One Piece is a massively popular manga and anime series created by Eiichiro Oda. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, One Piece was finally adapted into a live-action series by Netflix. While promoting the series, the cast of the live-action was engaged in several activities. The actor playing the role of the protagonist of the series, Iñaki Godoy, met with the actual voice actor of Monkey D. Luffy in the anime.
The original voice actors of One Piece were reprising their respective roles in the live-action while dubbing the series. Netflix’s One Piece hit the platform on 31 August 2023 and has been a massive success since then. At Anime Expo 2023 in Los Angeles, Luffy’s actor in Netflix’s One Piece, Iñaki Godoy, got to meet Mayumi Tanaka, who welcomed him with a Straw Hat as a symbol of joining the Straw Hats.
How did the interaction between Iñaki Godoy and Luffy’s original voice from One Piece, Mayumi Tanaka, go?
Netflix’s One Piece was dubbed into Japanese, and the entire cast of Japanese original voice actors, along with Mayumi Tanaka, were responsible for the project. Kazuya Nakai will voice Roronoa Zoro as usual, along with Akemi Okamura as Nami, Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp, and Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji.
Mayumi Tanaka said at the Anime Expo 2023,
“I’ve been voicing Luffy for more than 23 years now, and I think everyone has a little bit of Luffy in their heart. Iñaki, who performs Luffy in this live-action series, is so fun and joyful that he really makes a perfect Luffy! I’m very happy to be able to voice Luffy in this adaptation as well.”
“One Piece is a story whose words and images can resonate with you in different ways depending on your situation or perspective at any given moment, allowing for new discoveries all the time.” Mayumi Tanaka continued working as the protagonist’s voice for over two decades, which definitely helped her connect with the series at an unbelievable level.
“And of course, nothing would bring me greater joy than if people who’ve never experienced One Piece can become part of the family beginning with this show,” She shares at Anime Expo 2023 how nothing would bring her immense delight other than empathizing with new audiences of the series.
Zoro actor, Mackenyu from One Piece Live Action, reacted to Iñaki Godoy meeting Luffy’s original voice.
Netflix’s One Piece consisted of a cast of young actors. Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, and Taz Skylar as Sanji.
Watching the snippet of Iñaki Godoy meeting with Mayumi Tanaka, the rest of the cast members were exhilarated. Zoro actor, Mackenyu, jumped from his chair on the set of Still Watching Netflix out of excitement and yelled at his co-star in a playful manner, “Oh, man! That gave me goosebumps. Yo! Get outta here, man!”
Iñaki Godoy was overwhelmed by meeting with the legendary voice of the protagonist of the series. He could barely contain himself as he replied to the delighted reactions of his cast mates and said, “It was a big honor.”
“She is the Luffiest Luffy.” Emily Rudd, who played Nami, could be seen commenting that in the clip from Still Watching Netflix.
