my 90 year old granma loved it. She was wide eyed when Luffy first extended his arm to hit Alvida, and at the part where Nami is nagging Luffy for letting Zoro fight Mihawk, she told me, with a very serious face "Sometimes you gotta let boys be boys, so they can become men, but you cannot blame her bcs she is not a mom" I was flabbergasted by her words of wisdom since she has gone a bit senile as of late, but the show had her snappy and sharp, meaning it grabbed her attention fully. I will never be able to thank them enough for this moment I shared with her.

i was one of those people who said "i won't EVER get into One Piece, it's way too long". Then i watched the Live action and now i'm on Skypiea lmao

Favorite bit of this show is just how fucking *unashamed* it is to be a one piece show. The marines wear weird hats, they talk on snail phones, the mail is done by seagulls, and sometimes a motherfucker is just made of rubber

Connor was definitely underestimating the normie appeal of the live action. Friggin Whoopi Goldberg was talking about it two days ago, and now Phillie D is binging the anime because of it.

What Garnt saying is right the show is sincere and is never ironic or ashamed or points fun at itself to be witty to the audience. The fact that it where’s it hearts on its sleeve is great.

one thing I think was smart. Zoro only used three sword style twice, once at the start and the other against mihawk. It kinda makes it look like his strongest style and allows them to not have it in every fight as three sword would very goofy in real life, while two sword style had such good choreography

I will say, my 75 year old Stepdad absolutely loved the One Piece show. He grew up reading pirate stories, which I didn't know until I was telling him about this show, and when I described the world he got really excited to give it a look.

I had the same thought Connor did, that this might be too weird for normies. BUT, I then had a similar experience to Garnt, where I was able to get two normie friends of mine invested in the show. Like, glued to the screen invested. I think that anime fans see cringe where normies don't, and vice versa. For example, Luffy constantly talking about his goal comes off as cheesy to someone who watches a lot of shonen and is familiar with that trope, but it might just seem like a unique character trait to someone who isn't as steeped in the genre.

Oda himself said his goal was to reach fans who wouldn't watch the anime and it definitely worked. Myself and multiple people I know said they wouldn't get into the One Piece anime/manga and yet we're all very invested in the story having seen the live action. It reached it's target audience and achieved it's goal imo.

i sold my parents on this show by telling them its a pirate show with superheroes. Totally worked they texted me a play by play of every episode they watched

Thing about the One Piece live action is that it feels like it’s Oda’s what if. A second chance to retell the story now that Oda has more experience as an author

Garnts comparison to it being a stage play was spot on

Conor is definitely wrong on this one. This is the first time I’ve ever seen normies or friends/family watch anything even closely related to anime. The show is done so well that it stands alone on it’s own. I was shocked that people I couldn’t get to watch anime were watching this on their own volition. The power of a successful or viral Netflix show is crazy! I love how unashamed everyone is and how diverse the cast is. As someone who got fed up with One Piece and didn’t like it anymore, this live-action really hooked me and got me back into the series.

I think the biggest success of the live action is so many people who have no idea what it is liked it. Had a friend told me his like retired parents were watching and enjoying it without knowing its anime/manga based show. Man the last one that translated this well had to be like Edge of Tomorrow? But that one was like they just took the concept and rework whole thing for the movie.

The live action being a fishing net to catch normies attention and pull them in is the best outcome imo. It will never be as good as the manga, or parts of the anime, but if it can give people the feeling of why people enjoy One Piece, that's worth so much more.

I've actually seen more normies have a bigger positive reaction compared to already fans. Personally, from opinions I've seen of fans stating what they expected compared to what actually happened, I think fans have preconceived notions of what we expected the show _needed_ when a lot of our opinions aren't actually that important in telling a regular good story.

The one part they missed out on was Arlong noticing Zoro’s Mihawk wound and saying something along the lines of how are you even fighting, or doing anything in this state. That showcases how serious the wound is while making Zoro out to be a monster for still being able to fight in this condition.

Watched it with my non-anime-fan wife and she really enjoyed it and got, to my surprise, really invested and interested in the world. So now we're really looking forward to s2. It's such a cool thing to be able to share that huge world. I've never thought I could get my wife into One Piece at all. And now she's a Zoro fangirl.

