I'M SORRY!!? The music was bad!? I hope that's sarcasm? I need to know because for me it's the best part of the show. All your other criticism are valid. Good review.
@@miratunatar which original score? The anime? I do like the Anime music but it's formulaic, reused way too much, and a bit simple in my opinion. I personally wouldn't listen to it by itself while the LA I do listen every so often.
I love the live action one piece because not only was it not an absolute disaster, but it also helped people who dont watch anime watch one piece and get into the anime. I love hearing about how the live action helped people get their parents to watch one piece. Edit: rule 2 of the internet// somone will always find a way to get mad in a comment section, which will eventually start a pointless argument.
Now that is a glass full of cope if I've ever seen it. "I don't like the show for its own merits but because it wasn't horseshit and a few of those who watched it got curious about the real thing that is actually good".
I remember the night of it's release, I could not sleep! I was too excited!! I was not disappointed. The writing was decent, the music was epic, the make-up was phenomenal, and the casting was perfect!
I watched the LA on release. I’m now caught up reading the manga every week. I stand by it being the best onboarding for a Japanese series TV has ever released. Of course it won’t live up to the anime, and especially the manga. Hachi not being in it really confused both myself and my GF. But seeing mihawk and the nami/straw hat scenes immediately told me it wasn’t just a pirate Shonen… 10/10 TV show, let alone live action. It did its job
@@gnomegguy69 they’ve apparently addressed this by saying hachi wasn’t near arlong park at the time. They didn’t budget for a 6 handed sword fighting octopus to fight against zoro is all
The absolute best, most objective critique I've watched of this show. Love to see these facts and details that jarred me out of the watching experience finally put into words. I only wish this had been published months ago cause it deserves way more views tbh.
I feel what you're saying in this video and for the most part i agree but most of these criticisms are just comparing the Live Action to the Manga with no consideration for ppl who are experiencing One Piece for the first time.
I love One Piece and was a bit woried but whent he trailers came out I was like , "this looks kinda good". When I watched it I was blown away. Its not perfect but I think its very good. The biggest thing is I think it captures the spirit of One Piece's world and characters. Its just fun. I've been into One Piece for 20 years and I actually watched it with my parents who know nothing of One Piece and they loved it. My mom keeps asking me when another season is coming, she liked it that much. She also thinks Luffy would be a cute name for a dog lol.
In the one year since I watched the Live action, I started the anime at the end of September, watched the first 516 episodes until January, took a break, and resumed in July and watched up to episode 931, now in Wano. I have also brought 45 of the first physical volumes and brought so much merch including funko pops, shirts, and even swords from Comic-con. Despite starting to love this franchise through the live action, and still loving it, I can safely say I've enjoyed the anime more, which has caused me to love the franchise as whole. If I had started One Piece through the manga or anime first, I think I would of still enjoyed the Live action, because honestly, it got the attention and work from Oda himself, and I respect it because he's in it for passion, rather than money. Everything about One Piece is immaculate, despite joining almost 25 years late. I didn't join because my friends forced me to, or because I wanted to fit in, I joined the One Piece journey because I genuinely enjoyed it. In fact, before even watching OP, I wasn't open to any anime's at all, because it had seemed 'strange' to me at the time, but despite OP being the first introductory to anime, it has caused me to appreciating anime overall as a whole. Overall, I think the Live action was a great gateway to getting the fans it deserves.
Didnt expect for this video to be this good. This movie made me marathon one piece from the start after a decade, and now this video makes me wanna do it all over again. 💞You guys know whats sup, and the editing is awesome. Cant wait for new videos of yours! Subscribed~
Apparently, a lot of meddling behind the scenes caused a lot of weird choices this season. Like Garp and the marines. Plus the writer strike caused the show runner to not be present during the editing of the last few episodes. I still have hope that they will not rush the story in season 2. I am encouraged that Alabasta is gonna be pushed to season 3 so that we can have better pacing.
I personally wouldnt mind having smoker pursue luffy throughout most of the first half of the alabasta saga (for those who dont know, season 2 wont be covering the alabasta arc, and will end at drum island.) Smoker is a logia user and he has the potential to completely outclass luffy, and im sure they could show his power without undercutting the baroque works villains. Example: luffy and co. Meet smoker at LT. Buggy tries to execute luffy but then lightening strikes and luffy is free. Smoker and luffy have a brief fight throughout loguetown but dragon saves luffy, and we dont get to see the full extent of smokers threat. Luffy and co. Get pretty ahead of smoker on the grand line, but smoker eventually catches up lets say in drum island, maybe replacing wapol as the villain of that arc?
I feel like i can see all the flaws and there are things that I don't really like, but i can't get myself to even be mad because the sum of its parts makes so much more than any flaw. Just the depth in buggy's interpretation borrowing what happens later in the manga to make the character feel deeper, the way he talks about shanks feels so layered. That's just one example
22:13 yeah it does work if you haven't watched one piece that's the point. I get nitpicking but there are things that just wouldn't work in live action. For example in the anime it's kinda hilarious how the straw hats keep swapping places and missing each other going to and from arlong park, but that structure wouldn't work in live action and it would be jarring, they have to convey the same journey in a different way i think that's what you're missing
You said yourselves that luffy didn't believe buggy 's taunts because it wasn't the point for him to doubt shanks, it's to show both of the characters by having luffy stand by shanks no matter what and showing us buggy's weirdly huge resentment he has for shanks. It's trying to do the same character work from the manga but in another format
It's all a mixed bag, as far as american adaptations go, it's good, it's the best he've seen so far, and I understand critiqing it, it's fully reasonable and fair to enjoy the serie yet still dunking on the parts that didn't do as good of a job. This video is a good critique, it's not just hating for the sake of hating, you clearly well though about this. The thing I mostly hated about Syrup Village was the line "Why no one believes me??" when it should be "No one believes me", not a question but full realisation, Usopp knows why no one would believe him, it shouldn't be a suprise to him, he's known as a liar, he told the same lie every morning for the past few years, and in the manga it was greatly reframed as a messege "it's another peaceful day" by the end of the arc when it came to fighting. I understand your points in flaws like Kuro not killing Buchi and Sham and just saying that he kills his crewmates, I understand why you feel Usopp was handled poorly and I agree but This line is the biggest sin imo Anyway, the moment I decided I need to write this comment is when you told that "Baratie was the best", because imo it was the weakest. Yes, Kreig is a pretty weak villain in the original and I understand why they cut him out, they made a choice, but Kreig is a pedestal character, he is there to show you how Grand Line is a dangerous place and to bring out the best in both Sanji and Luffy. When it comes to Luffy it's a fight between military might and pure determination and willpower. When it comes to Sanji Krieg and Gin are to show who Sanji is now in the story, we get the backstory but now Sanji is fully loyal to Zeff, just like Gin is fully loyal to Krieg, it shows us Sanji's duty as a cook "I don't judge people, when someone's hungry, I feed them. That's a cook's job" and without them Sanji basically had no arc in Baratie, he didn't say to Zoro to give up on your dreams like in manga, he had no bigger conflict, Sanji just was there, Taz Skylar played him REALLY good, but the script leaves a lot to ask I like the idea of building up Arlong Park tho so this was a pretty good choice All being said, Live Action One Piece has good sides and bad sides, it's mixed, we can focus on only one but it's best to see all sides and hope for improvement in the bad sides
I don't think you're raining on the parade. When OPLA first came out, it was like taking a drug. The euphoria of the show not being a disaster amplified the experience, but with that out of the way, I think most people understand that it's a very flawed show. It's also been especially enlightening hearing from the production team about stuff like not being in the room for the final edit of the last two episodes, the original 10 episode deal from Netflix and all the stuff that budget forced them to cut. I don't think it will ever be able to stand on it's own as a premiere piece of media. However I do think it's a great funnel to get people into the manga and anime.
