One Piece (2023 tv series)
One Piece
One Piece (stylized in all caps) is a fantasy adventure television series created for Netflix by Matt Owens and Steven Maeda. The series is a live-action adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Eiichiro Oda, who served as chief creative consultant on the show. It is produced by Kazi Productions and Shueisha (who publishes the manga). The series stars Inaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, McNeue, Jacob Romero Gibson, and Taj Skyler as members of the Straw Hat Pirates, alongside Godoy’s Captain Monkey D. Starred in a team centered around Luffy.
The series premiered on August 31, 2023, and received positive reviews from both critics and fans who praised the performances, writing, visual effects, and general fidelity to the source material. Several outlets have called it the best live-action adaptation of a manga or anime series, considering it a major improvement over Netflix’s previous efforts such as the negatively received Death Note and Cowboy Bebop. Two weeks after its premiere, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, which is in active development.
Cast And Character
Main
Monkey d. Inaki Godoy as Luffy, an enthusiastic would-be pirate endowed with both cursed and powerful rubber-like powers after accidentally eating a mysterious Devil Fruit, the Gum-Gum Fruit. His mission is to travel from East Blue with a group of his own, find the One Piece and become king of the pirates.
Colton Osorio Young Monkey d. As Luffy
Emily Rudd as Nami, a mysterious thief who hides her past behind an aggressive apathy in search of a map of the Grand Line, where One Piece is strongly rumored to be. He took it upon himself to navigate and map out the entire world.
Lily Fisher as young Nami
Mackenzie as Roronoa Zoro, a skilled swordsman and bounty hunter who uses the art of “Three Swords Style”. His goal is to become the greatest swordsman in the world.
Maximilian Lee Piazza as young Roronoa Zoro
Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, who is arrogant, yet loyal to a fault, to his friends and allies; Usopp specializes in marksmanship, cunning, and invention. He wants to be a brave, renowned warrior of the sea, recognized by his infamous pirate father, Aesop.
Kevin Saula as young Usopp
Taj Skyler as Sanji, an obnoxious, womanizing, yet charming master chef who is a practitioner of martial arts primarily using his feet taught to him by his mentor and head chef Jeff. His mission is to find the All Blue, a mythical sea that connects the four seas and provides quality food to all.
Christian Convery as Young Sanji
Monkey d. Vincent Regan as Garp, a renowned vice admiral in the Marines and Luffy’s estranged grandfather, who becomes Coby’s mentor
Jeff Ward as Boggy the Clown, the clown-themed captain of the Boggy Pirates whose devil fruit he eats, the Chop-Chop Fruit, gives him the power to dismember his own body and control it as he sees fit.
Morgan Davis as Coby, a cabin boy of the Alvida Pirates who dreams of and eventually joins the Marines
Recurring
Aidan Scott as Helmeppo, Captain Morgan’s son, who uses his father’s status as a marine captain to bully others into doing his bidding. He later became a Marine cadet after his father’s defeat.
Peter Gadiot as Shanks, the red-haired pirate captain who was Luffy’s childhood hero and the inspiration for starting his own team
Ilia Isorellis Paulino as Alvida, the ruthless leader of the Alvida pirates who fights with a large spiked iron club
Langley Kirkwood as Ax Hand Morgan, a corrupt self-absorbed marine captain who captures Zoro and is Helmeppo’s abusive father
Tamer Burzak as Higuma, a fearsome bandit who tried to kill Luffy in his youth
Kathleen Stephens as Makino, a bartender in Windmill Village, Luffy’s hometown
Armand Aucamp as Bogard, a Marine officer and Garp’s right-hand man
Sven Ruigrok as Kabaji, an acrobat who is an officer of the Buggy Pirates
Stevel as Mark Ysopp, an officer of the Red Hair Pirates and Usopp’s father
Notlanhla Morgan Kutu as Lucky Rox, an officer of the Red Hair Pirates
Laudo Liebenberg as Ben Beckman, an officer of the Red Hair Pirates
McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, a powerful, ruthless fish-man who is the leader of the Arlong Pirates and ruler of Arlong Park
Celeste Lutes Kaya, an orphaned heiress and close friend of Usopp
Alexander Maniatis as Kuro, aka “Clahador”, Captain Keir Butler of the Black Cat Pirates
Bianca Oosthuizen as Sham, an officer of the Black Cat Pirates and Butchi’s partner
Albert Pretorius as Buchi, an officer of the Black Cat Pirates and Sham’s partner
Jandre Le Roux as Kurubi, a fish-man who is an officer of the Arlong Pirates
Brett Williams as Mary, an attorney and legal guardian of Coward’s assets
Craig Fairbrass as Chef Jeff, a former pirate and current head chef, and Barati, the owner of a floating restaurant and Sanji’s father.
Steven Ward as Mihawk, a pirate considered the world’s greatest swordsman and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea
Len-Barry Simmons as Chu, a fish-man who is an officer of the Arlong Pirates
Chioma Umela as Nojiko, Nami’s adopted older sister
Kylie Ashfield as young Nojiko
Grant Ross as Genzo, Sheriff of Coco Village
Rory Acton-Burnell as Nezumi, a corrupt marine captain who covers up for Arlong’s misdeeds
Guest
Michael Dorman as Gold Roger, the former king of the pirates
Mr. Ben Kogosimore. As 7, a swordsman, sent to meet Zoro by a criminal organization called Baroque Works.