I tried to get my dad to get into One Piece but we stopped at Syrup Village but we're almost done with the live action and he's reacting to Garp being Luffy's Grandpa was priceless 😂

Oda set a goal for the live action and based off of it's reception, he killed it. The only people I know that didn't at least really like it are HARDCORE anime fans because it wasn't 1 to 1 but it was NEVER going to be.

I've been following the Manga for 10+ years and it feel so refreshing to coming back to east blue. The live action make me want to reread the Manga AND re-watch the anime. It's also perfect introduction for my friend that don't know one piece.. That big W for me

Connor was definitely very very wrong. So many people have started the anime because of the live action! Is one of the reasons why i love the live action so much. Because it's doing what we all want. Getting people to give the anime a chance!

I’ve never watched the one piece anime in my life, I thoroughly enjoyed the live action as someone’s who’s watched anime my whole life. Solid 9/10 for me.

My opinion on Chopper is that if Sonic the Hedgehog can be done in live action Chopper can be done. Also I hope they slow down the pace of the show in season 2.

There's probably 4 distinct ways they can attempt to do Chopper. First and most expensive is to go full CGI and have a Detective Pikachu or Rocket Raccoon like character. Second is to have a full puppet like Baby Yoda. Doesn't look as realistic, but because of that it avoids the uncanny valley. Third option is a human kid in reindeer makeup VFX. The biggest issue with this one is that the actor will noticeably age throughout the seasons of the show and it would be much more noticeable than the aging of the young adult cast. Lastly a short person in a full costume like the Ewoks from Star wars. This works, but these tend to be the less emotive option and it makes it hard for the actor to stand out.

The live action is suprisingly really good. I actually did show it to my mum, who insisted she really despised all anime-related things, but turns out she really enjoyed it and keeps now randomly repeating some of Luffy's voice lines 😄

I’m a One Piece fan, but my girlfriend had no desire to get into it. We watched the Live Action, convinced her to start the anime, and now we’re in Thriller Bark! As a One Piece fan, the live action helped grow the fanbase even more!

Live action MHA worries me because of how inherently Japanese it is. It's not set in a fantasy world, it's set in modern-ish day Japan, and Japanese national identity is a pretty big theme in the story. I don't see how a live action could work if it isn't set in Japan with a Japanese cast.

My 65 y/o dad loved the show! He watched it on his own and recommended me the show, like I didnt know what it was lmao. (I DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT WAS UP ON NETFLIX UNTIL HE TOLD ME).

When I was watching this show, it reminded me of the movie Hook in how they had this super fantastic world but thanks to the costuming and set design, they were able to find a way to ground the world in reality.

I think it was a genius move to have the ongoing joke of "real fighters call out their finishing moves" it let Luffy scream out gum -gum without seeming ridiculous or super anime

I think the secret to a successful adaptation is simple, have the original writer come on board with a veto right on what needs to change and what needs to be left untouched...

I wonder if they’ll ever make a monster live adaptation because this has been stuck on my mind that this would be one of the perfect anime that can transition into live action.

My dad and I don't share a lot of interests, so when I think I find something we can both enjoy I'm desperate to share it with him. We watched the One Piece live-action, and when I said we were on the final episode he said that made him sad. When the credits rolled, he said that out of all of the shows I've shown him, this was the best. That really made me smile. I hope the show keeps going with this level of quality and faithfulness, because I know my dad doesn't have the time for 1000+ episodes of the anime.

East blue was a very good introduction arc and live action friendly. Crews, pirates and navy are all borderline super human at most and not many devil fruit users had been introduced. Costumes and actions could be re enacted without heavy use of cgi, both anime and rl shows watchers like real drawings/actions instead of goofy cgi. But it takes a lot of resources for hand drawn/real actions, and almost impossible once we get into next season when most enemies and friends are DF users or non human.

