Seeing Nami actually be 'cat burglar' Nami was a fantastic touch. Going undercover as a marine, stealing keys, unlocking the safe, all things done beautifully.
Hopefully she continues that in ways to help the straw hats in season 2 like disguising herself as one of the lower baroque workers or being the one that steals important items or something you know.
it also adds stakes to future episodes for the people who don't realize how rarely early One Piece actually offs anyone. one reactor I watched was fully convinced that Zeff was going to be tragically killed by fishmen 😂
I very much agree with the Sanji thing. I am so, so glad they took out the perverseness and replaced it with basic flirting. Taz Skylar as Sanji is very charming. It’s that smile of his for me.
I also like that it doesn't work. At all. Which is exactly how it should be. It lets us who like Sanji to enjoy him while still getting the endless humor of his failure to impress women because he just comes off as being a little too much.
There are some tropes that are just impossible to translate and I'm so glad they didn't, "honor-bound pervert" is literally sexual predator in the western world
One thing the live action did that manga didn’t? Nami and Kaya. I loved the relationship between kaya and Nami because it further enhances her “rich people are better than me and I’m bitter” kind of dialogue, it fits so well with her backstory of being in a poor family. She wanted so much to have things and so probably develops this envious feeling of anyone who has tons of superficial material things. You realise so easily that Nami saying “it’s not about need with these people it’s about want” is her projecting her own feelings onto Kaya. So to then realise that Kaya is just a lovely sweet person and actually doesn’t really benefit that much from all this… stuff, she would rather have friends and family. It makes Nami question her own biases and I think ultimately is one of the driving forces behind her asking for help from luffy (finally). family is something Nami had,except she told her mum and sister that they weren’t her real family, how she probably regrets that makes her come around to Kaya, who also lost her parents.
it’s not about need with these people it’s about want I mean this is just true, its not nami projecting and indeed as kaya illustrated its easier to cry in a mansion than in a shack
@@prod.saidacafe2671nah, we’ll keep the bogard hype alive as long as possible. He was garp’s right hand and trained helmeppo, he’s gotta be decently strong. He’s gonna show up during the final war and everyone’s gonna see his potential finally realized.
The Live-Action captured the feel of "pirates" better in my opinion. Pirates aren't portrayed as an admiral life choice in any way. They seem dangerous, dirty, and are all threating. It makes Luffy stand out more and by itself shows why anyone would join his crew. He's "A Different Kind of Pirate" in the Live-Action.
we barely saw any pirates ? Where did you get that opinion from ? The battlefield scene with mihawk at a beach ? Killing Don Kreigs crew ? The Anime does a better job at what your describing. How about the backstory of the cat pirates ? that one is brutal.
I'd argue that piracy being an "admirable life choice" is part of the message of the show. The power of freedom in a world where that kind of freedom is restricted.
@@ceshmate1953 pirates in the manga and anime are usually just mean adventurers until Arlong pulls up. Live action shows how outright brutal they are from the first few minutes.
I remember when I saw them do this and have the characters interact with them, I was like, "Wow!" I especially liked when Kuro and Mihawk sliced theirs up. Also, I'm glad they shortened Don Kreig's on screen time and put more focus on other characters
Two things I haven' seen anyone else mention (both Zoro realted): The fact that we see Zoro actually kill Mr. 7 also is the perfect quick characterisation for the badass swordsman that he is. Dude doesn't fuck around, and is perfectly willing to murder you. Something I always thought was missing from the anime.... what do they think swords are for. They name Zoro 1st mate. I cannot express how satisfiying I found this. For years I waited for some kind of "official" recognization of that fact. And now we get it right from the get go. Zoro is the first mate!
Even if it was never explicitly mentioned in the original work (maybe???), I always thought of him as the 1st mate. He was the first to actually accept Luffy as his captain and thinking about Thriller Bark.... yeah, he is the 1st mate (and my fave character). They really did him good in the LA.
I cannot recall off the top of my head but im pretty sure there were acknowledgements in the anime of Zoro being 1st mate. I think there was one if baroque arc at least.
The Zeff and Garp moment was brilliant. A conflict of ideals being discussed over a meal that is both discussing the past, present, and future all at once
The only thing I would have loved even more about it is if they used that conversation similarly to Johnny and Yosaku's speech as it cut between them and the walk to Arlong Park.
yeh, no, very cliche, straightforward and superficial discussion with little effort put into making it look like natural rather than scripted dialogue.. but they sell is at something deep and meaningful. wtf is wrong with y'all???
Yeah, it elevates Zeff's status as a once Great Pirate and may be one of the pirates Garp chased around in the Grand Line. I liked they how talked about the old days.
The reason Arlong Park looks like a literal amusement park actually has a very good reason. Back when Arlong was a child living in fishman island he swam to the surface to look at the lights of the Sabody Park and later chose to model his base of operations after it.
Yeah - I thought Arlong Park was supposed to be a mockery of Sabody Park. They could have made it appear larger though. It did seem pretty small compared to other sets.
Thank you for mentioning this. I feel like Arlong Park looked a lot more like it was meant to with the benefit of hindsight. No reason was given in the live action but it does make sense with the story.
Fishmen are banned from Sabody Park (per my understanding, whether the ban is official or culturally imposed). Sabody Park represents discrimination. Arlong Park represents freedom. Both are racist in their own way. However, why would anyone think Arlong and Arlong Park is racist? Sister Nami was a high ranking well-regarded member of Arlong pirates. (What I am trying to say is that racism in ONE PIECE is multi-faceted and is quite educational).
Also, what happened to Sham and Buchi after they defeat tho? Did they just leave them in Kaya's mansion or throw them to well or even bring to the authority? How did they even tell the village when nobody even believing Usopp? Also, it's still bothering either in anime or live action of how do Kaya know how to be a doctor if she's been sick for the entire time and how can she life on her own big ass mansion with no one on her side now? I don't think in One Piece universe that everyone go to school
i did too, ive always been in the apparent extreme minority in liking kuro and live action makes him even cooler (even if his teleportation looks rather silly)
Oh I loved Kuro in the anime. Usopp's arc in the live action did no justice to Usopp and Kuro. From a calculated and evil and manly fearsome pirate captain, he is turned into a pathetic gay loser with 2 pathetic crazy minions.
As much as I hate to admit it, the way they laced the original East Blue trio together in Shells Town was actually so genius. It was driven by character, happenstance, and informed the entire series moving forward. Nami infiltrating the Marines for the Grand Line map, Zoro going to the Marines to collect a bounty, and Luffy just happens to be there in the same bar looking to drop Koby off at Marine school. It's pretty amazingly done and I think actually does work better than the manga version (but could only exist in this way with the benefit of 25+ years of hindsight)
I think the Netflix show's strongest weapon is and is going to continue to be Hindsight, seeding things even Oda never could've thought to properly seed ahead of time, even if some aren't as well implemented, like Garp
Its great that the writers avors directors etc are fans of the series as it shows when things like the original mr.7 is killed by zoro. I didnt know about him but incorperating that was so cool
@arlo9754 they already sneakily showed Cavendish's poster so it's likely We're gonna see some stuff about the rest of the Supernova in various points in season 2.
yeah and they do a good job at it. By integrating some of the already existing concepts into this version the world feels more alive and thightly built. Garp being at rogers execution is a stroke of genius imo.
It's like her parents' death. All this time I thought they were killed by Kuro for sure then I reread the manga and realised that it was vague and that the 'kuro killed them' was my assumption, a VERY likely assumption, but wasn't confirmed
Nami's tattoo stab was brutal in live action. I remember the anime as being a lot of off screen with some standard stabbing sounds. The VA carried it all. Live action might have been the most simple of practical effects, but the sound and physical acting sold it as completely savage deep stab wounds. That wasn't cutting the skin, that looked like it was going straight to bone
I'm used to the manga, so I thought on Nami's tattoo-stabbing and Zoro's slash wound from Mihawk "Oh that's quite tame. Almost no blood..." But yeah, still a step-up from the Anime.
My picks before watching this video: *Mihawk's reason for being there:* It makes way more sense for Mihawk to be curious abt sm1 Garp has an eye on over following some nobody pirate bc he couldn't finish them off in the GL. *Sanji's backstory:* Personally felt the manga told a stronger story and am glad OPLA followed it. Plus the actors (kid/adults) paired well off each other. *Zeff-Sanji goodbye:* This is likely my cultural bias talking bc I just watched Japanese fans talk abt how they missed the dogeza, but I thought the LA's version fit better with their characters. *Kaya:* I felt she had more personality in the LA. *Naming Merry after a dead Merry:* A little on the fence abt Merry dying, but I do think naming the boat in honor of the prior and beloved caretaker is more impactful (esp considering what goes on with Usopp abt it in the future). *Sanji:* I love Sanji, but man did Taz make him much more charming in the live. *Introducing Garp early:* Regardless of opinions on how his portrayal should've gone, introducing him early sets up a better foundation to future characters' introductions. *Usopp-Kaya:* We all know they're probably the closest thing to a main cast canon romance, so it's nice they give it to us. *Coby-Helmeppo:* I do like actually seeing how they became friends. *Helmeppo:* This guy was just phenomenal at this role. *Early Luffy character development:* Luffy is my favorite character in the series, but we don't really see a clear character growth of him as a captain until Water 7 (hints of it in Alabasta tho) and I think that makes for better character appeal. I still like him best either way tho. *Buggy:* All of Buggy. I didn't start liking the guy until Impel Down but he's instantly likable here. *Morgan's villainy:* I think downplaying his outright villainy we see in the manga/anime plays better into the logic of how he's still able to be a Marine captain, esp with how no one even tried to report him. *Introducing Baroque Works:* Idk if it'll pay off, but introducing them this early gives good foreshadowing of their importance for later seasons. *Syrup Village is a shipbuilding village:* Usopp's mechanical skills make way more sense now. *Jacob's storytelling:* I never bought how certain characters were so into Usopp's tall tales but Jacob actually make listening to them seem as fun as it's supposed to be.
I agree they handled the change on Mihawk well. BUT I gotta add you didn't understand the manga version completely. He wasn't unable to finish off Don Krieg on the grand line, he just played with him. Let him escape on purpose but followed him on a whim, because he was bored. Both ways to handle the situation fit the character, because Mihawk does whatever he wants.
The buggy thing! you're right! it irked me a bit when he said it's hard to come by the Manga buggy but that's simply not true. early buggy was not standing out, really. BUT OPLA BUGGY for sure. Later Manga buggy is a treasure for sure, and I would love so see Jeff Ward live up to it.
Personally I really liked that we kept focus on Koby and helmep throughout the east blue saga, especially with where Koby's character is currently in the manga. Koby feels more like a secondary main character and Im here for it.
Also, we can see how Marine's life look like through Koby's POV and we realize how Koby and Luffy are almost having the same journeys. While Koby is working hard to take his Marine job seriously, Luffy in the other hand not only just doing adventures but also learning how the world looks like with pirates invaded any place. Also, Luffy has no idea how pirates work.
@@benjaminwarner524 coby right now on anime have good time and its a key character for marines !!!!!! so i have on mind oda give him on live action a great character development for the next !!!!!!!!!!!!
As a Sanji fanboy for 15 years, seeing the only negative trait I could see in him (known popularly as "simping") being removed made me truly relieved and satisfied.
@@DarkEclipse23 Careful, brother. Harsh words can kill as they can save lives. Luckily I'm past the moment of my life when I almost killed myself, but another more fragile soul might have been truly damaged.
Truly. I was always disappointed with Oda that why did he gave such a well-written character such a terrible trait. He ruined Sanji's character after timeskip, his popularity went down. But this LA improved Sanji reminded me why he is my fav.
I really liked seeing Luffy struggle with being a captain in the baratie arc, which makes sense because he has no experience what it really means to be a leader. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I think the first time something like that comes up in the manga was in Water 7
@@osirismondragon3571hmm, Luffy knows it when it is about himself and not messing with his friends, in this case they shot Vivi instead of Luffy which caused a knee jerk reaction I’d say, so she had to drag herself up to stop him from fighting instead of him checking if she’s alright , could also be we also need a reminder ever now and then in moments of stress 😅
Although I feel like it mostly wasn't Luffy's fault that Zoro ended up seriously injured, sure, Luffy let Zoro fight, but Zoro was the one who wanted to fight, and he was the one who asked mihawck to fight.
100% agree on the Marine “bounty posters” idea. They could have even pulled the same trick they did with Kuro. When Garp is at Roger’s execution, like with Roger, show a card that’s zoomed in a bit too much and only has his first name. At the end of Episode 4’s “Grandpa?”, show the card again, but in full. Monkey D. Garp.
the biggest improvement thats stood out to me is just how wet, damp, and authentically nautical the show feels just by being in live action. I think its a little difficult to convey the feeling of being in a dark damp creaky ship thats moving with the ocean in the anime. Also I like how they depict Foosha village as being a kind of shanty town. None of the buildings even have walls. I think that will work really well to improve the Sabo/Ace backstory where we learn the Goa Kingdom is super economically unequal.
