Tag: Steven Maeda
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Why ‘One Piece’ Introduced Zoro and Nami at the Same Time in Live-Action
One of the things that manga and anime fans of One Piece will quickly notice as soon as they press play on the Netflix series is that the Straw Hats’ meeting each other happens a lot earlier than it does on the source material, with. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), Nami (Emily Rudd) and Zoro (Mackenyu) meeting…
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This Is Why Garp Showed Up So Early in ‘One Piece’ Season 1
The good thing about One Piece only making it to live-action format over 20 years after its debut is that showrunner Steven Maeda could make informed decisions as to what elements from different arcs he could take and simply put in this first (and hopefully future) batch of episodes. In an interview with Collider’s Arezou…
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‘One Piece’ Showrunner Steven Maeda Reveals How He Decided What to Adapt From Manga to Live-Action Series
The worst thing about TV shows in this television era is that we never know if a new title will manage to stick around for as long as we would like it to. When it comes to One Piece, we already know that no matter how long it lasts, huge chunks of the 105-volume (and…
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‘One Piece’ Creator Eiichiro Oda Was Blown Away by Iñaki Godoy’s Luffy
From the moment he was introduced as the face of Netflix’s One Piece live-action series, all eyes were on Iñaki Godoy and how he would bring to life Monkey D. Luffy, the cheerful, endearing leader of the Straw Hat Pirates and one of the most famous manga and anime characters of all time. He had…
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One Piece Trailer: The Cannonballs Are Flying In Netflix’s Eiichiro Oda Adaptation
Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat crew have been searching for the treasured One Piece for over 25 years, but fans of Eiichiro Oda’s best-selling pirate manga don’t have to wait nearly as long to see their favorite characters in live-action. Netflix is releasing a live-action “One Piece” series, developed by Matt Owens and…