One Piece Season 1 on Netflix captures the journey of Monkey D. Luffy in forming a crew and setting sail in search of the titular One Piece treasure. He is joined by Roronoa Zoro, Vinsmoke Sanji, Nami, and Usopp, while more characters like Tony Tony Chopper and probably Nico Robin are about to follow.
The live-action adaptation is appreciated for recreating scenes and stories that resemble the manga with a cast full of experienced actors. Producer and mangaka Eiichiro Oda made sure not to miss out on something critical to the plot. This is one of the reasons why the series is now holding the title of the best-rated Netflix live-action adaptation of an anime.
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Netflix Director Celebrates One Piece Overcoming the Audience Score for Star Wars Movies
Following its global release on August 31, One Piece on Netflix became an instant hit. It amassed millions of views in its first week and twice topped the global English TV ratings. The live-action adaptation of the hit manga received a positive audience score of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes at the beginning of September, which increased by the end of the month.
One Piece Season 1 has an incredible Audience Score of 95% based on over 10,000 ratings. The eight-episode has surpassed the score of almost every movie in the Star Wars franchise.
Cinemotagropaher Nicole Hirsh Whittaker touched on the aforementioned topic. She exclaimed how the One Piece Live-Action has beaten one of the longest and most popular movie franchises of all time during a recent interview with The Direct.
“I was so excited when I saw Rotten Tomatoes. 95% [rating]. I mean, that’s huge. It’s even higher than ‘Star Wars.’ It’s amazing. I was really excited.”
While Netflix’s One Piece got the dub over popular films like Return of the Jedi, The Last Jedi, and The Force Awakens, it failed to match the Audience Score of episode five of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Released in 1980, the episode sits at 95% Tomatometer score and 97%, the latter of which was counted after over 250,000 ratings.
Hirsh Whittaker pointed out the problems in making One Piece Live-Action Season 2
One Piece TV series has been renewed for Season 2. As revealed by Whittaker, the writers “definitely started writing” the script for the next season even before the actors strike, which is seemingly about to end. This is good news for Netflix.
Reports mention that Netflix is planning 12 seasons in the series, with the main cast expected to tag along with them for six years. The problem is that the Straw Hats Pirates’ journey needs to be depicted on the screen before the cast gets too old for the character portrayals in certain arcs, as told by Nicole Hirsh Whittaker to The Direct.
“For One Piece Season 2, there’s so much material to be made based on the show. It’s gonna be like Harry Potter, they’re gonna have to do it fast before everybody gets old.”
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By the look of things, Season 2 will hit the screens in early 2025. This was affirmed by Tomorrow Studios President Becky Clements when he stated that the release would be “somewhere between a year and 18 months.”
Source: The Direct