“Cutting off” Don Creed early to entroduce Arlong as the main antagonistic force behind the entire season was a stroke of genious. Plus it gave us more Buggy.
I actually do think they improved buggys character in the live action if you’re only looking at buggy’s portrayal in the east blue. Early buggy in the manga came off a lot more serious and didn’t have the goofy charm and incompetence as he did later on. In the live action though they played into that part of his character more which makes him feel more authentic to the buggy we now all know and love
I agree, though I think it's too early to call on whether LA Buggy is actually better than original Buggy. But I do think Jeff Ward did the best job of all the villains in making his character feel like a real person with understandable motivations. He's also funny in a way that works in live action, unlike the literal cartoonishness of original Buggy. I like OG Buggy but frankly, I prefer live action Buggy. I've never been a huge OP fan though so my opinion reflects that.
100% agreed on the improvements to Sanji - his grabbiness has not aged well at all and the adaptation of it to a toned down flirt made him a lot more likable.
@@janis6623 I like that they didn't remove it entirely though. Specifically the scene in arlong park where he's excited to see Nami, that was so funny.
Funnily enough I don't think they actually changed him that much. Sanji wasn't nearly as pervy in east blue as he is now; and when he did the heart thing it was almost always in response to nami encouraging him. But that is a change: nami encouraged sanji in the manga to make him do stuff (like give her free food at the baratie). She did not do this in the live action, she brushed him off. I think this is probably because western live action-watchers wouldn't realise she was manipulating him and think that they had a thing.
In the manga, Nami had a creed that she would not steal for pirates, whereas in the LA, she stole from Marines and Kaya. I often hear this as a complaint, but I think that it works so well because of A. The stakes involved with why Nami was stealing, and B. It helped build the relationship between Nami and Kaya that served to develop Nami’s character. I had no idea I needed a Nami and Kaya dynamic in my life. I think Nami received some great development in the LA through Kaya and Zoro which helped me care more about here in Arlong Park.
I agree that namis relationship with kaya felt like an improvement, considering how nami learns to trust only her crew, her family and people like bellemere(tashigi). I enjoyed most of the little changes like zoro already knowing his swords name and luffy trying to remember it. Garp meeting Zeff, talking about wine/whiskey, obviously refering to the new generation. Was shocked to see mary die yet i like the desicion and when mihawk flat outbkilled krieg i didnt mind, cause it felt like seeing actual mihawk in action Personally really didnt like the changes to episode seven, but that's it. Feels wrong to have nami store money at bellemeres grave when nojiko immediately attacks her saying shes got some nerve to show up. Why would Nojiko get tattoos (similar-ish to nami) knowing how poorly received they are(usopp thinking shes thrown her life away when they first meet)? Where does she get the knife to stab herself if she's not trying to stop genzo? Her town didnt feel more realistic to me...they felt like idiots. When i watched the anime i always thought its crazy they'd just believe a 7yo willingly joined her mothers killer for money. Them treating her like a hag so she can leave them without fearing for them is kinda "batman's plans are secret bc he cant endanger the batfamily" but in the LiveAction i genuinely dislike her villagers and i now fully understand how nami canonically has the third highest iq in the east blue as a 17yo thief... I hate that friends/family who have never seen any other version of OP hating nami's character or asking me if garp is corrupt but i understand where they're coming from
Holy hell, Liam was right. You actually physically CANT critique something online without getting too harsh. Best LA-adaptation and amazing for a piloting season. I really want to see "where they're going next"(knowing the story but not how they will show us). Feels like lord of the rings at times, with scenes that would be "filler" but are just soo in-character they might as well have happened
I REALLY loved that little conversation Kaya and Nami had when she caught her stealing. That was so random but it made perfect sense that they'd actually have been great friends if they ever sat down and talked. They have a lot more in common than I realized till I watched that scene. All the character building stuff in the OPLA worked so well.
nami and kaya is shit, Nami got turned into a 'hating the rich' character. For someone who loves money that's just a fuck up. seems like someone in the writing room self inserted herself into nami's character.
One thing I liked more was how they explained the geography. In the manga the islands might as well be in another planet considering how disconnected they where. Garp pinpointing the overal region to Mihawk and the maps at the credits helped the East Blue feel more cohesive.
Here's my list : The OST : a memorable masterpiece, really elevated the source material for me, the diversity, as well as way some of the themes connected the narrative was beautiful (Luffy and Roger theme connecting musically is pretty genius). Every character and villain has a leitmotiv and the amount of work that went into it should be talked more. Koby and Helmeppo are a million time better Baroque work introduction : The power of storytelling with insight, this will feel great for the viewers when we get to season 2 Mihawk introduction : The music, the line about liking the hat, the acting, the interaction with Garp, the fact that he actually gets rid of Krieg instead of letting him escape twice (🤣)... Shanks and Mihawk scene : Shanks absolutely nailed it here, that joke was so on point Garp at roger Flashback : Having Garp there was all around a fantastic choice, it perfectly communicates to the audience that Garp had history with him Kaya : The added scenes and characterisation make you care for her while she is just kinda there in the original Buggy : It took me a while to truly appreciate Buggy character in the animanga, but in the LA he's iconic and my favourite villain Kuro : His arc was fantastic. Syrup village was the weakest arc in the source material and I'm very happy with how they handled it overall.
One silly thing about kuros pirates is for multiple episodes they just sit around on the beach watching everything commenting on the fights. Definitely preferred that not being a thing in live action
If we're talking about anime rather than manga then the biggest improvement no one seem to mention but IMO is easily the biggest improvement is the pacing. The anime gets worse and worse over time with that but East Blue was still kinda bad. The animation was pretty bad too. So the live action just flows way, way better IMO. It's way more fun most of the time. Makes a HUGE difference. Setts - pretty much every location in the East Blue is way better and more imaginative than the manga or anime versions. Really underrated improvement. Another improvement - at least over the anime is the way they incorporate flashbacks. They always found ways to make it seem more natural to show them when they did. The weakest one in that regard was Zoro's flashback showing when he's trapped in a well but it's still better than the anime just having him think back to it when he's on a boat with Luffy, though I don't remember exactly what the manga did. Sanji's relationship with Jeff and the final goodbye is arguably better. Or at least I enjoyed their interactions here a lot more. Also in the anime Luffy stabbing himself and Zeff eating his leg were removed. Wasn't the case here.
@@aaaaaa-gq3dv sanji and zeff is worse in terms of the final goodbye. Sanji leaving in general is worse. Why tf would he go with luffy ? There is no fkn reason for him to do so.
Kuro being more like a slasher horror character and Buggy being more unhinged were great additions. i know Buggy was meant to be goofy in the Anime and Manga and Kuro was meant to get more and more frustrated as his plan fell apart, but I think if they went for the same idea, it would've ruined the live action show. Also, Kuro saying he killed many crew members, that was a great way to have them not in the picture. I often feel like someone saying they killed a bunch of people is a cheap way to now have to show said people, but considering how much he was like Freddy in terms of killing, this worked really great. Can't wait for season 2 onward to the Grand Line!
It is just a small thing, but I like what they did with the barrel scene in the last episode. Flashing back to the child versions of each character, while stating their dream cements the idea that tose are life long dreams and not just their current ambition.
They also gave us a hint of Shave and Observation Haki too. Luffy did do that back in the day too, but it helped to use modern haki terms that fans know to hint that yep, we do know what this is. And I feel like they made Kuros movement feel like Shave, where you see the anticipation. In the anime at least it felt like he was teleporting or even using illusions. They definitely showed it more as a Shave movement. So when he gets to water 7, he'll be able to recognize it.
Is strange you did mention Mihawk introduction, to show how badass he is. Also for each episode the One Piece logo being themed based on who the episode is about, that was amazing.
Let's be fair, Oda was pretty young and inexperienced when he drew the East Blue saga and hadn't even thought of many world-building aspects, locations, characters and events that he would later incorporate. The anime likewise came out before the story had advanced all that far and generally followed Oda's template. The live action has the huge advantage of thousands of episodes of manga to draw from, and foreshadow, and connect, and easter-egg, and even potentially improve or rearrange to suit the difficulties inherent in adaptation. And, fair play, they are doing it pretty well.
That's not even getting into the trials and issues that come with comics and manga as a medium, and putting it out as what was a weekly shonen att. This show comes with the hindsight of over 2 decades worth of material
I'm sure before oda drew the first panel he already had a couple of islands and shit mapped out with how much information goes into one piece and how it connects I don't see him just going with the flow of the story he has some sort of an idea on how to get to the goal then adds extra in between
Oda already said that One Piece has already been written since it began in 1999. The only complication was to be successful at the time, and since One Piece was successful it could tell the entire story in both the manga and anime.
@@PauloMinado @dillianevan4200 It was not mapped out in full chapter by chapter, character by character, location by location. Oda had the basic storyline and the beats he needed to hit along the way, but he has added to and improvised on and changed a lot of his original vision, like Tony being human, Law and Nico Robin being villains, other villains returning etc. And a lot of the worldbuilding detail for places like Skypeia, Fishman Island etc he only fully worked out when he got to that part of the story, though of course he would be working from notes and ideas he came up with long before.
In manga/anime, the source of Kaya's fortune was an unspecified business after her parents passed away and she inherited it from them. In live action, it's a shipyard business where the Going Merry is built and Usopp works there as an employee.
@@conormurphy4328 Personally I think it makes the world feel a bit more alive. Kaya’s family isn’t just rich because she’s the designated “rich girl” in the story, she is the heiress to an actual business that is running into ownership issues because of her parents’ death. Turning Syrup Village into a ship-building economy also makes it feel more unique I think.
@@cartoonishidealism582 if doesn’t add anything, it’s just a pointless fact because the crew get a ship from her so why not make her family shipyard owners. If you wanted to add to the world building have her parents get fleshed out, or her relationship to the town fleshed out. Instead of having her being a shut up recluse and having a small chat with Nami. Changing the village to a ship building place for me took away from the feeling of everyone vs Usopp that the small village originally had.
In the anime, Nami is there at the very beginning, she is on the boat that gets attacked by Alvida. We can see her stealing from the rich people on the boat.
Although Gins role was vastly diminished, having him survive and killing off Krieg and Pearl is like best case scenario. Gives me hope he’ll reappear in the manga
I noted that too - Krieg and Pearl are done for, but someone like Kuro is still out and about. I just feel like if he was done for, Netflix woulda just had the marines capture him like his lackeys were. Makes me wonder if we'll see him again?
In some ways mihawks intro was done better in the live action. The manga and anime intro of mihawk was very cold and intimidating. The live action was very hype and lively. Either way it was just as badass as the other, they just went about it differently and both were done brilliantly
My favourite change was definitely the downtime moments, which I am looking forward to more of as the series continues (as the budgetary issues with fights will always be a thing); oh, and the Sanji perversity changes, which honestly was such a breath of fresh air after having to put up with especially post-timeskip Sanji for a decade. I enjoyed seeing the chemistry develop between all the crew in a very human way, rather than the heightened action way it does in the anime and manga. I also really enjoy the strnger integration of Helmeppo and Coby, and wonder if they will be integrated more in season 2 as part of the Smoker marine b-plot). I think a lot of the changes are also much better for the live action format (rather than necessarily being "better" in an absolute sense). For example, the stylistic changes between the arcs (circus tent Orange town, slasher horror SyrupVillage, a Baratie focused more on downtime and crew dynamics) really kept the season fresh in a way a simple adaptation of "go to new island, defeat arc villain," which I think would have got very old in a LA format. And relatedly, I like that the LA makes East Blue feel like a saga akin to the later sagas of the manga, rather than an anthology series like it does in the original work (probably as a result of Oda not knowing if the series would be cancelled during the first 2-3 years of serialisation).
Downtime and Sanji's changed flirting are also my favourite changes in LA. My favourite moment in the whole first season was Zoro and Sanji bickering during the after-fight-celebrations in Cocoyashi. Writers and actors really nailed their relationship. I really am looking forward to more Zoro and Sanji interactions :)
Personally, since we're having this whole thing with Koby in recent chapters where he seems to have gone through his own Shonen Protagonist adventure offscreen, I'm really happy that he got a prominent role in the live action that sorta softly makes what's happening in the manga a little richer. Also Bogard, Bogard appears and has lines, that's awesome.
I LOVE TO SEE HOW THEY SHOW US ABOUT HOW ZEFF LOSE HIS LEG After the two became stranded on an island, Zeff gave all the rations he could find to Sanji, while keeping a larger bag of treasure for himself, without letting the boy know what was in it, and ate his own leg to compensate.