With some of the production obstacles out of the way for next season, here’s hoping for the best and that we don’t see it too late into 2026! 2 and a half to 3 years in between season releases would be rough. We didn’t factor the show as a funnel to the series into our critique. But, it is fun to read the comments on this video and see people get into One Piece. Thanks for the thoughts!
Apparently they did film more scenes that would have developed Ussop’s character in Arlong Park, but due to the writer’s strike the showrunners weren’t around to make sure they made it to the final cut of the show.
the majority of your issues sadly has to do with the budget and netflix insisting that the show fits into only 8 episodes. The show runner needed Oda's help to prevent the second season from being condensed so much that we would meet smoker in logue town, laboon and vivi at the entrance, whiskey peak, little garden, drum island and ALL OF ALABASTA??? Netflix staff has been pushing them to cut a lot of corners. Sadly the reason why everything needs to be explained the way you criticize it is because of forced focus groups and average people saying things like "why does he have three swords how is he supposed to fight with the other one?" If you guys work in tv or filming anything I am sure you are aware of this.
You had a lot of fair criticisms and the main thing I would say is that giving less time to garp and coby/helmeppo could have helped. Yet I think the thing one piece needs most that netflix isnt giving it is time.
What’s your source for Owens and Oda fighting for the season to not skip things? We’ve seen Oda more or less confirm they will be adapting at least up to Drum Island. The only source I’m seeing for this supposed dispute is a Reddit post claiming vTuber Nuxanor says that happened. The post that links to a tweet has no video source.
@@FuzzPunchArcade oh I could be wrong. Yet seeing the pacing of season one and how low the episode count was and that they cast cobra in the series are all decent hints that execs wanted Alabasta to happen in season two.
@@FuzzPunchArcadei heard in a interview to Matt Owens that the first season was going to be 10 episodes, but for budget reasons they had to cut it. He said the fights on arlong park were mean to be better, including Zoro vs Hacchi. And it seems that covid played a part too
I liked the show. You're right that it didn't do everything right and some themes fell flat. But the most important thing it got right - the spirit of adventure and friendship so pivotal to One Piece. It got my friend who thought OP is too childish to read all the manga in a month. Even if it is far from perfection, the enthusiasm of actors playing strawhats and producent's respect for the original makes me excited for later seasons of the show.
I said while I was watching, and I hold firm to it. The LA needed more time. Either extend each episode by up to 30 minutes (Some would only need 10/15 to fit in the needed scenes, and include a more faithful plot,) or give it just two more episodes. Could have filled many of the gaps the LA left open. For what they faced, I thought it was an admirable job. It carried most of the charm of the original and did what it set out to do, in introducing millions more to the series. I'm glad they're ending season 2 at Drum Island. Alabasta would have been too much, maybe even for 10 episodes. Hopefully they can iron out most of the issues moving forward, even with the restricted runtime. Either way, I want to see more of this cast. If it's on par with S1, I'll be happy. If they poop the bed, Ill be disappointed, but if they decide to start adding anything but more One Piece, I'll dump it faster than a hardware giant dumps a $40 live service flop.
That and removing Garp's plotline entirely. I see so many people tried to defend this action by saying it helps develop Koby and Helmeppo more. But they can easily do that without Garp involvement. Honestly, it's even worse since with Garp's scenes, it entirely took away from exploring the dynamic between the duo further. Like the biggest turning point for Helmeppo is cause Koby saved him from a falling mast. Really? That's the best we can come up with?
@ZhaneDFrost would have been smarter to use Captain Morgan for at least half the season. Could have made his tyranny more apparent and given Garp an excuse to arrest hi.
Raining on parade indeed. Show is not amazing because bar is low. Show is amazing because they succeed in creating 8 hrs of 'one piece' adventure. From casting to story beats this show nails so many aspects. Thanks oda for supervising.
I always said OP would have a decent live action (before watching it really) it was just the vibe from the handful of episodes I had seen, I was actually excited to see it. Then I got into the manga, and then it premiered and it wasn’t half bad. My whole family enjoyed it, and now I think it’s a One Piece fan family
I really wish they didn't make the marines so prevalent in the live action in lieu of more important character moments or scenes to the east blue saga my only guess is that they didn't want to get more actors which really sucks
One choice that confused me was that important scenes take place at night for some reason, e.g. Of COURSE I WILL!, the climax of Syrup Village, the scene where Garp confronts the Straw Hats, Luffy punching Alvida, etc.
Genuinely I think it just A) Provides a sense of actual time passing and B) Makes certain scenes feel more dramatic or just fits the scene little better.
@Vivigreeny25 the issue for me is that most of the show is pretty dark and poorly lit, which makes everything hard to see, particularly in action scenes
i don't care for the inexplicably carnivorous cow momu, & i hope the live action doesn't have those random carnivore-brontosauruses that luffy & the giants murder either
great video! i definitely agree on the camera angles, strange cuts and shots, awkward framing, etc. As a film grad & animator I definitely didn't always love those aspects. (youre crazy for not liking the music though.) This is a really well thought out and constructive video! It sucks but I'm pretty sure the Koby and Helmeppo and Garp stuff had to exist for the show's budget not to completely be destroyed. That isn't much of an excuse, but I do appreciate that the writers did their darndest to tie the themes together, even if that Garp fight at the end definitely was not it. I think the Luffy / Coby parallels were well done. the thing about OPLA is it was my introduction into one piece. I watched it knowing nothing about one piece while being determined NOT to ever watch one piece due to its length and it ended up being my catalyst to watching the show/ reading the manga. I love the show for what it is and can appreciate that it introduced me to enough of the world and characters and themes to convince me it was a good story, even though I absolutely now am fully on the animanga hype train and into the 500s of episodes. I think it's hard to judge these kinds of things. Of course you want to put a live action version of a story against the original, but for this show, it became the way I was introduced to it at all. It gave me a way to share the story I love with my family (as I just very recently rewatched it, with them this time). It's a genuinely good story in its own right. If you don't know the source material, so you don't know what a lot of these scenes are missing, you really don't feel the lack. I genuinely think the main reason everyone went gaga over this adaptation is because most of the people watching it were brand new One Piece babies. I've grown to love the animated versions of the characters more. But if I hadn't had this cast to usher me to them, I never would've met them in the first place. That's kind of a conversation ender as far as criticism goes, and I want to emphasize I agree with pretty much all your points here. But I'm also so glad OPLA exists and will watch season two the day it drops, haha.
Honestly, I wish Luffy vs Don Krieg would be in the series. Would love to see Zoro vs Hachi too. I think Usopp looks more powerful in the live action. I loved that they included Coby and Helmeppo's journey of becoming part of the Marines. Coby and Garp even crossed paths with Luffy so early in the series, which was great in my opinion. If One Piece had a spin-off, I would love Coby to be the main character. It would be neat to see a story from the Marines' point of view in my opinion. This series is not perfect, but I love it. Anyway, neat review! 👍
We threw some shade at Kreig in this video, but seeing all his gear in action would have been cool. Cutting him was smart to make the arc happen at all, but a loss is a loss
i desperately wanted to get my mom into the series through the remake anime...but i feel like there's not much time remaining lol. already waited like 3 years for something like this to occur, and i need to start _something_ soon. so, i might have to resort to this version for the arcs that actually landed somewhat decent, blehh, then read those with her. i plan on us experiencing it interchangeably between the manga & anime for, say, Skypiea & W7/EL - respectively. & one pace for dressrosa, cause...that made it one of my favorite arcs & then i went back to see the tv anime version with my friend & kinda hated it lol
la op isnt the best, but I would've never started watching the anime without it and im now like 970 eps in, so I owe a lot to it, even if it isnt perfect
As someone watching OP actively atm, the Live Action doesn’t appeal to me. A lot of the things they’ve changed or left out sound disappointing but I understand they’re trying to condense the series. It makes me curious how they will do the OP remake since that will also aim to cut out and fix timing and condense the series. Thanks for the video! Was cool to see a review on the live action!