The live action is way more accessible for 'normies'. I have recommended the anime to si many people over the years and maybe 10 percent watched more than 10 episodes. Meanwhile with the live action, even my aunt and grandma watched it and liked it.

the fact that my mom caught a glimpse of the show and said "I've seen this kid somewhere. Why does he look like a cartoon??". I thought she meant she's seen Iñaki online or something, but no, SHE MEANT LUFFY just she didn't realize it was an adaptation of the anime I've been yapping about. So the fact that she recognized him immediately without even knowing one piece got me flabbergasted

I know its a good adaptation when I can show it to my dad, who doesn't watch much animation, and he tears up

As someone who's never watched one piece, I absolutely loved the live action and shared it with others. Now we are going to catch up with the anime cuz we loved it soo much...

I was at my mates house and his retired Carpenter Dad was talking about a funny pirate show that released on Netflix. He was so upset there was only 8 episodes! I was surprised that he knew all the strawhats members names and also liked Zeff and Garp very much. I told him there was an anime with 1000 episodes and he was shook 😂.

I got my friend in to the show, and she was like “I need to watch the anime.” I told her it was long, but she didn’t care as long as she got to see Zoro lol. I’ve started the anime a bit ago but stopped after the end of Ussops intro due to school, now she surpassed me and nearly finished Sanji’s intro lol. She’s quite new to anime so I’m excited to see how far this goes.

As an anime family my wife really did not like One Piece but when we watched the live action she binge watched it like an addict, then watched it again. For me personally I am glad it has worked out well because it might just open the door to a lot more people exploring all the different types of anime out there.

personally i think the episodes for season 2 will be 1: Loguetown and reverse mountain 2: reverse mountain and whiskey peak 3: little garden 4: drum island 5: drum island 6,7,8,9: alabasta i added just one episode to the count since im going with highly likely we are getting more than 8 episodes

Joey : how are they going to make chopper ?? Are we in the 1950s joey ?? You’ve never seen an animated character in film or live-action works before?

the actors aging actually makes more sense tbh. The time scaling in one piece is absolutely crazy

Joey says he’s glad they didn’t use any high profile actors…. Jamie Lee Curtis said she wants to play Kureha.

Most of the production timeline for se 01 was preproduction and writing. Makes a lot of sense since I can only imagine that time wws spent ironing out story beats and detailing changes from the manga with Oda as well as casting and artistic direction (ie. What will the sea kings look like? How accurate do we want the costumes to look like? Does finishing move callouts work? Etc.) The actual principle photography only took about 8 months and post production took ab a year. So it would probably take roughly 2 years for the next season- possibly even less since most of the development work can be more streamlined this time around

I had a similar experience with Garnt. I had friend, who's practically the stereotypical jock who loved the show and said he considered watching the anime after. He probably won't due to time and his job, but yeah. In terms of recommending the show to "normies" who has no intro to anime, I'd preface it as a tv show that is closer to a theater performance. The characters are camp and zany, and there's a lot of suspension of disbelief. The corny-ness is part of the charm. If they're the type of person to like that kind of genre, they'd probably like the live action.

If Sonic the Hedgehog, Rocket Raccoon, and Pokemon could be made convincably well in live action, then Chopper is doable too. The actual issue finding a good voice actor/actor and of course budget.

the most ironic thing about death note is that the only thing all the live action adaptation got right was the shinigami

It took almost 3 years for season 1, but that's also bc of covid constraints. I think one of the producers said they expected the next season to take 1-1.5 years to film.

The stage play comment is my exact feelings of this show. The live action One Piece feels like a stage play. Which actually makes some of the things that could be complaints actually be improvements. Like how the fights felt very choreographed. Or how everything felt unrealistic in a way. Unrealistic in a way that felt like a stage performance. Kinda loved it.

I absolutely loved the choreographed fights the actors/actresses did in the show. Especially, Iñaki Godoy, Taz Skylar and Mackenyu for doing their own stunts.

If I remember correctly the Death Note series was reported to be planned by the guys who made Stranger Things, so I have faith that they could both nail the shinigami designs and nail the thriller kind of aspect of the show as a whole.

Before it came out, I was only discussing it online among the One Piece manga community who were anywhere from downright mad the LA exist to optimistically skeptical. After it came out, I enjoyed it but I had doubt about some changes and a few nitpicks. It was only after I watched non-anime watchers react to it on youtube, I realized how well the Live Action did.

The best part of the One Piece Live action is its ability to get non anime watchers into One piece. Or my buddy who was just put off by the number fo anime eppisodes. He loved the LA and now hes watchiing the anime cause hes hooked.

