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 all at once before eventually finding Usopp (Jacob Romero) and Sanji (Taz Skylar).

In an interview with Collider’s Arezou Amin, showrunner Steven Maeda talked about the decision of making the Straw Hats become a thing sooner rather than later.

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