It’s been almost a year since theOne Pieceanime series remake was announced, so it’s high time that fans found out a little more about it. This weekend a few updates came from the One Piece Day livestream, which celebrated the legacy of the manga and anime seriescreated byEiichiro Oda. During the livestream, a teaser art from the new Netflix series and its staff were unveiled. Netflix is yet to unveil a release window for the series.
The teaser art suggests that theOne Pieceremake will be a more delicate approach to the story, with a lighter tone andhand-drawn animationthat allude to early versions of storyboards. It wouldn’t be surprising if the newOne Pieceseries differed immensely from the flagship show, since the original title is still running and has recentlypassed the whopping 1,000 episode mark.
TheOne Pieceanime remake will be directed byMasashi Koizuka, who previously helmed episodes from massively popular anime seriesAttack on Titan.Hideaki Abewill serve as assistant director after working on the animation department of titles likeBatman NinjaandMy Hero Academia. The screenplays will be written byTaku Kishimoto, who is best known for writing episodes of popular anime series such asFruits BasketandHaikyu!!. The studio responsible for handling the animation is WIT, which recently worked onSpy X FamilyandSuicide Squad Isekai.
Why Are They Making aOne PieceRemake?
Both fans and non-fans ofOne Piecemight wonder why Netflix would put out a new series about Luffy and his friends while the original anime is still running andthe live-action version has just kicked off. According to the newOne Pieceteam, one of the reasons for the remake is to adapt the story to new 16:9 screens.Back when it first premiered in 1999, the aspect ratio of the episodes was 4:3 — which means that it doesn’t look too great in modern TV screens. Additionally, theOne Pieceremakehas the goal of attracting new audiences to the franchise, since the long-running original series looks too intimidating to start with its massive episode count.
TheOne Pieceremake is slated to start ist story inthe East Blue Saga, the same one that viewers checked out in the live-action andoriginal manga series. We’re yet to know if the new series is going to go as far as the original one or just replace the older-style episodes. We’ll find out more about it once Netflix releases trailers and more information on the series.
Netflix is yet to reveal a release window for theOne Pieceremake series.
Monkey D. Luffy sets off on an adventure with his pirate crew in hopes of finding the greatest treasure ever, known as the “One Piece.”
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