The One Piece Live Action has soared to immense success after the release as fans loved the adaptation of their favorite anime and manga series. The eight-episode-long series has gotten well-deserved praise and is currently trending on the internet. The total budget for each episode of the One Piece adaption exceeds $17 million, and it was wisely spent given the success of the series. Viewers and fans have expressed their love and hype for the series, and despite the fact that viewers were skeptical at first due to the high expectations, the series managed to provide a worthy piece of entertainment.
While the series did not reach the heights of other popular Netflix web series like Wednesday or Queen Charlotte, the anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s manga is in the Top 10 in 93 countries and No. 1 in 46, with 18.5 million views between August 28 and September 3. In lieu of this Netflix’s Co-CEO has portrayed his happiness and satisfaction for the hard-earned success of the series.
Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters Shows Appreciation for the Series
In an interview, Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters talked about the “Very High Bar” that the series has cleared after the ongoing stereotype of flop live-action anime. He said:
“This is a very high bar to meet, to basically take a storied manga and deliver it in English-language, live action. Pretty much all the haters are out, looking for a reason to hate you for it. To be able to deliver it and have it be massively popular and a success around the world is amazing to see.”
According to him, despite the haters, the series has managed to become insanely popular and has received a ton of love from the fans crediting to its storyline, characters, and editing.
One Piece is a collaboration between the U.S. and Japanese Netflix team
While talking about the work that went into making the series the huge success it is today, Co-CEO Peters explained how the series resulted from extensive collaboration between the U.S. and Japanese content teams at Netflix. He explained how the team was able to hit the places where there was demand. He said:
“The series is an example of Netflix execs trying to find “places where there’s demand we’re not serving effectively” across the global subscriber base of 238 million. What we’re seeing is that the calculus behind that is getting more interesting and more complicated in ways that are very exciting to me.”
One Piece has managed to pull huge pressure from fans, critics, and haters and come out at the top of the anime live-action adaptation list. The series has broken the huge curse of the failure of live actions. Fans have shown a huge amount of love to the series and the creators Matt Owens and Steven Maeda and are eagerly waiting for news on the second season.
Source: Deadline
