Iñaki Godoy is currently filming One Piece Season 2 in Cape Town, South Africa, but he still found time to impress fans with one thing. Fans of the popular Eiichiro Oda manga celebrated ‘One Piece Day’ on the weekend of August 10th this year. When Godoy apologized to the anime fans for not joining the celebrations in Japan, fans were in for a surprise.
Fans of the manga and anime were delighted that Godoy addressed ‘One Piece Day’ in Japanese, a language he has been working tirelessly to learn from scratch. Godoy explained that his shoot for Season 2 made him unavailable for the celebrations, but added that he hoped to join the fans in Japan soon.
Iñaki Godoy’s Effort To Talk To Fans Of One Piece Manga and Anime In Japanese Is Truly Admirable
It appears that Netflix’s Monkey D. Luffy is keeping his promise to learn Japanese. Iñaki Godoy and the rest of the One Piece cast reunited in Cape Town, South Africa, last month to film the second season of the series. Amidst the filming process, Godoy has found time to deliver a special message to fans.
Godoy has been devoted to learning the language ever since he expressed his interest in interacting with Japanese fans. Appearing in a video, Godoy spoke in Japanese and shared that he couldn’t join the ‘One Piece Day’ celebrations due to the filming of the second season of the live-action series.
He once again promised that he would practice the language every day during the shoot in the hopes that he could meet the fans in Japan after the shoot was over. The Imperfects star concluded the video by yelling the famous catchphrase from the anime, “Next stop, Grand Line!”. Here’s the fan-favorite Luffy actor trying his best to speak the language:
‘One Piece Day’ is usually celebrated on July 22 to commemorate the official serialization of the manga in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 22, 1997. In 2024, pirates across the globe celebrated the very special weekend on August 10th and 11th. The event is celebrated on a live stream and several projects surrounding the manga and anime will be announced.
One Piece Executive Producer Provided Several Exciting Updates On The Second Season
Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero, and Taz Skylar are back again at the One Piece set in this video marking the start of production of the second season. During an interview with Deadline, Becky Clements, the President of Tomorrow Studios, shared that between 900 and 1200 people were working on the series, with two units working at one time.
Clements shared that the current season is more VFX-heavy than the last one and, hence, will take some time to complete production. She added that they would finish filming in December this year. When asked about the addition of new characters like Smoker, Brogy, No. 5, No. 9, and No. 3, Clements shared that showrunners Matt Owens and Joe Tracz have it all mapped out with Eiichiro Oda.
She also confirmed that the makers have plans for multiple seasons. Clements also gave the update that Jamie Lee Curtis, who was rumored for a long time to join the series, was not involved in this season of the show. Clements could also confirm that they have found an amazing person to play the role of Kureha in Season 2.
The first season of the live-action One Piece series is now available to watch on Netflix.