Before I watch your video, It appears they are addressing some of the biggest production concerns, pacing will be slowed down. I am incredibly biased, but I'm impressed by Netflix (only in this regard). edit: 11:51 Fair point
Although I agree with a lot of your criticisms, the structure of one piece is changed due to it being a live action tv series, you need an ongoing B plot so I understand why they chose koby and garp even if it had it’s problems
I don’t think adding a b-plot into the structure is a necessity of any property being adapted. I can understand where that impression comes from as all big tv pursues Game of Thrones (in budget and hopeful cultural zeitgeist).I can’t confirm or deny if Garp/Koby/Helmeppo was an imposition from the top at Netflix and/or Tomorrow Studios or an idea from the core creative team. I haven’t seen either reported. I agree Koby was the one to flesh out if you had to do a running b-plot. it didn’t manifest well, in my opinion.
@@muffinmonkeys It was a decision made by the showrunners. Steven Maeda proudly claim it was his decision in one of the interviews which kinda confused me. Thank god he's taking more of a backseat role and give more reign to Matt cause imo, Steven can't cook. I don't mind the b plot per se, but Garp shouldn't have involved in Season 1 and the story should've solely focused on Koby and Helmeppo's relationships.
Honestly felt the same But just assumed I was hating because everyone loved it so much, I think the live action deffo shot themselves in the foot long term when it comes to garp especially coz post water 7 is cooked now if they even get there.
Completely disagree, water 7 has more than enough to hold its own with the 100 faithful adaption of Garps part, also the added time helped flesh out his misguided attemps at protecing his loved ones for both Marineford and if they ever make it Egghead as well. If im trying to do a One Piece LA then why not go big and write it like you will somehow go all the way to the end, even if you dont make it.
you know that garp was already revealed as luffy's grandpa in the second romance dawn one-shot from 1996? it's the reason why garp wore that dog-beanie thing to begin with - so that manga readers couldn't exactly tell what he looks like
its basically when the manga and anime were thrown into a blender but it came out okay luckily, I didn't like how they undermined usopps arc and sanji not fighting at baratie, or limiting don krieg's role to a cameo, arlong unexplicably showing at baratie. Also zoro, sanji, ussop and luffy are supposed to be idiots of varying degree, a dynamic that was missing and the show looked too Americanized. although i loved garp's and zeff's actors.
That was fun to put together! I pulled on some Toonami promo memories for inspiration. The music tied everything together. Thanks! -muffinmonkeys (editor)
@@FuzzPunchArcade were you there for the FUNimation takeover of one piece in 2007 on toonami? that's when my friend first got fully on-board for the series & took two whole years of convincing me to join in on it. i had already known that 4kids was badly butchering it since 2005, but then i experienced water 7/eniesL & impel down simultaneously spring break 2010 & my life has not been the same since.
To be fair, making a live action of a cartoon of course has to cut a lt of corners. No live action can replicate everything from anime, and that's why changes are made. A lot of the criticism of "not enough time" is directly correlated to the acting and writing strikes going on during the production of the live action. Many things were cut, including more reasons for why Usopp deserved to be part of the straw hats. They were planning to get to Lougetown but didn't have enough time. Source: direct interviews with Matt Owens. The structure was made with marines at the forefront because you need the through line. Hopping from island to island is not tense and not good story telling to keep everything isolated. It's the same reason why the East Blue is considered the weakest of all the "arcs" in one piece. I understand as a fan that we want to see more of the straw hats but that's not how you story board. Also the amount of time you want to develop characters like axe-hand to be an actual threat who is supposed to be a 1st episode minor villain is cool but how much time can you really dedicate to that? Along with Helmeppo, Coby, and 3 Straw hats, you want more in 1 episode? It's fine to develop Garp and Coby because they become relevant again in the story, not the other characters though. I understand wanting to replicate the depth of everything that the anime showed, but your criticism seems to come from not understanding how a new person would come to watch this show. Your'e not thinking about how to adapt the live action, you just want to see the same thing that you know about Axe-Hand or the dog of Orange Town. (btw they did show how there are different treasures when Luffy chased his hat and Buggy chased his map) Your asking for so much build up and release within one hour compared to the many episodes that the anime developed it. These are minor characters and can mostly be skipped in the interest of time to develop actually important characters. Yes the anime is better but it also had way more time to flush out the ideas and make the characters shine. Can you actually imagine how heartless Luffy would seem to be if he just walked away when hearing about Nami's back story? After chasing her all that way he decided to just leave and do whatever? We can accept it in the anime because he is happy-go-lucky but in the live action, he actually shows that he cares. Also the "I don't" line is because Luffy has no idea why Nami is so upset at the moment. She was so calm and collected until the next time Luffy saw her. Yes it misses the emotion from the anime but still nods to anime viewers. Yeah they could have done a lot to change. I didn't like that Luffy claimed to be a "good pirate". I didn't like how zoro claimed himself as first mate when there is no heirachy on the crew other than captain. A lot of the shots were really dark and gloomy for some reason. The close ups and some of the jokes were too much. I don't think it was perfect but I disagree a lot with your video
I really enjoyed OPLA as a person completely unfamiliar with the source material. I enjoyed it so much in fact, that after finishing the last episode I went on Amazon and ordered 1st manga box set. After reading the manga and seeing how much better it is than the Netflix adaptation I have to agree - OPLA is mid. Oda's manga is peak. So peak in fact, that it ruined everything else for me.
tldr: agree and disagree long ramble: hard agree with many points. actors just standing around looks like a highschool play. if a fisheye lense makes faces look hard to watch unintentionaly then its a bad use of the effect. zoro's backstory was misplaced. usopp as a character was done bad, it feels he didnt earn his spot in the crew. and my hardest agree is on captain morgan, at no point its conveyed he was hated or feared by the base or the town which is why Garp arresting him on ep2 saying "he failed the ppl" doesnt make much sense all of the past points were also voiced by friends new to one piece i watched the show with so they're criticisms we can all agree with now for the points i didnt agree, imo many arent considering the fact that the live action was an adaptation for a western audience who is tuning in thinking its a fun goofy pirates show. i could go one by one but each could be its own long ramble so i'll just talk ab luffy hearing nami's backstory my main argument for this point is that luffy is a very different character in the live action (written for a western audience) hence many actions manga luffy does (like walking away and not caring ab Nami's backstory) dont fit with live action Luffy. The writers of the LA wanted to make it very clear that this character is a good guy that cares ab others from the first ep. he helps Koby immediately, even cares enough to slap his dream out his mouth. Manga Luffy is not, he doesnt care ab Koby's dream or helps him right away, doesnt even care Alvida is robbing an innocent civilian ship. Its only till Koby finds courage and stands up to Alvida that Luffy jumps in, his help and care is earned, not given. Adapting manga Luffy one to one in live action is extremely risky, it makes sense how the LA Luffy was writtern as the explicit good guy having established that both luffy's are different, now i'll argue why the LA Luffy doesnt (and cant) walk away when Nojiko tells Nami's backstory. Throughout the season this Luffy has been explicitly interested in other's dreams (Koby, Zoro, Sanji), him walking away would go against the character trait established all past 6 eps. Audience would rightfully ask "why Luffy showed interest in everyone else but walks away on Nami?" and the nuance could be misinterpreted bc it contradicts his past actions another difference between both luffy's is that it takes manga luffy till water7 to show a slight hint of self doubt (he realizes he's not strong enough to fight against Aokiji or CP9) while LA luffy already shows his vulnerable side on ep6 after Nami leaves. In his talk with bedridden Zoro he blames himself for the crew falling apart and for zoro being injured now u might say "this only shows the LA luffy is a worse version of the original luffy" and yes, i agree but let me ask this: is it possible to have a better written live action luffy whose target demographic is a western audience? Imo its not, we got the best possible Luffy for a western adaptation. Still not better than manga luffy but the best for this medium finally u might say "since the best possible LA Luffy is still worse than manga Luffy, why does the LA need to exist in the first place?". the obvious answer is money, they want to make money and doing a good LA will give them that. But on a personal lvl, i like this timeline where my friends who never gave One Piece a chance got to dip their toes and eventually got hooked. Getting texts from friends telling me where they're at in their journey is just nice
OPLA really take the risk with their main character, people always say how close they are to the manga counterpart, but you don’t need to be a mega fan to see how different they are And somehow they didn’t get bombed immediately, maybe unlike others who try to shoehorn their changed character into the original, which makes it out of place, they wrote a story specially for the characters they create, making it work
it was worse than mid. so many flaws, never understood the overwhelming positivity. The only thing is that, if OP failed, then the idea of anime to live-action would been completely given up.
