Popular anime series One Piece has recently got a live-action series on Netflix and it is making a lot of noise. The series just like the anime, revolves around the daring adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate who dreams of discovering the famous Gol D. Rogers’s treasure, the “One Piece”. Along the way with his crewmates, he meets a variety of other pirates who either aid or hinder him in his goal.
Anime fans offered their thoughts on the series, flooding the internet with their enthusiastic replies. Many people praised the casting director’s efforts in addition to the cast choices.
According to various sources, the budget for each episode of the anime series adaptation surpasses $17 million. This news has heightened fans’ excitement for the show after the first episode, as they eagerly await the mesmerizing world of the popular anime and manga franchise to expand. When the data are compared, it’s clear that the One Piece series’ per-episode budget exceeds that of Game of Thrones which is one of the most popular HBO series.
The budget for the One Piece live action has been confirmed to be 16 million euros per episode (17.27 million USD) making it more expensive than Game of Thrones 13.7 million euros (14.79 million USD) per episode budget.
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This news has made a lot of chatter on social media, as many shows that were more expensive in terms of budget turned out to be a flop. Here is a list of some of the biggest TV shows that had gigantic budgets but still could not get critically acclaimed.
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1. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a fantasy Amazon Prime series created by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay. Based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings and its appendices. With a total budget of $465 million – $58 million per episode, it is one of the most costly series. And it cost $41 million more than the per-episode budget of $17 million. Though it gained a lot of attention because of the franchise, the series was not quite up to the name.
2. Citadel
Citadel is an American spy action thriller Amazon Prime TV series produced by Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh, and David Weil, with the Russo brothers serving as executive producers. Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas are in the lead roles in the series. Citadel’s production costs exceed $300 million. This makes it the second most costly show of all time, trailing only The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Prime Video. The budget although way over that of the One Piece live-action series’ budget, did not get much appreciation.
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3. Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion is an American television miniseries on Disney+. It was developed by Kyle Bradstreet, based on the 2008 Marvel Comics tale of the same name. It is the ninth television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The series reportedly had a budget of $212 million, but still was not the best work of Marvel. Netflix’s One Piece live-action got much more applause on its first day, compared to the Secret Invasion.
4. The Pacific
The Pacific is a miniseries produced by HBO, Playtone, and DreamWorks in 2010. The show is a sequel to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers. The Pacific was produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman. The per-episode budget of the series was $20 million and it made its way into the list of top most expensive TV series. It was a big budget creation of HBO but still, it could not get the credit.
5. House of The Dragon
House of the Dragon is an HBO fantasy drama television series developed by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal streaming on HBO Max. It is the second television series in the A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and serves as a prequel to Game of Thrones. It costs around $20 million per episode making the total budget around $200 million. It got a lot of recognition because of the Game of Thrones association, but it could reach up to the level of the main series.
The live-action adaptation has riled up the hardcore One Piece fans and has lived up to the name of the franchise. You can stream the show on Netflix.
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