP fan as a kid but fell off 10 years ago but the LA has reignited my love for it and I’m glad the show has introduced so many to the Straw Hats

Get the whole crew to watch this

They managed to balance casting, costume ,set design and camera work so well to built a campy cartoony feel to the world

This is an Amazing Live Action adaptation series - Gold Roger is played by Michael Dorman who also is Wade (Pirates of the Caribbean), Gordo (For All Mankind), Tom Griffin (The Invisible Man), Joe (Joe Pickett), & many more - Narrator is voiced by Ian McShane who also is Blackbeard (Pirates of the Caribbean), Winston (John Wick), Mr.Wednesday (American Gods), Brahmwell (Jack the Giant Slayer), Trevor (Hellboy), & many more - Luffy is played by Inaki Godoy (he was also Juan in “The Imperfects”, Bruno in “Who Killed Sara”, & a few more) while his 7 year old self is played by Colton Osorio - Zoro is played by Mackenyu (son of Sonny Chiba) he was also Yukishiro (Rurouni Kenshin: The Final), Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist), Pegasus Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac), & many more - Nami is played by Emily Rudd she also Cindy & Abigail in “Fear Street”, Marcille in “Delicious in Dungeon”, Ginny in “Moonshot”, Clara in “Hunters”, & a few more. At the start she wore an outfit based on Nami’s early design when she was originally going to be a cyborg - Koby is played by Morgan Davies he also is Oberon (The End), Leah (Terra Nova), Sass (The Hunter), & many more - “Axe-Hand” Morgan is played by Langley Kirkwood who also is Bryson (Black Sails), Lex (Dredd), & many more - Helmeppo is played by Aidan Scott who also is Theodore (Theodore Roosevelt), Leo (Hand Off), Bobo (Action Point), & a few more - Alvida (5,000,000 Berries / Yen = $ 33,488.50) is played by Ilia Isorelys Paulino who also is Lila (The Sex Lives of College Girls), Thelma (Me Time), Rosa (Queenpins), & a few more - Mr.7 is played by Rebaone Ben Kgosimore & just fyi this scene he appears was originally just mentioned in the SBS stated how Zoro learned about Baroque Works when he was asked to join by Mr.7 then later killed him - Alvida Pirates named characters: Heppoko (Rendani Mufamadi), Poppoko, & Peppoko (Chris Burnett) then in Shells Town named characters: Rika (Kamdynn Gary) & her mother Ririka (Nicole Fortuin), Marine Petty Officer Ukkari (Richard Wright-Firth), & Marine warrant officer Sada (Claire Glover), & as for the 2 guys Nami tricked was the Tightrope Walking Funan Bros - Here are a few Easter eggs like: - At the very start of the series on the map we can see the Oro Jackson, Momoo, a Sea king, a bird that looks like the South Bird, & Tequila Wolf - The woman that ran in front of the execution platform is wearing a Criminal fashion brand - In the restaurant Food Foo there is a barrel that says “Mikio Itoo” a reference to Oda’s earliest Easter egg of a wanted man - Notice that Alvida has mirrors on her ship when in fact that in an SBS Oda stated that there were none on the Miss Love Duck - The Barrel that Luffy gets into has a name on the lid which is called Gyoru which is a named citizen / fishmonger of Windmill Village - The matches that Zoro used are called The Beast of Baldimore which is a reference to what Franky was called on Katakuri Island - Sixis island was actually an island that was first introduced in Ace’s novel where Ace was shipwrecked onto at the start of his journey where he meets his 1st mat Masked Douce & where he ate the Flame-Flame Fruit - Wanted Posters in Shells Town: Buggy, Alvida, Foxy, Jango, Bellamy, & Cavendish - 77th Division that Nami said she was part of an actual known branch lead by Pudding Pudding

As someone who had One Piece on their watch list and watched the Live Action first I was hooked!! I thought it was so fun & it finally got me to watch the anime. Oda had a huge part in production and as a viewer I can see his influence.

21:59 the way they do the bounty introductions is so cool, one of the best ideas in the live action.

The live action was so cool, it turned me into a fan of the anime.

It is SO good to see Rick back! Not ever fully gone of course but we still missed seeing you at the table man!

