Over the 25 years of journey, the popular anime and manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda has been able to create more than 1000 episodes and chapters that are still going strong. As the series has entered the final saga, fans are somewhat happy that the long story about the journey of the Straw Hat Pirates would get a great and definitive conclusion.
However, this only solves the problem for the anime and manga series. The live-action adaptation of One Piece by Netflix has only tapped into the story and has managed to bring out only one season as of yet. They still have a long way to go and looking at the response the series got for the first season, fans have huge expectations regarding the future of the One Piece live-action.
Along with that, the creators of the show have shared their desire to make at least 12 seasons of the live-action series which would surely take a lot of time. But time is not the only hindrance that the series may have. The casts and many other elements make the creation of 12 seasons a huge task and could result in the downfall.
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One Piece Creators Want to Make 12 Seasons of The Live-Action
Approximately the first 95 chapters of the manga are covered in the eight one-hour episodes that make up One Piece season 1. If the second season of One Piece is produced, the action will pick up in the Alabasta Saga, which is where Luffy and his group start their Grand Line adventure.
According to an interview from Deadline, the One Piece executive producers, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements want to create 12 seasons of the series. The show might be able to reach the 12-season milestone if it can maintain its popularity for three to four seasons. Still, 12 seasons is a very ambitious plan for a highly expensive series that has only recently started to air. Undoubtedly, the popularity of One Piece on Netflix has the potential to sustain the show, but it will need to be a tremendous hit to receive this many seasons.
However, the bigger problem is the cast of the series and the time it would take to make so many seasons for the series. By season 12, the cast of Netflix’s One Piece is probably going to look significantly older than their fictional counterparts, even though their ages as actors are appropriate for their roles right now.
12 Seasons May Lead to the Downfall of One Piece Live-Action
The 12-season plan for Netflix’s One Piece aims to tell the story of the original manga and anime, but scheduling, filming, streaming release, aging, and other factors could cause casting issues for the adaption. Though theoretically sound, such a timeline begs the question of how practically feasible it would be to implement.
A number of the cast members of One Piece are already five or ten years older than the characters they portray. That difference might be startling by season twelve. Even though de-aging technology can make it appear as though less time has passed, if the processing and editing are even somewhat obvious, it may undermine the series’ credibility.
Whether the actors will still want to work on One Piece in ten or more years is another question. Therefore, though it sounds amazing that the live-action adaptation will go on for 12 seasons, it is an extremely difficult target.