The baratie itself was beautiful, I loved feeling like it was a lively bustling restaurant, seeing people parked outside in their ships felt fun and added to the feel. That was about it for me tbh
i fucking love that simple kid drawing of mr 7 oda put for the fans, and its so absurd that live action directors actually went "GENUISE ODA SENSEI" on that drawing and made it a real character
i liked 1) the buggy part when they give him an actual circus what give him a more fitting vilianous role as buggy the CLOWN 2) i like how they made garp appear more 3) i liked how they added the zoro and mr 7 scene 4) hot take i like how they didnt include don krieg 5) i like how garp and zeff interacted bc i always wondered if they would meet 6) i liked how they put a foxy and and cabindish bounty 7) i liked the sham design and i liked kuros design 8) i liked how they did luffy and buggys devil fruits
I feel like not including the whole don kreig fight was a slight let down HOWEVER it matched the pacing but showing mihawk did and feeding that one guy was good enough!
The Don Krieg fight in the anime is so atrociously paced I almost have up on the show because of it. I'm glad they cut him from the live action. Losing Gien (sp?) Kind of sucks, but Krieg is no loss.
@ceshmate1953 you need to remember that Garp appearing in Water Seven as Luffy's grandfather? really really sucks in a Hollywood sense. he would feel like a retcon, and even if Oda had actually planned him out the entire time to be Luffy's grandpa? on a lot of levels he needed to be part of all this. He also helps establish the inner conflict of the Marines itself. The idea that there are Marines that are good helps give them some depth and helps give us hope that Koby will NOT become corrupt. Because my first time with the anime I was sure he was going to stop being a cute kid but instead become cynical and hateful. Smokers arc between loguetown and alabasta helped hint that not everything is okay with the Marines, but giving us data on Garp means Koby is in good hands.
with how much more willing they're being about the more outwardly violent scenes like having Zoro straight up cut a guy in half, I wonder if they might have Pell die too. Alabasta is probably gonna be covered by the end of Season 2 so this could come up relatively soon and I feel like it's the kind of change they'll make to give the sacrifice more impact. The one thing I'm concerned about is how they'll handle Chopper. He just seems like such a hard character to adapt into live action without it looking weird or uncanny. And the same goes for potential future seasons beyond that with Franky and Brook. And in general, as the series goes on it only keeps getting more and more absurd. East Blue was basically easy-mode in terms of adaptating it to live action since as you said, it's the most grounded area of the world. But basically as soon as they step foot in the grand line things start getting super weird and I feel like there's only so much that they could reduce the scale and absurdity of some of the things they find while still keeping the spirit of the show. That said my fingers are crossed that future seasons turn out as good as this one did.
I feel that chopper will have a significant portion of his role reduced. It will always be a bit weird, but when everything is weird, nothing is weird.
I feel like since Merry actually died in the live action, they might have Pell actually die too, because even in an anime setting, there's no way he could have survived. That bomb was supposed to blow up all of Alubarna and then some, but one guy survives with it point blank? Pell was cool and all, but they really should have let him go. And I say that as someone who was sad about Merry dying (but I like that it in turn had Luffy name the ship after him, that was a nice touch.)
I'm hoping for a Jim Henson Muppet. If you haven't seen it, go look up Farscape. Rygel is so extremely characterful that 100% of the time you forget he's a Muppet. Chopper needs to be a practical effect. I have so much faith it'll work.
This may sound bad but I'm praying for pell to die. Him coming back just cause was the most useless bullshit thing ever and it felt like all the time and emotion I had invested into him before and after he had sacrificed himself was meaningless.
If you guy read the manga version, in some chapters, there is illustration of coby & helmeppo at every 1st page. The illustrations portray coby & helmeppo's struggles when training to be marines. So I think originally even Oda still want to show them to readers from times to times
I really like that the Live Action isn't afraid to go darker than the Anime because this also fits the more realistic look. For example Buggy was a lot scarier than in the Anime with those people being forced to clap for him his circus. Zeff eating his leg is another example. Also removing some of the comic relief (like Sanjis behavior towards women) adds to this more serious tone. This gives the Live Action its own vibe to some extend while it still keeps the core ideas of the Anime/Manga.
The live action is a different medium just like manga and anime are different mediums (though closer) and every one has its own unique advantages and disadvantage. I thought the live action did a great job of maximizing the pros of a new medium. I’m really looking forward to season two.
I've never seen the anime or read the manga, but Helmeppo was my favorite character. His depth and arc are prime examples of what separates this show from so many others
Merry's death sticking gives me hope that perhaps some of the later ones might too. I'm not saying I want any particular character dead and I get that Oda doesn't like killing characters, just that some of their stories served the larger narrative better when they still had an ending, and the fakeouts can get tiring. It seems silly not to take the opportunity of the adaptation to have a careful look at some of them and see what works best with the context of 1000+ chapters And yeah, hopeful (but not boundry-crossing) flirt Sanji is a tweak I love - I can easily see myself being delighted for him the day someone flirts back
I actually loved Arlong Park looking the way it did because it is supposed to resemble Sabaody Park so adding in the little attractions to make it seem more like that I thought was genius
They streamlined the East blue, the East blue is pretty vague for obvious reasons so I’m glad they made things connect and elaborate more on stuff that was unclear at times
I appreciate OPLA Luffy's character development. I feel like in the manga Luffy doesn't get any character development outside of a flashback until Drum Island, when he takes Vivi's advice to bow before his attackers. For a good portion of the manga, Luffy feels to me more like a walking amalgamation of tightly held principles in a rubber body, which makes him more of a vehicle to bring out the best in those around him. I do appreciate that approach, and it has served the whole of the story very well. That said, OPLA Luffy feels more grounded and relatable to me because when Zoro is at death's door I feel like he faces some uncertainty, and even if it's just for a moment that's way more internal conflict than the original Luffy faced before reaching the Grand Line.
I really liked how they showed the village that was destroyed by buggy when they first introduced him. That scene showed Nami and her reaction to seeing something much like when her village was attacked by Arlong.
I th8nk the most underrated joke was Zoro trying to sit down at baratie with his swords. You can tell he wants to sit with everyone but he gets embarrassed and is like nahh I wanna sit on the end anyway
One Piece live action: *successful because Oda is directly involved in the production* Toriyama: "AND THEY CALL ME A MADMAN!!!" *angry at how he was snubbed when he tried to offer help in producing Dragon Ball live action*
I like that they buffed some of the villains. - Captain Morgan for fitting as a captain with this increased threat level, even if he was set up by Kuro. - It makes sense to me that Buggy could use his powers to dodge or at least lower the impact of blunt attacks as long as he's aware and focused enough to avoid them. - Kuro is pretty much the same so no comment. But oh, him actually killing Merry makes him look more competent than his manga counterpart. - Sham and Buchi working together well and giving a great fight scene for Zoro 👌 - Kuroobi needed to be buffed so he can also fulfill the role of Zoro x Hachan fight, and shows how powerful the fishmen are. - Unfortunately, Chew was a bit nerfed since Usopp didn't need to beat his ass with a hammer to knock him out. And I wish they showed Usopp's cowardliness better in the fight.
I wish they'd kept Usopp hammer but I totally understand why they had to get rid of it. Slapstick just doesn't translate well in live action, he'd look like a serial killer
The live action East Blue definitely feels more lived in and connected. And man I really want to visit those sets, they did such a great job with those.
I am dying for a solid breakdown of this season. There is so much going on in each scene that it's so easy to miss the finer details placed throughout.
Two things I really liked: - the portrayal of alvida and the shift from the joke being about her weight to about her lack of notoriety (i am one of six alvida fans) - helmeppo’s naked scene. it felt so incredibly in-line with one piece’s brand of vulgar humor that that was actually the moment i declared this was indeed One Piece. he’s ass!!
It actually makes sense that Netflix could do better than the anime with this particular arc because over the years, Oda became a better writer and we learned more about the OP world. And although I understand he wasn’t on the writing team per se, this was his chance to incorporate any elements or context that were left out back then, into the story. So he probably made a ton of great suggestions to improve upon his original work.
There are a lot of naysayers about Garp but I want to argue my case for him: by introducing Garp now, with so much screen time and characterization, Enies Lobby is going to be even more brutal. And that's a good thing... right?? Also it just makes more sense and is less telenovela than in the anime when Garp just pops up 300 chapters in.
So many amazing ideas in this, I love the idea of them using the set to have an actual Baratie that people could visit as a real restaurant, that would be fun so much fun
I called Helmeppo “resident sass queen” while binging the series. Having him alongside Koby for the B plot creates effective contrast between them and emphasizes the “born to privilege arrogance vs hard work of common man” thread from the story. Skylar’s version of Sanji’s flirtatiousness/respectful SIMPing for women actually made my heart flutter, although it was more for how they translated it effectively for Western audiences and the cooking things that had smiling. This includes the correct storyline of Zeff eating his own leg to survive being stranded. Considering how Oda handled present day death in the East Blue saga, I expected Zoro to bring the injured Merry up on his back, have him say goodbye to the ship named for him. Still, since they got his relevant Usopp exposition across, I am not too sad. Having a shipyard at Syrup Village, and the Merry death, sets up the sadness of losing the ship quite well. I love how the Straw Hats’ actors interact off camera but also in lower drama moments on camera… and the added scene with Garp and Zeff made me nostalgic for the past and excited for the future. Bounty introductions also created this feeling, more of this please! Mihawk and Shanks were both very well done in live action, from their intros to their slight rivalry to seeing Luffy’s first bounty. Everything was there.
Sanji is my favorite character mostly because of my love of cooking but I do think his simping when not taken to a creepy level is good for his character. You get a sense that the big 3 of this crew are all crazy powerful but they have something that holds them back until they get serious. In my opinion it’s why Sanji felt so equal to luffy and zoro pre timeskip.
That’s the point. All 3 are uber powerful but have flaws that go against them and works as a weakness. Sanji’s is women and enemies have exploited that. It was also a point of a gag that of everyone everywhere he got trapped on an island of crossdressers.
I honestly believe some of the crew interactions are really good, I probably wouldn’t say better than the manga or anime but there’s some points in the show where I’m use smiling watching all the crew react to things
I think Buggy was better than anime buggy, at least from when he's first introduced and before log town. Buggy actually feels like a treat vs. a joke in multiple pieces. I definitely think the locations were done so much better, especially Buggy's circus tent and the inclusion of the townspeople as an imprisoned audience instead of just roaming free. It made Buggy feel more like a real threat and villain instead of a gag villain.
I thought it was better that Nami didn't come clean that she was trying to help her village by being with Arlong's crew until the very end. It made for a more dramatic collapse of Nami's tough girl act.
10:12 as an anime only watcher, I feel so relieved right now. I always wondered where Luffy's scare came from, then there was a flashback right after Marineford that (I assumed at the time) was the same scene from the East Blue flashback, showing Luffy stabbing his eye. I thought I was crazy for not remembering it happening the first time.
They can have the actor who played Merry play the Klaubautermann, make the scenes with him and Ussop have more impact. But yeah for certain they need some flashbacks with Ussop and Merry and or Kaya because Merry didn't have enough screen time in season 1 for it to land. But then neither did Ussop.
I love this idea, though I kind of like the idea that it could also be a 10 year old child with Merrys features. Because after all, she's only been at sea for 4 months? Well loved, but still so new.
I also think that live action did Axe Hand Morgan alot better. Manga Morgan seems much more one dimentional while the live action one legit seems like the version of Morgan's that Oda would have created with his present expirience.
Alabasta Saga in One Piece Live Action Season 2 is gonna be a blast especially when Chopper, Robin, Vivi, Smoker, Tashigi, Crocodile and Baroque Works show up.
I think in the context of an hour-long drama that favors spectacle over scope, East Blue benefits from having the roles of these one-note side characters be given to recurring players. It binds the narrative better for the format and builds intrigue for the saga as a whole, when originally, each arc only really built its own internal intrigue, at least at this point in the story.
While OPLA may not be 10/10 perfect imho, i completely agree w/ u at the end how much more of an actively living breathing world the OPLA feels like w/ all the easter eggs. Probably one of my fave things & honestly the biggest advantage the l.a has mainly over the early arcs of the manga/anime tbh. Now that OP has 1000s of chapters of characters, places & lore the l.a can easily reference these to not only make the world feel more immersive early on but also something fun for hardcore OP fans to look out for❤ like the bounty posters of Foxy, Bellamy & Cavendish in Shells Town, the Revolutionary Army symbol & article in the newspaper for Kaya's last scene in the finale & Jinbei being name dropped by Arlong in ep 7,etc. Lol also agree about how awesome the bounty poster reveals were & how each character uniquely interacted w/ them & yeah woulda been cool too if they did the same w/ our main Marines but guess that idea's out since Garp's already revealed. I guess they can start it w/ Smoker but i doubt it🤷♀️
Coby is easily the biggest improvement in the live action for me. I loved the way the live action structured him as like the second protagonist for the East Blue saga. We got a better look inside the perspective of the marines. It was way better than not seeing him for 500 episodes. Early One Piece islands weren't really well thought out since Oda was kind of just starting to find his footing in building up the lore. They improved Syrup Village by miles by making it a ship wright town which will tie into Usopp's character arc later on and makes sense why he has basic construction knowledge. Giving Buggy a circus instead of just having his arc in a random village was leagues better too. Everything that happened in episode 6 of the live action were improvements for me too. Timing Nami's "betrayal" to be done in front of the crew instead of behind the scenes and after Zoro was put in a coma was a great way of giving the crew more impactful emotional turmoil-- and actually made Zoro's declaration of staying with Luffy until the end feel more satisfying and make more sense since the live action put a huge emphasis on the respect Zoro gained for Luffy by not getting in the way of his dream even if it meant his death. Also, Sanji and Zeff. Enough said. I actually like Luffy and Zoro's portrayals in the live action better than I did in the manga/anime in the East Blue saga.
