Luffy’s Search for Treasure: Check Out the Second Trailer for the Upcoming Live-Action Netflix Series “One Piece”!
Netflix has just released a new, longer and more intense trailer (via Variety) of its live-action version of One Piece. Scheduled for August 31, the show is an adaptation of the beloved anime series, itself from the Japanese manga of the same name by Eiichiro Oda.
For first-timers, the story follows a boy named Monkey D. Luffy who can stretch his body like rubber and who travels with his group of pirate friends, called the Straw Hat Crew, in search of a treasure known as One Piece that would make him King of the Pirates.
The new trailer features fast-paced action sequences, light-hearted humor, and plenty of fantastical happenings and dangerous encounters.
Check it out below:
In the cast of the series, we can find Iñaki Godoy (Luffy), Emily Rudd (Nami), Mackenyu (Roronoa Zoro), Jacob Romero (Usopp) and Taz Skylar (Sanji Vinsmoke).
Eiichiro Oda, author of the original manga, was very involved in the creation of this adaptation and is even the executive producer. The latter has also expressed how important it is that the series honors his vision and wrote a letter published on the sidelines of the trailer in which he shared “that there was no compromise on this series!”. He also clarified that he wanted several scenes re-shot because he “felt they weren’t good enough to release to the world”. At the same time, he also praised the main actor Inaki Godoyin writing : “There were also some lines that I didn’t think looked like Luffy on paper… But when I saw the filmed scenes, I thought, ‘It works when Iñaki plays him!’“That is promising.
Live-action One Piece will debut on Netflix on August 31, 2023.