The streamer continues teasing the August 31 series debut with video featuring the original anime ‘Straw Hat’ cast; creator Oda-Sensei shares a message to ‘Crank up the volume’ and enjoy!
One week to go! The live-action One Piece series premieres globally on August 31, and Netflix continues its mission to tease fans that soon… the highly anticipated series sets sail. Last night, the streamer shared a letter from the man himself – Oda-Sensei! The creator of the famed manga series, on which the show is based, updates fans on how it’s going (the live-action version) and encourages us to “watch it on as big a screen as possible, with the volume cranked up, and enjoy it as many times as you’d like!”
And if that’s NOT enough, Netflix also released the official trailer featuring the original anime Straw Hat voice actors - Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, and Hiroaki Hirata, who all reprise their roles in the new live-action series.
One Piece is a legendary high-seas tale unlike any other. Monkey D. Luffy is a young adventurer who has longed for a life of freedom for as long as he can remember. Luffy sets off from his small village on a perilous journey to find the legendary fabled treasure, One Piece, to become King of the Pirates! But to find the ultimate prize, Luffy must assemble the crew he’s always wanted before finding a ship to sail, searching every inch of the vast blue seas, outpacing the Marines, and outwitting dangerous rivals at every turn.
The series stars Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy; Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro; Emily Rudd as Nami; Jacob Romero as Usopp; and Taz Skylar as Sanji. The live-action pirate adventure is created in partnership with Shueisha and produced by Tomorrow Studios and Netflix. Matt Owens and Steven Maeda are writers, executive producers, and showrunners. Oda, Marty Adelstein, and Becky Clements also executive produce.
Additional cast includes Vincent Regan, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Morgan Davies, Aidan Scott, Langley Kirkwood, Jeff Ward, Celeste Loots, Alexander Maniatis, McKinley Belcher III, Craig Fairbrass, Steven Ward, Chioma Umeala, and Michael Dorman, with more to be announced.
Victor Scalise serves as production VFX supervisor; Scott Ramsey serves as VFX producer. VFX are being handled by Barnstorm VFX, CoSA VFX, Eyeline Studios, Framestore, Goodbye Kansas Studios, Incessant Rain, Ingenuity Studios, NetFX, Refuge, Rising Sun Pictures, and Scanline VFX.
Look at Sensei’s letter then check out the new trailer:
Here’s the new trailer:
Netflix previously announced a series of 10 fan celebrations taking place around the globe, including the US, France, Indonesia, Japan, Italy, Philippines, Thailand, Germany, Brazil, and Mexico. The events kick off tonight in Los Angeles at the Santa Monica Pier where attendees will have private access to rides and games before a first look screening of episode 101.
Sign up for exclusive updates and surprises by joining the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and check out the official One Piece podcast The MANA Podcast hosted by Matt Owens, screenwriter and co-showrunner.
Source: Netflix
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