Things that were improved: -Nami having more physical action scenes this early and being portrayed as a competent fighter that can take several trained marines at once with no help of the crew or fantastic powerful weapons. -Helmeppo being a joke at first but then becoming an actual character with a developed arc. -Nami and Zoro actually bonding and having deep interactions that aren't just childish fights. -Not bringing dead characters back just to end the episode/arc in a feel good and happy tone. -If we're talking specifically about the anime: not censoring or toning down Zeff's leg scene. Edit after watching the video: once again we agree in almost everything. Regarding Sanji I don't mind making him less cringe compared to the anime and manga. Portraying him just like the original would KILL the live action on the spot just like the Ed scene in Cowboy Bebop. So I wouldn't call the suave and smooth flirting that Taz convey an improvement (bc I really like the cringe cook making a joke of himself and annoying Nami and Zoro) but it's definitely the best possible way to translate him to live action without making him the low point of the show.
I can imagine that his odd Suave nature around Nami will annoy the s*** out of her anyway. and the fact that he can't help himself and he'll keep doing it is definitely going to be just as fun as ridiculous as his heart eyes falling on the ground screaming Nami swan from the Manga. Plus his flirts have the hidden benefit of sounding...princely. "It's how I was raised..." ptsd flashback for a moment, slight cough, "I mean, uh, zeff told me to always be kind to girls"
The issue is because his over exaggerating nature can’t be translated in a more seriously toned series. It’s the same reason why the humor can’t be put it and they just made it more serious.
Alvida, Buggy, Kuro, Zeff, Mihawk, Bogard and Helmeppo had their characters treated way better or were elevated more than the initial manga appearances. Villains were improved, just wish Arlong got a little more to justify being the big bad of the season. Mihawk was great in the manga, but live action really went above and beyond. Like Mihawk went from "Oh, he's cool" to "Wow, he is great! He is Him. And oddly very charismatic." Personal bonus: Live action made Sanji attractive while pre-timeskip Sanji in the manga is implied handsome but still very generic looking due to the artsyle at the time.
It would be nice to see Kuro trailing Luffy feeling he came in and ruined his dream of retirement and now wants to be the unlucky black cat that ruins Luffy's dream, even allowing Ussop a chance to finally face off against him to prove himself a brave warrior of the sea. He could even run into Morgan again and kill him leading to Helmepo finally proving himself by doing what his dad couldn't, capture Kuro.
With East Blue being a series of self-contained stories with almost no connection to one another, the producers had plenty of room to adapt and improve on the original.
I really like the fact that Zoro still acts like bounty hunter. Like him talking about Buggy's bounty and wishing he could have taken him in. I really wished that stuck with Zoro for a minute during the east blue saga and afterwards especially since Oda pretty said fuck bounty hunters within the story currently.
Helmeppo getting more screen-time really is dependent on how tolerant you are of him. Even if he does get what's coming to him, that doesn't mean people will genuinely like having him around. Spandam and the World Nobles are utterly detestable and (at least in the case of St. Charlos) they get what's coming to them, but that doesn't mean I enjoy having them around. Aidan Scott does at least do a good job at making him enjoyable to watch while also a big jerk. I am also a huge fan of downplaying Sanji's lecherous side. The simping gets old really quickly, and I REALLY hope the live action keeps Sanji as just a chivalrous (unsuccessful) flirt as opposed to the outright creepy sex pervert he's frequently portrayed as in the anime and manga. I was legit shocked when Merry actually stayed dead in the live action adaptation, like I kept expecting him to gasp and say he was still alive at some point but it never happened. On the one hand, this is a lot sadder than it was in the anime and manga, because in the live action version, Kaya literally had no other servants besides Kuro, Sham, and Buchi, whereas she had plenty on top of Klahadore and Merry, so now she's literally left all alone in the live action version. On the other hand, this does play into Kaya's character arc, where she wants to be able to take care of herself, and being alone with no servants to help her will help her with that. Not to mention, it helps make Kuro attacking Merry a lot more memorable, and of course, this is is one step towards fixing one of the biggest problems in One Piece: the amount of fake-out deaths that Oda uses to try and pull at our heartstrings, only to go "JK they're fine" after the fact, no matter how badly injured they are. This sort of thing hurts the stakes in One Piece because no one actually buys the dramatic death scenes Oda cooks up, so we'll see if the live action show sticks to its guns and have characters stay dead in future seasons. The downtime is something I wish One Piece does more, actually; the Straw Hat Pirates are so likeable that I legit would enjoy just watching them hang out while sailing. The lack of downtime is especially noticeable post-timeskip, where they're quickly off from one location to another as part of some broader plan or for story reasons. Gaimon... yeah, I don't think we really lost anything by cutting his story out. It always felt like a weird anomaly even within the manga and anime; such a weird island in the otherwise normal East Blue, not to mention, there's nothing in the story that affects the story or characters all that much. It's like a canon filler episode, so even though I do like it, I think it's ultimately for the best that it got cut. The bounty introductions are definitely a cool addition, it helps give the live action series it's own unique identity! It makes me wonder how all the other future pirates will react to their wanted posters! The set-up and pay-off for Luffy's wanted poster is also handled very well, especially since it's Koby whose the one that shows him, and he was there when Luffy asked here his wanted poster was in the first episode. I have to wonder if Alvida's appearance will change in season 2 onward, or if they'll keep having her eat the Slip-Slip Fruit. I kind of like the live action Alvida as is... Also, I agree that live action Buggy was great, but I wouldn't necessarily better than the original; it's just a different take on the character that ultimate works in the version of One Piece it plays in. Don't have much to say after this, other than I think the amusement park theme for Arlong Park works, if only because I know why it's called Arlong Park and what Arlong and his crew based it on.
You Talk about fixing fake out deaths but now we have basically no injuries the entire time. Zoro not getting stabbed by buggy; shallow sword slash from mihawk, no injuries at arlong park. Luffy no fighting don kreig the first villain to seriously injure him and no injuries in fighting Arlong. so they didn't fix anything. Replaced one thing with another. Merry being alive would have been great as well, to help kaya in managing the estate and the village, he could teach her everything OR leave everything to him since she wants to become a doktor. Why does that boat even exist ? merry makes it for himself and gives it as a reward. but he dead now.
Kuro was better in the live action. His shift from looking plastic when we first meet up to absolutely feral when fighting luffy was portrayed much clearer here. Plus leaving a lot of his abilities unexplained opens the door for this Kuro. Anime/manga Kuro is done, but love action Kuro can absolutely be explored more
Incorporating Garp early on and throughout the first season did wonders for the shows tension and pacing, and delving into more than just the main cast. Made me like Garp significantly more than I already did.
That's why I love your videos. Usually I just ingest a story and move on. But knowing there are all these cool little easter eggs in the live action is awesome.
Real talk, The live action show has convinced more people in recent years to start the anime than the anime itself has convinced people. 😂 My wife has finally agreed to watch One Piece after we watched the live action! 🎉 I also really like the live action Sanji over the early season Sanji. I love that his perversion has been mostly cut. It really highlights the rest of his character
There were a lot of things I liked better that the video or others have already mentioned. Sanji was a huge one of those things. I loved Sanji in the LA! (Don't kill me, but) I thought Ussop was also better, even though I've heard complaints that he's not as big of a character--I'm one of those people who, frankly, still struggles with the guy, and so having him just be chill and likable was so refreshing. Koby served all the same purposes and more, but wasn't super annoying. The pacing was SO much better than the anime, and even if it felt rushed at times I'll take that over dragging out things, like the fight with Pearl (honestly LOVED that Mihawk just took them all out on the side--great call for pacing and setting him up as a character while still including Krieg's fun design--and then they still found a way to include Sanji's important character moment where he feeds Gin).
The part where Luffy finally gets his own wanted poster is funny and also heartfelt,Luffy is happy that he is now considered a proper pirate even though all this will do is make things significantly harder going into season 2
The biggest good decision they take was to reduction of Sanji's simpness and makes him a smooth talker , it will be annoying if they did that in live action
Because they couldn’t. 85% of the gag is visual extreme comedic humor. They couldn’t even adapt regular exaggerated humor. There’s a fucking difference. But hey I guess it’s fine when Hancock simps. Piss off a cliff.
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Seeing Nami actually be 'cat burglar' Nami was a fantastic touch. Going undercover as a marine, stealing keys, unlocking the safe, all things done beautifully.
It makes the fact she stole all that treasure believable.
Hopefully she continues that in ways to help the straw hats in season 2 like disguising herself as one of the lower baroque workers or being the one that steals important items or something you know.
@@luigigx1172I don’t think there will be another season tbh
@@reddhed it’s been announce a few weeks after season 1 release confirmed by Netflix and the creator of one piece Oda himself
@@luigigx1172 damn so now they gotta summarize the entire one piece story 😭
I like the change of Merry dying.
Its much more dramatic to name a ship after him than him naming the ship after himself.
it also adds stakes to future episodes for the people who don't realize how rarely early One Piece actually offs anyone. one reactor I watched was fully convinced that Zeff was going to be tragically killed by fishmen 😂
And the fact that the live-action had a moment when Luffy hears Klabautermann's voice when he first got in Syrup, that was cute as hell.
I very much agree with the Sanji thing. I am so, so glad they took out the perverseness and replaced it with basic flirting. Taz Skylar as Sanji is very charming. It’s that smile of his for me.
I also like that it doesn't work. At all. Which is exactly how it should be. It lets us who like Sanji to enjoy him while still getting the endless humor of his failure to impress women because he just comes off as being a little too much.
So true. Really grateful
There are some tropes that are just impossible to translate and I'm so glad they didn't, "honor-bound pervert" is literally sexual predator in the western world
@@DembaiVTyou shouldn't be left out of your house 👀
I think they went a little too far though.
He didn't have to be such a perv but maybe more of the flirting... it's hilarious
One thing the live action did that manga didn’t? Nami and Kaya.
I loved the relationship between kaya and Nami because it further enhances her “rich people are better than me and I’m bitter” kind of dialogue, it fits so well with her backstory of being in a poor family. She wanted so much to have things and so probably develops this envious feeling of anyone who has tons of superficial material things. You realise so easily that Nami saying “it’s not about need with these people it’s about want” is her projecting her own feelings onto Kaya.
So to then realise that Kaya is just a lovely sweet person and actually doesn’t really benefit that much from all this… stuff, she would rather have friends and family. It makes Nami question her own biases and I think ultimately is one of the driving forces behind her asking for help from luffy (finally).
family is something Nami had,except she told her mum and sister that they weren’t her real family, how she probably regrets that makes her come around to Kaya, who also lost her parents.
it’s not about need with these people it’s about want
I mean this is just true, its not nami projecting
and indeed as kaya illustrated its easier to cry in a mansion than in a shack
Agreed, so much! I thought the Kaya and Nami scene was so sweet and added a nice layer of humanity to both.
Bogard barely said anything in the series, but the actor manages to convey this intimidating and cool vibe that makes me want to see more of him.
Zoro taking that hard L from Mihawk is a huge reason that one line from him stops Zoro in his tracks
Let the bogard hype die already 😭
@@prod.saidacafe2671nah, we’ll keep the bogard hype alive as long as possible. He was garp’s right hand and trained helmeppo, he’s gotta be decently strong. He’s gonna show up during the final war and everyone’s gonna see his potential finally realized.
Agreed!
@@prod.saidacafe2671 BOBOBO BOGARD!!!!!
The Live-Action captured the feel of "pirates" better in my opinion. Pirates aren't portrayed as an admiral life choice in any way. They seem dangerous, dirty, and are all threating. It makes Luffy stand out more and by itself shows why anyone would join his crew. He's "A Different Kind of Pirate" in the Live-Action.
we barely saw any pirates ? Where did you get that opinion from ?
The battlefield scene with mihawk at a beach ? Killing Don Kreigs crew ?
The Anime does a better job at what your describing. How about the backstory of the cat pirates ? that one is brutal.
@@ceshmate1953 Agreed
@@ceshmate1953You're* describing
I'd argue that piracy being an "admirable life choice" is part of the message of the show. The power of freedom in a world where that kind of freedom is restricted.
@@ceshmate1953 pirates in the manga and anime are usually just mean adventurers until Arlong pulls up. Live action shows how outright brutal they are from the first few minutes.
The Bounty Posters being interactive with the characters on screen was my favorite part of the series. It was such an amazing touch.
Also, actually showing Mr 7 vs Zoro was so good
I remember when I saw them do this and have the characters interact with them, I was like, "Wow!" I especially liked when Kuro and Mihawk sliced theirs up. Also, I'm glad they shortened Don Kreig's on screen time and put more focus on other characters
@@thelethalcreator2077 agreed about Don Krieg.