Nicole Fortune as Ririka, a bartender in Shells Town
Chante Granger as Banchina, Usopp’s mother
Audrey Simon as Shimotsuki Quina, Zoro’s childhood friend and skilled swordsman
Nathan Castle as Shimotsuki Koushiro, a skilled swordsman who is Roronoa Zoro’s teacher
Milton Shore as Don Krieg, a pirate fleet captain who wears armor filled with hidden weapons
Lytha Baum as Jean, a combat commander of Don Krieg’s crew, who was fed by Sanji
Genna Galloway as Bellemere, a former Marine who adopts Nami and Nojiko
Brashad Mayweather as Patty, a cook at Barati
Additionally, Ian McShane voices the narrator in the first episode.
Casting
In November 2021, the main cast playing the Straw Hat Pirates was revealed through a series of wanted posters: Monkey D. Inaki Godoy as Luffy, Mackenzie as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taj Skylar as Sanji
In March 2022, Netflix added Morgan Davis as Coby, Ilia Isorellis Paulino as Alvida, Aidan Scott as Helmeppo, Jeff Ward as Bogie, McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, Vincent Regan as Garp, and Peter Gadiot as Shanks to the cast in recurring roles. June 2022 Langley Kirkwood as Captain Morgan, Celeste Lutes as Kaya, Alexander Maniatis as Clahador, Craig Fairbrass as Jeff, Steven Ward as Dracul Mihawk and Chioma Umela as Nojiko. In August 2022, Bianca Oosthuizen, Chante Granger, and Grant Ross joined the series cast as Sham, Banchina, and Genzo, respectively. In February 2023, it was revealed that Steve Marks had been cast as Isopp. In March 2023, it was revealed that Jandre Le Roux was cast as Kurubi.
In July 2023, it was revealed that the original Japanese voice actors from the One Piece anime would voice the characters for the Japanese dub. Replacing Jūrōta Kosugi from the anime for unspecified reasons, all characters are dubbed by the original Japanese voice cast except Arlong, who is voiced by Hiroki Tōchi.
The character of Tony Tony Chopper will appear in the second season in a video where Oda comments in the wake of the season renewal announcement.
Ratings
In its first weekend, the show’s concurrent viewership on Netflix reached number one in 86 countries, surpassing the Netflix debut record previously set by Stranger Things and Wednesday. It topped the weekly global Netflix charts from August 28 to September 3, peaking in the top 10 in 93 countries and number one in 46 countries, with 140 million hours watched by 18.5 million viewers. One Piece topped the Netflix chart for a second week between September 4-10, with 145.7 million hours watched by 19.3 million viewers. Thus it was watched by 37.8 million viewers for 285.7 million hours less than two weeks after its release. Nielsen reports that “on the streaming chart for the week of August 28 through September 3,” One Piece was #1 in the “Original” category and #2 overall with “1.3B minutes watched,” which “equals 21.85 million” viewing hours in the U.S..” The Hollywood Reporter highlights noted that Nielsen and Netflix calculate viewing time using different methods, so Nielsen’s reported worldwide total for the same period was “slightly less than the 16 percent reported in Netflix’s own top 10 ranking”. Variety commented that, per Nielsen, One Piece was “25% Hispanic and brings in a more diverse audience than its competitors with 19% African American audience”.
Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said that the show’s debut was met with a “very high bar” and that despite “haters looking for reasons to hate you”, “to be able to deliver this and see it be massively popular and a worldwide success is amazing” It was in 2023 The second new Netflix show to hit more than 100 million hours in its first week, following The Night Agent in March. Deadline Hollywood, however, noted that its first audience numbers fell short of Wednesday and Queen Charlotte, which received about 43 million and 24 million views, respectively, in their first weeks. On TikTok, the #OnePieceNetflix hashtag generated 4 billion search impressions in the show’s first two weeks.
About One Piece
| Genre | · Action-adventure
· Comedy-drama · Fantasy · Swashbuckler |
| Based on | One Piece by Eiichiro Oda |
| Developed by | · Matt Owens
· Steven Maeda |
| Starring | · Iñaki Godoy
· Emily Rudd · Mackenyu · Jacob Romero Gibson · Taz Skylar · Vincent Regan · Jeff Ward · Morgan Davies |
| Narrated by | Ian McShane |
| Composers | · Sonya Belousova
· Giona Ostinelli |
| Country of origin | · United Kingdom
· United States · Japan |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | · Matt Owens
· Steven Maeda · Marty Adelstein · Becky Clements · Chris Symes · Marc Jobst · Tim Southam · Tetsu Fujimura · Eiichiro Oda |
| Producers | · Takuma Naito
· Amie Horiuchi |
| Production location | South Africa |
| Cinematography | · Nicole Hirsch Whitaker
· Michael Wood |
| Editors | · Eric Litman
· Tessa Verfus · Kevin D. Ross · Tirsa Hackshaw |
| Running time | 49–63 minutes |
| Production companies | · Kaji Productions
· Tomorrow Studios · Shueisha |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | August 31, 2023 – present |