If this flopped, I don’t know if it would have collapsed live action anime adaptations as a market. I think live action One Piece would have been viewed as a “well, what did you expect? One Piece is a cartoon” by general audiences who are already kinda of hostile to these adaptations. Someone would have taken another crack at a different shonen show, the potential profit is absolutely there. I think it is reasonable to say One Piece would have been one of the more prolific flops in television history given its huge production budget, though. -muffinmonkeys/the editor
it’s gonna be awkward and cringe when in season 3 or 4 Nami and robin are in the same shot looking the same age. But yeah the show pays respect to the manga somehow
Map from the grand line?? ok now u embarassing yourself, do you know that before grand line there were no lougue poses or whatever, buggy was from the new world tho, he was looking for the map too, one piece is fr sure big how come they wont need a map
@@FuzzPunchArcade Exactly, how would he know exatly wich way to goo in those immense one piece world seas, without the existence of log pose to direct him to any way, fastest way for you to get there directly without stoping at random islands would be with a map.
my first time watching it on its midnight release - i was in absolute love. the soundtrack of episode six rly got me going. but i don't like the look of the fishmen since the beginning. i think i owe a lot of these initial feelings to the hype generated from the final/release trailer. & now for me the whole thing looks so cheap outside of _maybe_ episodes 2 & 8. hope the coming seasons improve on that vastly
all weekly anime suffers from pacing issues because they are also adapting a source that comes out weekly its mainly the reason why naruto,bleach,one piece all have hellish filler arcs, in short manga>anime, always, with naruto even being so shit that they just had to cancel it but since its really big they immediately relaunch with shippuuden. these schedule setbacks aren't evident with seasonal anime like KNY, JJK, MHA, though adaptation quality is a different beast. seriously though, the FACT that one piece live action came out and got a GOOD, yes you read that right, adaptation in this ERA of hollywood gutter shitters littered with girl boss i dont need no man tropes, where source material be damned and regularly butchered to write the stories the author never wrote, this live action sure is more than a welcome surprise, its not perfect yes but i'd be lying if i said it wasn't a fun show. it is and it feels like uniquely, One Piece. I'm even looking forward AND excited for to season 2.
i see you guys might be dub watchers. if some of the live action actors could be in the remake anime that'd be pretty cool tho'. in'aki is even latching onto speaking japanese
Emily Rudd was excellent in the English dub of Delicious in Dungeon! The casting of the Toei English dub from Funimation is 90% solid and the performances are generally good. We wouldn’t mind seeing those folks come back for the remake.
The show has tons of issues. It's far from as good as people paint it out to be, which I am fairly sure they do due to 1. being blinded by the "goda" "can't do no wrong" status of the author, and 2. It wasn't a complete shitfest like Avatar so they overcorrect their feelings towards it. First the tone of the show is a complete miss, they did the standard Hollywood "let's make it more serious" bullcrap which is the complete opposite of what One Piece is. It's a goofy comedy with loads of slapstick and "looney toons" type humor - none of it is present in the LA. It being a different medium is not an excuse, the "doesn't translate" argument doesn't hold up. The casting is in a lot of ways really bad. The DEI enforement is too visible making every single character some sort of representation of real world minorities, worst ones in S1 was Nojiko (Nami's sister) and picking a gender neutral girl to play Coby (especially knowing the glow up later in the story). A few added chunks of "we didn't understand the source material" are the dual plot lines jumping between the Straw Hats and Garp/Coby, One Piece is a journey following Luffy and his adventure. One Piece is not GoT, there's only one faction that is "main cast" and that is the crew. Secondly the sets, sure they might have looked good but they were way too narrow and each island basically only showed one set, which is contrarian to how Oda loves showcasing landscapes, environments and the uniqueness of each island. Not to mention how difficult the waters of this world is to traverse, the live action's very few open water scenes had zero water creatures and zero waves. It was obviously filmed in a pool. And the villagers and townspeople of each island had personalities, a sense of community and felt like a real living thing we just stumbled into the lives of, and in the live action it's as you say they're all props. And don't get me started with Garp. His characterisation was *EXTREMELY* out of character, his inclusion this early just cements the notion of everything in this world being connected to Luffy as if he's the centre of the world. Which he is not, he is just another guy doing his thing like all others. Not to mention how they excluded Krieg and the entire reason for Sanji changing his mind to follow Luffy, all his character establishment went out the window, same with Usopp when they removed the slope fight. And dropping Hachi, whom they should be aware of being long term important is just a dead giveaway of the wrong people running the LA, same with Momoo. How the budget restrains made them cut down Luffy's casual use of his stretchiness by alot was also proof that they should have left it at the drawing board, Luffy is the personification of "I am free to do as I please" and the live action put some HEAVY shackles on him with this choice. Makenyu seems to be straight up playing post timeskip Zoro when he should be playing the more expressive and happy pre-timeskip Zoro. Usopp has 0 of his eccentricness, Nami has none of her "friendly violence" side to her, Sanji is just bland since they DEI'd all his "sexist" personality out of him not to mention cut out all of his inner struggle before leaving Baratie. Yeah this show was a swing and a miss but for some reason people refuse to see it.
I've had a screen shot of Helmeppo going "OooOooh" as my desktop for like, 8 months. I can finally change it
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I'M SORRY!!? The music was bad!? I hope that's sarcasm? I need to know because for me it's the best part of the show. All your other criticism are valid. Good review.
Some of its good and some of its bad.
But it can not hold a candle to the original score.
@@miratunatar which original score? The anime? I do like the Anime music but it's formulaic, reused way too much, and a bit simple in my opinion. I personally wouldn't listen to it by itself while the LA I do listen every so often.
Music doesn't affect me ever but I agree with your points
I love the live action one piece because not only was it not an absolute disaster, but it also helped people who dont watch anime watch one piece and get into the anime. I love hearing about how the live action helped people get their parents to watch one piece.
Edit: rule 2 of the internet// somone will always find a way to get mad in a comment section, which will eventually start a pointless argument.
Now that is a glass full of cope if I've ever seen it. "I don't like the show for its own merits but because it wasn't horseshit and a few of those who watched it got curious about the real thing that is actually good".
@@tobiaswedin ? It's not that deep dude
@@tobiaswedinit sounds like you’re the one coping
@@Theunloved1738 if pointing out cope somehow equates to being cope itself in your mind you might need to go back to school.
@@tobiaswedin what it there to cope? The show did good. It seems like you’re the only one with the problem
I remember the night of it's release, I could not sleep! I was too excited!! I was not disappointed. The writing was decent, the music was epic, the make-up was phenomenal, and the casting was perfect!
Personally, I'd say the live action is an 8/10 wished they had more time/ budget but its pretty good for what it is.
I watched the LA on release. I’m now caught up reading the manga every week. I stand by it being the best onboarding for a Japanese series TV has ever released. Of course it won’t live up to the anime, and especially the manga. Hachi not being in it really confused both myself and my GF. But seeing mihawk and the nami/straw hat scenes immediately told me it wasn’t just a pirate Shonen… 10/10 TV show, let alone live action. It did its job
Yeah no, wait... How is the whole Sabaody arc gonna kick off without Hachi?