@@GreeneHouseProductions Cool
@@thelethalcreator2077yeah imo the don kreig fight in the anime was a bit too long and drawn out
Two things I haven' seen anyone else mention (both Zoro realted):
The fact that we see Zoro actually kill Mr. 7 also is the perfect quick characterisation for the badass swordsman that he is. Dude doesn't fuck around, and is perfectly willing to murder you. Something I always thought was missing from the anime.... what do they think swords are for.
They name Zoro 1st mate. I cannot express how satisfiying I found this. For years I waited for some kind of "official" recognization of that fact. And now we get it right from the get go. Zoro is the first mate!
Even if it was never explicitly mentioned in the original work (maybe???), I always thought of him as the 1st mate. He was the first to actually accept Luffy as his captain and thinking about Thriller Bark.... yeah, he is the 1st mate (and my fave character).
They really did him good in the LA.
I cannot recall off the top of my head but im pretty sure there were acknowledgements in the anime of Zoro being 1st mate. I think there was one if baroque arc at least.
@@JustownerI can’t recall the episode either but yeah he was officially acknowledged as the first mate in alabasta arc
Bartolomeo calls Zoro both first mate and vice captain when he meets him in Dressrosa, where Zoro was with Kinemon and Bartolomeo was in the coliseum.
Thanks for mentioning this. It's pretty widely accepted now, but I do remember seeing this debate many times when I first got into One Piece.
The Zeff and Garp moment was brilliant. A conflict of ideals being discussed over a meal that is both discussing the past, present, and future all at once
The only thing I would have loved even more about it is if they used that conversation similarly to Johnny and Yosaku's speech as it cut between them and the walk to Arlong Park.
yeh, no, very cliche, straightforward and superficial discussion with little effort put into making it look like natural rather than scripted dialogue.. but they sell is at something deep and meaningful. wtf is wrong with y'all???
I like in that scene as well Garp immediately gulps down the wine given to him despite Zeff saying to not rush into anything double meaning speech.
Yeah, it elevates Zeff's status as a once Great Pirate and may be one of the pirates Garp chased around in the Grand Line. I liked they how talked about the old days.
Zeff looked so much more badass than Garp in comparison, I don't know how they did that.
The reason Arlong Park looks like a literal amusement park actually has a very good reason. Back when Arlong was a child living in fishman island he swam to the surface to look at the lights of the Sabody Park and later chose to model his base of operations after it.
Yeah, Hatchi explains this when Nami noticed how much it resembles Arlong Park.
That's actually sad and cute at the same time. It's literally an adult trying to live his childhood dream.
Yeah - I thought Arlong Park was supposed to be a mockery of Sabody Park. They could have made it appear larger though. It did seem pretty small compared to other sets.
Thank you for mentioning this. I feel like Arlong Park looked a lot more like it was meant to with the benefit of hindsight. No reason was given in the live action but it does make sense with the story.
Fishmen are banned from Sabody Park (per my understanding, whether the ban is official or culturally imposed). Sabody Park represents discrimination. Arlong Park represents freedom. Both are racist in their own way. However, why would anyone think Arlong and Arlong Park is racist? Sister Nami was a high ranking well-regarded member of Arlong pirates. (What I am trying to say is that racism in ONE PIECE is multi-faceted and is quite educational).
they did daddy mihawk good thats for sure
Real
I wish daddy Mihawk would do me
@@cartoonishidealism582🤨📸
No... He comes off like a flamer not a Cool bro
@@kennethtoro1875 facts Mihawk was hella flamboyant. His English dubbed voice was even way better
I might be in the minority but I absolutely loved Kuro. He actually seemed intimidating and deserving of the "terrible pirate" backstory he had.
shame his crew is nonexistant. Pirates are coming ? more like 3 criminals fkn around in a mansion.
Also, what happened to Sham and Buchi after they defeat tho? Did they just leave them in Kaya's mansion or throw them to well or even bring to the authority? How did they even tell the village when nobody even believing Usopp?
Also, it's still bothering either in anime or live action of how do Kaya know how to be a doctor if she's been sick for the entire time and how can she life on her own big ass mansion with no one on her side now? I don't think in One Piece universe that everyone go to school
i did too, ive always been in the apparent extreme minority in liking kuro and live action makes him even cooler (even if his teleportation looks rather silly)
Minority you say? Best of luck, Zoro will be looking for you.
Oh I loved Kuro in the anime. Usopp's arc in the live action did no justice to Usopp and Kuro. From a calculated and evil and manly fearsome pirate captain, he is turned into a pathetic gay loser with 2 pathetic crazy minions.
As much as I hate to admit it, the way they laced the original East Blue trio together in Shells Town was actually so genius. It was driven by character, happenstance, and informed the entire series moving forward. Nami infiltrating the Marines for the Grand Line map, Zoro going to the Marines to collect a bounty, and Luffy just happens to be there in the same bar looking to drop Koby off at Marine school. It's pretty amazingly done and I think actually does work better than the manga version (but could only exist in this way with the benefit of 25+ years of hindsight)
Yea because it was so much to cover and they did it perfectly
Why would you hate to admit something?
No just no dude....
@@kennethtoro1875yes
@@kennethtoro1875what do you mean no? You don’t think the LA did it better?
I think the Netflix show's strongest weapon is and is going to continue to be Hindsight, seeding things even Oda never could've thought to properly seed ahead of time, even if some aren't as well implemented, like Garp
Its great that the writers avors directors etc are fans of the series as it shows when things like the original mr.7 is killed by zoro. I didnt know about him but incorperating that was so cool
now you've got me wondering if the other worst generation members will be teased beforehand
@arlo9754 they already sneakily showed Cavendish's poster so it's likely We're gonna see some stuff about the rest of the Supernova in various points in season 2.
yeah and they do a good job at it. By integrating some of the already existing concepts into this version the world feels more alive and thightly built. Garp being at rogers execution is a stroke of genius imo.
Or hopefully just not having the Luffy vs Zoro fight as even Oda didn't want to do that, but was pressured to do it.
They actually explained Kayas illness as her being poisoned. The manga just explained it as a form of grief after her parents died.
I thought the anime suggested it was poison as well, but that might just have been my assumption
@@BobbieTheFishHaving just rewatched this part of the anime yesterday Kaya says her illness was due to grief and stress.
It's like her parents' death. All this time I thought they were killed by Kuro for sure then I reread the manga and realised that it was vague and that the 'kuro killed them' was my assumption, a VERY likely assumption, but wasn't confirmed
@@xoooxzzzz5744 I'm not sure what the manga states but the anime states that Kuro killed kaya's mother but the father's death was an accident.
@@xoooxzzzz5744 Oh and just to be clear I don't say that to disagree/argue. More as just a comparison between them.
Nami's tattoo stab was brutal in live action. I remember the anime as being a lot of off screen with some standard stabbing sounds. The VA carried it all. Live action might have been the most simple of practical effects, but the sound and physical acting sold it as completely savage deep stab wounds. That wasn't cutting the skin, that looked like it was going straight to bone
I'm used to the manga, so I thought on Nami's tattoo-stabbing and Zoro's slash wound from Mihawk "Oh that's quite tame. Almost no blood..." But yeah, still a step-up from the Anime.
@@StoneyWoney i do wish there was more blood. must be a censorship thing...?
I thought the entire scene was phenomenal. The “of course I will” moment was fantastic IMO
When they revealed his leg was missing and the blood on the rock I knew it was a golden series. Craig did a cracking job as zeff as well.
I was certain they cast gordon ramsey for a second
@@16m49x3 I didn't believe it at first, I thought someone got him confused then boom big reveal.
Meanwhile, in anime, they make Zeff lost his leg by getting beaten by Sea Monster.
@@margarethmichelina5146 He severs it with a chain and anchor in the anime.....
@@margarethmichelina5146Are you thinking of Shanks lmaoo
My picks before watching this video:
*Mihawk's reason for being there:*
It makes way more sense for Mihawk to be curious abt sm1 Garp has an eye on over following some nobody pirate bc he couldn't finish them off in the GL.
*Sanji's backstory:*
Personally felt the manga told a stronger story and am glad OPLA followed it. Plus the actors (kid/adults) paired well off each other.
*Zeff-Sanji goodbye:*
This is likely my cultural bias talking bc I just watched Japanese fans talk abt how they missed the dogeza, but I thought the LA's version fit better with their characters.
*Kaya:*
I felt she had more personality in the LA.
*Naming Merry after a dead Merry:*
A little on the fence abt Merry dying, but I do think naming the boat in honor of the prior and beloved caretaker is more impactful (esp considering what goes on with Usopp abt it in the future).
*Sanji:*
I love Sanji, but man did Taz make him much more charming in the live.
*Introducing Garp early:*
Regardless of opinions on how his portrayal should've gone, introducing him early sets up a better foundation to future characters' introductions.
*Usopp-Kaya:*
We all know they're probably the closest thing to a main cast canon romance, so it's nice they give it to us.
*Coby-Helmeppo:*
I do like actually seeing how they became friends.
*Helmeppo:*
This guy was just phenomenal at this role.
*Early Luffy character development:*
Luffy is my favorite character in the series, but we don't really see a clear character growth of him as a captain until Water 7 (hints of it in Alabasta tho) and I think that makes for better character appeal. I still like him best either way tho.
*Buggy:*
All of Buggy. I didn't start liking the guy until Impel Down but he's instantly likable here.
*Morgan's villainy:*
I think downplaying his outright villainy we see in the manga/anime plays better into the logic of how he's still able to be a Marine captain, esp with how no one even tried to report him.
*Introducing Baroque Works:*
Idk if it'll pay off, but introducing them this early gives good foreshadowing of their importance for later seasons.
*Syrup Village is a shipbuilding village:*
Usopp's mechanical skills make way more sense now.
*Jacob's storytelling:*
I never bought how certain characters were so into Usopp's tall tales but Jacob actually make listening to them seem as fun as it's supposed to be.
I agree they handled the change on Mihawk well. BUT I gotta add you didn't understand the manga version completely. He wasn't unable to finish off Don Krieg on the grand line, he just played with him. Let him escape on purpose but followed him on a whim, because he was bored.
Both ways to handle the situation fit the character, because Mihawk does whatever he wants.
I aint reading all that
The buggy thing! you're right! it irked me a bit when he said it's hard to come by the Manga buggy but that's simply not true. early buggy was not standing out, really. BUT OPLA BUGGY for sure.
Later Manga buggy is a treasure for sure, and I would love so see Jeff Ward live up to it.
Well said lads !
Personally I really liked that we kept focus on Koby and helmep throughout the east blue saga, especially with where Koby's character is currently in the manga. Koby feels more like a secondary main character and Im here for it.
Im is there for him
Also, we can see how Marine's life look like through Koby's POV and we realize how Koby and Luffy are almost having the same journeys. While Koby is working hard to take his Marine job seriously, Luffy in the other hand not only just doing adventures but also learning how the world looks like with pirates invaded any place. Also, Luffy has no idea how pirates work.
I am also very happy that Koby and Helmeppo have larger parts in the live action! I enjoyed the one-page chapters with them.
yes pls keep koby in all of the seasons until the meeting points
@@benjaminwarner524 coby right now on anime have good time and its a key character for marines !!!!!! so i have on mind oda give him on live action a great character development for the next !!!!!!!!!!!!
As a Sanji fanboy for 15 years, seeing the only negative trait I could see in him (known popularly as "simping") being removed made me truly relieved and satisfied.
But Hancock simping and everyone simping for her is fine. Do your family and the world a favor and exit existence.
@@DarkEclipse23 Careful, brother. Harsh words can kill as they can save lives. Luckily I'm past the moment of my life when I almost killed myself, but another more fragile soul might have been truly damaged.
Truly. I was always disappointed with Oda that why did he gave such a well-written character such a terrible trait. He ruined Sanji's character after timeskip, his popularity went down. But this LA improved Sanji reminded me why he is my fav.
its not simping, dude is literally a creep and veers into literal sexual harassment quite often
@@DimT670 I'm aware
I really liked seeing Luffy struggle with being a captain in the baratie arc, which makes sense because he has no experience what it really means to be a leader. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I think the first time something like that comes up in the manga was in Water 7
I thunk the very first time would be in drum island where vivi taught him when to and when not to fight to save nami
@@mynamedontmatter4796 Oh right, forgot about that one
@@mynamedontmatter4796 yes, but this contradict the scene with Bellamy, because it shows that Luffy knew thanks to shanks when and we're to fight
@@osirismondragon3571hmm, Luffy knows it when it is about himself and not messing with his friends, in this case they shot Vivi instead of Luffy which caused a knee jerk reaction I’d say, so she had to drag herself up to stop him from fighting instead of him checking if she’s alright , could also be we also need a reminder ever now and then in moments of stress 😅
Although I feel like it mostly wasn't Luffy's fault that Zoro ended up seriously injured, sure, Luffy let Zoro fight, but Zoro was the one who wanted to fight, and he was the one who asked mihawck to fight.
