How ‘One Piece’ Live Action Series Honors the Spirit of the Manga

This week, One Piece has the difficult mission of pleasing long-time fans and introducing itself to a new portion of the public.

The latter might be easier, since the anime and manga series have been around for over two decades and fans already have a pretty solid idea of what they feel like One Piece is.

For series production designer Richard Bridgland, this meant having to bring to life a ton of familiar elements, but also knowing that not everything would work on live-action format.

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