Glad to see you guys checking this out! Rick, gotta let you know that they reveal something in the middle of the season that *is* canon, but isn’t revealed until episode 300-something in the anime. Also, part of the reason why Zoro looks so good in his fights is that his actor, Mackenkyu, is a real life martial artist. His father is martial arts legend Sonny Chiba, and 99%of the time it’s him doing his own stunts. In fact he was so fast that he actually had to slow down so that the other stuntmen could keep up with him. Hell, this is not even the first time he’s done a live action anime adaptation where he plays a swordsman. He’s in the Ruroni Kenshin live action too.

i've been looking for One Piece LA reactions lately, this came at the right time!

As someone who has never watched or read the anime/manga, i really enjoyed this show.

Inaki plays his own version of Luffy, but he's still clearly Luffy. You can substitute pretty much any actor/character pair into this statement, and this is the most impressive thing about the live action, to me.

It was my first one piece experience and now ive watched the whole anime

We never saw the fight between zoro and number 7 it was referenced and freaking the GOAT was like oh here's what he looks like drew him up and said put him in the show.

FINALLY!!! Been waiting for you guys to finally get to One Piece

As a long time anime fan I’ve often criticized and made fun of One Piece…I have to admit. This show was so charming and fun it made me start the anime 😂 But oh gods I just can’t watch that many episodes, so I’ve been reading it! I currently have volumes 1-12! I’m planning to actually schedule it out and try to finish it in about a year (probably more) I hate to say it, but they’re right One Piece is amazing

One Piece Live Action is what got me into One Piece! I was definitely too critical about it when I was younger but watching this OP series with my friends and having a fun time watching, or crying, really made realize I never gave it a fair chance. I know you're probably done with it by now, but I hope you guys had a blast watching it too I AM SUPER HYPED for the One Piece season 2 AND AND remake by WIT and maybe that'd be a better anime reaction series depending on how they adapt it

Zorro's actor being Sonny Chiba's son you just know they gotta give him some good martial arts parts to do!

As someone who has read the Manga and watched the anime myself, I was delighted that they leaned in to this 1000%. There's no real way to do One Piece halfway, it's very much a all or nothing show. One can tell that Mr. Oda had his hands fully on this project.

She said the marine guy in the bar was too tall as she wanted to steal a uniform and needed someone her size.

RICK!!!! So glad to see him in the reaction! It will be interesting to see the different perspectives from Aaron and Calvin watching the new OP anime, Rick seeing the live action and experienced much of the manga and original anime, and Eric only being caught up on the live action.

We want whole crew on this!

Vincent Regan would be the perfect recast for Ray Stevenson in Star Wars

Oh man, I can't wait for you guys to see the next episode. 😂

I wish I was living in the future so I could see y'all react to every ep lolol glad I voted on the poll for this!!!!!!

i said this while watching it with a friend but i have never seen anyone as well cast as that mountain bandit it looks like they found like one of oda's friends that the character was modeled off its fantastic

With Nami she was looking for a marine thats her height so she could steal their clothes. The guy was too tall for her so she wouldn’t fit in his clothes

I'm so glad I get to relive this live action series again with you guys! It's really good and I hope y'all like it

finally!!! i've been waiting for you to react to One Piece LIVE ACTION. i loved it so much. looking forward for the rest of the episodes.

The den den mushi are weird, but not a difficult thing to adapt to live action. They are telepathic snails that act like phones. As long as you don't overthink it they were something that could always be in live action, so I was very happy they were actual snails (who thankfully still look very weird) and not actual phones that look like snails. The best part for me is that I can't quite tell if they are practical or cgi effects.

AH! I just wanna fangirl about every scene IT'S SO GOOD

Hardcore Critiques in the Reaction Community like Badd Medicine have all given this a 5 out of 5!!! This is a masterpiece of a show and I'm so sad the rest of Blind Wave isn't here to see it :( it's a rare thing indeed

Nami told the one marine he was too tall because she was looking for one that was close to her size so she could steal his uniform.

I genuinely never thought they’d react to this. I had never watched one piece out of fear of it being so long, and this show brought me into it because of how much I loved this version. I am now currently at Long Long Island in the Manga and Drum Island in the anime, and I still look back fondly on this adaptation for being very fun and faithful and getting me interested in such an awesome story. I love all the cast too, especially Iñaki. Also the manga is my favorite version of the story, followed by the live action, then the anime. (Although I’m sure the anime becomes even more exciting than it is where I’m at from what I heard)

I am so so happy to see this reaction love getting Rick's opinion!