100% agree on the Marine “bounty posters” idea.
They could have even pulled the same trick they did with Kuro. When Garp is at Roger’s execution, like with Roger, show a card that’s zoomed in a bit too much and only has his first name. At the end of Episode 4’s “Grandpa?”, show the card again, but in full. Monkey D. Garp.
God I wish they did that.
They could use cross guild posters, too
the biggest improvement thats stood out to me is just how wet, damp, and authentically nautical the show feels just by being in live action. I think its a little difficult to convey the feeling of being in a dark damp creaky ship thats moving with the ocean in the anime.
Also I like how they depict Foosha village as being a kind of shanty town. None of the buildings even have walls. I think that will work really well to improve the Sabo/Ace backstory where we learn the Goa Kingdom is super economically unequal.
“Cutting off” Don Creed early to entroduce Arlong as the main antagonistic force behind the entire season was a stroke of genious. Plus it gave us more Buggy.
I actually do think they improved buggys character in the live action if you’re only looking at buggy’s portrayal in the east blue. Early buggy in the manga came off a lot more serious and didn’t have the goofy charm and incompetence as he did later on. In the live action though they played into that part of his character more which makes him feel more authentic to the buggy we now all know and love
No... Just... No
I agree, though I think it's too early to call on whether LA Buggy is actually better than original Buggy. But I do think Jeff Ward did the best job of all the villains in making his character feel like a real person with understandable motivations. He's also funny in a way that works in live action, unlike the literal cartoonishness of original Buggy. I like OG Buggy but frankly, I prefer live action Buggy. I've never been a huge OP fan though so my opinion reflects that.
You people all want either the same likeable protag or the same menacing villain. God forbid there's any variaty
@@Dante_Sparda796 I’m literally praising the live action for having variety what are you talking about?
100% agreed on the improvements to Sanji - his grabbiness has not aged well at all and the adaptation of it to a toned down flirt made him a lot more likable.
Yeah, if they did it like in the anime it would be cringe af
@@janis6623 now i wonder how they will do sanji in the land of the tranny in live action :D
@@janis6623 I like that they didn't remove it entirely though. Specifically the scene in arlong park where he's excited to see Nami, that was so funny.
When we firsr saw him in the original series he was this serious dude and it got thrown out the window as soon as he sees Nami for the first time.
Funnily enough I don't think they actually changed him that much.
Sanji wasn't nearly as pervy in east blue as he is now; and when he did the heart thing it was almost always in response to nami encouraging him.
But that is a change: nami encouraged sanji in the manga to make him do stuff (like give her free food at the baratie). She did not do this in the live action, she brushed him off. I think this is probably because western live action-watchers wouldn't realise she was manipulating him and think that they had a thing.
Seeing Mihawk in his capacity as a warlord actually taking orders was a very nice change
In the manga, Nami had a creed that she would not steal for pirates, whereas in the LA, she stole from Marines and Kaya. I often hear this as a complaint, but I think that it works so well because of A. The stakes involved with why Nami was stealing, and B. It helped build the relationship between Nami and Kaya that served to develop Nami’s character. I had no idea I needed a Nami and Kaya dynamic in my life. I think Nami received some great development in the LA through Kaya and Zoro which helped me care more about here in Arlong Park.
I agree that namis relationship with kaya felt like an improvement, considering how nami learns to trust only her crew, her family and people like bellemere(tashigi). I enjoyed most of the little changes like zoro already knowing his swords name and luffy trying to remember it. Garp meeting Zeff, talking about wine/whiskey, obviously refering to the new generation. Was shocked to see mary die yet i like the desicion and when mihawk flat outbkilled krieg i didnt mind, cause it felt like seeing actual mihawk in action
Personally really didnt like the changes to episode seven, but that's it. Feels wrong to have nami store money at bellemeres grave when nojiko immediately attacks her saying shes got some nerve to show up. Why would Nojiko get tattoos (similar-ish to nami) knowing how poorly received they are(usopp thinking shes thrown her life away when they first meet)? Where does she get the knife to stab herself if she's not trying to stop genzo? Her town didnt feel more realistic to me...they felt like idiots. When i watched the anime i always thought its crazy they'd just believe a 7yo willingly joined her mothers killer for money. Them treating her like a hag so she can leave them without fearing for them is kinda "batman's plans are secret bc he cant endanger the batfamily" but in the LiveAction i genuinely dislike her villagers and i now fully understand how nami canonically has the third highest iq in the east blue as a 17yo thief...
I hate that friends/family who have never seen any other version of OP hating nami's character or asking me if garp is corrupt but i understand where they're coming from
Holy hell, Liam was right. You actually physically CANT critique something online without getting too harsh. Best LA-adaptation and amazing for a piloting season. I really want to see "where they're going next"(knowing the story but not how they will show us). Feels like lord of the rings at times, with scenes that would be "filler" but are just soo in-character they might as well have happened
I REALLY loved that little conversation Kaya and Nami had when she caught her stealing. That was so random but it made perfect sense that they'd actually have been great friends if they ever sat down and talked. They have a lot more in common than I realized till I watched that scene. All the character building stuff in the OPLA worked so well.
nami and kaya is shit, Nami got turned into a 'hating the rich' character. For someone who loves money that's just a fuck up. seems like someone in the writing room self inserted herself into nami's character.
@@ceshmate1953I didn't like that scene either but I think it was more about how Kaya didn't have to work too hard for her money unlike her
One thing I liked more was how they explained the geography. In the manga the islands might as well be in another planet considering how disconnected they where. Garp pinpointing the overal region to Mihawk and the maps at the credits helped the East Blue feel more cohesive.
This happened in the credits you say? I don’t this.
@@madhououinkyoma Yes. The credits slowly reveal a map of the area, showing each island after the crew lands there.
Here's my list :
The OST : a memorable masterpiece, really elevated the source material for me, the diversity, as well as way some of the themes connected the narrative was beautiful (Luffy and Roger theme connecting musically is pretty genius). Every character and villain has a leitmotiv and the amount of work that went into it should be talked more.
Koby and Helmeppo are a million time better
Baroque work introduction : The power of storytelling with insight, this will feel great for the viewers when we get to season 2
Mihawk introduction : The music, the line about liking the hat, the acting, the interaction with Garp, the fact that he actually gets rid of Krieg instead of letting him escape twice (🤣)...
Shanks and Mihawk scene : Shanks absolutely nailed it here, that joke was so on point
Garp at roger Flashback : Having Garp there was all around a fantastic choice, it perfectly communicates to the audience that Garp had history with him
Kaya : The added scenes and characterisation make you care for her while she is just kinda there in the original
Buggy : It took me a while to truly appreciate Buggy character in the animanga, but in the LA he's iconic and my favourite villain
Kuro : His arc was fantastic. Syrup village was the weakest arc in the source material and I'm very happy with how they handled it overall.
Animanga?
One silly thing about kuros pirates is for multiple episodes they just sit around on the beach watching everything commenting on the fights. Definitely preferred that not being a thing in live action
If we're talking about anime rather than manga then the biggest improvement no one seem to mention but IMO is easily the biggest improvement is the pacing. The anime gets worse and worse over time with that but East Blue was still kinda bad. The animation was pretty bad too. So the live action just flows way, way better IMO. It's way more fun most of the time. Makes a HUGE difference.
Setts - pretty much every location in the East Blue is way better and more imaginative than the manga or anime versions. Really underrated improvement.
Another improvement - at least over the anime is the way they incorporate flashbacks. They always found ways to make it seem more natural to show them when they did. The weakest one in that regard was Zoro's flashback showing when he's trapped in a well but it's still better than the anime just having him think back to it when he's on a boat with Luffy, though I don't remember exactly what the manga did.
Sanji's relationship with Jeff and the final goodbye is arguably better. Or at least I enjoyed their interactions here a lot more.
Also in the anime Luffy stabbing himself and Zeff eating his leg were removed. Wasn't the case here.
@@yautjacetanu looks like you didn't fkn pay attention.
@@aaaaaa-gq3dv sanji and zeff is worse in terms of the final goodbye. Sanji leaving in general is worse. Why tf would he go with luffy ? There is no fkn reason for him to do so.
Kuro being more like a slasher horror character and Buggy being more unhinged were great additions. i know Buggy was meant to be goofy in the Anime and Manga and Kuro was meant to get more and more frustrated as his plan fell apart, but I think if they went for the same idea, it would've ruined the live action show. Also, Kuro saying he killed many crew members, that was a great way to have them not in the picture. I often feel like someone saying they killed a bunch of people is a cheap way to now have to show said people, but considering how much he was like Freddy in terms of killing, this worked really great. Can't wait for season 2 onward to the Grand Line!
It is just a small thing, but I like what they did with the barrel scene in the last episode. Flashing back to the child versions of each character, while stating their dream cements the idea that tose are life long dreams and not just their current ambition.
They actually made Kuro a memorable villain in this adaptation.
They also gave us a hint of Shave and Observation Haki too. Luffy did do that back in the day too, but it helped to use modern haki terms that fans know to hint that yep, we do know what this is.
And I feel like they made Kuros movement feel like Shave, where you see the anticipation. In the anime at least it felt like he was teleporting or even using illusions. They definitely showed it more as a Shave movement. So when he gets to water 7, he'll be able to recognize it.
Alvida was amazing and I hope they actually do something with her in the live action.
Is strange you did mention Mihawk introduction, to show how badass he is.
Also for each episode the One Piece logo being themed based on who the episode is about, that was amazing.
Let's be fair, Oda was pretty young and inexperienced when he drew the East Blue saga and hadn't even thought of many world-building aspects, locations, characters and events that he would later incorporate. The anime likewise came out before the story had advanced all that far and generally followed Oda's template. The live action has the huge advantage of thousands of episodes of manga to draw from, and foreshadow, and connect, and easter-egg, and even potentially improve or rearrange to suit the difficulties inherent in adaptation. And, fair play, they are doing it pretty well.
That's not even getting into the trials and issues that come with comics and manga as a medium, and putting it out as what was a weekly shonen att. This show comes with the hindsight of over 2 decades worth of material
I'm sure before oda drew the first panel he already had a couple of islands and shit mapped out with how much information goes into one piece and how it connects I don't see him just going with the flow of the story he has some sort of an idea on how to get to the goal then adds extra in between
Oda already said that One Piece has already been written since it began in 1999. The only complication was to be successful at the time, and since One Piece was successful it could tell the entire story in both the manga and anime.
@@PauloMinado @dillianevan4200 It was not mapped out in full chapter by chapter, character by character, location by location. Oda had the basic storyline and the beats he needed to hit along the way, but he has added to and improvised on and changed a lot of his original vision, like Tony being human, Law and Nico Robin being villains, other villains returning etc. And a lot of the worldbuilding detail for places like Skypeia, Fishman Island etc he only fully worked out when he got to that part of the story, though of course he would be working from notes and ideas he came up with long before.
In manga/anime, the source of Kaya's fortune was an unspecified business after her parents passed away and she inherited it from them.
In live action, it's a shipyard business where the Going Merry is built and Usopp works there as an employee.
And… why is that better? Does it make a difference to the story?
@conormurphy4328 Water 7 will probably hit harder due to to Usopp's larger connection to the ship
@@conormurphy4328 It's better because it connects the story better, it's that simple.
@@conormurphy4328 Personally I think it makes the world feel a bit more alive. Kaya’s family isn’t just rich because she’s the designated “rich girl” in the story, she is the heiress to an actual business that is running into ownership issues because of her parents’ death.
Turning Syrup Village into a ship-building economy also makes it feel more unique I think.
@@cartoonishidealism582 if doesn’t add anything, it’s just a pointless fact because the crew get a ship from her so why not make her family shipyard owners. If you wanted to add to the world building have her parents get fleshed out, or her relationship to the town fleshed out. Instead of having her being a shut up recluse and having a small chat with Nami. Changing the village to a ship building place for me took away from the feeling of everyone vs Usopp that the small village originally had.
The best part for me was the introduction of Nami earlier in the series and showing her actually be a burglar.
In the anime, Nami is there at the very beginning, she is on the boat that gets attacked by Alvida. We can see her stealing from the rich people on the boat.
Although Gins role was vastly diminished, having him survive and killing off Krieg and Pearl is like best case scenario. Gives me hope he’ll reappear in the manga
I noted that too - Krieg and Pearl are done for, but someone like Kuro is still out and about. I just feel like if he was done for, Netflix woulda just had the marines capture him like his lackeys were. Makes me wonder if we'll see him again?