@@gnomegguy69 they’ve apparently addressed this by saying hachi wasn’t near arlong park at the time. They didn’t budget for a 6 handed sword fighting octopus to fight against zoro is all
@@raimondibro ah, alright. Makes a lot of sense
The absolute best, most objective critique I've watched of this show. Love to see these facts and details that jarred me out of the watching experience finally put into words. I only wish this had been published months ago cause it deserves way more views tbh.
Well my expectations were so low that I was in awe lol
Understandable.
I feel what you're saying in this video and for the most part i agree but most of these criticisms are just comparing the Live Action to the Manga with no consideration for ppl who are experiencing One Piece for the first time.
I love One Piece and was a bit woried but whent he trailers came out I was like , "this looks kinda good". When I watched it I was blown away. Its not perfect but I think its very good. The biggest thing is I think it captures the spirit of One Piece's world and characters. Its just fun. I've been into One Piece for 20 years and I actually watched it with my parents who know nothing of One Piece and they loved it. My mom keeps asking me when another season is coming, she liked it that much. She also thinks Luffy would be a cute name for a dog lol.
In the one year since I watched the Live action, I started the anime at the end of September, watched the first 516 episodes until January, took a break, and resumed in July and watched up to episode 931, now in Wano. I have also brought 45 of the first physical volumes and brought so much merch including funko pops, shirts, and even swords from Comic-con. Despite starting to love this franchise through the live action, and still loving it, I can safely say I've enjoyed the anime more, which has caused me to love the franchise as whole. If I had started One Piece through the manga or anime first, I think I would of still enjoyed the Live action, because honestly, it got the attention and work from Oda himself, and I respect it because he's in it for passion, rather than money. Everything about One Piece is immaculate, despite joining almost 25 years late. I didn't join because my friends forced me to, or because I wanted to fit in, I joined the One Piece journey because I genuinely enjoyed it. In fact, before even watching OP, I wasn't open to any anime's at all, because it had seemed 'strange' to me at the time, but despite OP being the first introductory to anime, it has caused me to appreciating anime overall as a whole. Overall, I think the Live action was a great gateway to getting the fans it deserves.
Didnt expect for this video to be this good. This movie made me marathon one piece from the start after a decade, and now this video makes me wanna do it all over again. 💞You guys know whats sup, and the editing is awesome. Cant wait for new videos of yours! Subscribed~
Apparently, a lot of meddling behind the scenes caused a lot of weird choices this season. Like Garp and the marines. Plus the writer strike caused the show runner to not be present during the editing of the last few episodes. I still have hope that they will not rush the story in season 2. I am encouraged that Alabasta is gonna be pushed to season 3 so that we can have better pacing.
I personally wouldnt mind having smoker pursue luffy throughout most of the first half of the alabasta saga (for those who dont know, season 2 wont be covering the alabasta arc, and will end at drum island.) Smoker is a logia user and he has the potential to completely outclass luffy, and im sure they could show his power without undercutting the baroque works villains. Example: luffy and co. Meet smoker at LT. Buggy tries to execute luffy but then lightening strikes and luffy is free. Smoker and luffy have a brief fight throughout loguetown but dragon saves luffy, and we dont get to see the full extent of smokers threat. Luffy and co. Get pretty ahead of smoker on the grand line, but smoker eventually catches up lets say in drum island, maybe replacing wapol as the villain of that arc?
You know, it's downright criminal how a channel that puts so much effort into its content and has so much talent behind it has so few subs
Thanks so much for watching! Q.Q
Fr the production is really good
All in all neat points, even though I do not fully agree with, but guys... the music sucks ass? Wtf? The music was impeccable!
I hope it's sarcasm because the music was my favorite part and I constantly listen to the soundtrack
@@illegalsheep1804 I know, right? Especially certain tracks like "Zoro vs Mihawk" and "Wanted Dead or Alive" are just too good to hate!
i didnt even remember what the music sounded like but when they played syrup villages track... what??? like come on thats fire as hell!!!
I feel like i can see all the flaws and there are things that I don't really like, but i can't get myself to even be mad because the sum of its parts makes so much more than any flaw. Just the depth in buggy's interpretation borrowing what happens later in the manga to make the character feel deeper, the way he talks about shanks feels so layered. That's just one example
22:13 yeah it does work if you haven't watched one piece that's the point. I get nitpicking but there are things that just wouldn't work in live action. For example in the anime it's kinda hilarious how the straw hats keep swapping places and missing each other going to and from arlong park, but that structure wouldn't work in live action and it would be jarring, they have to convey the same journey in a different way i think that's what you're missing
You said yourselves that luffy didn't believe buggy 's taunts because it wasn't the point for him to doubt shanks, it's to show both of the characters by having luffy stand by shanks no matter what and showing us buggy's weirdly huge resentment he has for shanks. It's trying to do the same character work from the manga but in another format
It's all a mixed bag, as far as american adaptations go, it's good, it's the best he've seen so far, and I understand critiqing it, it's fully reasonable and fair to enjoy the serie yet still dunking on the parts that didn't do as good of a job.
This video is a good critique, it's not just hating for the sake of hating, you clearly well though about this.
The thing I mostly hated about Syrup Village was the line "Why no one believes me??" when it should be "No one believes me", not a question but full realisation, Usopp knows why no one would believe him, it shouldn't be a suprise to him, he's known as a liar, he told the same lie every morning for the past few years, and in the manga it was greatly reframed as a messege "it's another peaceful day" by the end of the arc when it came to fighting. I understand your points in flaws like Kuro not killing Buchi and Sham and just saying that he kills his crewmates, I understand why you feel Usopp was handled poorly and I agree but This line is the biggest sin imo
Anyway, the moment I decided I need to write this comment is when you told that "Baratie was the best", because imo it was the weakest. Yes, Kreig is a pretty weak villain in the original and I understand why they cut him out, they made a choice, but Kreig is a pedestal character, he is there to show you how Grand Line is a dangerous place and to bring out the best in both Sanji and Luffy.
When it comes to Luffy it's a fight between military might and pure determination and willpower.
When it comes to Sanji Krieg and Gin are to show who Sanji is now in the story, we get the backstory but now Sanji is fully loyal to Zeff, just like Gin is fully loyal to Krieg, it shows us Sanji's duty as a cook "I don't judge people, when someone's hungry, I feed them. That's a cook's job"
and without them Sanji basically had no arc in Baratie, he didn't say to Zoro to give up on your dreams like in manga, he had no bigger conflict, Sanji just was there, Taz Skylar played him REALLY good, but the script leaves a lot to ask
I like the idea of building up Arlong Park tho so this was a pretty good choice
All being said, Live Action One Piece has good sides and bad sides, it's mixed, we can focus on only one but it's best to see all sides and hope for improvement in the bad sides
Valid points. I personally liked it but i get the criticism. Season 2 only gets even more difficult
I don't think you're raining on the parade. When OPLA first came out, it was like taking a drug. The euphoria of the show not being a disaster amplified the experience, but with that out of the way, I think most people understand that it's a very flawed show. It's also been especially enlightening hearing from the production team about stuff like not being in the room for the final edit of the last two episodes, the original 10 episode deal from Netflix and all the stuff that budget forced them to cut. I don't think it will ever be able to stand on it's own as a premiere piece of media. However I do think it's a great funnel to get people into the manga and anime.
With some of the production obstacles out of the way for next season, here’s hoping for the best and that we don’t see it too late into 2026! 2 and a half to 3 years in between season releases would be rough.
We didn’t factor the show as a funnel to the series into our critique. But, it is fun to read the comments on this video and see people get into One Piece. Thanks for the thoughts!
