Given How Long the Anime Is, One Piece Needs a Timeline Plan.
Even if One Piece finally begins filming two seasons consecutively, given the length of the animation, the Netflix live-action program need a timeframe. Whereas the manga has been existing since 1997, the One Piece anime started airing fresh episodes in 1999. As of the writing of this article, there are 1108 One Piece episodes; of these, the live-action series barely addressed 50 or so. It would be a tremendous work for the Netflix version to reach Egghead even without thinking through One Piece's filler episodes.
Assuming One Piece Live-Action will now run through all of Arabasta, I know exactly what season 2's last scene should be to build up seasons 3 and 4. Two more seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be plenty to run through the rest of the cartoon show. Covering all the current source material for One Piece, however, seems almost impossible. One Piece should so concentrate on lesser benchmarks before aiming to catch up with the Anime. A live-action rendition of Water 7 and Enies Lobby, which should take place in a possible fourth season, would be fascinating. Whatever the strategy Netflix's One Piece uses, it has to have a well defined chronology.
One Piece Filming Back to Back would address a significant timeline concern.
This is a tactic the program should eventually employ even if One Piece Season 3 is not filmed back to back with the second season. Given the tempo of the first season, it would take Netflix's One Piece 12 seasons or more to catch up with the manga, which hasn't yet finished. It would take more than ten years to cover all the significant sagas from the One Piece manga even if the Live-Action program trims whole arcs and plots. One Piece's framework realistically makes it challenging for it to function as a live-action serial.
Arabasta Saga storyline in One Piece Anime Chapters Reverse Mountains 61–63 Peak Whiskey: 1964–67 Little Garden between 70 and 77 Island in Drumming 78 to 91 Arabaste 92-130 For instance, the cast of One Piece would rapidly age out of their characters assuming it would take a year or more for every season to premiere. Apart from the two-year time gap, which only occurs much later in the narrative, most of the primary characters in One Piece are teenagers or young adults. Given the passing of time in the real world, One Piece Live-Action would find it extremely difficult to change the ages and character storylines. Furthermore, even Netflix hits like Stranger Things and Cobra Kai only lasted so many seasons.
The Season 3 Update for One Piece would solve a significant problem the Netflix Show is running across.
Though the rumors about the renewal of One Piece Season 3 have been dispelled, the live-action Anime show might have to employ this tactic finally. One Piece Patty actress Brashaad Mayweather discussed the show's future during an interview with Comicbook.com, especially the likelihood of filming more than one season consecutively. This prompted many to believe that One Piece had already been renewed for season 3, which has now been refuted not to be the case.
Mayweather stated (via X) that they were merely speculating on the future of the series, hence officially confirming nothing regarding One Piece filming two seasons back-to-back. Currently under production, One Piece season 2 is scheduled to feature the Arabasta narrative in the future episodes. Whether the Netflix live-action anime show will feature eight episodes once more is not apparent. Still, the show boasts a number of arcs covering the Arabasta saga, the first of innumerable adventures Luffy comes across on the Grand Line.
The Netflix Show Filming Seasons Back-To-Back Would Keep Things Consistent
Filming two seasons back-to-back One Piece moving ahead would help to maintain consistency in terms of the character appearances. One Piece's story arcs typically start immediately from where the last one left off, unlike great TV sagas like Game of Thrones or Stranger Things. Since the start of the story, One Piece has only one known skip. This means that, from an in-universe perspective, things happen very fast for Luffy and his crew.
The One Piece anime has been releasing new episodes since 1999, whereas the manga has been around since 1997. One Piece also includes a lot of flashbacks and often revisits stories from way before Luffy’s journey started. Filming more than one season back to back would allow the Netflix show to keep the same actors for every flashback, even the ones that happen much later. The One Piece characters’ ages are also important in terms of what the Straw Hats and the “Worst Generation” represent to the world of One Piece. Luffy, his friends, and even some of his adversaries are the symbols of a new generation of young pirates who quickly make a name for themselves.
One Piece: Exploring The World of Luffy
Based on the popular manga/anime series, One Piece is a live-action Netflix adaptation of the story from Eiichiro Oda. The show follows the exploits of a band of pirates, the Straw Hats, led by the energetic and adventure-loving Monkey D. Luffy. Luffy is a young man cursed with strange powers after accidentally eating a mysterious fruit. With his friends Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji, Luffy will head across the vast ocean to find the legendary treasure, the One Piece.
The popularity of the anime has translated well to the Netflix live-action series. Fans of the show will have much to look forward to with the exciting new adventures to come in the next season. With so many exciting developments for the series, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for the show.