In some ways mihawks intro was done better in the live action. The manga and anime intro of mihawk was very cold and intimidating. The live action was very hype and lively. Either way it was just as badass as the other, they just went about it differently and both were done brilliantly
My favourite change was definitely the downtime moments, which I am looking forward to more of as the series continues (as the budgetary issues with fights will always be a thing); oh, and the Sanji perversity changes, which honestly was such a breath of fresh air after having to put up with especially post-timeskip Sanji for a decade. I enjoyed seeing the chemistry develop between all the crew in a very human way, rather than the heightened action way it does in the anime and manga. I also really enjoy the strnger integration of Helmeppo and Coby, and wonder if they will be integrated more in season 2 as part of the Smoker marine b-plot). I think a lot of the changes are also much better for the live action format (rather than necessarily being "better" in an absolute sense). For example, the stylistic changes between the arcs (circus tent Orange town, slasher horror SyrupVillage, a Baratie focused more on downtime and crew dynamics) really kept the season fresh in a way a simple adaptation of "go to new island, defeat arc villain," which I think would have got very old in a LA format. And relatedly, I like that the LA makes East Blue feel like a saga akin to the later sagas of the manga, rather than an anthology series like it does in the original work (probably as a result of Oda not knowing if the series would be cancelled during the first 2-3 years of serialisation).
Downtime and Sanji's changed flirting are also my favourite changes in LA. My favourite moment in the whole first season was Zoro and Sanji bickering during the after-fight-celebrations in Cocoyashi. Writers and actors really nailed their relationship. I really am looking forward to more Zoro and Sanji interactions :)
Personally, since we're having this whole thing with Koby in recent chapters where he seems to have gone through his own Shonen Protagonist adventure offscreen, I'm really happy that he got a prominent role in the live action that sorta softly makes what's happening in the manga a little richer.
Also Bogard, Bogard appears and has lines, that's awesome.
I LOVE TO SEE HOW THEY SHOW US ABOUT HOW ZEFF LOSE HIS LEG
After the two became stranded on an island, Zeff gave all the rations he could find to Sanji, while keeping a larger bag of treasure for himself, without letting the boy know what was in it, and ate his own leg to compensate.
Yeah, everyone who watches thos video knows what happened 😂
@@adoniscreed4031lol this dude must be a bot or a troll.
@@Gelos. or a child
@@adoniscreed4031and that is the only reason to say anything ever. 🙄
That happened in the anime
The baratie itself was beautiful, I loved feeling like it was a lively bustling restaurant, seeing people parked outside in their ships felt fun and added to the feel.
That was about it for me tbh
i fucking love that simple kid drawing of mr 7 oda put for the fans, and its so absurd that live action directors actually went "GENUISE ODA SENSEI" on that drawing and made it a real character
i liked
1) the buggy part when they give him an actual circus what give him a more fitting vilianous role as buggy the CLOWN
2) i like how they made garp appear more
3) i liked how they added the zoro and mr 7 scene
4) hot take i like how they didnt include don krieg
5) i like how garp and zeff interacted bc i always wondered if they would meet
6) i liked how they put a foxy and and cabindish bounty
7) i liked the sham design and i liked kuros design
8) i liked how they did luffy and buggys devil fruits
I feel like not including the whole don kreig fight was a slight let down HOWEVER it matched the pacing but showing mihawk did and feeding that one guy was good enough!
@@saraaparicio7538 don kreig is the first villain to seriously injure luffy.
Garp appearing so early fkn sucks.
The Don Krieg fight in the anime is so atrociously paced I almost have up on the show because of it. I'm glad they cut him from the live action. Losing Gien (sp?) Kind of sucks, but Krieg is no loss.
@ceshmate1953 you need to remember that Garp appearing in Water Seven as Luffy's grandfather? really really sucks in a Hollywood sense. he would feel like a retcon, and even if Oda had actually planned him out the entire time to be Luffy's grandpa? on a lot of levels he needed to be part of all this. He also helps establish the inner conflict of the Marines itself. The idea that there are Marines that are good helps give them some depth and helps give us hope that Koby will NOT become corrupt. Because my first time with the anime I was sure he was going to stop being a cute kid but instead become cynical and hateful. Smokers arc between loguetown and alabasta helped hint that not everything is okay with the Marines, but giving us data on Garp means Koby is in good hands.
The intro of each character with their own way of ripping the wanted poster is up there for me
with how much more willing they're being about the more outwardly violent scenes like having Zoro straight up cut a guy in half, I wonder if they might have Pell die too. Alabasta is probably gonna be covered by the end of Season 2 so this could come up relatively soon and I feel like it's the kind of change they'll make to give the sacrifice more impact.
The one thing I'm concerned about is how they'll handle Chopper. He just seems like such a hard character to adapt into live action without it looking weird or uncanny. And the same goes for potential future seasons beyond that with Franky and Brook. And in general, as the series goes on it only keeps getting more and more absurd. East Blue was basically easy-mode in terms of adaptating it to live action since as you said, it's the most grounded area of the world. But basically as soon as they step foot in the grand line things start getting super weird and I feel like there's only so much that they could reduce the scale and absurdity of some of the things they find while still keeping the spirit of the show.
That said my fingers are crossed that future seasons turn out as good as this one did.
Peenan is rubbing his hands together right now.
If you dk what im on about go watch alabasta is hillarious by mugiwaranogoofy then the part 2.
I feel that chopper will have a significant portion of his role reduced. It will always be a bit weird, but when everything is weird, nothing is weird.
I feel like since Merry actually died in the live action, they might have Pell actually die too, because even in an anime setting, there's no way he could have survived. That bomb was supposed to blow up all of Alubarna and then some, but one guy survives with it point blank? Pell was cool and all, but they really should have let him go.
And I say that as someone who was sad about Merry dying (but I like that it in turn had Luffy name the ship after him, that was a nice touch.)
I'm hoping for a Jim Henson Muppet. If you haven't seen it, go look up Farscape. Rygel is so extremely characterful that 100% of the time you forget he's a Muppet. Chopper needs to be a practical effect. I have so much faith it'll work.
This may sound bad but I'm praying for pell to die. Him coming back just cause was the most useless bullshit thing ever and it felt like all the time and emotion I had invested into him before and after he had sacrificed himself was meaningless.
If you guy read the manga version, in some chapters, there is illustration of coby & helmeppo at every 1st page. The illustrations portray coby & helmeppo's struggles when training to be marines. So I think originally even Oda still want to show them to readers from times to times
I really like that the Live Action isn't afraid to go darker than the Anime because this also fits the more realistic look. For example Buggy was a lot scarier than in the Anime with those people being forced to clap for him his circus. Zeff eating his leg is another example.
Also removing some of the comic relief (like Sanjis behavior towards women) adds to this more serious tone. This gives the Live Action its own vibe to some extend while it still keeps the core ideas of the Anime/Manga.
The live action is a different medium just like manga and anime are different mediums (though closer) and every one has its own unique advantages and disadvantage. I thought the live action did a great job of maximizing the pros of a new medium. I’m really looking forward to season two.
I've never seen the anime or read the manga, but Helmeppo was my favorite character. His depth and arc are prime examples of what separates this show from so many others
Oh it just gets so much better
Helmeppo in the main series has some of the best development EVER
Merry's death sticking gives me hope that perhaps some of the later ones might too. I'm not saying I want any particular character dead and I get that Oda doesn't like killing characters, just that some of their stories served the larger narrative better when they still had an ending, and the fakeouts can get tiring. It seems silly not to take the opportunity of the adaptation to have a careful look at some of them and see what works best with the context of 1000+ chapters
And yeah, hopeful (but not boundry-crossing) flirt Sanji is a tweak I love - I can easily see myself being delighted for him the day someone flirts back
I actually loved Arlong Park looking the way it did because it is supposed to resemble Sabaody Park so adding in the little attractions to make it seem more like that I thought was genius
They streamlined the East blue, the East blue is pretty vague for obvious reasons so I’m glad they made things connect and elaborate more on stuff that was unclear at times
I appreciate OPLA Luffy's character development. I feel like in the manga Luffy doesn't get any character development outside of a flashback until Drum Island, when he takes Vivi's advice to bow before his attackers. For a good portion of the manga, Luffy feels to me more like a walking amalgamation of tightly held principles in a rubber body, which makes him more of a vehicle to bring out the best in those around him. I do appreciate that approach, and it has served the whole of the story very well. That said, OPLA Luffy feels more grounded and relatable to me because when Zoro is at death's door I feel like he faces some uncertainty, and even if it's just for a moment that's way more internal conflict than the original Luffy faced before reaching the Grand Line.
I really liked how they showed the village that was destroyed by buggy when they first introduced him. That scene showed Nami and her reaction to seeing something much like when her village was attacked by Arlong.
The way the crew got the Going Merry is better. I love that Luffy saw the goofy sheep and said, "Yep, that's the one."
I th8nk the most underrated joke was Zoro trying to sit down at baratie with his swords. You can tell he wants to sit with everyone but he gets embarrassed and is like nahh I wanna sit on the end anyway
Yeah of everything the live action did I’m gonna remember that conversation between Garp & Zeff for a long time coming.
One Piece live action: *successful because Oda is directly involved in the production*
Toriyama: "AND THEY CALL ME A MADMAN!!!" *angry at how he was snubbed when he tried to offer help in producing Dragon Ball live action*
I like that they buffed some of the villains.
- Captain Morgan for fitting as a captain with this increased threat level, even if he was set up by Kuro.
- It makes sense to me that Buggy could use his powers to dodge or at least lower the impact of blunt attacks as long as he's aware and focused enough to avoid them.
- Kuro is pretty much the same so no comment. But oh, him actually killing Merry makes him look more competent than his manga counterpart.
- Sham and Buchi working together well and giving a great fight scene for Zoro 👌
- Kuroobi needed to be buffed so he can also fulfill the role of Zoro x Hachan fight, and shows how powerful the fishmen are.
- Unfortunately, Chew was a bit nerfed since Usopp didn't need to beat his ass with a hammer to knock him out. And I wish they showed Usopp's cowardliness better in the fight.
I wish they'd kept Usopp hammer but I totally understand why they had to get rid of it. Slapstick just doesn't translate well in live action, he'd look like a serial killer
@@limbus66 Braining Chew with a smithing hammer is only fair with what they've done to the village though. 🤣
@@lazylonewolf and also the almighty ussop rubber band of doom.
Yes the bounty introduction is indeed such a strong addition.
The live action East Blue definitely feels more lived in and connected. And man I really want to visit those sets, they did such a great job with those.
I am dying for a solid breakdown of this season. There is so much going on in each scene that it's so easy to miss the finer details placed throughout.
Two things I really liked:
- the portrayal of alvida and the shift from the joke being about her weight to about her lack of notoriety (i am one of six alvida fans)
- helmeppo’s naked scene. it felt so incredibly in-line with one piece’s brand of vulgar humor that that was actually the moment i declared this was indeed One Piece. he’s ass!!
I thought helmeppos ass was pointless fanservice. I mean, how does it move the plot forward or his character?
@@grinko1222 I don't think his ass was in any way presented in appetizing enough way to count as fanservice lmao
@@grinko1222 I mean you do you bro. If your attracted enough to helmeppo to consider that fanservice I'm not gonna judge..much.
It actually makes sense that Netflix could do better than the anime with this particular arc because over the years, Oda became a better writer and we learned more about the OP world. And although I understand he wasn’t on the writing team per se, this was his chance to incorporate any elements or context that were left out back then, into the story. So he probably made a ton of great suggestions to improve upon his original work.
There are a lot of naysayers about Garp but I want to argue my case for him: by introducing Garp now, with so much screen time and characterization, Enies Lobby is going to be even more brutal. And that's a good thing... right?? Also it just makes more sense and is less telenovela than in the anime when Garp just pops up 300 chapters in.
So many amazing ideas in this, I love the idea of them using the set to have an actual Baratie that people could visit as a real restaurant, that would be fun so much fun
I called Helmeppo “resident sass queen” while binging the series. Having him alongside Koby for the B plot creates effective contrast between them and emphasizes the “born to privilege arrogance vs hard work of common man” thread from the story. Skylar’s version of Sanji’s flirtatiousness/respectful SIMPing for women actually made my heart flutter, although it was more for how they translated it effectively for Western audiences and the cooking things that had smiling. This includes the correct storyline of Zeff eating his own leg to survive being stranded.
Considering how Oda handled present day death in the East Blue saga, I expected Zoro to bring the injured Merry up on his back, have him say goodbye to the ship named for him. Still, since they got his relevant Usopp exposition across, I am not too sad. Having a shipyard at Syrup Village, and the Merry death, sets up the sadness of losing the ship quite well. I love how the Straw Hats’ actors interact off camera but also in lower drama moments on camera… and the added scene with Garp and Zeff made me nostalgic for the past and excited for the future. Bounty introductions also created this feeling, more of this please!
Mihawk and Shanks were both very well done in live action, from their intros to their slight rivalry to seeing Luffy’s first bounty. Everything was there.
Sanji is my favorite character mostly because of my love of cooking but I do think his simping when not taken to a creepy level is good for his character. You get a sense that the big 3 of this crew are all crazy powerful but they have something that holds them back until they get serious. In my opinion it’s why Sanji felt so equal to luffy and zoro pre timeskip.
That’s the point. All 3 are uber powerful but have flaws that go against them and works as a weakness. Sanji’s is women and enemies have exploited that.