Apparently they did film more scenes that would have developed Ussop’s character in Arlong Park, but due to the writer’s strike the showrunners weren’t around to make sure they made it to the final cut of the show.
the majority of your issues sadly has to do with the budget and netflix insisting that the show fits into only 8 episodes. The show runner needed Oda's help to prevent the second season from being condensed so much that we would meet smoker in logue town, laboon and vivi at the entrance, whiskey peak, little garden, drum island and ALL OF ALABASTA??? Netflix staff has been pushing them to cut a lot of corners. Sadly the reason why everything needs to be explained the way you criticize it is because of forced focus groups and average people saying things like "why does he have three swords how is he supposed to fight with the other one?" If you guys work in tv or filming anything I am sure you are aware of this.
You had a lot of fair criticisms and the main thing I would say is that giving less time to garp and coby/helmeppo could have helped. Yet I think the thing one piece needs most that netflix isnt giving it is time.
What’s your source for Owens and Oda fighting for the season to not skip things? We’ve seen Oda more or less confirm they will be adapting at least up to Drum Island. The only source I’m seeing for this supposed dispute is a Reddit post claiming vTuber Nuxanor says that happened. The post that links to a tweet has no video source.
@@FuzzPunchArcade oh I could be wrong. Yet seeing the pacing of season one and how low the episode count was and that they cast cobra in the series are all decent hints that execs wanted Alabasta to happen in season two.
@@FuzzPunchArcadei heard in a interview to Matt Owens that the first season was going to be 10 episodes, but for budget reasons they had to cut it. He said the fights on arlong park were mean to be better, including Zoro vs Hacchi. And it seems that covid played a part too
@@FuzzPunchArcade nuxanor kinda reliable.
I liked the show. You're right that it didn't do everything right and some themes fell flat. But the most important thing it got right - the spirit of adventure and friendship so pivotal to One Piece. It got my friend who thought OP is too childish to read all the manga in a month. Even if it is far from perfection, the enthusiasm of actors playing strawhats and producent's respect for the original makes me excited for later seasons of the show.
very well edited
Im 20 seconds into the vídeo and I already subscribed 😂
Wow, that was exactly what i said too, by the end of the first 20 seconds
I said while I was watching, and I hold firm to it. The LA needed more time.
Either extend each episode by up to 30 minutes (Some would only need 10/15 to fit in the needed scenes, and include a more faithful plot,)
or give it just two more episodes. Could have filled many of the gaps the LA left open.
For what they faced, I thought it was an admirable job. It carried most of the charm of the original and did what it set out to do, in introducing millions more to the series.
I'm glad they're ending season 2 at Drum Island. Alabasta would have been too much, maybe even for 10 episodes. Hopefully they can iron out most of the issues moving forward, even with the restricted runtime. Either way, I want to see more of this cast. If it's on par with S1, I'll be happy. If they poop the bed, Ill be disappointed, but if they decide to start adding anything but more One Piece, I'll dump it faster than a hardware giant dumps a $40 live service flop.
That and removing Garp's plotline entirely. I see so many people tried to defend this action by saying it helps develop Koby and Helmeppo more. But they can easily do that without Garp involvement. Honestly, it's even worse since with Garp's scenes, it entirely took away from exploring the dynamic between the duo further. Like the biggest turning point for Helmeppo is cause Koby saved him from a falling mast. Really? That's the best we can come up with?
@ZhaneDFrost would have been smarter to use Captain Morgan for at least half the season. Could have made his tyranny more apparent and given Garp an excuse to arrest hi.
Raining on parade indeed. Show is not amazing because bar is low. Show is amazing because they succeed in creating 8 hrs of 'one piece' adventure. From casting to story beats this show nails so many aspects. Thanks oda for supervising.
in my opinion godoy is best actor there, easily, not a perfect copy but as acting he makes a perfect adapatation fr sr
I always said OP would have a decent live action (before watching it really) it was just the vibe from the handful of episodes I had seen, I was actually excited to see it. Then I got into the manga, and then it premiered and it wasn’t half bad. My whole family enjoyed it, and now I think it’s a One Piece fan family
I really wish they didn't make the marines so prevalent in the live action in lieu of more important character moments or scenes to the east blue saga my only guess is that they didn't want to get more actors which really sucks
One choice that confused me was that important scenes take place at night for some reason, e.g. Of COURSE I WILL!, the climax of Syrup Village, the scene where Garp confronts the Straw Hats, Luffy punching Alvida, etc.
Genuinely I think it just A) Provides a sense of actual time passing and B) Makes certain scenes feel more dramatic or just fits the scene little better.
@Vivigreeny25 the issue for me is that most of the show is pretty dark and poorly lit, which makes everything hard to see, particularly in action scenes
probably for help on shadowing out some cheaper cg
this show was the simpsons joke of Homer chasing the dirty pig roast yelling “ITS STILL GOOD ITS STILL GOOD 😢”
LETS ALL LIKE THIS VIDEO SOO MATT AND ODA CAN SEE THIS, SHARE IT TOO
matt?
@@GalekCMatt Owens, aka the showrunner
i don't care for the inexplicably carnivorous cow momu, & i hope the live action doesn't have those random carnivore-brontosauruses that luffy & the giants murder either
great video! i definitely agree on the camera angles, strange cuts and shots, awkward framing, etc. As a film grad & animator I definitely didn't always love those aspects. (youre crazy for not liking the music though.) This is a really well thought out and constructive video! It sucks but I'm pretty sure the Koby and Helmeppo and Garp stuff had to exist for the show's budget not to completely be destroyed. That isn't much of an excuse, but I do appreciate that the writers did their darndest to tie the themes together, even if that Garp fight at the end definitely was not it. I think the Luffy / Coby parallels were well done.
the thing about OPLA is it was my introduction into one piece. I watched it knowing nothing about one piece while being determined NOT to ever watch one piece due to its length and it ended up being my catalyst to watching the show/ reading the manga. I love the show for what it is and can appreciate that it introduced me to enough of the world and characters and themes to convince me it was a good story, even though I absolutely now am fully on the animanga hype train and into the 500s of episodes.
I think it's hard to judge these kinds of things. Of course you want to put a live action version of a story against the original, but for this show, it became the way I was introduced to it at all. It gave me a way to share the story I love with my family (as I just very recently rewatched it, with them this time). It's a genuinely good story in its own right. If you don't know the source material, so you don't know what a lot of these scenes are missing, you really don't feel the lack. I genuinely think the main reason everyone went gaga over this adaptation is because most of the people watching it were brand new One Piece babies.
I've grown to love the animated versions of the characters more. But if I hadn't had this cast to usher me to them, I never would've met them in the first place. That's kind of a conversation ender as far as criticism goes, and I want to emphasize I agree with pretty much all your points here. But I'm also so glad OPLA exists and will watch season two the day it drops, haha.
Honestly, I wish Luffy vs Don Krieg would be in the series. Would love to see Zoro vs Hachi too. I think Usopp looks more powerful in the live action.
I loved that they included Coby and Helmeppo's journey of becoming part of the Marines. Coby and Garp even crossed paths with Luffy so early in the series, which was great in my opinion. If One Piece had a spin-off, I would love Coby to be the main character. It would be neat to see a story from the Marines' point of view in my opinion.
This series is not perfect, but I love it. Anyway, neat review! 👍
We threw some shade at Kreig in this video, but seeing all his gear in action would have been cool. Cutting him was smart to make the arc happen at all, but a loss is a loss
Same, but it would have been so expensive and time-consuming saldy 😢
Great vid much love ❤❤
Wtf such a great video why so low views?! Great editing also!! Oh man underrated gem founded,, keep grinding bro❤❤
Fair enough 💀 it makes me so happy tho 😭
It's easy to be the best when everything else is mediocre
i desperately wanted to get my mom into the series through the remake anime...but i feel like there's not much time remaining lol. already waited like 3 years for something like this to occur, and i need to start _something_ soon.
so, i might have to resort to this version for the arcs that actually landed somewhat decent, blehh, then read those with her. i plan on us experiencing it interchangeably between the manga & anime for, say, Skypiea & W7/EL - respectively. & one pace for dressrosa, cause...that made it one of my favorite arcs & then i went back to see the tv anime version with my friend & kinda hated it lol
la op isnt the best, but I would've never started watching the anime without it and im now like 970 eps in, so I owe a lot to it, even if it isnt perfect
Glad you're onboard! 970, that's gotta be close to Onigashima? Grab a beverage, it's a long one!
