The influence of anime and manga has skyrocketed in recent years, and riding that high tide is none other than Eiichiro Oda’s magnum opus One Piece, the manga series and anime adaptation that has been at the top of the animanga world for the past 25 years. And now, that same magic has been brought to live-action through Netflix’s stellar adaptation of the story.
And with the astonishing success that it has amassed in such a short span of time, the expansion of the story by the streaming giant has already been greenlit, which comes with very good news. But seeing as what the future plans for the series are in the creators’ minds, it may end up facing the same fate that another popular Netflix series ended up with.
Netflix’s Plan To Create 12 Seasons Of One Piece May Lead To Stranger Things Disaster
When the first chapter of the series was published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, no one could’ve guessed that Eiichiro Oda‘s One Piece would create such a legacy with subsequent chapters that it’ll become the next big thing in manga, and consequently, in anime. And now, with Netflix bringing the magic of the story into live-action has proved just how amazing the world of One Piece is. This successful venture has incentivized Tomorrow Studios to create future seasons of the series, but there’s a catch.
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In a recent interview with Deadline, Tomorrow Studios’ Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements, who are the executive producers for the show starring Iñaki Godoy as the main protagonist, talked about how they were pleased that they could appease the international audience of manga readers and anime enjoyers alike with their offering. Here, they also announced that after talking with the Mangaka, they have plans to expand on the current series with six more seasons in the foreseeable future. While this may be amazing news, there’s a problem that arises with it. Clements commented:
“We’ve definitely had more thorough conversations about what we would do with Season 2 should we have the opportunity and then less extensive conversations about where we would go for season three to six.”
Adelstein says that since there are more than 1,000 chapters in the manga, the series can have at least 12 seasons, if not more, which means it’ll take a lot of time to bring them to the audience. If this is indeed the case, then the whole series can end up like Stranger Things, where due to long production schedules, the cast grew up in age, which disrupted their age descriptions in the series’ timeline, which in turn, affected the end result and the reception from the audience.
If One Piece is to follow the same route, then the seasons would have to be shot in rapid succession to catch up and maintain the actor’s appearances while ensuring to maintain the same quality.
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Will 12 Seasons Of Netflix’s One Piece Be Enough?
Seeing as the first season of the live-action adaptation completed the first major arc from the manga, which was the East Blue Saga, there is still a very healthy majority of the story that is yet to be brought to life by Tomorrow Studios. As per reports, the second season has already completed scripting and is ready to be put through production.
But seeing as there are more than 32 minor arcs, which combine to create more than 11 major arcs as per the story until now, the series would have to jam a lot of content in their upcoming seasons to just reach the intended 12-season live-action vision.
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One Piece, streaming on Netflix.
source: Deadline