I for a long time said I wasn't going to start One Piece until it was done. With it already having so many hundreds of episodes by the time I even just knew of it's existence, initially it just seemed daunting, and then I didn't want to watch that much and get caught up to then have to wait for new episodes. However, when the live action came out and I saw people who had never seen the anime or read the manga really into it, I thought I'd give it a shot. It was only 8 episodes, after all. Then I was obsessed with it. I loved all the characters and their backstories and the absurdity that was played in all seriousness. Very shortly after finishing it I finally decided to watch the anime, and now in less than two weeks I'm 170 episodes in, and I know plenty of other people are the same way.

I really wanted to hate it but I watched it twice and still cried over Zeff and Sanji

I can say myself, I always looked at one piece incredibly intimidated by the size of the show. Having the live action which is just 8 episodes gave me a very enjoyable taste of One Piece, I very much enjoy it, and am now interested in seeing what the Anime is like because I wanna see more.

This was my first experience of One Piece and I absolutely loved it.

i watched it and really really fell in love with one piece through it. and then i got rly bumped that there wasn't a season 2 because i loved it so much so i started the anime a few days after finishing opla (despite it having 1000+ episodes, i just couldn't help but want more so i got over my hesitation). i wldve never watched one piece if not for opla ..

Chopper needs to be a Muppet.

I watched the Netflix show first and I thought it was fun and good. I wanted to see more. I watched the first 70 episodes of the anime and I noticed where they changed characters and plot points and I must say they have done a great job. If you are only able to make 8 episodes then they picked the right stories to focus on and the characters that were left out or changed also felt like they made the right choice

Actually filming on first season took almost 2 years, not 3 or 4 like you guys said xd the preparation for everything lasted for a long time but actual filming took them around 18 months

People complaining some things were changed "by Netflix" I think forgot that Oda was a writer for the show too. You really think that after 20+ years he doesn't have any regrets on how he wrote some stuff, doesn't want to make changes?

Calling it right now. Zoro is going to finally call out an attack next season when he does Lion's Song

Okay as a person who never watched the anime or read the manga, I felt I missed out while watching the one piece live action.. I loved all the characters and I felt it was really flipping good and I was really into it, In fact It was SOO GOOD my entire family sat down and watched the show with me.

The overall process of making the show took 6 years but filming took around a year or so. The producers believe it'll take 16-18 months to actually finish Season 2 completely.

The Zoro flashback is something that I personally appreciate, also Helmeppo's cheeks are the real star of the show

My parents are not interested in any anime whatsoever but, they freaking loved the One Piece Live action. Even made my mom rewatch the Arlong Park Arc in the anime.

Fun fact! The Marvel Syndrome referenced in the video has an actual media term! Lampshading. Where you make a joke and then the writer calls out the fact the joke sucks or places the spotlight on the fact the joke is a joke. There's a great Overly Sarcastic production video on it.

I seen a couple episodes of the anime when I was kid like 17 years ago and thought it was boring as hell and the power systems with the fruits were stupid. I watched the Netflix show and absolutely loved it. Hearing them all constantly talk about their dreams made me cry and remember what it was like to be a kid again. After I finished the show I started up the anime and am almost to episode 100 now. I still dislike a lot of the anime. But it’s also really enjoyable.

Really enjoyed it Though it was a bit weird that child Luffy had a US accent and adult Luffy had a Mexican accent.

Luffy constantly reminding you that he is HIM is the best shit.

OPLA was my intro to One Piece, I'm now caught up on the anime. I showed the Live Action to my parents and my siblings over the holiday seasons and they all wanted more!