It was also a point of a gag that of everyone everywhere he got trapped on an island of crossdressers.
I honestly believe some of the crew interactions are really good, I probably wouldn’t say better than the manga or anime but there’s some points in the show where I’m use smiling watching all the crew react to things
I think Buggy was better than anime buggy, at least from when he's first introduced and before log town.
Buggy actually feels like a treat vs. a joke in multiple pieces. I definitely think the locations were done so much better, especially Buggy's circus tent and the inclusion of the townspeople as an imprisoned audience instead of just roaming free. It made Buggy feel more like a real threat and villain instead of a gag villain.
I thought it was better that Nami didn't come clean that she was trying to help her village by being with Arlong's crew until the very end. It made for a more dramatic collapse of Nami's tough girl act.
10:12 as an anime only watcher, I feel so relieved right now. I always wondered where Luffy's scare came from, then there was a flashback right after Marineford that (I assumed at the time) was the same scene from the East Blue flashback, showing Luffy stabbing his eye. I thought I was crazy for not remembering it happening the first time.
The interaction the pirates have with their bounty posters are definitely better than just a white box.
They can have the actor who played Merry play the Klaubautermann, make the scenes with him and Ussop have more impact. But yeah for certain they need some flashbacks with Ussop and Merry and or Kaya because Merry didn't have enough screen time in season 1 for it to land. But then neither did Ussop.
I love this idea, though I kind of like the idea that it could also be a 10 year old child with Merrys features. Because after all, she's only been at sea for 4 months? Well loved, but still so new.
a little spirit girl with merry's features would be adorable and heartbreaking@@DembaiVT
I also think that live action did Axe Hand Morgan alot better. Manga Morgan seems much more one dimentional while the live action one legit seems like the version of Morgan's that Oda would have created with his present expirience.
How they used the Koby-Helmeppo side story as a solid foil story thread against luffy. So good.
Alabasta Saga in One Piece Live Action Season 2 is gonna be a blast especially when Chopper, Robin, Vivi, Smoker, Tashigi, Crocodile and Baroque Works show up.
I think in the context of an hour-long drama that favors spectacle over scope, East Blue benefits from having the roles of these one-note side characters be given to recurring players. It binds the narrative better for the format and builds intrigue for the saga as a whole, when originally, each arc only really built its own internal intrigue, at least at this point in the story.
While OPLA may not be 10/10 perfect imho, i completely agree w/ u at the end how much more of an actively living breathing world the OPLA feels like w/ all the easter eggs. Probably one of my fave things & honestly the biggest advantage the l.a has mainly over the early arcs of the manga/anime tbh. Now that OP has 1000s of chapters of characters, places & lore the l.a can easily reference these to not only make the world feel more immersive early on but also something fun for hardcore OP fans to look out for❤ like the bounty posters of Foxy, Bellamy & Cavendish in Shells Town, the Revolutionary Army symbol & article in the newspaper for Kaya's last scene in the finale & Jinbei being name dropped by Arlong in ep 7,etc. Lol also agree about how awesome the bounty poster reveals were & how each character uniquely interacted w/ them & yeah woulda been cool too if they did the same w/ our main Marines but guess that idea's out since Garp's already revealed. I guess they can start it w/ Smoker but i doubt it🤷♀️
Coby is easily the biggest improvement in the live action for me. I loved the way the live action structured him as like the second protagonist for the East Blue saga. We got a better look inside the perspective of the marines. It was way better than not seeing him for 500 episodes. Early One Piece islands weren't really well thought out since Oda was kind of just starting to find his footing in building up the lore. They improved Syrup Village by miles by making it a ship wright town which will tie into Usopp's character arc later on and makes sense why he has basic construction knowledge. Giving Buggy a circus instead of just having his arc in a random village was leagues better too.
Everything that happened in episode 6 of the live action were improvements for me too. Timing Nami's "betrayal" to be done in front of the crew instead of behind the scenes and after Zoro was put in a coma was a great way of giving the crew more impactful emotional turmoil-- and actually made Zoro's declaration of staying with Luffy until the end feel more satisfying and make more sense since the live action put a huge emphasis on the respect Zoro gained for Luffy by not getting in the way of his dream even if it meant his death. Also, Sanji and Zeff. Enough said. I actually like Luffy and Zoro's portrayals in the live action better than I did in the manga/anime in the East Blue saga.
Things that were improved:
-Nami having more physical action scenes this early and being portrayed as a competent fighter that can take several trained marines at once with no help of the crew or fantastic powerful weapons.
-Helmeppo being a joke at first but then becoming an actual character with a developed arc.
-Nami and Zoro actually bonding and having deep interactions that aren't just childish fights.
-Not bringing dead characters back just to end the episode/arc in a feel good and happy tone.
-If we're talking specifically about the anime: not censoring or toning down Zeff's leg scene.
Edit after watching the video: once again we agree in almost everything. Regarding Sanji I don't mind making him less cringe compared to the anime and manga. Portraying him just like the original would KILL the live action on the spot just like the Ed scene in Cowboy Bebop. So I wouldn't call the suave and smooth flirting that Taz convey an improvement (bc I really like the cringe cook making a joke of himself and annoying Nami and Zoro) but it's definitely the best possible way to translate him to live action without making him the low point of the show.
I can imagine that his odd Suave nature around Nami will annoy the s*** out of her anyway. and the fact that he can't help himself and he'll keep doing it is definitely going to be just as fun as ridiculous as his heart eyes falling on the ground screaming Nami swan from the Manga. Plus his flirts have the hidden benefit of sounding...princely.
"It's how I was raised..." ptsd flashback for a moment, slight cough, "I mean, uh, zeff told me to always be kind to girls"
The issue is because his over exaggerating nature can’t be translated in a more seriously toned series. It’s the same reason why the humor can’t be put it and they just made it more serious.
Alvida, Buggy, Kuro, Zeff, Mihawk, Bogard and Helmeppo had their characters treated way better or were elevated more than the initial manga appearances. Villains were improved, just wish Arlong got a little more to justify being the big bad of the season.
Mihawk was great in the manga, but live action really went above and beyond. Like Mihawk went from "Oh, he's cool" to "Wow, he is great! He is Him. And oddly very charismatic."
Personal bonus: Live action made Sanji attractive while pre-timeskip Sanji in the manga is implied handsome but still very generic looking due to the artsyle at the time.
Deaths and Sanji are hugely improved in the live action
It would be nice to see Kuro trailing Luffy feeling he came in and ruined his dream of retirement and now wants to be the unlucky black cat that ruins Luffy's dream, even allowing Ussop a chance to finally face off against him to prove himself a brave warrior of the sea. He could even run into Morgan again and kill him leading to Helmepo finally proving himself by doing what his dad couldn't, capture Kuro.
oHHHHH That's the great idea for Helmeppo!!
With East Blue being a series of self-contained stories with almost no connection to one another, the producers had plenty of room to adapt and improve on the original.
The rank idea for the marines is badass. I really hope they do that for season 2
I really like the fact that Zoro still acts like bounty hunter. Like him talking about Buggy's bounty and wishing he could have taken him in. I really wished that stuck with Zoro for a minute during the east blue saga and afterwards especially since Oda pretty said fuck bounty hunters within the story currently.
Helmeppo getting more screen-time really is dependent on how tolerant you are of him. Even if he does get what's coming to him, that doesn't mean people will genuinely like having him around. Spandam and the World Nobles are utterly detestable and (at least in the case of St. Charlos) they get what's coming to them, but that doesn't mean I enjoy having them around. Aidan Scott does at least do a good job at making him enjoyable to watch while also a big jerk.
I am also a huge fan of downplaying Sanji's lecherous side. The simping gets old really quickly, and I REALLY hope the live action keeps Sanji as just a chivalrous (unsuccessful) flirt as opposed to the outright creepy sex pervert he's frequently portrayed as in the anime and manga.
I was legit shocked when Merry actually stayed dead in the live action adaptation, like I kept expecting him to gasp and say he was still alive at some point but it never happened. On the one hand, this is a lot sadder than it was in the anime and manga, because in the live action version, Kaya literally had no other servants besides Kuro, Sham, and Buchi, whereas she had plenty on top of Klahadore and Merry, so now she's literally left all alone in the live action version. On the other hand, this does play into Kaya's character arc, where she wants to be able to take care of herself, and being alone with no servants to help her will help her with that. Not to mention, it helps make Kuro attacking Merry a lot more memorable, and of course, this is is one step towards fixing one of the biggest problems in One Piece: the amount of fake-out deaths that Oda uses to try and pull at our heartstrings, only to go "JK they're fine" after the fact, no matter how badly injured they are. This sort of thing hurts the stakes in One Piece because no one actually buys the dramatic death scenes Oda cooks up, so we'll see if the live action show sticks to its guns and have characters stay dead in future seasons.
The downtime is something I wish One Piece does more, actually; the Straw Hat Pirates are so likeable that I legit would enjoy just watching them hang out while sailing. The lack of downtime is especially noticeable post-timeskip, where they're quickly off from one location to another as part of some broader plan or for story reasons.
Gaimon... yeah, I don't think we really lost anything by cutting his story out. It always felt like a weird anomaly even within the manga and anime; such a weird island in the otherwise normal East Blue, not to mention, there's nothing in the story that affects the story or characters all that much. It's like a canon filler episode, so even though I do like it, I think it's ultimately for the best that it got cut.
The bounty introductions are definitely a cool addition, it helps give the live action series it's own unique identity! It makes me wonder how all the other future pirates will react to their wanted posters! The set-up and pay-off for Luffy's wanted poster is also handled very well, especially since it's Koby whose the one that shows him, and he was there when Luffy asked here his wanted poster was in the first episode.
I have to wonder if Alvida's appearance will change in season 2 onward, or if they'll keep having her eat the Slip-Slip Fruit. I kind of like the live action Alvida as is... Also, I agree that live action Buggy was great, but I wouldn't necessarily better than the original; it's just a different take on the character that ultimate works in the version of One Piece it plays in.
Don't have much to say after this, other than I think the amusement park theme for Arlong Park works, if only because I know why it's called Arlong Park and what Arlong and his crew based it on.
You Talk about fixing fake out deaths but now we have basically no injuries the entire time.
Zoro not getting stabbed by buggy; shallow sword slash from mihawk, no injuries at arlong park.
Luffy no fighting don kreig the first villain to seriously injure him and no injuries in fighting Arlong.
so they didn't fix anything. Replaced one thing with another. Merry being alive would have been great as well, to help kaya in managing the estate and the village, he could teach her everything OR leave everything to him since she wants to become a doktor.
Why does that boat even exist ? merry makes it for himself and gives it as a reward. but he dead now.
@@ceshmate1953 But no injuries is not the same as a fake out death.
Kuro was better in the live action. His shift from looking plastic when we first meet up to absolutely feral when fighting luffy was portrayed much clearer here. Plus leaving a lot of his abilities unexplained opens the door for this Kuro. Anime/manga Kuro is done, but love action Kuro can absolutely be explored more
Incorporating Garp early on and throughout the first season did wonders for the shows tension and pacing, and delving into more than just the main cast. Made me like Garp significantly more than I already did.
I am just happy that Jeff Ward (Buggy) is recognized after his role as Deke Shaw in Agents of Shield^^
Wow, I watched AoS and finished it 4 months ago with a group of friends and I didn't realize they were the same person.
That's why I love your videos. Usually I just ingest a story and move on. But knowing there are all these cool little easter eggs in the live action is awesome.
The anime showing the full brutality of Kiku losing her arm was surprising to me, given what was done regarding Zeff's leg.
When a show has been around for 20 years you can get away with more.
Real talk, The live action show has convinced more people in recent years to start the anime than the anime itself has convinced people. 😂 My wife has finally agreed to watch One Piece after we watched the live action! 🎉
I also really like the live action Sanji over the early season Sanji. I love that his perversion has been mostly cut. It really highlights the rest of his character
There were a lot of things I liked better that the video or others have already mentioned. Sanji was a huge one of those things. I loved Sanji in the LA! (Don't kill me, but) I thought Ussop was also better, even though I've heard complaints that he's not as big of a character--I'm one of those people who, frankly, still struggles with the guy, and so having him just be chill and likable was so refreshing. Koby served all the same purposes and more, but wasn't super annoying. The pacing was SO much better than the anime, and even if it felt rushed at times I'll take that over dragging out things, like the fight with Pearl (honestly LOVED that Mihawk just took them all out on the side--great call for pacing and setting him up as a character while still including Krieg's fun design--and then they still found a way to include Sanji's important character moment where he feeds Gin).
The part where Luffy finally gets his own wanted poster is funny and also heartfelt,Luffy is happy that he is now considered a proper pirate even though all this will do is make things significantly harder going into season 2
The biggest good decision they take was to reduction of Sanji's simpness and makes him a smooth talker , it will be annoying if they did that in live action
Because they couldn’t. 85% of the gag is visual extreme comedic humor. They couldn’t even adapt regular exaggerated humor. There’s a fucking difference.
But hey I guess it’s fine when Hancock simps. Piss off a cliff.