As someone watching OP actively atm, the Live Action doesn’t appeal to me. A lot of the things they’ve changed or left out sound disappointing but I understand they’re trying to condense the series. It makes me curious how they will do the OP remake since that will also aim to cut out and fix timing and condense the series. Thanks for the video! Was cool to see a review on the live action!
Live action is a decent execution of a really bad idea. It is impressive it exists at all! Hard not to be disappointed by a lot of things, though.
@@FuzzPunchArcade sums it up really well. wish matt owens was able to stay on editing for the last few episodes. even so, those were still okay imo
Before I watch your video, It appears they are addressing some of the biggest production concerns, pacing will be slowed down. I am incredibly biased, but I'm impressed by Netflix (only in this regard).
edit: 11:51 Fair point
Although I agree with a lot of your criticisms, the structure of one piece is changed due to it being a live action tv series, you need an ongoing B plot so I understand why they chose koby and garp even if it had it’s problems
That seems like a very arbitrary rule. Even shows that have B plots have episodes that just focus on an A plot.
I don’t think adding a b-plot into the structure is a necessity of any property being adapted. I can understand where that impression comes from as all big tv pursues Game of Thrones (in budget and hopeful cultural zeitgeist).I can’t confirm or deny if Garp/Koby/Helmeppo was an imposition from the top at Netflix and/or Tomorrow Studios or an idea from the core creative team. I haven’t seen either reported.
I agree Koby was the one to flesh out if you had to do a running b-plot. it didn’t manifest well, in my opinion.
@@muffinmonkeys It was a decision made by the showrunners. Steven Maeda proudly claim it was his decision in one of the interviews which kinda confused me. Thank god he's taking more of a backseat role and give more reign to Matt cause imo, Steven can't cook. I don't mind the b plot per se, but Garp shouldn't have involved in Season 1 and the story should've solely focused on Koby and Helmeppo's relationships.
Honestly felt the same But just assumed I was hating because everyone loved it so much, I think the live action deffo shot themselves in the foot long term when it comes to garp especially coz post water 7 is cooked now if they even get there.
not really. it wasn't that big of a deal long term and can easily be rewritten the same way they rewrote Garp into the beginning
Completely disagree, water 7 has more than enough to hold its own with the 100 faithful adaption of Garps part, also the added time helped flesh out his misguided attemps at protecing his loved ones for both Marineford and if they ever make it Egghead as well. If im trying to do a One Piece LA then why not go big and write it like you will somehow go all the way to the end, even if you dont make it.
you know that garp was already revealed as luffy's grandpa in the second romance dawn one-shot from 1996? it's the reason why garp wore that dog-beanie thing to begin with - so that manga readers couldn't exactly tell what he looks like
Luffy knew about kuro plan because he has obvs haki, duh
Totally agreeeeeee
its basically when the manga and anime were thrown into a blender but it came out okay luckily, I didn't like how they undermined usopps arc and sanji not fighting at baratie, or limiting don krieg's role to a cameo, arlong unexplicably showing at baratie. Also zoro, sanji, ussop and luffy are supposed to be idiots of varying degree, a dynamic that was missing and the show looked too Americanized. although i loved garp's and zeff's actors.
Gotta hand it to the editor at 27:55
That was fun to put together! I pulled on some Toonami promo memories for inspiration. The music tied everything together. Thanks!
-muffinmonkeys (editor)
@@FuzzPunchArcade were you there for the FUNimation takeover of one piece in 2007 on toonami? that's when my friend first got fully on-board for the series & took two whole years of convincing me to join in on it. i had already known that 4kids was badly butchering it since 2005, but then i experienced water 7/eniesL & impel down simultaneously spring break 2010 & my life has not been the same since.
To be fair, making a live action of a cartoon of course has to cut a lt of corners. No live action can replicate everything from anime, and that's why changes are made. A lot of the criticism of "not enough time" is directly correlated to the acting and writing strikes going on during the production of the live action. Many things were cut, including more reasons for why Usopp deserved to be part of the straw hats. They were planning to get to Lougetown but didn't have enough time. Source: direct interviews with Matt Owens.
The structure was made with marines at the forefront because you need the through line. Hopping from island to island is not tense and not good story telling to keep everything isolated. It's the same reason why the East Blue is considered the weakest of all the "arcs" in one piece. I understand as a fan that we want to see more of the straw hats but that's not how you story board.
Also the amount of time you want to develop characters like axe-hand to be an actual threat who is supposed to be a 1st episode minor villain is cool but how much time can you really dedicate to that? Along with Helmeppo, Coby, and 3 Straw hats, you want more in 1 episode? It's fine to develop Garp and Coby because they become relevant again in the story, not the other characters though. I understand wanting to replicate the depth of everything that the anime showed, but your criticism seems to come from not understanding how a new person would come to watch this show. Your'e not thinking about how to adapt the live action, you just want to see the same thing that you know about Axe-Hand or the dog of Orange Town. (btw they did show how there are different treasures when Luffy chased his hat and Buggy chased his map) Your asking for so much build up and release within one hour compared to the many episodes that the anime developed it. These are minor characters and can mostly be skipped in the interest of time to develop actually important characters.
Yes the anime is better but it also had way more time to flush out the ideas and make the characters shine. Can you actually imagine how heartless Luffy would seem to be if he just walked away when hearing about Nami's back story? After chasing her all that way he decided to just leave and do whatever? We can accept it in the anime because he is happy-go-lucky but in the live action, he actually shows that he cares. Also the "I don't" line is because Luffy has no idea why Nami is so upset at the moment. She was so calm and collected until the next time Luffy saw her. Yes it misses the emotion from the anime but still nods to anime viewers.
Yeah they could have done a lot to change. I didn't like that Luffy claimed to be a "good pirate". I didn't like how zoro claimed himself as first mate when there is no heirachy on the crew other than captain. A lot of the shots were really dark and gloomy for some reason. The close ups and some of the jokes were too much. I don't think it was perfect but I disagree a lot with your video
I really enjoyed OPLA as a person completely unfamiliar with the source material. I enjoyed it so much in fact, that after finishing the last episode I went on Amazon and ordered 1st manga box set. After reading the manga and seeing how much better it is than the Netflix adaptation I have to agree - OPLA is mid. Oda's manga is peak. So peak in fact, that it ruined everything else for me.
Mid is all it really had to be tbh. The point of the show is just to be good enough to get normies interested in One Piece. It did it's job.
this. but maan i wish more episodes actually got down the speed racer/scott pilgrim vibe better
So it would get better with a new true visionary or cameraman.