Garnt reflecting all my thoughts and feelings for 18mins

As a normies myself to One Piece I can say 10 out of 10 and I did watch again

After watching the show with my wife and my parents, who are in their 50's, they're very interested in watching the anime. At the very least, the live action show is a great way to ease people into the anime or manga

conor is the old man "change is bad". I thought it was gonna be good as soon I saw oda was gonna be apart of it. I knew it was gonna be special

I believe it was mentioned that as long as the strike ends (which just did) will take 12-18 months to finish Season 2.

im at the beginning of arabasta arc and i really enjoyed it. I watched it with my sister she has zero knowledge of one piece and loved it

My dad enjoyed it and he’s 60 kinda wild how many more people are getting into it. love to see it

One thing I definitely realized from seeing normies react to having watched One Piece live action is how all of us who've been into One Piece go through like 1000 episodes of the anime and/or chapters of the Manga is that we are in our own bubble. We watch the live action adaptation from our own lens, being critical of how the live action compares to what we already assume One Piece was supposed to be like. We're not looking at what's there on its own merit. For example, Syrup Village and Baratie arcs dragged and Don Krieg was the most forgettable villain. What Netflix did with those were they altered arcs that anime and manga fans already had issue with, condensed them and made them more appealing for normies. By the way, in the anime, Syrup Village was 10 episodes, Baratie was 12, and Arlong Park was 14 . Certain unimportant characters were removed. It also wasn't 52 eps by the end, it was 44. They also presented the lore elements in a simpler way, like Warlords and the role of the Marines without heavy exposition, utilizing characters like Garp and Coby to do so (who even those who follow anime & manga wish they'd spent more time with). They also left in all of the elements that we all loved about One Piece, and that's the essence of the characters and the important elements of the story.

I'm an anime fan but never watched One Piece. At first I wasn't sure, but I've slowly seen its virtues and am surprised by how much I like it, just not as an anime fan. As a 90s kid, I slowly find myself seeing it as if it were a prequal within the Hook universe. The slightly janky but colourful set pieces, exagerrated characters and costumes, the Luffie actor imbues the energy of a young Robin Williams Peter Pan, and Garp carries the presence of Hoffman's Hook (the sense of disturbing a family accord, also taking an ally of the protagonist under their wing - Peter's son for Hook, and Koby for Luffie). Zoro also plays off of Luffie like Rufio does Peter. You can feel the creative ways they've tried to realise such a colourful world with the modest means of our reality, and it's charming. Also, there's plenty pirating. As a millenial with a lot of nostalgic attachment to Hook, I just love all that.

I think, dare I be so bold to say this, One Piece (live action) will be the video series (show/movie) of the 20s. We had Harry Potter for the 2000s, MCU for the 10s, and (skipping over 2020 and 2021 from the pandemic) I think OP will be the main video series for the next decade to come.

Arlong park is 14 episodes. Starts at episode 31

Yea Connor is definitely wrong I've had family and friends who've both never watched one piece and never watched anime in general who watched this loved it and are now watching the whole anime.

Funny they mention the writers strike cuz I heard it ended recently. So maybe we'll get season 2 sooner than we thought!

This show had a low budget when you compare it to other contemporary streaming shows. They did decent and I can only see them getting better as long as they get bigger budgets, maybe we'll see an alternate story direction based from one of the prior times Oda thought of ending it. Also the anime was paced really well early on until it started getting into marinford saga, sadly.

Yo the set up crazy now

it was my introduction to the series formally and i was creaming my pants every episode

The one piece live action is amazing and I've shown it to people who've never seen One Piece and they loved it 👌🏽

I'd never seen anything OP before other than a few clips here and there. Binged the Live action in a night then started the anime and now I'm up to Sabaody Archipelago in the anime 😅

my 71 year old dad AND my 73 year old mom LOVE one piece live action and they even got my uncles and aunt's into watching it and its a absolute hit they all cant wait for season 2 the normies love it from my view

I think the live stage prop stance was the most accurate way to explain the feel of this show, it's 100% like you're watching a play of the anime and tbh they executed it perfectly. I could never get into the anime cause I am not a fan of the animation or art style, but the show did a great job with it

The only way i will accept an SAO Adaption is if the people from SWEAbridged are the ones writing the script while the OG SAO creator stays tied up in a trunk FAR away from the project.

Before the Show: "There's a 1000+ episodes? Not a chance I'd watch that" After the show: "THANK GOD, THERE'S 1000+ , I reality don't want to stop watching!"

Correct me if i'm wrong, but did you know that the author of One Piece chose the actor for Luffy's character based on the fact that he made him laugh.

Impression I get from this live action adaptation is that it's lean but impactful, which definitely works to sell itself to a wider audience.

I got my parents to watch the show. They liked it