One Piece showrunner Marc Jobst explained Eiichiro Oda’s creative use of costumes in the manga to enhance storytelling. Netflix’s One Piece proved that not all anime live adaptations fail. It not only ended the streak of bad anime adaptations but also became popular with both anime fans and those who aren’t fans.
One key factor was Netflix’s collaboration with the original manga creator, Eiichiro Oda. He played a significant role in shaping the series, from the storyline to choosing actors for the beloved characters, ensuring it stayed true to the original manga and anime.
Moreover, one of One Piece live-action adaptation series showrunner Marc Jobst revealed an ingenious aspect Oda brought to the series that made One Piece, a fan-favorite franchise.
Eiichiro Oda’s Artful Use of Costumes for Storytelling in Manga
In a recent interview with ComicBook, the One Piece showrunner, Marc Jobst, talked about the series and the Straw Hats. Jobst explained why he believes Luffy and his crew connect with fans through a clever idea used in both the series and manga, making the story more powerful:
“They rode the high seas, they didn’t care, all right, if you want to fight me, you want to kill me, do it. Come on, take me on. And there’s something about Luffy in that. Luffy wants to be free. He was abandoned in a sense by his mom and dad. Well, he never knew his mom, but by his dad, let’s say. He was bullied by his grandfather and he wanted to be free. He wanted to be free.”
Jobst also explained the way Eiichiro Oda used costumes in the manga to enhance the storytelling, saying:
“And if you look at the way we’ve used costumes, well in fact, the way Oda uses costumes. Luffy is just in a little vest and a little pair of shorts. And he goes out onto these huge great adventures and he goes into these huge big fights, armed only with a little vest and a pair of shorts. And the Marines have got their flack coats and their guns and their boots and their hats and everything.”
The showrunner explained that the show talked about how they use costumes, similar to how Oda does. Luffy wears only a small vest and shorts on his big adventures and fights, while the Marines have more protective gear like coats, guns, boots, and hats.
The True Essence of Freedom in One Piece
Further in the conversation, Jobst also explained that the Straw Hats are “free” compared to many other characters in the series, be they pirates or not. He said:
“And just symbolically, he’s free. And that’s one of the things that I think is so inspirational about Luffy as a character. And one of the reasons why Frazy and maddening, though he is at times, his crew love him to bits. And why I think the audience love him and love One Piece is because he’s free. And we all have this maybe this longing, this notion of what it would be if I, Mark, was free. And I think that’s what pirates are. They’re free. That’s what Luffy is. That’s what One Piece is.”
He explained that Luffy represents freedom, and that’s what makes him an inspirational character. Even though Luffy can be a bit unpredictable at times, his crew and the audience love him because he symbolizes freedom. Many people have a longing for freedom, and that’s what pirates, like Luffy, represent in One Piece.
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