Get rid of some close ups and value more the scenery.
tldr: agree and disagree
long ramble: hard agree with many points. actors just standing around looks like a highschool play. if a fisheye lense makes faces look hard to watch unintentionaly then its a bad use of the effect. zoro's backstory was misplaced. usopp as a character was done bad, it feels he didnt earn his spot in the crew. and my hardest agree is on captain morgan, at no point its conveyed he was hated or feared by the base or the town which is why Garp arresting him on ep2 saying "he failed the ppl" doesnt make much sense
all of the past points were also voiced by friends new to one piece i watched the show with so they're criticisms we can all agree with
now for the points i didnt agree, imo many arent considering the fact that the live action was an adaptation for a western audience who is tuning in thinking its a fun goofy pirates show. i could go one by one but each could be its own long ramble so i'll just talk ab luffy hearing nami's backstory
my main argument for this point is that luffy is a very different character in the live action (written for a western audience) hence many actions manga luffy does (like walking away and not caring ab Nami's backstory) dont fit with live action Luffy. The writers of the LA wanted to make it very clear that this character is a good guy that cares ab others from the first ep. he helps Koby immediately, even cares enough to slap his dream out his mouth. Manga Luffy is not, he doesnt care ab Koby's dream or helps him right away, doesnt even care Alvida is robbing an innocent civilian ship. Its only till Koby finds courage and stands up to Alvida that Luffy jumps in, his help and care is earned, not given. Adapting manga Luffy one to one in live action is extremely risky, it makes sense how the LA Luffy was writtern as the explicit good guy
having established that both luffy's are different, now i'll argue why the LA Luffy doesnt (and cant) walk away when Nojiko tells Nami's backstory. Throughout the season this Luffy has been explicitly interested in other's dreams (Koby, Zoro, Sanji), him walking away would go against the character trait established all past 6 eps. Audience would rightfully ask "why Luffy showed interest in everyone else but walks away on Nami?" and the nuance could be misinterpreted bc it contradicts his past actions
another difference between both luffy's is that it takes manga luffy till water7 to show a slight hint of self doubt (he realizes he's not strong enough to fight against Aokiji or CP9) while LA luffy already shows his vulnerable side on ep6 after Nami leaves. In his talk with bedridden Zoro he blames himself for the crew falling apart and for zoro being injured
now u might say "this only shows the LA luffy is a worse version of the original luffy" and yes, i agree but let me ask this: is it possible to have a better written live action luffy whose target demographic is a western audience? Imo its not, we got the best possible Luffy for a western adaptation. Still not better than manga luffy but the best for this medium
finally u might say "since the best possible LA Luffy is still worse than manga Luffy, why does the LA need to exist in the first place?". the obvious answer is money, they want to make money and doing a good LA will give them that. But on a personal lvl, i like this timeline where my friends who never gave One Piece a chance got to dip their toes and eventually got hooked. Getting texts from friends telling me where they're at in their journey is just nice
OPLA really take the risk with their main character, people always say how close they are to the manga counterpart, but you don’t need to be a mega fan to see how different they are
And somehow they didn’t get bombed immediately, maybe unlike others who try to shoehorn their changed character into the original, which makes it out of place, they wrote a story specially for the characters they create, making it work
it was worse than mid. so many flaws, never understood the overwhelming positivity. The only thing is that, if OP failed, then the idea of anime to live-action would been completely given up.
If this flopped, I don’t know if it would have collapsed live action anime adaptations as a market. I think live action One Piece would have been viewed as a “well, what did you expect? One Piece is a cartoon” by general audiences who are already kinda of hostile to these adaptations. Someone would have taken another crack at a different shonen show, the potential profit is absolutely there. I think it is reasonable to say One Piece would have been one of the more prolific flops in television history given its huge production budget, though.
-muffinmonkeys/the editor
It's a good show because I watched it and enjoyed it
it’s gonna be awkward and cringe when in season 3 or 4 Nami and robin are in the same shot looking the same age. But yeah the show pays respect to the manga somehow
Map from the grand line?? ok now u embarassing yourself, do you know that before grand line there were no lougue poses or whatever, buggy was from the new world tho, he was looking for the map too, one piece is fr sure big how come they wont need a map
We’ve seen a couple people get this confused: It’s a map to get to the grand line, not a map of the grand line.
@@FuzzPunchArcade Exactly, how would he know exatly wich way to goo in those immense one piece world seas, without the existence of log pose to direct him to any way, fastest way for you to get there directly without stoping at random islands would be with a map.
my first time watching it on its midnight release - i was in absolute love. the soundtrack of episode six rly got me going. but i don't like the look of the fishmen since the beginning. i think i owe a lot of these initial feelings to the hype generated from the final/release trailer.
& now for me the whole thing looks so cheap outside of _maybe_ episodes 2 & 8. hope the coming seasons improve on that vastly
Wow, talk about nit-picking...
The anime is literally unwatchable, Zeff doesn't even eat his own leg FFS
And what's with all the animal abuse?
all weekly anime suffers from pacing issues because they are also adapting a source that comes out weekly its mainly the reason why naruto,bleach,one piece all have hellish filler arcs, in short manga>anime, always, with naruto even being so shit that they just had to cancel it but since its really big they immediately relaunch with shippuuden. these schedule setbacks aren't evident with seasonal anime like KNY, JJK, MHA, though adaptation quality is a different beast.
seriously though, the FACT that one piece live action came out and got a GOOD, yes you read that right, adaptation in this ERA of hollywood gutter shitters littered with girl boss i dont need no man tropes, where source material be damned and regularly butchered to write the stories the author never wrote, this live action sure is more than a welcome surprise, its not perfect yes but i'd be lying if i said it wasn't a fun show. it is and it feels like uniquely, One Piece.
I'm even looking forward AND excited for to season 2.
i see you guys might be dub watchers.
if some of the live action actors could be in the remake anime that'd be pretty cool tho'. in'aki is even latching onto speaking japanese
Emily Rudd was excellent in the English dub of Delicious in Dungeon! The casting of the Toei English dub from Funimation is 90% solid and the performances are generally good. We wouldn’t mind seeing those folks come back for the remake.
I disagree, I love the live action music, you don't know how to taste soundtracks.
The show has tons of issues. It's far from as good as people paint it out to be, which I am fairly sure they do due to 1. being blinded by the "goda" "can't do no wrong" status of the author, and 2. It wasn't a complete shitfest like Avatar so they overcorrect their feelings towards it.
First the tone of the show is a complete miss, they did the standard Hollywood "let's make it more serious" bullcrap which is the complete opposite of what One Piece is. It's a goofy comedy with loads of slapstick and "looney toons" type humor - none of it is present in the LA. It being a different medium is not an excuse, the "doesn't translate" argument doesn't hold up.
The casting is in a lot of ways really bad. The DEI enforement is too visible making every single character some sort of representation of real world minorities, worst ones in S1 was Nojiko (Nami's sister) and picking a gender neutral girl to play Coby (especially knowing the glow up later in the story).
A few added chunks of "we didn't understand the source material" are the dual plot lines jumping between the Straw Hats and Garp/Coby, One Piece is a journey following Luffy and his adventure. One Piece is not GoT, there's only one faction that is "main cast" and that is the crew. Secondly the sets, sure they might have looked good but they were way too narrow and each island basically only showed one set, which is contrarian to how Oda loves showcasing landscapes, environments and the uniqueness of each island. Not to mention how difficult the waters of this world is to traverse, the live action's very few open water scenes had zero water creatures and zero waves. It was obviously filmed in a pool. And the villagers and townspeople of each island had personalities, a sense of community and felt like a real living thing we just stumbled into the lives of, and in the live action it's as you say they're all props.
And don't get me started with Garp. His characterisation was *EXTREMELY* out of character, his inclusion this early just cements the notion of everything in this world being connected to Luffy as if he's the centre of the world. Which he is not, he is just another guy doing his thing like all others.
Not to mention how they excluded Krieg and the entire reason for Sanji changing his mind to follow Luffy, all his character establishment went out the window, same with Usopp when they removed the slope fight. And dropping Hachi, whom they should be aware of being long term important is just a dead giveaway of the wrong people running the LA, same with Momoo.
How the budget restrains made them cut down Luffy's casual use of his stretchiness by alot was also proof that they should have left it at the drawing board, Luffy is the personification of "I am free to do as I please" and the live action put some HEAVY shackles on him with this choice.
Makenyu seems to be straight up playing post timeskip Zoro when he should be playing the more expressive and happy pre-timeskip Zoro.
Usopp has 0 of his eccentricness, Nami has none of her "friendly violence" side to her, Sanji is just bland since they DEI'd all his "sexist" personality out of him not to mention cut out all of his inner struggle before leaving Baratie.
Yeah this show was a swing and a miss but for some reason people refuse to see it.
Mid is quite overrating this shit.
Cringe