😍 2022-09-12 19:01:36 – Paris/France.
Netflix found himself in a huge mess while making a live-action series of "One Piece." Regardless of the platform's history with this type of anime remakes, 'One Piece' isn't exactly one of the shows that best lends itself to this treatmentbetween Eiichiro Oda's drawing style with his very particular aesthetic and above all for a series of crazy powers that, without a very avant-garde CGI, might not look good on screen at all.
Still, Netflix jumped in the pool and shot their “One Piece” series in style and showed us some very promising little details. But if there were already a few alarms going off, it looks like the 'One Piece' series is going to stray a bit from the original material.
It's not just a carbon copy, but we're not sure what it's going to be
On the one hand, and given the fact that we have such an iconic anime like 'One Piece' etched on the retina, it stands to reason that Netflix doesn't want to photocopy as is in the style of Disney's live-action remakes. While the cinematographer dropped Nicole Hirsch-Whitakerwhat they want precisely is that "One Piece" is a series with its own identity without copying the anime too much.
“There will always be fans and critics. You can't please everyone, but speaking from the heart, the most important thing is the story. And if the story isn't there, it's not going to grab readers and it doesn't matter what you do,” Whittaker said. “We can only hope to attract a new audience and people who find it fascinating and interesting. »
For now, Netflix seems to have spared no expense with "One Piece," especially since it's built massive sets with the Going Merry and other ships for the series. Already in the first looks we saw some differences in style that logically must be conceded when moving from animation to live action, but beyond aesthetics most concerning is that the series strays too far from "One Piece" and everything that makes it special.
'One Piece' isn't the easiest anime to upload, between the quirky and even ridiculous character designs and their overall aesthetic. already entered Luffy or Buggy's powers can be very regular with bad CGI, but as the plot progresses we find more and more things that may not translate well outside of the animation. So If part of those differences were trying to make the overall style of the series more 'dark and realistic', we would lose some of that flavor that characterizes 'One Piece'. and we run the risk of ending up with a generic teenage dark fantasy series.
On the other hand the other big alarm we have is the possible changes to the story. 'Cowboy Bebop' has had quite a bit of success with its cast and aesthetic (and beware, Yes which was a series that lent itself to live action) but it looks like they put the original anime in a blender and there were several significant changes in pacing and approach to the story… With what fear that with ' One Piece' to do the same is too real.
Looking at the cast of the series, we signed actors for Arlong and Garp, so it seems that this first season is going to want to broadcast the entire East Blue saga. It's not entirely impossible (especially with the fill and the rhythm very calm) that the anime has at the start… but for a run of maybe 8 or 10 episodes that's a lot of stuff to condense.
For now, Netflix's 'One Piece' worries me a lot, because even though it seems that the makers understand the original material very well and like it very much and the actors seem very sought after... Well, Netflix's track record is that it's pretty messy and unpromising.
But is that even if it was a spectacular series that lived up to all expectations, it is still a terribly expensive projectand if we have Neil Gaiman begging for a "Sandman" renewal, maybe "One Piece" wouldn't survive the ax of cancellation and leave honey on our lips before it even entered the Grand Line.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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