22:17 Just know this Eric: Buggy is played by Deke from Agents of SHIELD.

I’m glad you decided to do this and meet me in the middle, all of you should be here but I understand why you’d split it for content reasons and I’ll take what I can get!!

The hardest part of this insanity is Luffy. You can find someone that can fight with swords, you can find someone that can fight with staves, but finding someone likeable? Thats hard. They nailed everything.

Wow you guys FINALLY watch One Piece live action. About freaking time. Just wish there was more of you guys reacting.

Yes! Eric x Rick makes this super exciting.

The father of the actor playing Zoro is a famous martial artist.

IVE BEEN BAMBOOZLED BY YALL BEFORE, is this for real!?? 🤣🤣🤣

One Piece, LET'S GO! Blind Wave finally joins the fleet of Straw Hat Pirates fans! I can't wait for the 2nd season of the One Piece Live Action and The One Piece Anime Remake!

3:37 Funny considering the narrator played Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. 4:04 If you finished Impel Down arc, this woman will give you a Real scare. I was like "Thank goodness, she wasn't smoking a cigar."🤣 I'm surprised Rick didn't put 2 + 2 together.

Got caught up to the anime/manga in August of 2021 and can confidently say that this is the best piece of fiction I’ve ever consumed. The way this story makes you go from crying to laughing in the flip of a page is truly second to none. As a man in his 20s this show taught me how to feel emotion like a kid again and I will forever be grateful for that.

I'd never seen One Piece before. I had no trouble getting into this.

its nice to see rick slowly coming back, he has been missed.

Holy shiiiiiii this is such a surprise!!!

Wow I was not expecting this. What a great way to finish my weekends!

The original Luffy is such an insane, comical, cartoonishly manic character that his personality seems almost impossible to accurately translate into live action. I feel like it wouldn’t have felt believable on an actual person. This version of Luffy feels a lot more realistic and human while still managing to read as Luffy. I think they did a great job with him!

Welcome back Rick! 💜

The entire crew should definitely be there for the remake! That would be such a missed opportunity if they aren't...

i’ve been waiting for this one😭

I remember liking your OPLA trailer reaction..glad you are doing this now...I have actually exhausted my OPLA reaction watchalongs..33 times since release..

Oh blindwave you guys are in for a treat!! This live action adaption of one piece is such a gem!! Gets better with each episode and I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how they adopt for the second season and especially Alabasta

oh no rick being up to water 7 is such a bad place to be for that one spoiler in the live action, hes SO close to seeing the reveal in the anime xD

One Piece Brotherhood is gonna be dope. Very optimistic for that one (I kind of hope the keep the OST though)

21:19 Rick's "Good!" and Eric's concerned face just sent me XDDD

If you've seen Rurouni Kenshin then you've most likely already seen Mackenyu (Zoro) fight, he played Enishi in The Final. It's been revealed that the stuntmen for the live action couldn't keep up with him, he was too fast, so they had to dial down the action a bit. I really hope they hire better choreographers and stuntmen down the line to really show off what he's capable of because he can do A LOT. Really glad you're enjoying it so far!

I wish all blind wave members react to this show, so we can have more non-fan and fans view points, they create this live action for the people who are not a fan of anime.

I’m so, so disappointed the entire crew isn’t watching this

Buggy ❤❤❤

I've always knew i was going to love the anime but I only started watching it after wacthing the live-action! You all gonna have a blast ahahah

As someone who has never seen the anime or read the mange! I really love this! The characters the fight scenes, the story!! Had a great time, and I'm really glad to watch it again with you guys!! ❤❤

I can't believe this... This is amazing

Fun fact, the death scene of roger seems to be inspired by a real pirate, called olivier levasseur aka "la buse" who lived in the 1600s. He was sentenced to death on reunion island. It's a local legend here, they said that with a rope around his neck, he throwed a mysterious cryptogram to the crowd while shouting "find my treasure he who can". To this day his legendary treasure is still lost, though people tried to find it and it's estimated around 4 billions euros today. A "fake" grave build for his memory is still located in a cemetary on reunion island :))

The best live action anime adaption ever!